Recent Posts
Faculty and Staff
2.4.2028
Accessibility Tip #4: Conscientious
Colors
Why do conscientious colors matter for accessibility? 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women live with some form of color vision deficiency (CVD). In fact, you might be teaching multiple students this very semester with CVD. Learn how to ensure that your learning materials are color-accessible.
Faculty and Staff
2.3.2028
Accessibility Tip #3: Structuring Content with
Headers
Why make a header on a document different from some larger, bolder text, and why should we ensure that our documents are structured with headers? Our third accessibility tip will show the basics of creating accessible headers on all kinds of learning materials.
Research
2.16.2026
Charting advocacy: UD senior maps history of LGBTQ+ inclusion in Catholic
Church
UD senior Katie Montgomery explored how Catholic advocates for LGBTQ+ people interact with the Catholic Church as part of a donor-funded summer research project.
Faith/Mission
2.16.2026
Art of the
Annunciation
Two Marian Library exhibits explore modern interpretations and traditional symbols in Annunciation artwork.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
2.15.2026
Who's Publishing What: Wow. You Haven't Heard a Word I've
Said
“Erma Bombeck was a huge source of our inspiration, and it is always the greatest of all compliments when readers tell us our work reminds them of her,” said Eve Shavatt, who collaborated with her sister, Donna, on a collection of humorous essays, Wow. You Haven't Heard a Word I've Said.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
2.14.2026
Like America's Got Talent, Only
Funnier
Erma’s Got Talent, loosely formatted along the lines of America’s Got Talent, will offer 12 randomly selected contestants the opportunity to perform two minutes of their original stand-up material in front of celebrity judges for a slot on stage this spring at the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop.
Faith/Mission
2.13.2026
A New Prayer Card Makes Campus
Connections
A new Marianist prayer card gives local appeal to a global tradition.
Business
2.13.2026
From Peer Advisors to Partners for
Life
Most students arrive at the University of Dayton School of Business Administration searching for direction and a place to belong. For alumni Chloe Fields (‘25, marketing with a digital media concentration and minor in communication) and Chase Howell (‘24, marketing with an insight-selling concentration and minors in theology and military science), they found both and discovered something even greater along the way: a lifelong partner.
President
2.12.2026
Where a Life of Service
Begins
Once a year I play UD's version of Candid Camera, and the moment is magical. Just before Christmas an unsuspecting Johanna Matota stepped into my conference room. Her hands flew to her mouth in surprise and joy when I told her she is the 2026 recipient of the prestigious W.S. McIntosh Memorial Leadership Award.
Business
2.11.2026
New Beginnings and New
Pathways
With the new year underway, the University of Dayton’s Graduate Business Programs office is seeing some new beginnings. UD alum Donald Hopkins leads UD grad business programs, streamlining the MBA and adding new concentrations.