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. I COMMENTARY by DANIEL J. CURRAN

Spirit of striving s my final days wind down as president, campus when I heard him say these words after I am grateful for the opportunity dur- he was introduced to the campus community: ing the past 14 years to lead this great “The feeling of home was cemented when I university. Our university. came to appreciate the spirit of striving that is I remember being moved by the shared by the UD community: a willingness to genuine hospitality of the Marianists, change to be even better, to be more diverse, to Athe campus community, alumni and the Dayton conduct more society-changing research, and community after I was introduced as the suc- to change more lives through education and cessor to Brother Ray Fitz, S.M. service.” Brother Ray made me feel at home and sup- In 1850, Father Leo Meyer, S.M., had the ported from the moment I walked onto campus. foresight and faith to borrow money and buy Daniel J. Curran I want Dr. Eric F. Spina, president-designate, to a farm that eventually evolved into a top-tier President, University of Dayton feel that same way. I’m committed to making national Catholic research university. the presidential transition as seamless as pos- Today, we continue to set our aspirations sible as we continue our upward momentum. high — from seeking private support to endow Over the last several months, Eric has met a Human Rights Center, to providing schol- with faculty and student leaders and joined me arships to all incoming students for invalu- on several alumni trips around the country. able semester abroad experiences. We educate At my request, he represented the University students with a moral compass and the skills at the 2016 KEEN winter conference, which necessary to adapt in a changing world — and brought together a network of universities de- thrive. voted to graduating engineers with an entre- When Eric first stepped foot on campus, preneurial spirit. he felt “the spirit of striving.” That’s a spirit I’ve been impressed by Eric’s charisma, woven throughout our history. energy and vision. In July, he will hit the ground Today and tomorrow, we will build the running. University of Dayton on the strength of that I knew Eric would be a perfect fit for our foundation.

President: Daniel J. Curran Staff Contributors: Jessica Barga, Website: magazine.udayton.edu Blog: udquickly.udayton.edu Thomas M. Columbus, Michael Email: [email protected] Twitter: twitter.com/daymag Interim Vice President for Enrollment Dunekacke, Michaela Eames, Gina Gray, Send class notes to: Facebook: facebook.udayton.edu Management and Marketing: Mike Kurtz, Shannon Shelton Miller, [email protected] Jason Reinoehl Brian Mills, Meagan Pant, Jeaneen Records changes only to: Parsons, Shelby Quinlivan, Teri Rizvi, [email protected] Editor Emeritus: Thomas M. Columbus Shawn Robinson, Cilla Shindell, or 888-253-2383 Editor: Michelle Tedford Audrey Starr, Nancy Stork Art Director: Frank Pauer Student Staff: Maddie Beban, Emily Photographer: Larry Burgess Bensman, Kristin Davis, Lexie Digby, Erin Frey, Emma Jensen, Caroline McCormack, Courtney Mocklow, Grace Poppe, Sarah Spech, Ryan Wilker ......

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[T]he only thing I recognize is the security system gate! —Linda Keir Simons ’83

Have thoughts about what GOD’S GIFTS Sage, compiled about UD bas- in 1989 with a small group of you read this issue? I have always admired [edi- ketball in the period of 1952 to fans destined to fuel up our run 1956. She was an avid UD fan, to the NCAA Tournament (we SEND YOUR LETTERS TO: tor emeritus] Tom Columbus’ University of Dayton Magazine gift of writing and look forward an original Flyerette and a 1956 made it to the second round, 300 College Park to what he offers us each time. graduate. We agreed this period lost to Illinois). At the first and Dayton, OH 45469-1303 I was particularly touched by was the birth of UD basketball only meeting, we came up with EMAIL US AT: “Unconditional Kindness” and should be preserved. If cheers that would surely make [email protected] [Winter 2015-16]. You see, I have anyone at UD is interested, I Xavier tremble. The Flyer Fa- TWEET TO: known Tom and his wife, Su- would like to donate the scrap- natics had hats and T-shirts, @daymag zanne, for many years. I was sad- book. sat down front, and spelled “Go dened by the news of her passing BILL SAGE ’59 UD” in human letters at time- Please include your city and — not only because she is no lon- MIAMISBURG, OHIO outs. I wore a gorilla mask. Cut- state. Indicate whether you ger among us to share her gifts Editor’s note: University ting edge. Pioneers. Some of the wish your email address printed. Letters should not but also because it represents Archives is adding the scrap- charter mem- exceed 300 words. University another tragic loss for Tom. His book to its collection, preserv- bers of of Dayton Magazine may edit youngest son Ben also passed ing UD basketball and for clarity and brevity. Not all Mary Louise’s de- letters are printed due to space. away several years ago at age 15. Opinions expressed are those We all experience pain and loss votion for future It was an of the letter writers and not in this life, but it seems Tom generations. honor to model necessarily of this publication has endured much more than for @daymag. nor the University of Dayton. his share. Despite this, his faith I am a proud And I look forward gives him the strength to carry UD alumnus, Class to the opportunities on with grace and humility: key of 1990. I just read this will bring in traits of the Marianist charism. the article on the the future. Thank you, Tom, for making the Red Scare fan KATHERINE best of the gifts God gave you and group that revs up LIMING sharing them with all of us. UD Arena [“Still VIA TWITTER @KATHERINE JOHN COURTNEY ’85 Crazy After All LIMING MASON, OHIO These Years,” Win- ter 2015-16]. But, BASKETBALL FEVER I must confess I the After reading the article was disappointed by a glaring Flyer Fa- “Still Crazy After All These omission. As I read on and on, I natics were Glenn Fuller, Joe Years” [Winter 2015-16], I was hoped for a mention of the “Fly- Ketchum, Tom Barford, Dave reminded of a scrapbook my er Fanatics.” Oh yes, I think WE Eichman and Dave O’Neill, wife, Mary Louise Mahlmeister were the pioneers. We started all from the Class of 1990. I

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I searched through my old box of UD stuff to LIBRARY KUDOS prove it, but alas came up empty. If I still Thanks for the article about had my hat, I’d tip it to the Red Scare. Keep the University Libraries [“Not it up. Your Father’s Library Anymore,” ERIC MEYER ’90 Winter 2015-16]. Kudos to the MOSCOW, IDAHO library staff and Kathy Webb [dean of libraries] for keeping My University of Dayton Magazine fea- the libraries relevant in a rapidly turing a painted Red Scare fan on the cover changing world. When I look at arrived in the mail on the same day as my the photo on Page 25, the only Marianist ALIVE magazine with a cover thing I recognize is the secu- photo of Pope Francis. Needless to say, it rity system gate! The changes in drew to mind an interesting juxtaposition! programs and services are even I was glad to learn about the founders of more impressive than the new Red Scare and applaud those who carry decor. Bravo! on the fight song. One suggestion, though LINDA KEIR SIMONS ’83 (and others may disagree): I attended a ROESCH LIBRARY, 1975-98 basketball game maybe in 2002 or 2003 to FAMILY PHOTO? KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE see what the hype was about, and I remem- I was wondering anyone knew if the man ber feeling disappointed at the widespread FROM THE BOTTOM OF standing by the crane in the Time Lapse pic- HER HEART booing (led by the scoreboard and the ture [Winter 2015-16] was Harry Baujan. He To the student dressed as the UD cheering section) as the other team’s has one leg propped up and his hands in his Minion at Christmas on Cam- players were introduced. At a University pockets. If so, he is my grandfather. Thanks pus: Thank you for your par- so concerned with social justice and for your help. human dignity, it just seemed out of place. ticipation! [“Meet the Minion,” ANNETTE BAUJAN MURRAY UDQuickly, Dec. 10, 2015]. I’m Perhaps a respectful silence would be more UNION, KENTUCKY sportsmanlike? Editor’s note: We had a couple inquires a 2005 alumna and was able to KAREN SETTY ’05 about this photo, which came from archives bring my 3-year-old daughter to CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA with no identifying information beyond the her first Christmas on Campus date, May 28, 1927. We welcome our read- this year. She enjoyed every min- SEAN STRONG ers to contribute information by emailing ute, including getting to meet the Regarding “Graduation, Gratitude for [email protected]. Minion!! You did a wonderful job Sean Ferguson” [UDQuickly, Dec. 19, 2015]: :) I’m sure it will be a memory Congratulations, Sean. Your courage is very you carry for a long time. inspiring, and UD’s community is alive and CATHERINE well. Best regards from Mexico. provided accurate models (predictabil- POSTED TO UDQUICKLY FEDERICO IGLESIAS ’83 ity being the very basis of science) must be POSTED TO UDQUICKLY cautious, lest we harm the poor and hungry COMMUNITY EDUCATION needlessly, not to mention ourselves. Regarding “Students Serving Students” POPE AND POLICY ROBERT STANLEY [UDQuickly, Nov. 24, 2015]: I’m so glad to A big problem is that the environmen- POSTED TO UDQUICKLY see these two programs [Adaptive Physical tal movement is in no Therapy and Fitness, way like the Civil Rights Friendship and Fun Movement [“Putting programs] are making Pope Francis’ Encycli- #DRDAN a difference in the Day- cal Into Practice,” Win- Here is a photo from the 2015 Reunion Week- ton schools. This is a ter 2015-16]. One was a end of me with Dr. Dan Curran [“Presidential much-needed program, moral issue, through and Selfie,” Winter 2015-16]. Thanks for a great mag- and it gives the UD stu- azine. I read it cover to cover as soon as it arrives. through. The environ- dents valuable hands- We are UD ... forever. ment is, in spite of the on experience and specious “97 percent of TAMMY FERRARI GLICKMAN ’85 training. Keep up the CARMEL, INDIANA scientists” claim, still sci- great work Gerry (Gal- entifically in flux, but few Editor’s note: We are collecting photos during Dan Curran’s final months as president. Send lo), George (De Marco) deny we should do some- and Lloyd (Laubach). thing. Doing something your #DrDan selfies to [email protected] or tweet @daymag. KEITH based on current data, POSTED TO however, which have not UDQUICKLY

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I mainStream What you said.

Devanne Hargis Kirsten Murray @DevHargis13 @kam2398 Every time I see the @univofdayton Fingers crossed for my University of Dayton commercial I get so excited to get application! Already loving this school! back to campus only a few @univofdayon #1month #flyers #UD more days! #community

Lexie Lauren Chris Pyle Lexi @lexielauren_ @chrislvsketchup @alexismariaxo Being at @UDArena #thankfulfor getting My little brother has his makes me miss to go to the best freshman orientation at @univofdayton too much. Ryan Elser school in the @univofdayton today Can I just move back @ryelser3 please? #AlumniLife @univofdayton and I’m not sure if Benefit of waking up early this anything can top that! morning…this place never gets old @joshua_digby

Caitlin O’Hara @cadyOhara There are students in the Hangar ordering ice cream & milkshakes. It’s 9 am. University of Red Scare @red_scare Dayton students are reckless & I’m not mad. Siri knows what’s up! Let’s Go Flyers!

CAELI† @caelirosewhite Nick Manfredi To all the people receiving acceptance letters, @MaNfrediNicK enjoy it. UD is the best place and community I’ve been in my fair share of gyms & stadiums. UD Arena Megan Foley I’ve ever been in. The best 4 years #dayton2020 is the loudest, at any level. #Dayton6th #FlyeredUp @mfoleyyy when your brother’s Ben Heigel face is on the cover @heigely_weigley of @daymag UD and Family are synonyms @ University of Dayton

Chris Lane Nicole Franz @Clane_15 @FranzOrFoe Just saw a woman rocking a University 4 years ago today I of #Dayton hoodie here in #CrystalLake. got accepted to the #UDFlyers #smallworld greatest school on @_murtz earth. Thanks Emily Ebert Thank you to my talented Auntie for making these @emily_ebert for this beautiful canvas! I can’t past 4 years ones to HUGE CONGRATS to my sister for wait to hang it up. #udflyernation getting into @univofdayton Even remember. #UD tho it’s X biggest rival..I AM STILL jillian marron. PROUD:) @Abbey_ebert John McJury @thatgirl_June @johnmcjury Hannah dear #dayton2020, don’t wish your time @hannnahmbail Mini RUDY is ready can’t wait to be a part of @UDaytonAlumni away. we never thought 2016 would be here #Dayton2020 go flyers!! @DaytonMBB @red_scare and here it is. welcome to the family!

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I “A voice has the power to speak the truth.” —JUNIOR JEN LIPTAK IN THE DEC. 2 FLYER NEWS

“He may even want to show it off a bit because it looks so good.” —SENIOR HENRY GARRETT ON AN ORTHOTIC BRACE THAT INNOVATION CENTER ‘Give Us This Day Our Daily Quest’ STUDENTS DEVELOPED FOR A PATIENT On a snowy night at the UD Fieldhouse in November 1964, the Rev. CONVERSATION PIECES Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on race relations, housing, his commitment to nonviolence and the power of unconditional love. That moment is now remembered in sculptural form with a new memorial on the lawn below the chapel. The project, designed by professors “She lived the life Roger Crum, Brother M. Gary Marcinowski, S.M., and John Clarke,

features a large granite wall, a black marble pulpit and bench, three ...... of selfless service bronze chairs, and inscriptions from King’s speech. Said Crum, “The sculpture’s meaning is that the civil rights movement was a daily she had set out movement, a quest of communicating a developing message, precisely to live.” what King was doing when he spoke on our campus.” —WILLIAM DODD ’68 ON DR. KATHRYN J. BOLTON ’81, MEDICAL MISSIONARY WHO DIED DEC. 27 ...... Head of the pack bit.ly/UDM_headofthepack Show people the past to learn the present, says Tony Caruso ’85. To illustrate, “Who or what he pulls a vintage football helmet off the shelf. Caruso, UD’s head equipment manager, has collected sports equipment from throughout Dayton’s history fits in this — including a 1970s helmet with lowercase “Dayton” encircling the earhole, and a Notre Dame leather helmet with a metal facemask used by Harry Baujan, the jigsaw puzzle?” famed UD head football coach. “I —PHYLLIS BERGIEL, COORDINATOR FOR try to get older things to see how ACADEMIC INITIATIVES helmets have progressed,” Caruso says. But new acquisitions also tell a story, like a football the team signed “A few sacrificial and presented to goats and one Caruso this past summer when chicken, and I his mother died. was in.” Hundreds of —HUMOR WRITER WHO SNAGGED A COVETED helmets; one big SLOT TO THE 2016 ERMA BOMBECK WRITERS’ heart. WORKSHOP; IT SOLD OUT IN UNDER SIX HOURS

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I Most famous mom Bad parent? udayton.edu/imri/mary Mary has gotten a technological Mothers who become passionate activists must fight not makeover. The Mary Page — created only for their causes but at UD in 1996 to house, share also against societal and increase knowledge about expectations, according the mother of Christ — has been to research by philosophy redesigned into the All About Mary professor Danielle Poe. website. Centuries of references on Her book, Maternal everything from Marian symbols Activism: Mothers to music and miracles are now easy Confronting Injustice, to navigate. Want to know why tells the stories of four a parrot often accompanies her women who confronted portrait, or how to make your Mary what they saw as injustice, garden grow? Enter your search on even as some called them the site, administered by the Marian bad mothers. They were Library/International Marian willing to risk prison to Research Institute at the University make the world better, not of Dayton. Says web manager Ann just for their children but Zlotnik, “It’s designed for everyone for all children. “I don’t from expert theologians to those think I could be brave enough simply exploring.” to go that far,” Poe said. Her book was honored this fall at the National Women’s Studies Association annual meeting......

