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On the road againPAGE 7 Rudy and the Flyer Pep Band help re-open the Stewart Street bridge http://news.udayton.edu. NEWS & For more news, see NOTES

TAKE A BREAK WITH . . . ADMINISTRATION INSIDE 4 Get ready to step onto a new porch — UD’s new Web portal. Prospective student 6 After more than 20 years, Father Johann Roten, S.M., MANDI BÄCK visits increasing, is stepping down as Marian Senior soccer forward Mandi Bäck, a team co-captain, led the Flyers in scoring all Library director. four of her years and is the only Flyer to be named Atlantic 10 First Team all four seasons. 7 Ohio is fifth among U.S. partnerships developing states for human trafficking, At the end of the 2009 season, she took the penalty shot that sent UD to the second round something UD is working to of the NCAA tournament in November. She will graduate in December 2010 with a degree Nearly 1,000 more prospective students have visited campus over last fall, help change. in exercise science. Sundar Kumarasamy, vice president for enrollment management, reported to the President’s Council on Nov. 10. However, first-year applications are 8 Faculty in a new light, the You made the winning goal in the penalty shootout that sent your running slightly behind last year’s record volume. opera spotlight. team to the second round of the NCAA tournament. How’s that feel? “We’re very cautiously optimistic at this point,” he said, predicting a I was really, really nervous, but it was a great feeling. I was thinking “tough year” for student recruitment. “We need to make sure that every if [Marquette midfielder Julia Victor] makes her shot, it’s all up to me. prospective student who steps foot on this campus talks to a faculty member. It’s what everyone wants to have happen to them — last shot, game on We’re 20-some percent up in campus visits. That’s our best indicator (for a the line. It’s awesome. successful year) at this point.” The enrollment management staff continues to make inroads in the That has to be one of the highlights of your career. What are some use of technology in the recruiting process. The office is others? partnering with GeoTrio to offer digital campus tours on This whole year was the best senior year ever. We went undefeated iPhones. all season until the last game. Won the A-10. We had all these goals for Deborah Read, vice president for University advance- the season, and at the end, we’d achieved them. ment, reported that $4.2 million has been raised this fiscal year, bringing the campaign total to nearly $93.5 million. Who are some of your favorite soccer players? Read, who traveled last month to China with President Students prepare Kennedy Union for Christmas on Campus. This year’s theme, “All Is Bright,” is an appropriate way to describe the My sisters, Shayna and Britni. They played at Cleveland State and Daniel J. Curran and 16 alumni and spouses, called the memory of Ellie Kurtz, the annual event’s founder whom the University will honor during this year’s event Tuesday, Dec. 8. Kurtz, who Akron. Of course, Mia Hamm. She’s the best women’s soccer player. launch of the President’s Travel Program a success. At the died earlier this year, served as director of KU from 1964 to 1994. Read end of the tour, Read and Curran flew to Australia to visit You’re an exercise science major. Are there things you’re learning in WHERE’S LARRY? Marianist high schools and meet with an alumnus who gave a $10 million class that you’re applying on the field or in your training? So, you think you know before 1,083 tickethold- its first-ever Atlantic 10 title. anonymous gift for scholarships last year. More than 100 students have every nook and cranny of cam- Applause I think it’s really interesting seeing what affects your body when you Brother Joseph Kamis, S.M. ’69, ers, with hundreds more rooting from benefitted. pus? See if you can figure out exercise. And nutrition, I’ve learned a lot about that. I have really bad has been selected assistant provincial outside the chainlink fence. Men’s soc- Meals for more “The donors were so touched by the letters from student scholarship where photographer Larry Bur- eating habits, so I try to eat better. But I still eat fried things, stuff from for the Marianist Province of the cer won the regular season and made Fifteen executive leaders of the recipients that the donors stayed up at night to read all of their letters,” she gess has been. If you correctly back home. I snack all the time. United States effective July 1, 2010. a run at the A-10 title, falling to Saint Meals On Wheels Association of said. identify what’s in the above He joins the new provincial, Father Louis in the finals. Volleyball won the America learned skills to help expand The President’s