6.24.2024
A New
Day
Meg Carlson set the joyous vibe for the grand opening and blessing of the Roger Glass Center for the Arts with her jazzy rendition of “Feeling Good” from the Broadway hit, Roar of the Greasepaint — The Smell of the Crowd.
6.20.2024
Living
Sustainably
Small actions can have a big impact. That’s my takeaway from an energizing meeting with this summer’s undergraduate fellows in the Hanley Sustainability Institute, where their desks by the window overlook Fitz Hall’s rooftop solar arrays.
President
5.17.2024
Leaning Into Mary to
Learn
When I swung by the "Mary in Catholic Education" exhibit in the Marian Library Gallery this week, I immediately spied a busy chalkboard, reminiscent of my childhood days at St. Joseph’s School in Buffalo.
5.13.2024
True
North
Denny Gerdeman ’62 and his wife, Jane, have been season ticketholders for six decades and manage to make it to every men’s basketball home game even though they now live 100 miles from the University of Dayton Arena. You might say UD is their true north.
President
5.7.2024
For and With
Others
I asked Ben Thomas and Molly Potter — president and vice president of the UD student body since last May — to pick up my blogging pen and provide you with thoughts about serving as visible student leaders on campus, including the joys and challenges and any lasting lessons.
5.5.2024
Don't Throw Away Your
Shot
"You have been blessed with the opportunity to do something extraordinary with your lives. In the words of 'Hamilton' creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, 'Don't throw away your shot,'" University of Dayton President Eric Spina told the Class of 2024 at spring commencement.
President
4.30.2024
Shrinking UD's Carbon Footprint —
Overnight
University of Dayton students recognize that the future of the planet is in all of our hands. That’s why it was so fitting that four undergraduates had front-row seats at the news conference in Kettering Labs on Earth Day at which a plan was announced to bring carbon-free power to the entire campus and student neighborhoods.
President
4.24.2024
Inspiring Pint-Sized
Scientists
Holding up a clear plastic umbrella in a Bombeck Family Learning Center classroom, Ian Adams ‘17 asked a class of aspiring teachers, “How cool is it to watch the water droplets run off this?”
President
4.11.2024
United: Sun, Moon and
Us
The University of Dayton cancelled afternoon classes on Monday. Well, not exactly. The Central Mall, dotted with students, faculty, staff and families sprawled on blankets, turned into a massive outdoor laboratory for viewing the moon move across the sun and cast the University into twilight and then near-darkness.
President
4.1.2024
First We Soar Goal
Met!
When President Spina asked me if I would write a guest blog before our sixth annual giving day, One Day, One Dayton, I told him I would be thrilled to borrow his pen and use his platform.