...... White coat of hope . . . The white medical coat is a symbol of purity, hope and ...... compassion. It also signifies completion of 15 months of . . . . grueling classwork, and looks ahead to 12 months of clinical . . work. Thirty students in UD’s first physician assistant cohort . . . . on Dec. 18 received their coats and took an oath to care for and . . . . respect their patients while guided by the Catholic, Marianist . . tradition. The coats, made with a new polymer-infused . . . antimicrobial fabric, will help keep the students, their medical . . . . colleagues and their patients safe, said Jim Sampey ’82, whose . . . . company Prime Medical Apparel made the coats. “We’ll work . . on getting your scrubs and the rest of the gear to protect you . . . each and every day,” he told them...... Park place . . . . It started with a knock on the door. The 15 seniors in UD’s Dayton . . . . Civic Scholars program walked through Dayton’s Ole Dayton View . . Neighborhood to ask families what they needed the most. Their . . . . answer: the company of our neighbors. So the students worked . . . . with the community and Greater Dayton Premier Management . . to use U.S. Department Housing and Urban Development funding . . . . to convert six vacant lots into Audubon Park. The vacant land . . . now has green grass, trees and a walking path. “They now have a . . . . space where they can come outside and meet their neighbors to . . build a comfortable, sustainable and safe neighborhood,” said Ian . . . . Dollenmayer, a political science and philosophy student...... Spring 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 9 ...... I ...... FLIGHT DECK

. JOIN US . . . Our story Flyer ROI . . . A new book, to be released this BROTHER JOSEPH W. The University of Dayton is among the best schools in the na- . . STANDER SYMPOSIUM . spring, showcases the University’s tion for academics, affordability and graduates’ career success, ac- . . Tuesday-Thursday, April 19-21 . rich history in 114 printed pages full . . The annual free celebration of cording to The Princeton Review’s Colleges That Pay You Back: The . . . of photography and prose — or, if you academic and artistic excellence 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck. . . . prefer, in all its digital delight for your begins with Celebration of the The book highlights the University’s cost transparency with . . tablet or computer. Arts at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the . . its net-price tuition plan, which elimi- . Reading the Signs of the Times: Schuster Center in downtown . . nates fees and pledges to students that . The University of Dayton in the Dayton. On Wednesday, enjoy . their scholarships and grants will grow . . a full day of presentations . Twenty-First Century builds on the . . throughout campus. dollar-for-dollar each year as tuition . momentum that started during the . . Symposium concludes with increases. It also includes results from . tenure of Brother Raymond L. Fitz, . . the 7:30 p.m. Thursday keynote the Flyer First Destination Survey, . S.M., and accelerated during Daniel J. . . address by sustainable food which found 97 percent of graduates . Curran’s presidency, according to Teri . . advocate Michael Pollan. were employed or enrolled in graduate . Rizvi, executive director of strategic . . Details: stander.udayton.edu . communications, who led the project. school or a service program within six . . months of graduation. . . “In the pages of Reading the SCHOOL OF LAW . The Princeton Review examined . . Signs of the Times, you will discover COMMENCEMENT . . data from hundreds of schools nation- . how the University of Dayton com- 9 a.m. Saturday, May 7 . . UD Arena wide for the publication. Editors developed a “return on invest- . . munity has seen the possibilities un- . . folding in a changing world and acted ment” rating based on data including graduation rates, student . . GRADUATE SCHOOL . with a blend of boldness, pragmatism debt, financial aid, alumni salaries and job satisfaction. . . COMMENCEMENT . and humility,” reads the dust jacket. “We highly recommend the University of Dayton and all of . . 12:45 p.m. Saturday, May 7 . The e-book will be free for down- our Colleges That Pay You Back schools. They stand out not only . . UD Arena . load. The hardcover coffee table for their outstanding academics, but also for their affordability . . . . book will be sold for $29.99 through via comparatively low sticker prices or generous financial aid to . UNDERGRADUATE . . the University of Dayton Bookstore COMMENCEMENT . students with need — or both,” said Robert Franek, Princeton . . in time for graduation and Reunion 9:45 a.m. Sunday, May 8 . . Review’s senior vice president/publisher and lead author of the . Weekend. UD Arena . . book. “Students at these colleges also have access to extraordi- . The book was produced in con- . . nary career services programs from their freshman year on, plus a . junction with Bookhouse Group. The REUNION WEEKEND . . lifetime of alumni connections and post-grad support.” . University last produced a commem- Friday-Sunday, June 10-12 . . Everyone is invited back —Meagan Pant . . orative book to celebrate its sesqui- . . for the festivities. Details: . . centennial in 2000. reunion.udayton.edu . . To pre-order the hardcover book . . . or to download the e-book later this New master’s in finance . . . spring, see go.udayton.edu/book. The University of Dayton’s board of trustees approved a . . . . highly sought-after master’s degree in finance at its winter meet- . . ing Jan. 20-21. . . . . “No master’s degree is in higher demand right now in the . . United States than the Master of Finance degree,” Paul Benson, . . . . interim provost, told the trustees. “It has received unanimous . . support at every internal level.” . . . . The new degree program, which builds on the strengths . . . of the Davis Center for Portfolio Management and the Hanley . . . Trading Center, will launch in fall 2017, pending approval by the . . . Ohio Department of Higher Education. The degree will prepare . . . students for careers in fields including banking and investment . . . management...... 10 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Spring 2016 ...... I . . Four years, two pieces of paper — two years later In Autumn 2013, UD Maga- financial aid prospectus that zine reported on a radical ex- outlines costs and opportuni- periment in higher education ties in an understandable way,

— that UD would reveal the full ARTHUR SU ’15 he noted, “What families get in four-year cost of college and pro- one piece is peace of mind and vide families with a promise that transparency. We’re the nation’s their tuition costs would remain leading university with this ap- constant through a student’s proach.” four years. In that story, “Four It’s an approach that’s gain- Years, Two Pieces of Paper,” ing momentum. Ohio University University officials said they -be started its level tuition program lieved the level-tuition, no-fee last fall, and Miami University approach would help families to announced it will begin a tuition make informed decisions. guarantee program next fall. Results suggest they were To further differentiate it- right. 91 percent,” he said. “The debt year undergraduate students self from the marketplace, UD Families are borrowing less, reduction and increase in reten- who matriculated in 2014, the is looking to add value to a UD said Jason Reinoehl, interim tion have been most significant Hispanic student retention rate education, Reinoehl said. For vice president for enrollment for our lower-income families. It was 92.2 percent, and the Afri- example, students now have the management and marketing. “In strikes right at the heart of what can-American student retention opportunity to study abroad at two years, the cumulative stu- we want to achieve from a mis- rate was 92.9 percent. no additional cost. They can also dent loan burden has decreased sion standpoint.” Reinoehl said he believes be paired with Flyers in their de- $6.5 million, and our first-to- Retention is also at an all- the University’s tuition plan sired professions to gain career second-year retention rate has time high among underrepre- will continue to set it apart in advice through the Alumni Men- increased 4 percentage points to sented students. Among first- the market. Pointing to a sample toring Program...... Keeping the peace UD program teaches conflict resolution to Dayton grade-school students

Life is full of conflicts. Knowing how to handle them is key to bullied, we would have both people come in and talk. It was always peace. It’s something Fidela Tuyisange knows well. cool to see the other person’s reaction; usually they would end up As a seventh-grader at Dayton elementary school Mary Queen leaving as friends. of Peace, Tuyisange was part of the Peacemakers program. Since Q: How do you think the program affected your school overall? 2007, UD’s Urban Child Development Resource Center has over- A: The kids in Peacemakers were the kids everyone seen the program, which teaches leadership, communication looked up to. Everyone wanted to be involved when they and conflict resolution skills and engages students in service saw what we were doing. projects. Now a first-year biology student at UD, Tuyisange says Q: What skills did you take away from the program? her time in the program helped shape her grade-school A: I learned good ways to communicate and solve years — as well as who she is today. confrontations without being loud or pushy. The program opened up a lot of doors for me; at first, Q: How did you first get involved with Peacemakers? I was so shy, but it helped me come out of my A: There were a lot of conflicts at my school. Kids got comfort zone, work as a team and speak up into fights almost every day. I wanted to do something to about things I felt strongly about. We also help everyone get along. When I heard about the Peace- went on a couple of field trips in Peacemak- makers program, I thought it would be a great way to do ers, one of which was to UD. It’s crazy to that. think back to that time, knowing I would Q: What kinds of activities did the program use? eventually be here years later. A: We met every day, either during or after school, And years later, the program contin- and talked about different ways to resolve conflicts. ues to teach students how to be better Kids would come in and talk about their situation, and neighbors — more than 300 to date. we would try to help them resolve it. If people were being —Jessica Barga

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I ...... of study . graduatesin their work field . . of employed . . 84% ...... Spring time . . . . Sometimes, a good idea needs the proper . . 97% springboard. Last semester, it was the course . . . Career Services by the numbers of recent graduates SEE 401, Sustainability Research. Facilities . . . . 20% management and the Hanley Sustainabil- . report success . . School of ity Institute teamed up to provide students . . . Engineering with a list of 39 projects proposed over the . . . years that could make a significant sustain- . graduates . . ability impact and be easily or inexpensively . . attending . .

implemented. Students chose six and worked . . graduate 99% service military in 1% with facilities to address structural concerns, . . . . School of school health and safety regulations, university pol- . . . Education and icy, and staffing questions. One project has . .

. . Health Sciences already been given the green light to go 2% in post-grad internships . . ahead: . . graduates using

. employed n Eco-rep program. Learn, lead and . . 70% . . degrees serve gets a green makeover. Student interns . . work with facilities management to organize . . . . events that encourage students to change . in a volunteer or service program . . 3% their lifestyles and engage in topics that make . . . a sustainable impact on campus and in our . *Results of the 2014-15 Flyers First Destination Survey of graduates from August 2014, December 2014, May 2015. . . Details at bit.ly/UDM_2014-15DestinationSurvey. world. . . . . Four more are still waiting to germinate: . . n . Green roof. The Kennedy Union patio . . English, reconsidered is the perfect study spot, but hot concrete . . . . Lovers of words and freedom of choice re- n Literature and culture track, similar to the pavers send summertime students scurrying . . . joice! After five years of planning, presenting and traditional English major for air conditioning. Instead, replace some . . . revising, the Academic Affairs Committee has ap- n Teaching track, for education majors pavers with grid-pattern planters full of na- . . . proved a new English major that places more con- n Student design track, where the student tive flowers. Such relaxing environs, tended by . . . trol into the hands of the students. provides a rationale for the chosen courses students, can help support the honeybee and . . . It started with a conversation about a poten- n Writing track, which contains three concen- the GPA. . . . tial writing major that snowballed into a complete trations: creative writing, professional and techni- n Solar canopies. Turn a parking lot . . . overhaul of the major itself. Starting with the cur- cal writing, and rhetoric and composition into a solar panel field that generates power . . . rent first-year class, students can choose from The committee noted that curricular changes for the University. Added bonus: Solar panel . . . four tracks within the English major that have the also benefit students after graduation, with their canopies keep cars cool in the summer and . . . same six core courses but different upper-level degree work tailored to their career paths. eliminate the need to plow snow in the winter. . . . requirements: —Sarah Spech ’16 n Campus greenhouse. Food produc- . . . . tion becomes a science with this year-round . . laboratory that feeds both students’ heads . . . . and bellies. Suggested next step: a small-scale . . Chief Chatman garden to supply lettuce, green peppers, on- . . . . Rodney Chatman, a veteran campus law enforcement leader, is UD’s new executive ions, cucumbers and tomatoes to stuff into . . . sandwiches at ArtStreet Café. . director of public safety and chief of police. He succeeded Bruce Burt, who retired in . . n Biodiesel still. Dining Services dispos- . February after 14 years at UD. . . es of 25,000 pounds of soy cooking oil each . Chatman served with the University of Cincinnati’s Department of Public Safe- . . year. With a little magic — running it through . ty since 2005, most recently as captain. In his 26-year career in law enforcement, . . the BioPro 190 processor — that oil could in- . Chatman has worked as a patrol officer, dispatcher, community . . stead be reclaimed and fuel half the diesel ve- . and school resource officer, and supervisor of a multijurisdic- . . hicles and lawn and maintenance equipment . tional SWAT team, and as adjunct faculty developing curricula . . used on campus. . in crisis negotiations, family violence, police effectiveness . . n River monitoring. As the Rubicon . and criminal investigation. . . River flows through a tunnel under campus, . . . Chatman said he’s especially interested in meeting with it accumulates contaminants from runoff into . . . students and getting to know them and their concerns. the storm drains. Monitoring the health of . . “My approach is that we must be in partnership with the . . the stream pre- and post-campus would help . students, and I want to be fully engaged in building that . . campus prevent pollution and contribute to a . partnership,” he said. . . cleaner Great Miami River. . .

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Go Green

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Professor orchestrates a noteworthy collection The songs sound the same in any language. While it’s impossible to place a value on so From Austrian cowbells to a Turkish metal many unique, handmade items, Brancato said, percussion sword, the University’s Zimmerman some pieces carry historical weight. The hour- Instrument Collection includes nearly 100 musi- glass contour and heart-shaped sound holes cal items found the world over by the late music of a 1968 mountain dulcimer by famed luthier instructor George Zimmerman. Jethro Amburgey of Kentucky is virtually identi- On faculty from 1976 to 1994, Zimmerman cal to another Amburgey dulcimer, built in 1949, (who died Jan. 1, 2014, at the age of 91), gave the found in the Tennessee State Museum collection. collection to University Archives shortly after his An organ pipe model display, featuring a wood- retirement. It took staff a few weeks to catalog en stand with four small organ pipes between items that Zimmerman spent years gathering. 1- and 1 ½-feet tall, was produced by the Schantz Zimmerman came to UD after retiring as the Organ Co. in Orville, Ohio, which was founded in supervisor of music for Dayton Public Schools, 1873 and is the largest and oldest American pipe where he taught for 25 years. At UD, he served as organ builder still under the management of its a lecturer in American music and for 15 years or- founding family. ganized the Old-Fashioned Christmas Carol Sing. Of particular note are instruments that carry “I always encourage everyone to sing along,” the tune of Zimmerman’s life. There’s a pair of he said in a 1994 interview. “I have never told a miniature toy bongo drums — only about 1 inch child he can’t sing. Never. Music is for doing, not in length, height and width; both drums togeth- listening. It gives you a chance to get your insides er are shorter than a pencil — that Zimmerman out.” handcrafted, using leather for the drum heads Much remains unknown about the instru- and adding red-and-yellow plastic trim. A var- ments, especially their ages, reports University nished Powser horn that belonged to Zimmer- Archivist Jennifer Brancato. The instruments man’s grandfather still has its mouthpiece, quite hail from 24 countries across four continents. the feat for an instrument dating back to the You could ring a three-piece copper camel bell Civil War. from Egypt or play a bamboo flute from Yugo- “In a world of problems, and distractions, I slavia; start the hunt with a curved brass beagle found that music was a wonderful alternative,” horn from England or beat the drum of the Zimmerman told a Dayton Daily News reporter Baganda people of Kenya. several years ago. “Music, as they say, can soothe, You could, that is, if the instruments weren’t and music can change your mood.” on permanent display in the Archives’ reading May that spirit play on. room in Albert Emanuel Hall. —Audrey Starr

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I State of race One of the most recent opportunities to report on the symposium and present to the learn, listen and lead was a symposium Jan. provost’s office for next steps.