Council reviewed snow emergency protocol procedures photo and where it was taken, Tell me about the umlaut in your last Martin Solma, S.M. ’71, as the nucleus regular season A-10 title and the A-10 their senior nutrition programs during and heard an update on the launch of the human resources and payroll com- you’ll be entered in a drawing name. of the new provincial team. Tournament, overcoming a 0-2 deficit a Center for Leadership and Executive ponent of the new Banner database system. The system will go live April 1. for fabulous prizes. My dad is from Holland. He was Beth Ann Saracco ’09 received the against Saint Louis in the nationally Development executive training ses- Mickey McCabe, vice president for research, briefed administrators on November’s winner is Peg born there. It makes the a sound Undergraduate Research Award by televised final and securing a spot in sion Nov. 11-13. Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland’s designation of Dayton as the state’s Aerospace Hub Mount, who correctly identified like an e. It’s pronounced beck. the Forum on Education Abroad for the NCAA Tournament. Football won Teresa Barry, board chairman for of Innovation and Opportunity. UD is the lead partner. the upper corner of College her honors thesis, “¡Justicia Ahora! a share of its 10th Pioneer League title the national organization, estimates “Dayton embraced the idea and put together a white paper ahead of any Park Center (where we are; Now that the season’s over, The Movement for Justice in Chile with a Senior Day victory over Marist, one in nine seniors in the U.S. is at risk other community in the state,” McCabe said. “We focused on sensors and stop by and say hi). what will you miss, and what and Guatemala.” Saracco con- finishing the season 9-2. Cross country of hunger. The executives traveled to high-performance materials — both of which our University is squarely View this and other recent are you most looking forward ducted the research while studying runner Chris Lemon was named the UD from 11 states for the training. “We involved in developing.” photos at http://campus. to? in Valparaiso, Chile, and will present A-10’s Student-Athlete of the Year, need to help them find funds and help McCabe shared news of research chemist Bob Kauffman’s R&D 100 Award udayton.edu/udq/images/ I’ll miss playing on Baujan her findings at the Forum Confer- and women’s cross country captured them find volunteers,” she said. for a self-healing wire. He invented it in response to a fatal aircraft accident whereslarry/thisweek.html. the most. I have so many ence in Charlotte, N.C., in March. She where faulty wiring may have contributed to a fuel tank explosion. memories on that field. All currently works as a legislative cor- “If the wire short-circuits, it re-insulates itself,” McCabe said. respondent with U.S. Congressman the cheering fans, all of The University Campus Report, distributed the John Tanner (D-Tenn). the students. But with first Friday of every month during inoculated 981 students the season over, I can the first two terms of the academic UDRI distinguished research against H1N1 in clinics focus on what I need to

year, is published by the University chemist Robert Kauffman received an ADRIAN EARHART communications office for University of award Nov. 12 from R&D Magazine Nov. 5 and Nov. 19. do. Soccer has taken up so MONNIN JERRY Dayton faculty and staff. E-mail news for developing one of the most tech- Additional clinics may much, but now I’m about digests are sent every other Thursday. nologically significant new products be scheduled this to graduate. I can focus Campus mail: 2963 CONVERSATION of 2009. Kauffman’s self-healing month. The goal is to on that. I’ve got to start E-mail: [email protected] wire aims to prevent aircraft fire and reduce the likelihood my life. PIECE explosions due to faulty wiring. of a large outbreak by I’m still hoping to Phone: 229-3241; fax: 229-3063 immunizing 75 percent play more — in a pro of residents in the four league. I’m trying to train Michelle Tedford, editor Go, CONVERSATION PIECE CONVERSATION still, but, first, I’ll take a Larry Burgess, photographer Fall sports teams are finishing residence halls with Frank Pauer, designer some of their best seasons in UD shared bathrooms: couple of weeks off. I don’t history. Marycrest, Marianist, feel like this is the last of me Campus Report is printed on The A-10 champion women’s soc- Founders and Stuart, playing. recyclable paper made from 10 —Matthew Dewald percent post-consumer fiber. cer team — undefeated in the regular said Edel Jesse of season — won the opening round student development. of the NCAA Tournament Nov. 13 at President Curran (center) joins UD alumni, spouses and staff outside Beijing’s Bird’s Nest.

