Student Stories
Taking Flight
At UD, you’ll leave the classroom and enter the world’s workshop. Through hands-on learning, you’ll gain important knowledge and skills – while also developing a critical mind and a compassionate heart.
Flyers in Action
College is More Than Classes
No matter what major — or majors! — you pursue, at UD, you'll be challenged to open yourself to the world and learn from firsthand experience. And when graduation arrives, you're not entering the real world for the first time. You're already part of it, fully prepared for your career and your future life.
Explore the Experiential LearningA Multifaceted Education
At UD, you can pursue multiple interests. Just ask Gabe ’23, an engineering major who won a music competition.
Explore Music Ensembles and OpportunitiesA Real-World Education
In the Davis Center for Portfolio Management at the University of Dayton, finance major Sydnee helps manage the nation's largest student-run investment fund. Through real-world experiences, mentorship and classroom discussions, Sydnee's confident she's on the right career path — and can handle whatever comes her way.
Explore the Davis CenterTurning Trash into Treasure
Through hands-on research, Peter Fabe has learned to make mistakes — and make a real difference. His goal? Turning plastic waste — like old spoons — into 3D printing material.
Flyers Thrive at UD
Finding My Own Path
At UD, you'll be challenged to open yourself to the world and learn from firsthand experience. Through hands-on learning opportunities at IACT, Amari Spears discovered innovative ways to use his degree.
Explore IACTThis One's For You, Momma
Senior year of college can be a challenge, but few face a year like Mara Shaneyfelt encountered. With determination and the support of her professors, she persevered and gave her mom one last gift.
A Promise Fulfilled
Even though Dezaneé Bluthenthal attended high school only steps from the heart of UD’s campus, attending UD felt out of reach. But through the Flyer Promise Scholars program, Dezaneé was able to achieve her dreams.
Read About the Flyer Promise ScholarsEngineering That Matters
A local man with cerebral palsy received the gift of going on family bike rides again — just in time for his 27th birthday — thanks to a group of engineering students who designed an electric bike with a trailer that can be easily transported and pulled by his family.