26-28 that brought together students, fac- TED PITTS Interim Provost Paul Benson applauded ulty, staff and alumni to discuss current and those who participated in the symposium, historic issues of race, belonging and justice saying it illustrated the seriousness of the at the University. campus commitment to sustained discus- Joel Pruce, assistant professor of hu- sions and progress. Examples of other cam- man rights studies, opened the symposium, pus efforts around inclusivity include: The State of Race on the University of Day- n A national search for a new vice presi- ton Campus: Critical Examination of Our dent for diversity and inclusion, who will Times, by addressing a unifying goal central start July 1. to UD’s mission: to educate all students to n A recent Student Government Asso- live in a diverse society. ciation resolution in support of underrep- Throughout the symposium, sponsored resented students and SGA forums around by the Africana Studies program, presenters issues of racial injustice. offered personal stories and institutional n A partnership with Sinclair Commu- data. Information illustrated a variety of nity College to improve college accessibil- campus experiences and challenges that ity, especially among underrepresented continue to impact higher education, in- populations. cluding access and affordability. n A Creating Inclusive Communities Five students presented research on mini-course and student-developed pro- the state of race on campus beginning with portunities for both structured and sponta- grams with a focus on white privilege. 1920. Sophomore history major Josh Steed neous dialogue among diverse groups. Una Cadegan ’82, associate professor of discussed UD’s underground newspapers, “These kinds of conversations need to history, said she anticipates that from tough which provided a voice for African-Ameri- happen,” said first-year student Shaylynn conversations will come inspired moments can viewpoints in the late 1970s. Hespeth. of grace for each of us to act upon. “By understanding more about a point Other recommendations included in- “Something is moving that is different in history, we’re able to create a more broad creasing the domestic diversity on campus from anything I can remember,” she said. narration of race relations today,” he said and continued curriculum innovation to “We might, as those formed by Marianist ed- to a Sears Recital Hall audience filled with incorporate understanding of race in soci- ucational purposes, call it a sign of the times. fellow students. ety. History professor Julius Amin, a sym- We might, as Christians, call it the Spirit. In a session titled “Solutions and Next posium organizer, said the committee will But make no mistake about it, we are being Steps,” students called for increasing op- collect these recommendations as part of its summoned to respond.”

BWISE Business students will now complete a new set of graduation Leonard, assistant dean. “These kinds of things make students well- requirements that challenge them to volunteer, study abroad, launch rounded and give them a broader perspective on the good they can do a business or engage in other experiences to help them become well- in their community — and that brings more meaning into their lives.” rounded professionals. Students will write a plan during their first year to out- The new Business Wisdom line how they will meet the requirements by the time they Through International, Service and graduate. Experiential Education (BWISE) — First-year accounting and finance major Brandon Cusick which requires they complete two of of Riverside, Ohio, is already working on the experiential re- three requirements: service, interna- quirement with an internship. He is an accounting and human tional or experiential — begins with resources assistant with Catholic Social Services of the Miami this year’s 450 first-year business Valley. students. “This is something that will set University of Dayton stu- “Business is more than just dents apart from college students from other schools,” he said. making a lot of money,” said Janet —Meagan Pant

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A group of 1968 alumnae from 380 Lianne DeBanto Massa ’92 writes, E. Stewart St. found time to peruse “This is Gordon Massa ’89 and me in their UD Magazine while reuniting Scotland . Gord was doing a in Chattanooga, Tennessee . Pic- 100-mile bike ride for the Leukemia tured are Gerry Laurich Soule, Bob- & Lymphoma Society in honor of bie Lakusta Brown, Jeanne Reger dear friends.” Carter, Jane Eaton Smith, Eileen Ian- nucci Landry, Lorraine Bayt Klabunde Joe Shock ’71 and Anne Kroger and Ruth Ann Dulzer Hoard. Shock recently visited Rome . They write, “We’re pictured with Father Gene Zmuda ’73 and Kathy Baluch Luke Ballman ’87, Anne’s first cousin, Zmuda ’72 brought their UD who is a director at the Pontifical Magazine to the Grand Canyon College in Rome. This visit was on the Skywalk . Gene writes, “If laying day the first married couple — Louis on the glass floor of the Skywalk and and Zelie Martin, parents of Saint looking straight down 4,000 feet Thérese, the Little Flower — was does not take your breath away, then canonized by Pope Francis. We were you were a Delta Upsilon brother at the top of the college, which is at UD during the early 1970s. That inside the Vatican.” would leave you breathless.” Libby Durnwald ’15 writes, “Here Maureen McGroarty Gruss ’89 and I am, reading UD Magazine in Tim Gruss ’88 write, “We had an Rwanda , where I was working for awesome time road biking in one month for Operation Smile.” Bordeaux, France , with great friends. A tour of wineries added to Brenda Homan ’00 writes, “Here’s a the fun. It was nice to check some- picture of Gwen Homan Wilker ’00, thing off the bucket list. We wouldn’t Nick Wilker ’08 and myself reading travel without our UD Magazine UD Magazine while waiting to hear — we’re turning all our friends into Pope Francis speak at the White faithful Flyer fans.” House in Washington, D.C. , in September 2015. Since our sister Dave Gaylor ’72 brought his UD UNIVERSITY DAYTON OF MAGAZINE works in the White House, we were Magazine along as he kissed fortunate to have seats on the South the Blarney Stone in Ireland in Lawn. Our uncle John Hoying is also a October 2015. UD graduate and was in the crowd as well. We also happened to be on the Mary Beth Grotz ’89 and niece same flight to D.C. as President Dan Megan Nicklaus ’98 captured some Curran. It was an amazing experience. photos with their UD Magazine on Small world.” La Rocca in Cefalù, Sicily . She writes, “We love traveling together. Carly Cenedella Hall ’12 and An- After climbing to the top of La drew Hall ’11 loved reading their UD Rocca, we found the perfect place to Magazine while on their honeymoon take in the beautiful vistas of the in Guanacaste, Costa Rica . They cerulean blue Tyrrhenian Sea and the write, “This issue was extra-special Aeolian Islands. This photo was taken to us; we were married in the with the ancient city of Cefalù — newly renovated Chapel of the which dates back to 396 BC — in Immaculate Conception on the background.” Oct. 24, 2015.”

The O’Hallaron sisters — Molly ’11, Eric Leber ’06 writes, “Here is a Kate ’14 and Claire ’18 — took a trip picture of me in Milford Sound, New to Maui, Hawaii in October 2015 Zealand , in October 2015. I loved with their family, visiting the exploring the New Zealand country- Haleakala crater with their side with my fiancée, best friends and

UD Magazines at sunrise. READING YOU ARE WHERE UD Magazine.”

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I New year, new CHILL ASK A MARIANIST The zoom of blenders pulses through RecPlex to the beat of feet on the running track above. The CHILL, which started Marianist founders, off as a hub for frozen yogurt and protein bars in 2006, has become the smoothie destination for the UD community. Hanley Sustainability In January, the Institute and Pope Francis third cooperative business between What do they have in common? the student-run We asked that of Sister Leanne Jablonski, F.M.I. ’85, direc- Flyer Enterpris- tor of the 100-acre Marianist Environmental Education Center at es and UD Din- Mount St. John and the Scholar-In-Residence for Faith and Envi- ing Services gave ronment with the University’s Hanley Sustainability Institute. its smoothies a Seeing the signs of the time — Our founders wanted us to makeover. Here’s change with the needs of cultures and times. In Laudato Si’, how: Pope Francis invites us to do so with his focus on the environ- Step 1. Assemble mental crisis and on integrating concerns for the environment the team with concerns for the poor. After hearing Encountering creation — Jesus prays in gardens and deserts; complaints about the the earth helps the woman of Revelation (Revelation 12:16). unhealthy smoothies Daughters of Mary founder Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon and noticing a steady uses images of seeds and harvest; Society of Mary founder Wil- decline in custom- liam Joseph Chaminade meditated on the image of a brook. By ers, The CHILL staff the Incarnation, we humans are part of all creation. Pope took action. Junior Francis writes, “The universe unfolds in God. . . . There is a David Brown, general mystical meaning to be found in a leaf, in a mountain trail, in manager, formed a a dewdrop, in a poor person’s face.” development team Being transformed — Pope Francis challenged us to “feel and invited all CHILL with” the other and be transformed. Adèle was born with wealth employees. and privilege; she reached out to provide bread and soup for the Sophomore Brynn Mays joined: body and food for the soul to the people of her countryside. We Billy Jacobson ’18 serves up a healthier “Every time we met, must place ourselves with the other parts of creation — human smoothie at The CHILL. or not — and express our care. We can use less energy, plant more we came one step native plants, recover the practice of fasting (such as eating less closer to change. I also felt very proud to be on it because I am so proud to work at The CHILL.” meat) and take time to reflect. Following Jesus — On the cross, Step 2: Ditch the machine Jesus gave his mother Mary and dis- Although an iconic part of The CHILL for the past nine years, the ciple John to each other. One follows frozen yogurt machine frequently broke down. The team knew they Jesus not alone but in community. could do better. Chaminade designed a system to Step 3: Get healthy help us grow to a conversion to With the machine gone, the team searched for healthier alterna- greater openness to God and one tives. They decided on all-natural Oikos Greek yogurt, almond milk and another. Pope Francis calls us to fresh juices. They added healthier frozen fruit. And they added vegeta- dialogue and writes, “Living bles like kale and cucumber, offering a more vitamin-packed punch to our vocation to be protec- your average fruit smoothie. tors of God’s handiwork Step 4: Rave about the favs is essential to a life of The new smoothies are rearranged into four menu selections: Pro- virtue.” tein, Energy, Veggies and Flyer Favorites. Longtime favorites Power The Hanley In- Up and Carnival are now healthier. And employees can concoct their stitute fosters such own signature smoothies. Mays’ is called the MVP — mango, pineapple, dialogues. almond milk and ice. Said Mays, “We knew if we put better ingredients in, we would get a better result.” —Erin Frey ’18

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I SPORTS ‘Not a very good team’ (until the season’s end)

By Hal Schoen ’63 ern Kentucky and guard their top scorer. and then me again later. DeBusschere scored

I did not have a prominent place in coach Don Donoher, Tom’s top scout, worked with 44 points, the most by a visiting player in the MYSTICS WASHINGTON Tom Blackburn’s thinking as practice began me on how to defend my man. Rather than history of the UD Fieldhouse. We lost by 22. for the 1961-62 season. For the team pic- follow the usual rule at the time that a de- After the game, our furious coach put us ture, Tom placed the players destined to be fensive man should always stay between through practice, including very punishing benchwarmers in the back row. his man and the basket, I was to stay be- running drills. I’m near the middle of the back row. tween my man and the ball. The man I was About that time Tom told me, “Don’t Four players had locks on starting po- guarding was a good shot but did not move worry about scoring. These other guys can sitions, the Hatton score. You just concen- brothers (Gordie and trate on stopping the Tommy) at guard, for- man you’re guarding.” ward Garry Roggen- I became pretty good burk and center at overplaying play- Bill Chmielewski. In ers so they had a hard early-season games, time getting the ball. Blackburn tried a big Based on Don Dono- lineup with 6-10 Bill her’s scouting reports, Westerkamp as the I would prepare for fifth starter. Wester- where the player I was kamp played center, to guard was likely to and Chim moved to go on the court to get a forward spot. So the ball so I could beat one of them had to him to the spot. On guard a forward, and offense, I mainly tried neither was used to to get the ball to our guarding a man who center. was facing the basket. The team really be- But we won our first gan to click then, win- six games. ning our last seven sea- The 1961-62 UD basketball squad included, front row, from left: manager Toni Scalia, Ron Anello, Bill Our first loss was Westerkamp, Tom Hatton, Garry Roggenburk, Bill Chmielewski, Gordon Hatton and Stan Greenberg. Back son games, the last six to a good Wiscon- row: Coach Tom Blackburn, Jim Powers, Dan Mueller, Hal Schoen, Chuck Izor, Paul Winterhalter, Don Smith by an average margin sin team. Two more and Director of Athletics Harry Baujan. of 16 points. wins were followed At 20-6, we were by an unexpected 10-point loss to Canisius quickly without the ball. Don’s work with one of 12 teams in the NIT. and then a devastating 20-point loss to me was right on target. My man scored just Wins over Wichita, Houston and Loyola 8th-ranked Duquesne. After the Duquesne six points while I scored 14 and had 10 re- of Chicago by an average of 14 points took game, UD students hung Tom in effigy. He bounds. We won, 97-66. us to the finals against St. John’s. The game was quoted as saying, “We are just not a very I started and played well in two close was on national television, the first game of good team.” wins against tough DePaul and Drake teams, a college basketball doubleheader. The sec- During this stretch, Tom tried Stan but then we had a one-point loss at Xavier. ond game was the 1962 NCAA Tournament Greenberg and Ron Anello as starters while The season’s low point for me was the finals in which Cincinnati beat Ohio State I continued to warm the bench. After a next game, when Detroit came to Dayton for the second-straight year. close win over Louisville at home, we were with its first-team All-American, 6-6 Dave The day before the final game, I wrote my trounced by 1961 (and soon to be 1962) DeBusschere. I prepared to fight him hard brother Jim trying to tell him of the contrast NCAA champion Cincinnati. for position inside. On Detroit’s first posses- between basketball in the barn where he and Tommy Hatton, who was our team’s co- sion DeBusschere came down court, pulled I had practiced together in my high school captain with Garry, told me later that after up and swished a 25-foot jump shot. The years and in Madison Square Garden. the Cincinnati loss Tom asked him, “Well, next time, the same, then a fake and a drive St. John’s had beaten Duquesne by 10 what do we do now?” And Tommy replied, in for a lay-up. Then more long jump shots, points in their semifinal game to bring their “Try Schoen.” He did. hardly ever missing. Tom took me out and record to 23-5. They had three NIT champi- Tom told me I would start against East- tried two or three of my teammates on him onships in 13 appearances. The Garden was

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. SPORTSShorts .

almost like their home court. In the media, Tom was very complimenta- . ‘Coachable, competitive .