2 University of Dayton Campus Report Dec. 4, 2009 Dec. 4, 2009 University of Dayton Campus Report 3 Kelly named dean of School Stepping of Education and Allied Professions onto a new

Kevin R. Kelly, who recently served as interim dean of the College of Education at Purdue University, will front porch join UD May 1 as dean of the School of Education and Allied Professions. ront porches are a well- “Dr. Kelly impressed the campus RESEARCH known symbol of commu- community with his range of experi- nity at the University of ence, strategic planning skills, strong Dayton. Starting in March record of scholarship and his commit- Better battery with student registration, ment to advancing UD faculty, staff and students will the University’s UDRI breakthrough promises longer, safer be welcomed into a new digital gath- leadership in urban power for uses from laptops to electric cars ering place called, appropriately, and Catholic educa- F Porches. UDRI engineers have developed a better battery — lighter, tion,” said Provost “Porches features an attractive safer and with greater power density — for applications that Joseph Saliba. new look that fits the University’s could range from your cell phone to an electric car. The search com- branding guidelines and comple- The researchers reported the development of the first solid- mittee, chaired by ments our Web presence with inter- state, rechargeable lithium-air battery in the 2010 Issue 1 of the Katie Kinnucan- nal communication,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society. Welsch and Lloyd Kelly said Jaci Jackson, Porches “We have successfully fabricated Laubach, brought ‘Porches features project manager and and tested the first totally solid-state four finalists to campus for interviews assistant CIO. “It offers lithium-air battery, which represents this fall. an attractive new current and reliable cam- a major advancement in the quest for Kelly, who attended Catholic schools pus information in one a commercially viable, safe recharge- throughout his primary education, said look that fits organized location and able battery with high energy and joining a Catholic university will be a delivers targeted mes- power densities and long cycle life,” homecoming of sorts. the University’s sages to the user, leading said Binod Kumar, a distinguished “On a personal level, the Marianist to fewer mass e-mails to research engineer and leader of UDRI’s community and mission of the branding the campus community.” electrochemical power group. Associate University — and the focus on social guidelines and Porches has been research engineer Jitendra Kumar and Binod Kumar justice in a learning environment — is designed as a robust professional technologist Robert Leese, very attractive to me,” he said. complements our intranet, allowing the ‘Porches will both of the UDRI metals and ceramics division, contributed to Kelly holds a bachelor’s in psy- University to use its pub- the battery’s development. chology from Boston University and Web presence lic Web site at www continue to In addition to increasing the ratio of energy-to-battery a doctorate in counseling psychology .udayton.edu as primar- weight, the development is designed to mitigate the volatile from the University of Iowa. During grow and with internal ily an external marketing nature of traditional lithium rechargeables, such as those used his nearly 15-year tenure at Purdue, tool. Through Porches, in laptops. Rechargeables commonly found in today’s portable he taught graduate-level courses in communication.’ evolve — all to Above, image of testing site information will be consumer electronic devices are lithium-ion batteries. Most counseling and career theories and delivered to users based batteries use a liquid electrolyte, which is corrosive and can leak served as adviser on two dozen doctoral provide tailored on their roles at the University, she and ignite or explode. dissertations. said. For example, students may Kumar and his colleagues addressed the safety issues by He helped bring the National Rural tools and see different messaging than either developing an entirely solid-state lithium battery — no liquid is Educational Association to campus, an faculty or staff. began testing Porches — and working be able to complete purchase requisi- present in the cell. “We’ve replaced the liquid electrolyte with a effort that helped attract support from communications “Porches will continue to grow out its kinks. Porches looks different tions and orders online. solid electrolyte that works just as well, but is far safer,” Kumar the Woodrow Wilson Foundation for an n and evolve — all to provide tailored from the University’s current portal. that meet Personalization options. said. The primary component of the new electrolyte is a glass- initiative to prepare math and science tools and communications that meet The new Web site will be intro- For example, users can select to ceramic material that is very stable, even when in contact with teachers for rural schools. He’s also the needs of our campus commu- duced more widely in phases, start- the needs of receive only engineering news and water. been involved in Purdue’s P-12 STEM nity,” said Jackson. “Since Porches is ing in February. Some of its new events. In a lithium-air battery, one of the chemicals — oxygen — Initiative. n a place where we all come together, features include the ability to check our campus Group Studio. This new is left out. Instead, the battery is specially designed to draw As interim dean, Kelly took on the every one of us can play a part in its e-mail and weather conditions, get feature will provide students and oxygen from the air around it. By extracting oxygen rather than strategic challenge of improving the dynamic growth.” campus news, watch a video of the community.’ faculty a place to share information storing it, and by using lithium metal as an anode, lithium- College of Education’s U.S. News & World Porches, which is being devel- week and check the Barrett Dining for committee and extracurricular air batteries are 10-to-15 times more energy dense than other Report ranking, which jumped 20 points oped as part of the ambitious Banner Room’s daily menu, all the result of activities. lithium rechargeables. in one year. project, will combine student, suggestions gathered during student, their acceptance status and financial “We want faculty, staff and stu- “We made and tested more than three dozen lithium-air He will succeed Thomas J. Lasley financial aid, human resources and faculty and staff focus groups held aid awards. dents to log into Porches daily,” said batteries during the last year, and each exhibited superior II, who has served as dean since 1998. n finance applications in one unified last spring. Other features include: Enhanced access to internal Julie Woeste, a graduate assistant performance — even at temperatures as high as 225 F,” Kumar Lasley will remain at UD as executive n database system. It will replace the Student registration and systems. Hourly employees will working with the Porches team to said. As development of the technology continues, researchers director of EDvention and be co-located University’s current portal, which record-keeping. Students will routinely record their hours through promote and implement the new will also focus on cycle life — the number of times a battery can with a corporate education partner. is underutilized, according to Tom register for classes and view grades Porches, and all employees will be portal. To learn more about the ini- be discharged and recharged. “We’re currently at a cycle life of Skill, associate provost and CIO. through Porches. Eventually, pro- able to view their vacation and sick tiative, e-mail the working group at 40, with a goal of 4,000, which is significantly greater than the Last month, 90 campus users spective students will be able to view leave accruals. Eventually, users will [email protected]. cycle life of current lithium batteries.” 4 University of Dayton Campus Report Dec. 4, 2009 Dec. 4, 2009 University of Dayton Campus Report 5 MARIANISTS Stewart Street bridge Salaries, budget focus connects neigborhoods, of faculty meeting For sale: God’s children creates campus gateway Conference raises awareness to combat modern-day slavery All for Mary Cautious optimism was the theme of admin- Father Roten steps down after 20 years as Marian Library director istrators speaking at the joint Academic Senate With Rudy Flyer and the Flyer Pep Band leading A mere five hours from his Brooklyn home, author Benjamin Skinner, a trim man with and faculty meeting Nov. 13. After President the way, the first travelers to cross the Great Miami short gray hair and piercing eyes, negotiated the price to buy a 12-year-old girl. The asking Daniel J. Curran presented an overview of the For millions, to know Mary, to love Mary, to God became visible to humankind through the River at Stewart Street in 18 months paraded over price was $100. He got it down to $50. higher education environment, Thomas E. the new bridge in a Nov. 30 opening ceremony. Skinner, author of A Crime So Monstrous, told his story to a standing-room-only Sears Recital serve Mary has become easier thanks to Father birth of Jesus,” Roten said. “It’s also a way to Burkhardt II, vice president For faculty, staff and visitors, it means another Hall audience on the opening night of the Dayton Human Trafficking Johann Roten, S.M. show how Mary is portrayed in different social for finance and administrative For more than 20 years, he has headed the and cultural contexts. avenue to campus. For sports fans, easier access to Accords conference Nov. 9-10, which brought victims of human traffick- services, detailed some of the the Arena and ball fields. International Marian Research Institute and “We have many different means to make factors influencing delibera- ing, their advocates and law enforcement officials to campus for presenta- For the University, it signals a successful col- Marian Library at UD, growing its collection Mary better known, more loved, better served. tions currently under way on tions and meetings about this highly profitable and growing crime. laboration creating a gateway to campus and the of printed material, art, popular culture and Our academic program, research and the library the budget for the next fiscal “Human trafficking,” Mark Ensalaco, director of the human rights southern edge of the city, said President Daniel J. research on the Mother of God and making it are the basis for what we do. Based on these won- year. Provost Joseph Saliba program, told attendees, “is the modern name of an ancient evil: slavery.” Curran. available to the world. This month, Roten will derful tools, we transfer that information about presented and handed out In his opening comments, Skinner told story after story of modern-day Burkhardt “It’s our front porch,” he added. step down from the position. Mary into an electronic means.” written copies of the “Univer- slavery, particularly