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8.1.2024
University of Dayton names four new trustees for
2024-25
Four University of Dayton alumni and community leaders with significant experience in business, nonprofit, government and communications sectors were named to the University of Dayton board of trustees for 2024-25.
10.11.2023
University of Dayton receives national honor for excellence in diversity,
inclusion
INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine named the University a Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award winner for the third time in recognition of its outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.
5.26.2022
University of Dayton among first class earning Ohio designation for support of military-connected
students
The University of Dayton is among the first group of colleges and universities earning Ohio's Collegiate Purple Star designation for being supportive and inclusive of military-connected students.
3.4.2022
University of Dayton to award honorary doctorate to President Emeritus Brother Raymond L. Fitz, S.M., in recognition of lifelong social justice
work
The University of Dayton will award an honorary doctoral degree in humanities to Brother Raymond L. Fitz, S.M., the longest-serving president in University history and a committed community and faith leader who has dedicated his life to educating young people and addressing critical social justice issues.
6.18.2020
UD administrators pledge to take anti-racist
steps
The University of Dayton's top administrators have pledged to accelerate UD's journey toward becoming a more diverse, inclusive and equitable organization by committing to 11 concrete actions that will mark UD as an anti-racist institution.
12.12.2019
The Atlantic explores how UD is "reinventing town-gown"
relations
The Atlantic takes a look at the University of Dayton’s expanding role as an anchor institution in the Dayton community in an online article by James Fallows “The University of Dayton is Reinventing Town-Gown Relations.”
10.2.2019
University of Dayton joins Second Nature commitment affirming higher ed's role in shaping climate-resilient
communities
University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina signed Second Nature's Resilience Commitment focused on climate adaptation and community-building to address a changing climate and resulting extremes.