But we won the game, 73-67. ry of all his players including me. He said that .

. and fun’ .

With a little under a minute left, St. John’s I had played great defense during the tour- .

. Middle school student Cameron Neal .

coach Joe Lapchick walked over and shook nament. In Sports Illustrated’s April 2, 1962, . .

. had one brain tumor removed. The second

Tom’s hand, congratulating him on his first issue, he is quoted as saying we were “The . .

. tumor was inoperable. Adopted by the Flyer

NIT win after five second-place finishes. best team I’ve ever had” — a complete reversal . .

. baseball team, Cameron traveled with the .

Chim was MVP, and Gordie was on the all-NIT of his early January assessment, “We are just .

. team, sat in the dugout, and even had his .

team. not a very good team.” .

. own jersey and locker. .

Tom grinned from ear to ear when he ac- .

. Cameron died in September. .

cepted the championship trophy, saying, “It’s The above is an abridgment of a chapter . .

. “He was like the little brother I never

been a long time coming, and I’m going to from Schoen’s memoir, Growing Up, available . .

. had,” said catcher Kuris Duggan ’13.

hang onto it and enjoy it as long as I can.” from Amazon as a paperback or an e-book. .

. The Flyers are preserving Cameron’s

. locker and carrying his jersey to games. They

. also will annually present the Cam10 Award .

. to the player who best exhibits the three

Hausfeld, remembered in gift, was . .

. qualities stressed in the program by coach

the example of a true teammate . Tony Vittorio — being coachable, competi-

. tive and fun to be around.

Kacie Hausfeld was “exactly the kind Her impact is still felt by the team. The .

of young woman that you would want to Flyers present the Kacie Hausfeld Team- . .

represent your program in her work ethic mate Award annually. The award is given . Basketball plays on .

. In February, the men’s basketball team

and the character she demonstrated,” said to the player who best exemplifies what a .

. earned its highest national rankings since

UD volleyball head coach Tim Horsmon. great teammate should be — someone who .

“Tom (her father) leads by example, . 1967 — No. 15 in the Associated Press poll .

. and No. 13 in the USA Today coaches poll.

was always kind whose effort is nev- .

. As the magazine headed to press, the

and the kind of er questioned, who .

. men's and women's teams were still scrap-

dad you wanted encourages and . .

supporting your genuinely cares . ping it out in A-10 play. For current results, .

. visit daytonflyers.com. team.” about her team- .

Kacie and her mates, and who has .

father died in a an absolute love for . Chamberlin, top coach

. The American Football

2010 plane crash. the game. .

. Coaches Association named

The two have The family’s .

been honored by gift will support . Flyer coach Rick Chamber- .

Kacie’s mother, renovations to the . lin Football Championship .

. Subdivision Region 4 Coach

Lori Hausfeld, and Frericks Center, .

. of the Year. He was also

her family with a one of a handful of .

$1.2 million gift to volleyball-only fa- . named Pioneer Football League Coach of .

. the Year. the University. cilities in Division .

“The Dayton I college athletics, .

volleyball pro- including a new . Career block record set .

gram holds a spe- team lounge, addi- . At Duquesne Jan. 3, senior Jodie .

Kacie Hausfeld (No. 14) celebrates with her UD .

. Cornelie-Sigmundova broke the Flyer bas-

cial place in my tional lower-level .

volleyball teammates. .

heart,” Lori said. seating for fans, . ketball career record for blocked shots. She

“It was Kacie’s second family. The program a new sound system, upgraded graphics . ended the regular season with 280. .

supported and comforted our family dur- and technology upgrades. .

ing triumph and tragedy. My family and I In 2015, a $1.8 million renovation of . Real Salt Lake drafts Flyer

feel this is the best way to honor Kacie and the Frericks Center provided a new locker .

. midfielder .

her memory.” room, enhanced game-day and practice .

. Amass Amankona was .

Kacie, who wore No. 14 and was known environments, an atrium and improved .

. selected in the third round

for her leadership and influential personal- offices. .

. of the Major League Soccer .

ity, excelled for three seasons in the volley- Since 1998, Dayton volleyball has won .

. SuperDraft by Real Salt Lake. .

ball program as a setter, starting in the last the Atlantic 10 regular-season title 12 . He was second team All- .

two with 7 assists per set and 51 aces. She times. The Flyers have won the A-10 cham- .

. America in addition to being

was an early childhood education major. pionship title a league-record 10 times. .

. the A-10’s midfielder of the year and offen-

. . sive player of the year.

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I Moneyball gets physical hil Anloague sounds ankles; their muscles cannot be During the NBA preseason, stabbing pain in the heel). like a researcher: “We too pliable. They need quickness Anloague travels to the three cit- This year saw a new test: the need more data.” and spring. If they improved their ies (“In six days, I cover four states Landing Error Scoring System. He sounds like a flexibility to ‘normal’ (for the with three teams”) to do the tests In layman’s terms, Anloague said, fan: “I get to see some general population), they would and measurements on the play- “We have players jump off a box. Pgames sitting right behind the not be effective players.” ers. These examine a wide variety It’s a test related to what they do Pacers’ bench. … The buzz of ex- So part of Anloague’s work of movement patterns and physi- — jump.” citement — you don’t get that is to use various tests Seven criteria deter- here.” and measures to collect mine whether a landing is “Here” is Fitz Hall, home of data on range, strength good or bad. “If a player the University’s Department of and mobility so NBA does not score well,” Anlo- Physical Therapy, which Anloag- norms can be estab- ague said, “he may have an ue chairs. Doing research on NBA lished. He is currently increased risk of an ACL players is part of his job. The data doing this with three tear or stress fracture.” the research is yielding may aid teams: the Pacers, the Getting very large, athletes and teams in better pre- Oklahoma City Thun- elite athletes — who are dicting the probability of injuries der and (new this year) valuable assets to their and, in some cases, help prevent the Denver Nuggets. teams — to jump off a box them. Steve Short ’14, now involves building cred- NBA players are different physical therapist and ibility with them, showing from the rest of us. They are tall- assistant strength and them that, Anloague said, er, faster, stronger — and they do conditioning coach “the results can keep them different things. for the Nuggets, was in healthy and help maxi- “All NBA players are abnor- UD’s physical therapy mize their performance.” mal,” Anloague said, “compared program when Anlo- “It takes time to build to the general population.” ague took students to trust,” Eaton said, noting “There are a small number Indianapolis to do mea- that the Pacers have one of of players capable of playing in surements on players. the longest-tenured staffs the NBA,” said Carl Eaton, assis- “In UD’s DPT pro- in the league. tant athletic trainer and physical gram,” he said, “there During the course of therapist for the Indiana Pacers. are opportunities to Anloague: Putting Indiana Pacers through the paces. the season, the teams and “They are special — in size and make a difference — Anloague track injuries. speed and skill level. But they of- whether it is teaching PT in Chi- cal characteristics including, for In professional sports, the rea- ten come with physical problems; na, screening regional baseball example, arch height. son a player misses a game can and it doesn’t matter how good teams or performing research in “The arch drops when it bears be closely guarded information. they are if they can’t play.” the NBA.” As part of his UD edu- weight,” Anloague said. “We mea- The box score notation of why The physical norms that ap- cation, Short did an internship sure the height of it when the a player did not play — “DNP ply to most of us — norms that can with the Oklahoma City Thunder. person is seated and when he is coach’s decision” — can mean help us predict potential injuries Of the early work with the standing. A low-arched (floppy) many things. Anloague gets his — do not apply in the NBA. And, Pacers, Short said, “We basically foot is associated with genu val- information directly from the while the league’s players “may had old data and didn’t know gus (knocked knees), and this teams’ trainers. have physical problems similar to what to do with it.” position has been associated with “Now there is lots of data,” high school players,” Eaton said, “Taking care of an NBA team ACL tears and other knee dys- Eaton said. “Sometimes nobody “they may not. They may have during the season is a full-time functions.” Other areas examined knows what the numbers mean. problems similar to football play- job,” Eaton said. “We had no time include hamstrings, hip strength But we want to know what there ers. Or maybe not.” for research. Now we get to use and rotation, ankle range of mo- is that can gain us an edge in de- Anloague points to ankle flex- a brilliant mind to figure out an- tion, skeletal alignment (is the termining risk.” ibility as an area in which top- swers to questions we have about player knock-kneed or bow- Figuring that out is the goal level basketball players differ tests and measurements. Phil legged?) and great toe extension of Anloague’s research, research substantially from the rest of us. helps us more than we help him. (“if it’s too rigid in absorbing whose results can show up in the “NBA players,” he said, “re- And what he’s doing with UD’s PT force, that can lead to plantar fas- NBA’s win-loss columns. quire a level of stiffness in their program is really special.” ciitis” — an inflammation with a —Thomas M. Columbus

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I Dan Curran’s world

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I A sociologist at heart, Curran reshaped the University in his 14-year tenure as president

aniel J. Curran traveled to China in the spring of 2002 with an eye on the future. The cadence of the trip itself was famil- iar — an academic exchange filled with formalities to help bridge a cultural divide. But this time, just two months Dbefore he would become the University of Dayton’s 18th president, Curran envi- sioned a grander path of globalization. He traveled with Fred Pestello, who was provost at the University of Day- ton, and Greg Dell’Omo, associate vice president at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, where Curran served as executive vice president and vice president for academic affairs. As Curran participated in a signing ceremony between the University of Dayton and Nanjing University, a ritual that signals the start of a relationship, Pestello leaned over to Dell’Omo and whispered, “Can he do that? He isn’t even president yet.” “Welcome to the world of Dan Curran,” replied Dell’Omo, who is now president of Rider University in Law- renceville, New Jersey. Bold and strategic, high-energy and personable, Curran doesn’t like to wait. He had a vision for the future of higher Dan Curran’s world education, a streak of impatience and the tenacity to make things happen — characteristics that would enable him to bring meaningful change to the Univer- sity as it embarked on a new millennium. “It was clear that Dan was going to be an ambitious president who was going to ...... By Michele Cohen Marill Photographs by Briana Snyder ’09

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I push the University in new and exciting direc- change,” says Sandra Yocum, associate profes- One of three children, Curran grew up in tions,” recalls Pestello, who is now president sor of religious studies, who was on the presi- suburban Philadelphia, where he attended of Saint Louis University. “Today, there are dential search committee that recommended Catholic schools. In his early childhood, he hundreds and hundreds of Chinese students Curran. belonged to Our Mother of Good Counsel par- studying at the University of Dayton as a result His time in Dayton also can be measured ish in Bryn Mawr and lived on Dayton Road — of the initiatives that began with that first trip by his accolades: Leader of the Year from the perhaps foreshadowing things to come. in 2002.” Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce; Most Curran was a first-generation college stu- The China visit, the first of many in Cur- Outstanding Volunteer Citizen from the Day- dent, and he originally considered studying ran’s 14-year tenure, set the stage for his ton Development Coalition for 2006 and 2015; engineering. Instead, he decided to major in presidency, an era in which the University of and the Joseph E. Lowery Human Rights Leg- business at Saint Joseph’s University in Phila- Dayton opened to the world and experienced acy Award from the Southern Christian Lead- delphia. His father, a truck driver, wasn’t hap- unprecedented growth. Curran py when he later announced that he brought a global perspective — and was switching to sociology. so much more. “What job will a sociologist get?” His legacy can be summed up his father asked him. most easily by the numbers: From “I’ll be a professor,” replied Cur- 7,000 undergraduate applicants to ran, who had an abiding interest in nearly 17,000. From 42 undergradu- criminology, poverty and social issues. ate international students to 939. That would be the first step on a From a campus of 212 acres to 388 path to university president. acres. From $47.5 million in spon- Curran, 65, spent 23 years at sored research to $98.6 million. Saint Joseph’s, a place where he col- From an endowment of $254 million laborated academically with his wife, to $500.4 million. While other uni- Claire Renzetti, who is also a sociolo- versities had cutbacks and furloughs gist (and is now the sociology depart- during the Great Recession, the ment chair and Judi Conway Patton University of Dayton had its pick of Endowed Chair in the Center for Re- top-choice candidates, growing the search on Violence Against Women faculty while expanding diversity, ac- at the University of Kentucky). They ademic depth and program breadth. met while doctoral students at the During Curran’s tenure, the Uni- University of Delaware, and together versity adapted its academic pro- taught and wrote textbooks, such as gram to meet the changing times. It Women, Men & Society, an explora- launched the nation’s first acceler- tion of gender issues. ated law degree; started physical therapy doc- ership Conference, a civil rights organization Curran made his first trip to China as part toral and physician assistant practice master’s founded by Martin Luther King Jr. In 2011, he of their honeymoon tour of Asia in 1985, a time programs; introduced one of the nation’s first was named one of the 10 most influential peo- when the Communist nation was still a closed bachelor’s degrees in human rights studies; ple in Dayton. He is the only person to twice society and few Americans ventured there. He and offered the state’s first master’s program receive the Regional Leader of the Year award was fascinated by China’s internal migrants, in clean and renewable energy. It was the first from the Dayton Business Journal. the “floating population” who flouted state American university to open a freestanding in- Yet in keeping with the Marianist spirit rules about where they must live and traveled stitute in Suzhou, China. Today, the University that he has honored at the University, Cur- alone to other parts of the country. He saw the of Dayton China Institute hosts research and ran shares the credit. “I came into the right potential to collaborate on criminology re- educational opportunities for students and situation — a solid foundation built on [former search with Chinese academics. faculty and provides educational services to president Brother] Ray Fitz’s legacy, a board Curran had a sense that China, the most the workforce of multinational companies at that said, ‘We want you to be bold; we want populous country in the world, would grow as Suzhou Industrial Park. you to be yourself,’” he says. “It just allowed a global force. Since then, he has made about In addition, the University redesigned its me to move quickly.” 50 trips. “Much of what happens with any re- undergraduate general education curriculum, lationship with China is built on personal re- the Common Academic Program; launched When Curran became president of the lationships. It’s very important that they know the Dayton Early College Academy, a charter University of Dayton, some may have won- you,” Renzetti says. “He feels very comfortable school serving urban students underrepre- dered how the first lay president would main- in Chinese culture.” sented in higher education; and instituted a tain the University’s deeply held identity. They Human Rights Center and the Hanley Sustain- needn’t have worried. Faith and community — Meanwhile, as a professor at Saint Jo- ability Institute. core Marianist values — have always been at seph’s, Curran took on roles that built his ad- “It’s been a pretty amazing 14 years of the center of Curran’s life. ministrative and organizational skills and that