the stories of women and girls sold for sexual exploi- “In and through Mary, ‘In and That electronic means is The Mary Page, sity of Dayton Salary Report,” which compares All the city’s neighbors will benefit from tation, such as the 12-year-old in Haiti — a short improved access, said Dayton Mayor Rhine McLin. you reach people at a level through established in 1996, which Roten said was “pretty the institution’s faculty salaries with a peer group Skinner flight from JFK Airport near Skinner’s home “New bridges and roadways contribute to the ‘Human that is a very personal one,” early for a religious studies program to be on the of 25 other universities. — as well as in places as diverse as Romania, Mary, you livability of our neighborhoods and to the quality he said. “She’s not an institu- Internet.” Professor of biology Robert Kearns, vice Dubai and South Africa. Other conference speakers included Sharla of the business environment,” she said. trafficking tion. She is an individual, a reach The Mary Page now attracts around 360,000 president of the Musabih, whose work on behalf of trafficked women and children The $16.5 million project was completed person who is a great connec- visitors a year from all over the world and offers Academic Senate, also Reasons for in Dubai has resulted in her exile, and Yeshe Riske, who serves is the people at one month ahead of schedule and features six tor between herself and her information in English, French, Spanish, Korean reported on the work financial optimism Ethiopian women trafficked, primarily to Middle Eastern countries. traffic lanes and a pair of 10-foot-wide side- son but also between herself a level that and Chinese. With more than 41,000 files on the of the committees of Other speakers hit much closer to home. Theresa Flores ’07 told modern included last walks. The Ohio Department of Transportation, and the apostles. She is in is a very Web site and up to 4,000 more added each year, the senate. Informa- a hushed crowd of several hundred during a panel discussion in year’s operating Ohio Public Works Commission, Miami Valley name of the Catholic church in order Roten says the site is certainly the largest online tion on the senate, Kennedy Union of her experience as a teenager trafficked for two personal including committee Regional Planning Commission and the city of to make the church more repository of information on Mary in the world. results being very years by a criminal organization active in her suburban Detroit minutes, can be found Dayton funded the bridge project. Stewart Street an ancient human. She is close to Jesus one.’ He also grew the institute’s academic pro- good, this year’s neighborhood. Today, she is working to open Ohio’s first long-term at http://academic. bridge project manager Sean Wade is a 2006 civil Christ, but very definitely gram, from three male students in 1988 to 56 shelter for trafficked children. When Gracehaven opens, it will be udayton.edu/senate/. overall enrollment engineering graduate who previously co-oped evil: guards the distance. She is the faithful one; she scholars this year, men and women from all over the nation’s fourth such shelter and the only one in Ohio, she said. Reasons for exceeding budget, with Ahern & Associates, the project’s general is the one who is the disciple and follows him.” the world who will earn degrees that will enable Flores’ message to students was simple: I come from a good slavery.’ financial optimism and campus visits contractor. When Roten became director in 1988 of the them to teach in religious studies and theology family. I wasn’t a troubled child. If it could happen to me, it could Marian Library — founded in 1943 and now departments, and many of whom will rise in the included last year’s Also being completed are improvements to for next year’s happen to anyone. located on the seventh floor of Roesch Library — administrative ranks of the Catholic church. operating results being Stewart Street between Patterson Boulevard and potential class That message was reinforced by Celia Williamson, chair of the Lucas County Human the library’s collection was generally limited to Although Roten is stepping down from very good, this year’s Brown Street, including a new concrete road overall enrollment being up more Trafficking Coalition. She said her organization, based in the Toledo area, succeeded in get- religious books on Mary. leadership of the institute and library — Father surface, new sidewalks, a resurfaced recreation exceeding budget, ting Ohio’s only FBI task force dedicated to human trafficking by presenting evidence that Roten reached out to gather other kinds of Francois Rossier, S.M., will be installed as than 20 percent trail, landscaping and ornamental lighting. The and campus visits for Toledo ranks fourth among the nation’s cities in trafficking. Ohio ranks fifth among states. printed materials — scholarly and lay articles, director in January — Roten will stay involved in than at a similar project’s $3.3 million cost is supported by The Ohio next year’s potential “I am disturbed, emotionally and spiritually disturbed,” Williamson said. “I would like you prayer and Christmas cards, prints, postage the art collection, have time for more research, Public Works Commission, University of Dayton class being up more point last year. to join me in this disturbance. We should not be able to sleep well.” stamps, even labels from wine bottles. He went and, of course, continue to collect and the city of Dayton. than 20 percent than A closed session laid the groundwork for what may be the conference’s most immedi- beyond religious and theological sources and crèches in his new role as Along with new gateway signs on Stewart at a similar point last year. Reasons for caution ate concrete results. Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray delivered opening remarks to a found rich material on Mary in non-theo- director of research and at Patterson and at Main, these improvements include volatile financial markets, unemployment working session for law enforcement and victims’ advocates to assess current efforts in Ohio logical journals such as medieval cul- special projects. enhance the safety of the campus corridor, connect and college costs rising faster than the earnings to eliminate human trafficking and assist victims, as well as develop recommendations for ture, music and sociology. The collec- “Who is the ulti- campus properties on both sides of the river and of recent college graduates. create a pleasing, lasting impression on visitors, future actions. Though human trafficking violates federal laws, Ohio law does not address the tion of printed material now includes mate embodiment of Caution is widespread in higher education. said Rick Perales, director of campus planning. crime directly. about 75,000 books and up to 150,000 the Christian faith?” According to The Chronicle of Higher Education “These aesthetic improvements complement Nationwide, an estimated 17,000 foreign nationals are trafficked into the U.S., and articles and pamphlets; he says it’s Roten asks. “It’s of Oct. 25, a survey sent to chief finance officers the quality of our Marianist education,” he said. 300,000 American children are at risk of trafficking, according to conference organizers. An the largest and most comprehensive Mary. Everything at four-year colleges indicated that “62 percent “They support our campus master plan and how estimated 27 million of God’s children worldwide are subjected to slavery. collection in the world — larger even begins with her. of the respondents said they did not think the we want people to first experience the quality that —Matthew Dewald than the Vatican’s. The library’s col- It’s because she said worst of the financial pressures on their institu- is the University of Dayton.” lection also includes more than 3,600 ‘yes’ that things tions had passed. Nearly two-thirds of them Nativities. begin to happen. The worry that 2010, 2011, or 2012 or later, will be “Our emphasis on the Nativity was Nativity was possible even tougher.” a conscious effort because the only through the Burkhardt pointed to a number of University Our ever-expanding neighborhood International student enrollment at UD increased 36 percent from a year ago to 604 students and has Nativity is the most visual naked faith of efforts to contain costs. He noted that the Uni- doubled in the last two years. That percentage outdistances the national pace of 8 percent, as reported way to talk about how Mary.” versity’s energy consumption is going down and that health care expenditures as a percentage Nov. 16 by the Institute of International Education. International student enrollment increased nationwide of tuition revenues have been reduced to about by 7 percent in 2007-08 and 3 percent in 2006-07. what they were in 2001. The IIE said most international students in the U.S. hail from India, China and South Korea, in that order. The salary report shows UD to rank 19th Most of the University of Dayton’s international students come from China, India and Saudi Arabia, in that within the peer group. Saliba indicated a goal of order. reaching the median point of 13th. One advan- The most popular fields of study for international students nationwide are business and engineering. tage UD has, however, is location. If the rankings Engineering is the most popular field at the University of Dayton. were adjusted for geographic cost of living, UD The University has partnerships with 32 institutions in 16 countries. would rank sixth. “The administration, staff, faculty and students recognize the importance and value of international- —Thomas M. Columbus President Curran (second from right) joins in the ribbon- ization in higher education,” said Amy Anderson, director of the Center for International Programs. “We cutting ceremony marking the opening of the bridge. continue to extend our community to encompass a multicultural and diverse community.”

6 University of Dayton Campus Report Dec. 4, 2009 Dec. 4, 2009 University of Dayton Campus Report 7 COMING

Through Jan. 24 ATTRACTIONSthe conception of the Blessed Virgin Elisabeth’s Nativity House: The Mother without original sin. van Mullekom Collection Opera of first Christmas a faculty first Roesch Library first and second Amahl and the Night Visitors, a one-act opera about the first Christmas, Faculty Opera: Amahl and the Night floors. Free. Call 229-4214. is also a first for the UD community. Visitors “This is the first faculty opera we’ve produced,” said Linda Snyder, 1 p.m., Boll Theatre. A faculty Through Jan. 28 coordinator of voice studies. It is also the first time this opera will be per- production of the one-act Christmas formed at UD. opera by Gian Carlo Menotti. Tickets Darel Sparling: When Purple Meets “We’re happy and $3 children, $5 adults, free for UD All Other Colors grateful to have the faculty, staff and students. Call 229- 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday- opportunity to share this 3936.

