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With approval of its board of trustees, the University of Dayton will bestow an honorary doctorate degree on Ro Nita Hawes-Saunders, CEO of the world-renowned Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, at spring commencement exercises Sunday, May 12, in the University of Dayton Arena.

All Global Voices Symposium events scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 30, and Thursday, Jan. 31, are canceled. The Alumni Chair in the Humanities will try to reschedule the events.

The University of Dayton has pledged support to Say Yes to Education, a nonprofit that works with communities toward a goal of graduating every high school student and sending them to college.

Historian Julius Amin contributed another piece on Cameroon to The Conversation, a global network of newsrooms "committed to information transparency and credibility." Catholic Philly, MarketWatch, Fox News, CNSNews.com and Governing were among the national media quoting University of Dayton faculty experts. the National Jurist listed the School of Law among the nation's best schools for legal technology.

Lynton Scotland, a 1984 graduate and member of the University of Dayton board of trustees, was named one of Savoy Magazine’s Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America, an annual list recognizing leading African-Americans in business and industry.

Terri Freeman, University of Dayton alumna and president of the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Kennedy Union ballroom on campus as part of events during April to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

In an op-ed for Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, President Eric F. Spina wrote remembering the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Black history and civil rights shouldn’t be just a middle of January, month of February or April 4 thing, we should recognize, commemorate and celebrate Black history daily.

University of Dayton alumnus William Tweed and his wife, Jan, have donated $1.5 million to endow a Flyer Promise scholarship as part of a new program that removes financial barriers for high-achieving underrepresented students at partner high schools.

University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina will serve on the inaugural CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion Presidents' Circle, which will work to create lasting change on college campuses around the country.

The University of Dayton Office of Diversity and Inclusion has launched a new website to communicate its ongoing efforts, initiatives and programming to promote diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the University.