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I brought him closer to students — serving as about the look and feel of the campus. Why required both pragmatic reflection and swift director of first-year orientation and academ- were trucks parked in the center of campus? action. Shortly after Curran was selected, ic adviser of the men’s and women’s basketball And what about those dreadful tennis courts, he learned about ongoing negotiations for a teams. Eventually, Curran moved into leader- surrounded by a chain-link fence? The core 49-acre site owned by NCR Corp. that could ship posts: dean, vice president for academic of the campus should be a unifying spot for greatly expand the campus. The catch: Part affairs, executive vice president. students, he said. of the property was a “brownfield,” a former When the University of Dayton began its “I learned early on that just a passing com- factory zone with contaminated soil and presidential search in 2001, the search firm ment from him is not a passing comment,” asbestos in the remaining buildings. contacted Curran, but it wasn’t the right time. Keyes says. The trucks and tennis courts were After much study, Curran recommended The president of Saint Joseph’s had just been soon moved, replaced by an expansive grassy going forward with the $25 million purchase. diagnosed with a serious illness, and Curran mall — and later, a statue of Marianist founder The board of trustees agreed unanimously, and and Renzetti were building their the sale was finalized in 2005. In part- dream house and hadn’t even moved nership with the city of Dayton, the in. University obtained about $5.5 million But the search failed to identify from two Clean Ohio Revitalization a suitable candidate, someone who Fund grants to assist in the cleanup. could connect with faculty, staff and In 2010, he proudly announced that students and shepherd the Univer- GE Aviation would open a major re- sity through the emerging challenges search facility there. This spring, of higher education while remaining Emerson Climate Technologies true to the Marianist tradition. The opened its own innovation center, The recruiter contacted Curran again, Helix, which it built on the site. and he agreed to visit. In 2009, with Dayton still reeling Curran, Renzetti and their two from the Great Recession, the city lost boys came to campus just before its largest company. While NCR an- Christmas in 2001. They met three nounced its move to Georgia, the Uni- times with then-President Brother versity underscored its commitment Raymond L. Fitz, S.M. ’64. “I was to the city by purchasing NCR’s for- struck by how humble he was and mer world headquarters. The 115-acre his emphasis on community,” recalls site contained a sprawling building Curran. He also saw a university with 455,000 square feet of space. The with a strong base for growth. University of Dayton Research Insti- In February 2002, Curran ac- tute moved into the building. “This cepted the offer and would begin is an exceptional opportunity for the in July. At the formal installation the follow- Blessed William Joseph Chaminade was add- University of Dayton to invest in our future — ing spring, the University of Dayton rector, ed, donated by Curran and Renzetti. and this region’s destiny,” he said. Father Gene Contadino, S.M. ’62, gave Curran In December 2002, just months after tak- No one was surprised that Curran had a lapel pin that the Marianists had designed ing office, Curran told Keyes he wanted a new stepped forward to boost the region’s fortunes. for him. It features the University’s chapel residence hall. It would provide updated space He had served on the boards of numerous dome and the Marianist cross. and enable the University to move students community organizations, including as chair “He went out of his way to do this to say, out of older buildings, which could then be of the Dayton Development Coalition and ‘You’re part of the Marianist family,’” says renovated. It would contain classroom space as a member of the Dayton Area Chamber of Curran, who wears the pin every day. “From and a bookstore. Commerce. “Dan is looked at throughout the the very beginning, I felt the Marianists were And he wanted it to open within 18 community as one of the top leaders in the around me all the time. You never feel alone.” months. “There’s no way we can plan that and entire region,” says Jeff Hoagland ’91, presi- have it open in 18 months,” Keyes remembers dent and CEO of the coalition. And the Uni- At the same time, Curran had the free- thinking. But Curran stayed firm. Instead of versity “has been the economic driver that has dom to act decisively and make the changes he spending a year just in design, the project used changed the way people perceive the city of felt the University needed to remain competi- a speedier design-build process. Construction Dayton and the entire region,” he says. tive. He moved with the swiftness of a CEO, began on Marianist Hall in May 2003, and it not the ruminative pace of an academic. That opened in August 2004. For Curran, improving and expanding came as a bit of a jolt to the faculty and staff, In fact, the timeline inspired the builders campus was part of a greater vision for the who had yet to grow accustomed to his style. of ArtStreet to accelerate their work so the future. Most of the student body came from Beth Keyes, vice president for facilities housing and multi-arts facility in the student Ohio and the Midwest — a demographic that and campus operations, recalls that shortly neighborhood could also open in 2004. after his arrival, Curran shared his concerns Capitalizing on other opportunities See Curran, Page 30

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I ▶ AUGUST 2004 — ▶ MARCH 2003 — The University opens Men’s basketball wins the Marianist Hall, a A-10 tournament. $21 million facility to house 400 first- and ▶ APRIL 2003 — The first second-year students, Celebration of the Arts bookstore, post office, is held during Curran’s a credit union, the installation as president. Emporium and a chapel. DANIEL J. CURRAN J. DANIEL

▶ JULY 1, 2002 — ▶ MAY 2005 — The Daniel J. Curran University of Dayton becomes the 18th School of Law starts the University of Dayton nation’s first five-semester president. Juris Doctor degree.

Presidential Timeline 2002 2003 2004 2005

▶ AUGUST 2002 — The ▶ DECEMBER 2003 ▶ NOVEMBER 2004 ▶ JULY 12, 2005 — The University approves — Volleyball reaches —Women’s soccer wins University of Dayton plans for the Dayton the NCAA tournament the A-10 championship finalizes the purchase of a Early College Acad- second round for the first after leading the 49-acre parcel of land and emy. DECA was the time in University history. conference during the buildings from NCR Corp. first early-college high 2015 would mark its regular season. In 2014, it The property is now school in Ohio, 10th in 11th tournament bid. would win the program’s home to Fitz Hall, the the nation, and one of ninth A-10 tournament GE Aviation EPISCenter the five championship title. and The Helix, Emerson most Climate Technologies’ innova- innovation center. tive high schools in the U.S., according to the Northwest Evaluation Association.

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I ▶ FEB. 25, 2010 — The ▶ MARCH 22, 2009 University starts a string of — University of Dayton four straight appearances Arena secures its place in on the President’s Higher history as the most-used Education Community ▶ OCT. 13, 2008 — venue for NCAA Division I Service Honor Roll, the Curran signs a national Men’s Basketball highest federal recognition petition calling for U.S. Champion- a college or university can President George W. ship receive for its commitment Bush to reject cruelty games. to volunteering, service and torture — the first March learning and civic president of a U.S. Madness engagement. Catholic university to has kicked do so. off at the Arena ▶ APRIL 1, since 2001. 2010 — The ▶ NOV. 25, 2008 — The University of University announces an ▶ OCT. 12, 2009 — Dayton wins anonymous donor’s $10 The University ranks its third men’s million gift to support No. 1 among Catholic National ▶ JAN. 24, 2007 — student scholarships in universities and ties for Invitational The Dayton the School of Education second overall in the Tournament championship. Development Coalition and Allied Professions, “Saviors of Our Cities” names Curran School of Business ranking. The University ▶ JULY 6, 2010 — State ▶ JAN. 4, 2006 — the region’s most Administration and was singled out as the officials announce two more The University opens outstanding leader for School of Engineering. “most innovative of all Ohio Centers of Excellence RecPlex, a $25.3 million 2006. He would receive It was the largest gift by engaged colleges and for the University, bringing recreation center. the award again in 2016. an individual to date. universities.” the total to five.

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▶ MAY 18, 2006 — The ▶ OCT. 19, 2007 — The ▶ NOV. 26, 2008 — The ▶ NOVEMBER 2009 ▶ SEPT. 17, 2010 — The Ohio Board of Regents University becomes University announces — Women’s basketball Dayton Business Journal approves a Doctor of one of the first in the the creation of the begins a season that will announces Curran as 2010 Physical Therapy degree nation to create an state’s first master’s culminate in the team’s Regional Leadership Award program to prepare undergraduate program program in renewable first NCAA tournament winner for making a lasting students for well-paying in human rights studies. and clean energy. Ohio appearance. The team impact on business and jobs in a growing health The University would companies applaud would win bids each year the economic health of the care field and help open its Human Rights the announcement. through 2015, when it region. He would receive alleviate a shortage of Center in 2015. reached the Elite Eight. the award again in 2015. physical therapists in ▶ NOVEMBER 2008 the Dayton region. The — Men’s soccer wins ▶ DEC. 21, 2009 — The ▶ NOV. 22, 2010 — GE program would welcome the A-10 tournament. In University purchases Aviation announces it will its first students in 2015, it would advance NCR World Headquarters locate its new Electrical August. to the second round of and 115 acres of Power Integrated Systems the NCAA tournament surrounding land, Center (EPISCenter) on for the first time in including Old River Park, the University of Dayton program history. bringing campus to campus. 388 acres. ▶ SEPT. 15, 2006 ▶ DEC. 3, 2010 — The — The University’s University of Dayton entrepreneurship becomes the first program starts a run American university to of 10 straight years sign a memorandum of ranking in the top 20 of understanding with Suzhou Entrepreneur magazine’s Industrial Park; the annual list. University of Dayton China Institute opened 20 months later.

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I ▶ MARCH 29, 2014 — Men’s basketball reaches the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. ▶ JAN. 7, 2015 — The ▶ JAN. 22, 2013 — The ▶ MARCH 2014 — The Carnegie Foundation University of Dayton Master of Physician selects the University announces a new tuition Assistant Practice program for its 2015 Community plan that discloses the is granted provisional Engagement Classification, ▶ APRIL 15, 2011 — GE ▶ MARCH 13, 2012 — true cost of a degree, accreditation. Students recognizing its long- Aviation breaks ground U.S. President Barack abolishes fees and start classes in August. standing commitment to on the $53 million Obama and British Prime guarantees students no community engagement EPISCenter — the first Minister David Cameron net-price increases from ▶ JUNE 23, 2014 — through teaching, LEED-certified building watch first year to graduation. Curran announces that service, research on campus. the the University is the first and partnerships. NCAA ▶ JULY 30, 2013 Catholic university in the ▶ AUGUST 2011 — Men’s — Curran signs the nation to divest from fossil ▶ JAN. 9, 2015 For the first time, the Division American College and fuels. — Fuyao Glass University enrolls more I Basket- University Presidents’ America donates than 1,000 international ball Championship First Climate Commitment, ▶ AUG. 27, 2014 — The $7 million to students (undergraduate, Four with UD students committing the University enrolls the support the China graduate and Intensive at University of Dayton University to becoming largest first-year class in Institute and give it English Program). Arena. carbon neutral. its history: 2,205. a permanent home.

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

▶ SEPT. 29, 2011 — The ▶ APRIL 17, 2012 — ▶ NOV. 27, 2013 — The ▶ SEPT. 19, 2014 — The ▶ MARCH 2015 — University unveils the The Association for University announces George and University of Dayton Common Academic Student Affairs at a renovation to the Amanda Hanley Research Institute receives Program, an evolving, Catholic Colleges and iconic Chapel of the Foundation a $99 million, five-year flexible undergraduate Universities awards Immaculate Conception. make a $12.5 contract from the U.S. Air curriculum that is the University its 2012 million gift Force for technologies to responsive to the Best Practices Award ▶ DEC. 13, 2013 — to establish improve the affordability, changing times while in the dean of students University, GE and state the University of Dayton safety and efficiency of remaining grounded in category. officials formally as a national leader in its fleet. Catholic and Marianist open the GE sustainability education. intellectual traditions. ▶ AUG. 8, 2012 — Curran Aviation ▶ AUG. 16, 2015 — The opens the University of EPISCenter. ▶ OCT. 17, 2014 — Chapel of the Immaculate Dayton China Institute in Emerson Climate Conception is rededicated Suzhou Industrial Park. Technologies breaks after a $12 million, LEED- ground on The Helix, a certified renovation. $35 million innovation center on campus.

▶ DEC. 18, 2014 — The University announces a partnership with Concord Hospitality to purchase and upgrade the Dayton Marriott hotel.

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I Curran, from Page 26 and tangible way, faculty have a seat at the from any hard issue as it concerns students table for strategic discussions,” she says. on campus,” he says. was shrinking. Curran saw that geographic As Curran worked to strengthen the Uni- Lofton was one of the first emissaries and diversity would strengthen the University versity of Dayton community, he kept stu- vice president of the Student Government while enriching the student experience. dents and the student experience at the core Association. Curran became a mentor and The University would need to shed some of every decision. He has a professor’s sensi- friend. “I look up to him so very much in all modesty and spread its message. A new view- bilities and can’t walk across campus without phases of life,” says Lofton, who is now on the book for prospective students projected a pausing to greet students who call him “Dr. board of directors of the University of Dayton bold image. “THIS BOOK DOES NOT HAVE Dan.” He formalized a student connection to Alumni Association. ALL THE ANSWERS” it said in bright red the president’s office by creating the Presi- In 2014, Curran waded into a very dif- letters on the cover. Inside, amid provocative dent’s Emissaries, and he regularly dines ferent student gathering when a celebratory questions (“Do you perform com- throng poured out of houses and resi- munity service because it feels good dence halls to party in the street after or because it looks good on your Dayton defeated Syracuse to advance résumé?”) and an eye-catching to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA men’s design, the viewbook touted the basketball tournament. For a few University’s accomplishments and moments, students held Curran aloft unique attributes. as they chanted “Dr. Dan! Dr. Dan! Affordability arose as a major Dr. Dan!” The incident made the na- concern nationally, and the Univer- tional news. sity responded with a tuition guar- “A person asked me, ‘Weren’t you antee: University-funded scholar- frightened to walk into a crowd of ships and grants are adjusted every students?’” Curran says. “No, it was year so that net tuition stays the a natural thing to do. It’s just not the same for the entire four years. way I’ve ever felt about the students. Today, the student loan debt They care about me, and I care about burden of University of Dayton fam- them.” ilies has declined while the first-to second-year retention rate reached When he steps down at the end 91 percent, an all-time high. The re- of the academic year, Curran plans to tention rate is even higher — above take a yearlong sabbatical, which will 92 percent — for entering African- include resumption of his academic American and Hispanic students. work in China. A long-distance bicy- About 57 percent of first-year stu- clist, he has already checked out the dents are from outside Ohio, compared with with students — in his house or theirs. bike shops in Suzhou. just 37 percent in 2007. The number of ap- Curran showed his comfort level with As president, he says he finds his great- plicants continues to rise, boosting the Uni- students when he attended a fall 2015 rally in est joy in seeing the success of students, fac- versity’s selectivity. International students support of students at the University of Mis- ulty and staff. Now he is looking forward to come from more than 50 countries. “For the souri who had toppled their own president returning to the place where he began — the student who can’t study abroad, they do have over a failure to adequately address racial classroom. various slices of the world here in Dayton, tensions on campus. It won’t be hard to find Professor Dan Cur- Ohio,” says Interim Provost Paul Benson. “I’m here as a sign of solidarity with the ran at the University of Dayton. On game days, Meanwhile, Curran endorsed a collab- students, faculty and staff,” Curran told a he’ll be in the stands, cheering for the Flyers. orative approach to emerging issues when he student reporter with Flyer News as they all His contract as president included a clause re-established the University’s Educational braced themselves against a brisk wind off guaranteeing him basketball tickets for life. Leadership Council with strong faculty rep- the Central Mall outside Kennedy Union. “I Otherwise, he’ll be doing what sociologists resentation. It is co-chaired by the University think the statement they’re making about do: Studying concepts of social justice. Men- president and the president of the Academic dignity is very important for the University of toring students. Building community. He’s Senate and includes the provost, deans, and Dayton. It’s at the heart of our mission.” ready for the next chapter. “Who knows what vice president for finance and administrative When racial concerns have emerged in the future brings?” says Curran. UD services as well as faculty and student mem- recent years at the University, Curran be- bers of the executive committee and commit- came directly involved and opened his office Michele Cohen Marill is a freelance writer tee chairs of the Academic Senate. as an avenue to address the issues, says Mike based in Atlanta. As someone who grew up Curran’s move was “very Marianist,” says Lofton ’05, vice president for partnerships with the ideal of Southern hospitality, she was Carissa Krane, professor of biology and pres- for myEDmatch, a job-matching website for touched by the great Marianist spirit of caring ident of the Academic Senate. “In a very true teachers and schools. “He’s never run away and community at the University of Dayton.