Friday; Saturday and Sunday by ADRIAN EARHART wonderful music with appointment. Marian Library colleagues, students, Christmas on Campus Gallery. Sparling’s paintings present family and friends,” 46th annual event begins with opening Christmas themes — the dusk and she said. In addition to ceremonies and tree lighting at dawn of new birth, mystic stars and faculty, UD students and 5:30 p.m. in Humanities Plaza. Music trumpeting angels. Free. Call 229- members of the Dayton ensembles concert begins at 7 p.m. 4214. community make up the cast. in Immaculate Conception Chapel. Amahl and the Night Masses held at 9 a.m., 12:05 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4 Visitors tells the story 4:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. in Immaculate Academic Senate Meeting of a shepherd boy and Conception Chapel. Four Masses are 3 p.m., Kennedy Union ballroom. his encounter with the offered to provide more options and Wise Men who stop by an environmentally and economically Friday Film Series: Sunshine his home for shelter. sustainable alternative to a single mass Cleaning Inspired by the Wise at an alternate site. Call 229-3483. 9 p.m., ArtStreet Studio B. A single Men’s tale of a kingdom mom and her slacker sister find an based on love, Amahl is inspired to bring a gift to Monday-Friday, unexpected way to turn their lives Ten-year-old Sam Burt stars in a centuries-old tale. around. Directed by Christine Jeffs. Baby Jesus and receives Dec. 14-18 a special gift in return. Free. Call 229-5101. Exams Artist-in-residence John Benjamin, musical director for the opera, said First term ends after final exams. the opera’s music runs from sadness to joy. He added that the opera also Friday-Saturday, contains humorous moments. “The oldest king, Kaspar, is hard of hearing Dec. 4-5 — there’s an exchange between Amahl and Kaspar that guarantees lots of Saturday, Dec. 19 Faculty Opera: Amahl and the laughs,” he said. Diploma Exercises Night Visitors Local schools are sending students to watch the opera. “It will be 9:45 a.m., UD Arena. 1 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday, Boll appealing for school children to see someone their age on stage,” Snyder said. Ten-year-old Sam Burt of the Kettering Children’s Choir plays the role Theatre. The music department Thursday-Friday, presents a faculty production of the of Amahl. The opera will be performed 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4; 2 p.m. one-act Christmas opera by Gian Dec. 24-25 Saturday, Dec. 5; and 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, in Boll Theatre. Tickets Carlo Menotti. The faculty cast Christmas break are $5 for adults, $3 for children. Tickets are free for UD faculty, staff TUESDAY, includes Linda June Snyder, Robert University closed. and students with University ID. Jones and David Sievers and guest —Charity Smalls ’10 William Henry Caldwell (Central DEC.8 Thursday- State University), along with the UD Opera Workshop. Ten-year-old Sam Friday, Burt of Kettering, Ohio, plays Amahl. Donna M. Cox, conductor. Free. Call Advent Vespers Dec. 31-Jan. 1 Musical Director is John Benjamin 229-3936. 9 p.m., Chapel of the New Year’s (UD artist-in-residence) and guest Marianist Martyrs, Marianist CONCEPTION IMMACULATE FEAST OF THE University closed. stage director is Nelson Sheeley Sunday, Dec. 6 Hall. Sponsored by Campus Ministry and Catholic Life. (New York’s Lake George Opera). Gamelan Ensemble Concert Contact Jeremy Helmes Monday, Jan. 4 A question and answer session will 3 p.m., Music and Theatre Building at Jeremy.Helmes@notes. Classes resume follow each performance. Tickets room 104. Heather MacLachlan and udayton.edu. $3 children, $5 adults, free for UD James Leslie, conductors. Free. Call faculty, staff and students. Call 229- 229-3936. Friday, Jan.15 3936. Tuesday, Dec. 8 Academic Senate Combined Jazz Ensembles Feast of the Immaculate Meeting Saturday, Dec. 5 7 p.m., Boll Theatre. Willie L. Morris III Conception 3 p.m., Kennedy Union Ebony Heritage Singers and James Leslie, conductors. Free. University closed. The ballroom. 7 p.m., Kennedy Union ballroom. Call 229-3936. Catholic feast day honors

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