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Fitz Center for Leadership in Community

Partnering to Advance the Common Good

The Fitz Center for Leadership in Community addresses community identified challenges by cultivating reciprocal, collaborative and inclusive partnerships and learning environments to catalyze a more healthy, just and equitable future for the Dayton region.

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Fast Fact

2002

year the Fitz Center was created

What is the Fitz Center?

Learn from our staff, students and community partners about the partnerships and impact the Fitz Center has with the city of Dayton.
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Group attending the 2024 Imagining Community Symposium

Imagining Community Symposium

The annual Imagining Community Symposium is a space for community partners across the Miami Valley to come together in a space of education, dialogue and action.

Explore the symposium archives and check back for information on the 2026 event.

Dayton Civic Scholars

Programs

Our programs give students and faculty a variety of opportunities to engage with and serve the Dayton community.

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Institutes and Initiatives

Our institutes and initiatives are designed to give students and faculty opportunities to engage with the community through research and efforts to make a positive impact.

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Community Connections Newsletter

Through this monthly newsletter, the Fitz Center for Leadership in Community is working to increase its connection with the community on campus and across the region. Explore the email archive and subscribe today.

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Faculty and Staff

The Fitz Center remains grounded in the University of Dayton's Catholic, Marianist values of preference for marginalized people, reciprocal relationships and shared dialogue for vital community-engaged leadership.

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GivePulse

The mission of GivePulse is to enable everyone in the world to participate and engage in lifting their community to new heights. They do so by providing a platform to list, find, organize and measure the impact of service-learning, community engagement, philanthropy and volunteerism in the community.

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Multipurpose Spaces

The multipurpose spaces on the first floor at 1401 South Main Street are available to reserve for different types of events, including lectures, presentations, departmental meetings or parties.

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Fitz Center News
Nancy Garcia at 2025 Convening of Newman Civic Fellows
Service
11.05.2025

UD psychology, criminal justice studies major named Newman Civic Fellow link-arrow link-arrow

Nancy Garcia was named a 2025 Newman Civic Fellow for her exceptional commitment to civic engagement.
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Magazine Article
06.18.2025

The art of it all link-arrow link-arrow

Lecturer Molly Keane-Sexton ’95 finds artistic ways to connect her students to the greater Dayton community.
Campus and Community
03.04.2025

Latin American film festival brings together UD and Dayton communities link-arrow link-arrow

The film festival’s goal was to portray Latin American communities as active agents of change.
Contact Fitz Center for Leadership in Community
1401 S. Main St.
Dayton, Ohio 45479 - 6401
937-229-5400 email

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Graduate Assistantships

Lead, learn, and make a difference as a graduate assistant with the Fitz Center.

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