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I He’ll be doing what sociologists do: Studying concepts of social justice. Mentoring students. Building community. He’s ready for the next chapter.

‘Who knows what the future brings?’ says Curran.

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I FIRE EXTINGUISHER

LIKE MOST PEOPLE, ALEX MORGAN RARELY GAVE FIRE A SECOND THOUGHT WHILE HE WAS GROWING UP — except for an occasional camping trip. ∫ ∫ “In general, we have no inherent fear of fire,” Morgan said. “It’s one of the things that make us human versus other animals.” Humans,∫ ∫

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I he said, have used fire to build our civilization — from the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s our first hot-cooked meal to the steel furnaces that Building and Fire Research Laboratory and later as a forged our modern cities. research chemist for the Dow Chemical Co., where he And then we rarely give it another thought. initiated a new plastics fire-safety program. “People only care if they’ve been burned or some- “It was now more than a toolset that helped me one tells them they should care. But we should all earn a paycheck; it was a scientific passion,” he said. care,” he said. “Sadly, fire hurts the very young, the “Eventually, you make such an investment in some- very old and anyone who can’t run away from it. And it thing that it becomes a habit and a core aspect of your forever destroys the things it touches.” personality.” While humans have no innate fear of fire, we Part of Morgan’s personality is a fascination with should. It destroys and kills — $11.6 billion in property the complex relationships between the components damage and 3,275 lives lost in the United States alone and conditions that re- in 2014. sult in fire. While many But fire has a foe in Morgan. The distinguished re- - of us learned in school search scientist at the University of Dayton Research the famous “fire triangle” Institute is fighting fire with the science of fire to keep of heat, fuel and oxygen us safe. — the necessary ingredients for most fires — it is AN ACCIDENTAL EXPERT an oversimplification of a While his career path has been intentional, his complex chemical ener- early years in fire research were somewhat accidental. getic phenomenon, Mor- With the exception of a few childhood Boy Scout camp gan said. How fast some- outs, Morgan had little interaction with flames until thing will burn or ignite HOW FAST SOMETHING WILL WILL SOMETHING FAST HOW OR IGNITE IS A FUNC BURN HEAT MUCH TION OF HOW THE WHAT IT, INTO PUT YOU HOW IS MADE OF, MATERIAL AND HEAT TO IT RESPONDS IT IS IN. LOCATION WHAT he started graduate school at the University of South is a function of how much Carolina. heat you put into it, what “I really never thought about fire,” he said. “No one the material is made of, how it responds to heat and does unless it affects them directly.” what location it is in, he said. Morgan got started in fire retardancy thanks to “To really understand why something will burn graduate student funding available through the Fed- — and how to put it out or prevent it from burning to eral Aviation Administration. He worked on fire-safe begin with — you have to look at everything: chemis- materials for aircraft. try, physics, engineering and sometimes even psychol- “I knew nothing about flame retardants, nor did my ogy to understand how people will react in getting out adviser, so I became self-taught, fairly quickly,” he said. of buildings or vehicles in a fire,” he said. “Four and a half years later, I graduated with my Ph.D. Morgan, now the group leader of the applied com- and realized I was just scratching the surface of the en- bustion and energy group in the Energy Technologies tire fire safety field. Flame retardancy is just one piece and Materials Division of the UD Research Institute, of it. Fire safety engineering, combustion science, fire has been a fire scientist for close to two decades, dedi- physics … the list goes on. There is a lot to fire that even cating the majority of his career to its study. His expe- many engineers and scientists don’t realize exists.” rience includes materials flammability — how things Morgan’s expertise, at the time, was in making like metals, natural items and plastics burn. He stud- flame retardants for aircrafts. ies polymeric material flame retardancy — how to “I was no better or worse than all the other chem- make flammable plastics resist fire or burn slowly. And ists I was graduating with, but I had this specialization he researches fire science, fire testing and fire safety in fire safety that I could expand upon or shelve and engineering with an emphasis on chemical structure hope I could pick up something else,” he said. “A gener- property relationships and fire-safe material design. alist chemist who doesn’t have a specialty of some sort Morgan — who also is editor-in-chief of the Journal doesn’t stay employed for very long.” of Fire Science — has helped academic, government and Morgan broadened his fire knowledge in the years industrial customers solve their flame retardant and that followed, expanding his skill set by working at fire safety needs to keep the public safe. In addition to

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I his work improving the fire safety of aircraft interiors, Morgan has worked on improving the fire performance of foam and padding in furniture. He also has worked on the wire and cables found in buildings, reducing the likelihood that flames will spread though a home along those wires. These applications are more than theo- retical; they are practical and in many cases life-saving. In 2014, almost 1.3 million fires were reported in the United States, according to the National Fire Protection Associa- tion. “Fire is a unique destructive force in the universe,” Morgan said. “It breaks things down at the molecular level, and you can’t put it back together again once it is burned. Metals can be re-welded, fabrics re-sewn but, once burned, it’s not coming back. It’s a fundamental chemical phenomenon on our planet that you can’t get away from, and it’s an equal source of benefit and detriment. “Fire propels our civilization in so many ‘Fire hurts the very ways, but if it gets out of hand, it can and will destroy it.” young, the very old and anyone who PROFESSIONAL AND PRACTICAL PASSION In 1973, the U.S. National Commis- can’t run away from sion on Fire Prevention and Control re- it. And it forever ported that, “Appallingly, the richest and most technologically advanced nation in destroys the things the world leads all the major industrialized it touches.” countries in per capita deaths and property Alex Morgan loss from fire.” That report, America Burning, laid out recommendations for addressing the dearth of basic research, including increasing fire research funding. A follow-up report couch can cause major damage. detrimental environmental effects caused by the National Research Council of the “From the time that couch ignites, you by some of the chemicals. Specifically, some National Academy of Sciences in 2003 also have less than five minutes to get out,” Mor- flame retardants have been found to be per- recognized the important role universities gan said. “That’s what people don’t know. sistent, bioaccumulative and toxic. That’s can play in saving lives and property, as well They have very little time to escape.” also where Morgan’s work comes into play. as in preparing the next generation of fire Fire retardants have come under in- “It’s difficult but solvable,” he said of the researchers. creasing scrutiny in recent years because of problem of balancing fire protection and Funding, however, remains a problem. “Everyone thinks fire safety is impor- ...... tant, but few people put any money into it,” Catching fire Morgan said. “It’s up to people like me and Given enough heat and oxygen, anything carbon-based will burn, as well as some metals: others to continue our work.” n Plastics, wood, composites, textiles, peat/plant matter, even diamond and graphite under In a typical home, many components some conditions. — like shingles, siding and wire — are con- n Some metals can burn exothermically. sidered to be low-flammable items. Other products, from carpet to hand-held elec- Only materials in their highest oxidation state will not combust/burn: tronics, have to pass minimum safety stan- n This includes ceramics, glass, sand, rock, minerals and concrete — but even these can suffer dards. But that doesn’t erase the fire threat. fire damage. For example, glass melts; concrete and rock explode; and ceramics crack. A laptop that shorts out while sitting on the SOURCE: Alex Morgan, UDRI

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environmental protection. “We have to edu- Historically speaking, Morgan pointed .

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. for sprinklers, upon entering. the U.S. today, so there is no funding,” he ex- . SOURCE: National Fire Protection Association “Nothing would be more embarrassing plained. “But it can take time for a fire prob- than the fire guy setting or having an acci- lem to creep up, just as it did with the over- dental fire,” he said, smiling. abundance of brush tion Association.”

He speaks from experience as he once, - - in the Western for- So, Morgan continues to contribute in fact, did set one of his chemical reactions ests, which has led where he can, fielding questions from re- in graduate school on fire. It took quite to some huge fires. porters, nongovernmental organizations some time to live that down among his grad- “Events put in and the public. And he uses his scientific uate school peers, but it reminded him that motion today can writing of review papers and editorial let- it doesn’t take much for things to catch fire cause fire problems ters to keep the issue in the forefront. — enough heat and oxygen, and anything of tomorrow. Use “I look for collaborations with those ...... carbon-based will burn. of more synthetic who have funds to teach them what I know, While he knows he faces an uphill battle flammable mate- in order to advance the field and get us to from both funding and environmental per- rials in homes — improved fire safety and sustainable prod- spectives, and he spends more time trouble- FIRE THINKS ‘EVERYONE BUT IS IMPORTANT, SAFETY ANY MON PUT PEOPLE FEW PEO UP TO IT’S IT. INTO EY PLE LIKE ME AND OTHERS OUR WORK.’ CONTINUE TO which bring great ucts,” he said. “This science has a great ben- shooting and consulting than researching energy savings and efit for society, and I’m determined to help these days, Morgan’s passion for developing comfort — can lead to catastrophic fires. As contribute.” UD effective and environmentally friendly fire more of them get inserted into homes, the retardants remains. worse the fires can get, as has been seen in Debbie Juniewicz ’90 is a freelance writ- “There are ways to make this work,” he several studies by the National Institute of er. Despite being a Girl Scout dropout, the said. “It’s an issue of time, determination Standards and Technology, Underwriter’s mother of three can hold her own around the and political will.” Laboratories and the National Fire Preven- fire pit or barbecue grill.

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I To the rescue Since 1992, the UD Rescue Squad has saved lives — and launched students’ medical careers.

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I To the rescue

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I When senior marketing major Sean Ferguson health care and public safety professionals. was struck by lightning last April while walking Public safety student security cadets who saw across a campus parking lot, an ambulance crew of a need for a rapid Emergency Medical Services re- trained student volunteers raced to his aid. sponse crew on campus started the organization. They most likely saved his life. They used a donated University van stocked with The UD Rescue Squad was on the scene within medical supplies as their ambulance and a side minutes, took over from the bystanders who were room in the public safety building as their head- administering CPR, and coordinated with the quarters. Dayton Fire Department to transport Ferguson to By 1993, the group had seven trained emer- Miami Valley Hospital. gency medical technicians who responded to calls “There are individuals who are alive today who in a 1978 Chevy ambulance. That same year, the wouldn’t be if it wasn’t for the presence of that first EMT class sponsored by public safety started rescue squad on our campus,” said Maj. Randy with nine undergraduate students. Groesbeck ’98, director of administration and Founding squad member Merritt Colton ’93 security for the Department of Public Safety and recalled his crew as a “ragtag” group of students Wthe student organization’s adviser. “Their calls who were just trying to figure things out. range from minor illnesses to life-threatening “Originally, we started at Gosiger Hall,” Colton events, and they’ve resuscitated a number of said. “The ambulance was parked outside, and we individuals who otherwise probably would not had to run an extension cord to the back and put have made it.” a space heater in to keep stuff from Since it was founded in 1992, the By Dave Larsen freezing.” squad has attracted more than 500 After graduation, Colton became student volunteers, responded to thousands of a paramedic. Today, he is a Dayton Fire Depart- emergency calls, and opened the door to careers as ment captain whose fire district includes the UD

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I campus. He regularly sees the Rescue Squad Patrick Dugan, a premedicine major from on its runs, which lighten the number of mi- Noblesville, Indiana, who serves as the squad’s nor injury calls for his EMS crews. assistant chief of operations. Those runs in- Funds “Now we look at them — they’re a top- cluded six possible heart attacks. notch, well-equipped organization,” Colton Emergency calls to public safety are dis- sought for said. “They really are an asset to the Univer- patched to the UD Rescue Squad, which is sity and even to the city of Dayton.” alerted by a loud tone that sounds throughout new squad During the past three decades, the squad the squad house. Calls to 911 from cell phones has been honored with national awards from are sent to Montgomery County dispatch, the National Collegiate Emergency Medical which can turn a call over to public safety house Services Foundation. UD Rescue Squad was if the emergency is appropriate for squad UD Rescue Squad student volun- named Collegiate EMS Organization of the response. teers and alumni speak fondly of the Year in 1999 and 2003. The squad also won Each year about 50 student volunteers camaraderie and joy of helping others. Collegiate EMS Week Celebration of the Year participate on the squad, but only after they The same can’t be said for the orga- in 2010, 2012 and 2013. undergo rigorous classroom and practi- nization’s aging squad house. UD Rescue Squad has been recognized cal training during the fall semester of their Since 1994, 214 Lawnview Ave. has five times by the foundation’s Striving for sophomore year to become nationally certi- been the base of operations for the Excellence program, including the current fied EMTs. squad. three-year certification through 2018. Students in the EMT-Basic class initially Formerly student housing, the tan- The squad is one of 56 campus-based learn CPR and use of automated external defi- colored, two-story house with white EMS organizations in North America to pro- brillators for the health care provider and are trim has two small upstairs bedrooms vide ambulance service, said Scott C. Savett, trained to drive the ambulance. New mem- for overnight duty crews and a single, vice president of the foundation, which rep- bers then begin working weekly shifts with cramped bathroom on the second floor resents about 250 campus-based EMS groups the squad to gain experience. They continue that is reached by a narrow, winding in the U.S. and Canada. Only about 20 percent taking four-hour EMT classes two to three staircase. have an ambulance; the others respond by nights a week, including labs and lectures. Kim Sherman ’13 recalled crew using golf carts, sport utility vehicles, cars or “It is really great to be able to learn in members falling down the “very loud, bicycles, or on foot. the class and then transition into seeing it creaky, steep steps” while dashing “I can say without hesitation that UD hands-on as we go on calls with them,” said downstairs at night to respond to an Rescue is one of the finest organizations un- sophomore Julia Ripepi, a pre-physical ther- emergency call. der the NCEMSF umbrella,” said Savett, who apy major from Cleveland who completed the The first floor features a tiny kitch- has visited the squad several times since as- class in November. en that Sherman described as “chaos” suming his role in 1997. A new group of EMTs is added each year, if more than one person tries to cook The passion and dedication that has with 20 new students taking the class. a meal at the same time. There’s also earned such accolades is evident in the stu- UD Rescue Squad always has three certi- a small living room with an old, over- dent squad today. fied EMTs on duty to make up a crew. stuffed sofa where students study and A student-run volunteer EMS organiza- Squad members are required to volun- watch Netflix while waiting for emer- tion with a state-certified basic life support teer for at least 24 hours of duty each month. gency calls. The dining room becomes a ambulance located on campus, the rescue Typically, students work several two- to four- game of musical chairs at shift change, squad provides free pre-hospital care and hour shifts weekly, arranged around their and the laundry room doubles as file transportation for all medical and trauma class schedules. Each month, they also work storage space. emergencies on campus 24 hours a day, seven overnight shifts that span 11 hours on week- UD Rescue frequently holds its crew days a week during the academic year. nights and 18 hours on weekends. meetings in the adjacent, heated ambu- The squad’s current ambulance, dubbed During those overnight shifts, students lance garage, built in 2008, because of Squad 1, was purchased in 2012 by the Univer- eat, study and sleep in their cramped, aging the lack of space in the squad house. sity. The box-like white vehicle is emblazoned squad house at 214 Lawnview Ave. (See ac- Squad members have a “love-hate with the UD chapel logo and a bold, red stripe companying story.) relationship with the house,” said ju- down the side that spikes sharply toward Many students average between 500 and nior Neil Glenn, a premed major from the rear like a heartbeat monitor. 1,000 volunteer hours during their three years Dayton. Groesbeck said the squad averages more on the squad, but about one-third graduate “Everyone loves being here, mostly than 400 ambulance runs each year during with “well in excess of 2,000 hours each,” for the people,” Glenn said. “It definite- the eight months it is in service. Groesbeck said. ly serves its function, but other than During the fall 2015 semester alone, the That remarkable devotion to service in- that, I think it’s hard to say much else rescue squad responded to 315 emergency spired senior Jonathan Melendez to join about it.” calls and transported 224 students, faculty, But help is on the way. staff or visitors to area hospitals, said senior See Rescue, Page 42 “The house has always been small,

