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Giving January 11, 2024
Co-Piloting Peer Advocacy

When senior Tina Sandhu came to the University of Dayton, she noticed something was missing. As a psychology major and previous member of her high school’s Hope Squad, a peer-to-peer-based suicide prevention group, Sandhu realized that the University could benefit from a similar program. 
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Ben Heigel ’14
Ben Heigel ’14 says he discovered his passion to learn, lead and serve at the University of Dayton.
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Catherine Sulecki ’17, ’18
These days, Catherine Sulecki ’17 is ensuring young children have access to reading.
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Cierra Stewart ’20
The drive to create change led Cierra Stewart ’20 away from Dayton and straight to Washington, D.C.
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Dan Ratterman ’15

While a student at UD, Dan Ratterman ’15 had a side hustle. Ratterman now is the chief operating officer at Shady Rays and the company employs more than 100 people and often ships more than 10,000 orders a day.
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Ellen Gerstner ’19
It hasn’t been all that long since Ellen Gerstner ’19 graduated from the University of Dayton with her bachelor of science degree in business administration, but you wouldn’t know it from the way she jumped into her job as senior operations manager at Amazon.
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Johanna Hartley ’17

For Johanna Hartley ’17, chasing her dreams meant staying in Dayton after graduating. Since then, she has cultivated a diverse portfolio of community engagement.
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Samantha Gebler Evers ’14
After earning her bachelor of science in education and health sciences, Samantha Gebler Evers ’14 got to work making an impact in the lives of students with learning differences.
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Dr. Cristina Santiago Loza ’16

Now a psychiatry resident, Cristina Santiago Loza ’16 didn't have to look far to figure out what she was meant to do in life.
Continuing Education December 15, 2023
Making Waves
Before Michael Mongin ’19 was an engineer for the Air Force Research Laboratory, before getting a master’s degree, and before his research experiences and internships, he took a chance at 25 years old to pursue a bachelor’s degree at UD.
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