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I including construction and furnishing. University trustee John M. Forte ’64 has pledged to match all donations up to $200,000. Forte, president of Miami-based Forte Properties, said he was so impressed by a Rescue Squad presentation to the board of trustees that he visited the squad house in May 2015. There, he discovered their working conditions were, as he said, “deplorable.” “These poor students had to live in these conditions while they’re out trying to save lives and do their studies at the same time,” Forte said. “I thought that they needed some help, so I tried to put something together to get them a new facility.” Unibilt Industries of Vandalia, Ohio, will build the new house and has committed $25,000 to the project. Unibilt Chief Financial Officer Gregory S. Barney is a Flyer — Class of 1987 — and the parent of a current civil engineering student. In addition, several anonymous donors have contributed to the campaign, but more funds are needed. The new, 2,241-square-foot squad house will offer three bedrooms and three full bathrooms, including one on the first floor that can be used as a decontamination area. In addition, the two-story house will feature a large gathering space, office and study areas, and a covered walkway to connect it to the ambulance garage. “Aside from the comfort, it’s a proper headquarters for a service such as this,” Groesbeck said. In midwinter, workers began preparing the old house for demolition, and the squad has been relocated to Lawnview Apartments for spring semester. Plans call for construction to begin in May. It will be operational by August for the start of the fall 2016 semester. “I am very excited for next year just because I see all the things that we already do in a space that I feel is very limiting for a lot of things that we could be doing,” said squad chief Jonathan Melendez, a senior premed major from San Juan, Puerto Rico. “I think this is really going to increase our boundaries next year.” and it has always been old, and it is just time organization’s adviser. “It is far too small for To support the Rescue Squad house, visit to replace it,” said Maj. Randy Groesbeck what the Rescue Squad is currently doing.” alumnicommunity.udayton.edu/rescue-squad ’98, director of administration and security Work has begun on a new squad house, or contact Todd Imwalle ’84, senior director for the Department of Public Safety and the which will cost an estimated $400,000, of development, at 937-229-5460.

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I Rescue, from Page 40 studies from Ohio Dominican University in about the accident, recalled junior Chris December. Reyes, who was on duty at the time. The UD the squad. A premed major from San Juan, “My experiences with Rescue Squad were dispatcher radioed the crew to ask if they Puerto Rico, Melendez exudes passion for the absolutely phenomenal,” said Mary Salim- were able to respond to Ferguson. Reyes organization. He is UD Rescue Squad’s chief, bene Merriman ’09, an epidemiologist at the quickly threw the cot in the back of the am- the top officer. Union County Health Department in Marys- bulance, which raced to the scene with lights “That really touched me, because for me ville, Ohio. She said UD Rescue boosted her and sirens. that’s one of the reasons I picked UD, because confidence and helped solidify her career Meanwhile, senior Nathan Steinbrunner I felt very at home here — I felt like people re- goal of working in the medical profession. and five other off-duty crew members were ally helped each other out,” Melendez said. Tyler Britton ’11 supervises a hematol- meeting at the squad house garage. They “I felt like this group of students, we kind of ogy/oncology clinic at Beth Israel Deaconess heard the radio call, piled into a car and represented that, just giving away a lot of our Medical Center in Boston that sees hundreds sped to the parking lot near Kettering time volunteering to help our community in a of patients daily. Laboratories to help deliver aid. very unique way.” “What I experienced behind the double “Incidents like this are very rare and very Melendez said the experience has af- uncommon for us to ever get,” said Steinb- firmed his decision to become a premed major runner, a chemical engineering major from and pursue a career in the medical profession. Versailles, Ohio. “But in all the instances, “I think there are a lot of ways you can impact even though we don’t see situations like this the world, but for me, that’s kind of my place,” frequently at all, we are still able to deliver he said. the appropriate patient care.” Earning a place in medical school involves The squad members placed Ferguson service and clinical care hours, in addition to on a backboard, obtained his vital signs and a strong grade-point average, said Kathleen then transferred him to the Dayton Fire Scheltens, director of UD’s premedical pro- Department ambulance for transport, with grams. Volunteering for UD Rescue Squad Crew Chief Mariah Jutte ’15 riding with is common for premed majors because they them back to the hospital. gain patient care skills and experience that After intense treatment and therapy, prepares them for careers as doctors, nurses, Ferguson returned to campus in the fall and physical therapists and other medical profes- received his degree in December at UD’s sionals. 166th commencement exercises. Melendez, for example, has interviewed Along with senior Matt Lickenbrock and and been accepted at Ohio State University, doors of the squad ambulance with two other Steven Pope, the bystanders who admin- Boston University and the University of Cen- classmates is not a far cry from the much istered CPR, the Rescue Squad was hon- tral Florida. He said his experiences as an larger team I work with now,” Britton said. ored in December at the 10th annual Miami EMT and leader have been an integral part of “The principles of teamwork, best care and Valley Crime Stoppers Awards banquet. his interviews. altruistic dedication are consistent, and to Reyes, a biology major from Elida, Ohio, Kim Sherman ’13 credits the squad for her experience that with the UD Rescue Squad said the day the squad responded to that discovery of her career path as a physician as- is something I am very grateful for, and it parking lot with speed and professional- sistant in emergency medicine. She learned excels my work daily.” ism was his proudest day as a Rescue Squad about the profession from an upperclassman While there have been many memorable member. while working an overnight shift. and satisfying experiences for the squad, “I would honestly trust all of my UDRS Some physician assistant programs re- it’s clear that last April’s run to rush Sean peers with my life,” Reyes said. UD quire as many as 2,000 hours of patient care. Ferguson to Miami Valley Hospital will stand Said Sherman, “[T]hanks to my EMT-B train- out in its history. Dave Larsen is a former staff writer at the ing and volunteering with the squad, I was A three-member duty crew had just Dayton Daily News, where he covered higher able to apply to any school.” She completed transported another patient and was in the education, film, popular music and technol- her master’s degree in physician assistant hospital ambulance bay when they heard ogy over his 25-year career...... Oh, the places they’ll go Rushing to help others can lead to interesting career paths. Here are some chosen by Rescue Squad alumni: Aeromedical evacuation officer Gynecologic oncology fellow Physical therapist Funeral director & embalmer Police officer Epidemiologist Zoo security officer Deputy fire chief Molecular genetic technician Nursing aide Pediatric cardiologist Special agent EMT Mechanical engineer Director of athletic communications Professor Auditor Research scientist Dietitian Sound engineer

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at the Feb. 21 home game for . .

students arrive on campus in August, they’ll receive notes from . There is something for every-

its Final Four appearance. . .

the Flyer family welcoming them to the community and sharing . one throughout the weekend, from .

highlights of things not to miss during their four years. .

. class parties and the Flyer fun run

NOTHING CAN STOP THEM .

n .

Engaging in the #Dayton2020 social media campaign, . and walk to the newly renovated

Not even snowstorm Jonas .

providing feedback on where the incoming class should start . Chapel of the Immaculate Concep- could stop the Flyer Faithful. .

its #iloveud journey. . tion open house and marriage vow

While much of the East Coast . .

n .

was snowed in, more than Working together in service, including collecting house- . renewal ceremony. Come back to

100 alumni gathered Jan. 24 hold items for Dayton nonprofit Homefull and donating . campus and reunite with fellow .

before a men’s basketball T-shirts to St. Vincent de Paul of Dayton. . Flyers. .

To watch a video of students sharing their UD favorites with . A schedule of events is available

game in the Bronx. . the Class of 2020, visit bit.ly/UDM_iloveud2016. . online: your.udayton.edu/reunion/. Discover more: alumnicommunity.udayton.edu Deep mind, big heart Father Jack McGrath, S.M. ’57, was a Marianist leader and religious studies faculty member who gained deep personal satisfaction from teaching. “Working with students in the process of making life decisions and assisting them from the point of view of opening avenues to reality, truth, values and the human needs around us is a unique role in society,” he wrote. McGrath died Dec. 26 after suffering a stroke. Dennis Doyle, professor of religious studies, remembered his colleague: “Father Jack had a deep mind and a big heart. He provided a gracious Marianist presence to the religious studies department and to the University of Dayton. We will miss him greatly.”

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I First flurries Can you remember your said first-year graphic this year. first snow at UD? Were you design major Merani “Back home, it’s always building a snowman on your Cosme. They spent a few green; it’s always warm,” lawn on Kiefaber? Were you moments trying to catch Rive Lockwood said, not- watching the flakes fall in the the falling snowflakes — ing the number of days be- orange glow of the Stonemill but then immediately got tween 80 and 100 degrees. street lights — or bundled to work making snow- “But then being here and up in your room in Mary- balls. actually seeing fall for crest, dreaming of somewhere “People were looking the first time, seeing the sunnier? at us like, ‘What are you leaves die out and turn or- Last semester, a group of 10 doing? It’s not even that angey and then falling out first-year students from Puerto much snow!’” Cosme was really pretty.” Rico planned to fully embrace said. “But we were just Though the students their first snow with a giant having a blast. We didn’t are still adjusting to the snowball fight. It wouldn’t just even think about the weather, and Cosme had be their first on campus — but cold.” to go on a big shopping the first in their lives. There First-year premed trip with her neighbors to were no specific plans, but on major Eduardo Rive purchase winter gear, she Dec. 2, 2015, when the first Lockwood said that he said it’s nice to get a break flurries fell, the group congre- was not quite prepared. from the humidity back gated in the same place at the “I went outside with- home. same time. out gloves or anything, “My Puerto Rican tan “As soon as we saw the and I started grabbing is fading,” she said. “But snow, we all ran from differ- snow and making snowballs,” enjoying it.” right now I think that’s the only ent dorms and happened to he said. “Obviously my fingers Winter was not the only thing I miss.” meet outside of Founders,” got numb. But I was still weather surprise for the group —Grace Poppe ’16

2016 Lackner Awards Rob Durkle ’78 and Joan McGuinness Wagner received tive difference in someone’s life. I know this honor reflects on the 2016 Lackner Awards, named in memory of Marian- past achievements, but there is still much more to do.” ists Elmer Lackner and A University staffer Joseph Lackner, for faculty since 1991, McGuinness or staff who are not vowed Wagner has helped inform Marianists and who have and educate the campus made noteworthy contri- community about UD’s butions to the Catholic and Marianist heritage since Marianist character of the becoming director of Mari- University. anist strategies in 1997. It’s Since his hiring in 1980, a role that’s given her the Durkle, currently associate opportunity to connect with vice president for the Division the entire campus commu- of Enrollment Management nity and develop creative and Marketing, has worked in and innovative ways to en- positions focused on student gage them regarding the recruitment, admission and University’s Catholic mis- financial aid. His body of work sion and identity. can be seen in the makeup “I know there are so of the student body: Since 2006, UD’s undergraduate appli- many wonderful people who make UD what it is,” she says. cations have increased by 80 percent, and the number of ap- “I’ve been on the committee; trying to choose just one or two plications from domestic minority students has increased by is very difficult. To think that my name would be associated 144 percent. with all those who have made such an impact on this univer- “My 35-plus years of work at UD have been a labor of sity, it’s very humbling.” love,” Durkle says. “Each day, I look forward to making a posi- —Shannon Miller

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Room to grow . .

Call it the new four-year plan. . .

UD introduced a program last year . .

that calls for a hands-off fundraising ap- .

proach with new graduates. When UD .

graduates get their diplomas in the mail, .

they come with a note saying their alma .

mater will not ask them for donations .

for four years, said Christopher Morrison, . .

interim vice president for advancement. . .

“They gave us four years,” Morrison .

told the Dayton Daily News in a Feb. 14 .

story. “We want to give them four years. .

In year five when they come back for .

their reunion, at that point we hope they .

start giving. Their careers are a little more . .

established. . .

“It’s a gamble, but frankly it’s one we’re .

really excited to take.” .

UD reported $28.2 million in gifts in .

fiscal year 2015, helped in part by a $7 mil- .

lion gift from Fuyao Glass America to sup- .

port the UD China Institute. . .

. Reunion resolutions

“We are a tuition-based university, so . .

. Call it a challenge to all fellow UD alumni. ation, the former roommates once sent a we don’t get large funding from the gov- .

. After a visit to campus for the first time round-robin letter, each adding a letter to the ernment,” Morrison told the newspaper. .

. since graduating in 1969, the women of 1614 envelope before sending it on. “Sometimes it

“One of the largest aspects of support .

we get is through fundraising. It’s very . Alberta St. crafted a plan to ensure other took a full year to get to everyone. But I was

important, in addition to the tuition.” . alumni reconnect, reunite and give back. proud of us for keeping it up for several years,”

. —Shelby Quinlivan ’06 . Scattered around the country after gradu- said Karen Dreidame Weber.

How we remember When loved ones leave us, we do what true gentleman and scholar. he was a Marianist social worker, teacher, we can to remember them. “My respect for Gerry grew over the pastor and administrator, as well as a lead- Remembering can turn into sharing — years as I knew him as a rigorous and de- er in the U.S. black Catholic community. and sharing, into giving. That’s how those manding teacher who sincerely cared He died July 17, 2014, at age 66 while visit- inspired by professor Gerry Kerns and about his stu- ing members of the Father Paul Marshall, S.M. ’69, are remem- dents,” Achbach Marianist commu- bering them. said. “Following nity in India. Kerns died March 19, 2014, at age 80. his retirement, Upon his death, His former students say Kerns taught Gerry volun- the Society of Mary thousands of students in the Department teered to teach offered a prayer for of Political Science to be better writers, in the Osher Marshall, for his critical thinkers and scholars. Lifelong Learn- spirit of hospital- Richard “Dick” Moran ’71, a student ing Institute at ity and his skill of of Kerns, started a scholarship fund in his UD. He taught uniting African- professor’s memory. every year and Kerns Marshall American culture “I was saddened by Gerry Kerns’ pass- filled the larg- and the Marianist ing, who was one of the best teachers in est classroom. He was so eloquent and so spirit: “Help us to continue his spirit as we the political science department, if not well-researched.” work to root out any form of racism, which the entire University,” Moran said. “In a Gifts to the Gerald E. Kerns Memorial destroys authentic culture and values,” it small way, I would like to carry on Gerry’s Scholarship will assist students major- read, in part. legacy.” ing in political science or international Marshall once said, “The Marianist Myron Achbach ’58 worked as UD’s studies. charism should infuse every aspect of the director of admission during the time Marshall was the rector for the Uni- University, who we are and what we do. Kerns taught. He remembers Kerns as a versity from 2005 to 2010. For 47 years, Working for freedom and promoting the

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I After that, it was Christmas ment acted as their tour guide. cards and occasional reunions In honor of their experi- with a few of the roommates. ence at UD, the roommates But in July 2014, everyone was created the 1614 Fund. They able to make it to the Cincinnati have pledged an annual gift, al- area for the first-ever full re- locating the yearly amount to

union of 1614 Alberta. “We just an area of their choosing. “We 101 Woodland picked up right where we left were really impressed with the off. It was like no time had new physician assistant practice passed,” Weber said. program while on our tour, so The group — including our first gift will be toward that,” Carol Mattingly Hallett, Ellen Weber said. Dickinson Byrnes, Kim Costin They have issued a challenge Carmichael, Kathy Fortman to other alumni who are for-

Hutter, Patty Cunerty Rees and mer roommates, teammates or MY OLD HOUSE Weber — arranged to take a tour groups of friends to do the same. of campus. The one place they “This has been a great thing weren’t able to see on the tour, to bring us together again and however, was 1614 Alberta. In to feel like we continue to be its place is ArtStreet, an arts- a part of the University,” Rees based learning-living facility said. “We’d love to see it be n September 1973, six seniors cupied by various fraternities and that opened in fall 2004. “It was contagious for other alumni to — Danny “Do-It-All” Braben- sororities as the number of UD sad to see that our house was no celebrate their time here and der, “Pistol” Pete Certo, Rick students increased in the area.” longer there, but we were really continue to enrich the lives of “Blue Eyes” Suminski, Tom The 1970s wouldn’t see the impressed to see the rest of cam- future UD graduates. We are I“The General” Witkowski, Steve last of the Woodland Warriors, pus,” Rees said. “It’s amazing to grateful for the time we had at “Motts” Sarsfield and Phil “Opie” however. The crew reunited in Opinante — became the first UD 2014 during Reunion Weekend see the changes, the growth that UD, as we know so many others students to rent the home at 101 and paid a visit to 101. has occurred.” James Brothers are.” Woodland Ave. from a private “The house was empty for from the Division of Advance- —Shelby Quinlivan ’06 owner. the summer, but the door was Without losing a single sec- open, as it always was while we ond, as Opinante puts it, the origi- were students,” Opinante said, nal “Woodland Warriors” began “so we took a stroll through the many traditions at 101: Breakfast house. It was wonderful reminisc- at Our House (best served at 3 ing about the great times we had faith in the black community has ‘I cannot a.m.), Viking nights, pajama par- there.” It was also wonderful to given meaning to my life as a Mari- ties, Chi Sigma Alpha gather- see, he said, that the home’s con- anist.” think of a ings, “after-hours” parties during dition had improved since they’d As a student, Alex Orlowski ’09 better way homecoming and turnabout, UD last seen it, receiving a new kitch- served on the Rector’s Council; Rugby Club lawn and garage par- en and bathroom, new windows Marshall presided over the 2010 to honor our ties — “just to cite a few regularly and siding, a renovated front wedding of Orlowski and Katie friend’s life celebrated activities which are porch and — most importantly — Hill ’10. The couple now supports and work than still fresh in the minds of so many stronger water pressure. a scholarship fund in his memory. alumni,” Opinante said. “Back in the day, when some- “He worked tirelessly to make a by helping Located next to Woodland one flushed the toilet, the vic- UD education available to students to ensure his Cemetery, the seniors often tims in the shower had to endure from all walks of life,” Orlowski climbed its fence to take long runs shampoo in their eyes for an extra said. “I cannot think of a better way mission will through the cemetery’s hills and four excruciating minutes since to honor our friend’s life and work continue to pathways, “regardless of weather the water pressure was next to than by helping to ensure his mis- benefit future conditions,” Opinante said. Follow- nothing,” Opinante recalled. sion will continue to benefit future ing graduation in spring 1974, Opi- It’s a refreshed house that still generations of UD students.” generations of nante and Brabender remained on holds lasting memories. The Father Paul Marshall UD students.’ campus to complete their course- —Audrey Starr Memorial Scholarship will sup- work at UD’s School of Law. port African-American men and women from his “For many years shortly there- Take a tour at hometown of Cleveland who attend UD. after, 101 became the home of Chi udquickly.udayton.edu. To contribute in memory and help endow Sigma Alpha, a local fraternity,” And suggest we take a tour these funds, visit bit.ly/UDM_kerns-scholarship Opinante said. “In fact, several of of your old house. Email us at and bit.ly/UDM_marshall-scholarship. the nearby houses became oc- [email protected].

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I ALUMNI COMMUNITY PROFILE Nashville, Tennessee

hey might have left the Gem City for Music City, but there’s no heartbreak here. Flyers living in Nashville say its welcoming residents — and abundance of mom-and-pop eateries T— are reminiscent of their days hanging out on Brown Street. Nashville Alumni Explains community leader Jennifer By the Numbers Lambe Pollard ’85, “Because of the music ...... industry, Nashville is a city built on Total Alumni 483 big dreams, kind of like those of col- Undergraduate 483 lege students. It’s also friendly and Graduate 147 full of hospitality, much like the UD Male 256 campus.” Female 227 DayMag asked: If UD were a ...... country song, which one would it be? Graduation Classes n “‘My Wish’ by Rascal Flatts, because I’ve All 1940s-2010s never met a Dayton graduate who didn't wish Most 2000s the absolute best for their fellow Flyers.” ...... —Carol Harper ’13 Academic Area

n “‘Wagon Wheel’ by Old Crow Medicine Show. Arts & Sciences 178 It reminds me of friends and good times, and that Business 132 neighbors walking by.” UD will always be a place I can call home.” Education & —Jennifer Lambe Pollard ’85 Health Sciences 85 —Keri Bailey ’10 Engineering 69 n “‘House Party’ by Sam Hunt. It makes me think of n “‘Here for the Party’ by Gretchen Wilson.” Law 19 hanging out on front porches with a steady stream of —John Burns ’01

NowREADSEEHEARThis BLESSED BY LESS decades after they return from war. Kellogg and his crew Susan V. Vogt ’69 followed a group of veterans on an honor flight to Washington, D.C., The start of Susan Vogt’s journey to a simple lifestyle began at during a snow storm, making filming a bit difficult. “We certainly UD when her social work classes led her to tutor at the Dakota couldn’t complain about the conditions — the 80-year-old veterans Center in West Dayton and, after graduation, to a position in weren’t,” Kellogg said. The documentary, the Montgomery County welfare department. “I realized that which was produced for NET Television, can be I had more than I needed and others viewed online at netNebraska.org/homecoming. didn’t have enough — I wanted to try —Shelby Quinlivan ’06 to even that out,” Vogt said. Her fifth book, Blessed by Less: Clearing Your THE CZYK IN Life of Clutter by Living Lightly, is a Patrick Rybarczyk ’92 blueprint to live without the clutter. After working in several of Chicago’s top the- “It started as a Lenten commitment to ater companies for the last 20 years, Pat- get rid of one item a day. Looking at my rick Rybarczyk has become a fixture on possessions in a different way made me and off the stage. Rybarczyk is an award- continue the project for a full year. I ask winning actor and an artistic associate myself, what do I have that I don’t need, with Pride Films and Plays. While pursu- but others could use?” Follow Susan’s Living Lightly blog at ing a graduate degree in digital media and www.SusanVogt.net/blog. —Shelby Quinlivan ’06 storytelling at Loyola University Chicago, Rybarczyk hosts a podcast “The Czyk In: Breaking Down the Fourth HOMECOMING Wall of Chicago Theater.” “My goal is to have the show grow and be- Dennis Kellogg ’87 come a staple in the Chicago theater scene, the city and beyond,” For Dennis Kellogg, producing his first documentary was a Rybarczyk said. In his podcast, Rybarczyk features information on matter of digging deeper. Homecoming: The Impact on Nebraska Chicago theater and its artists. Tune in at www.theczykin.com. Veterans explores the impact of a homecoming on soldiers — even —Emma Jensen ’16

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I CLASS NOTES

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I to our art director and please send happens, Class Notes will be 1,356 images that are in focus. pages long.) If you’re sending infor- JOHN DETERS ’62 mation about your children, please Notes may take up to two issues to include birth dates rather than ages publish, so your patience is appreci- (as they grow up before your eyes ated. All notes are edited for style Game of chance and celebrate birthdays between our and content; all Flyer spirit is the John Deters knows the excitement of taking chances. After deadlines). The magazine does not intent of the author. moving all over the country for a 30-year career with Lear Siegler, publish announcements of engage- Class Notes are found in the print ments or pregnancies. edition only. Think of them as 184 Deters retired and went into business with his son, Paul, in De- notecards from your Flyer friends, troit. 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Com- mation about your children, please ing to UD, where he “greatly encour- 1967 include birth dates rather than ages Class Notes are found in the print (as they grow up before your eyes aged” his grandson, Matt, a first- year honors engineering major, edition only. Think of them as 184 and celebrate birthdays between our notecards from your Flyer friends, deadlines). The magazine does not to attend. Deters hopes to get checking in and saying hello every publish announcements of engage- back to a basketball game soon; ments or pregnancies. while a student, he attended ev- If it's important to you, it's important ery home game. With Detroit now to us. 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I IN MEMORIAM ALUMNI 1962 Peter “Pete” Trout — Sept. 12, 2015 Jack Cobb — Nov. 20, 2015; survived Richard Ahrns — Oct. 13, 2015 1978 by son Steven Cobb ’86 1937 Dean Craycraft — Nov. 21, 2015 Juanita Reese Vertrees — Sept. 3, James Dobberstein — Sept. 13, 2015; Father James McKay, S.M. — Russell Jeffries — Oct. 31, 2015 2015 survived by daughter Denise Dob- Oct. 15, 2015 Ernest “Ernie” Monnin — Sept. 19, 2015 William Zink — Nov. 21, 2015 berstein, University mailing services 1942 1963 1979 Margaret Mary “Peg” Geib — Aug. 9, Walter Woeste — Nov. 8, 2015 William “Bill” Donovan — Nov. 6, 2015 Robert “Rob” Monteserin — 2015; survived by daughters Patti 1943 Paul Sharp — Oct. 17, 2015 Aug. 15, 2015 Geib Dietz ’74 and Peggy Geib Du- Buena Greer Beis — Sept. 22, 2015 1964 Carl Schnapp — Sept. 4, 2015 gan ’75 and sons Jay Geib ’80 and Julie Timmer Snyder — Dec. 1, 2015 Gloria Ross Darlak — Nov. 22, 2015 1980 Danny Geib ’80 1947 Richard Sheehan — Sept. 23, 2015 Dalthea Double Black — Nov. 18, 2015 Dennis Hemming — Oct. 12, 2015; R. Stanley Dybvig — Oct. 27, 2015 James “Jim” Solet — July 25, 2015 Larry Gooden — Oct. 17, 2015 survived by daughter Allison 1949 Vickie Ann Bringman Wallace — Carl Hart — Sept. 10, 2015 Hemming ’89 Thomas “Tom” Knapke — Oct. 27, Feb. 4, 2014 1981 Rita Hensley — Sept. 25, 2015; retired 2015 1965 Rosalind Shapiro Badiner — University libraries staff Richard Leonard — Sept. 22, 2015 Sherry Hamilton Michitsch — Oct. 8, 2015 Kevin Hogan — Oct. 16, 2015; current Cassie McKenzie Napper — Sept. 2, Oct. 12, 2015 Susan Shepelak Chitty — Nov. 13, student 2015 William Peterson Jr. — June 22, 2015 2015 Richard Hook — Nov. 16, 2015; 1950 Patricia “Pat” Keller Rasnick — Mary Ellway — Nov. 5, 2015 survived by stepsons Tom Janning Robert “Bob” Gossett — Nov. 19, 2015 Oct. 20, 2015 Jill McNeil Mraz — Sept. 8, 2015 ’78, Mike Janning ’85 and Steve Dorothy “Dede” Dixon Sullivan — 1966 1983 Janning ’87 Oct. 15, 2015 John Kline — Oct. 3, 2015 Marc Sherry — Nov. 10, 2015 Richard Hull Sr. — Sept. 15, 2015; 1951 Sister Rita (Johnelle) Marschall, O.S.B. Davina “Davey” Simo — Oct. 11, 2015 survived by son Timothy Hull ’90 Robert “Bob” Bruggeman — — Nov. 20, 2015 1984 Eugene Kennedy — June 3, 2015; Sept. 26, 2015 Jerome “Jerry” Muchmore — Margaret “Peggy” Schuler-Lee — honorary member, University board Donald Phelan — Sept. 23, 2015 Oct. 19, 2015 Oct. 14, 2015 of trustees Patricia “Nana” Wilson Stueve — 1968 1985 Vincenzina “Ginny” Krymow — Oct. 17, 2015 Richard “Rick” Basel — Nov. 26, 2015 Bernard Coates Jr. — Sept. 17, 2015 Sept. 9, 2015; University benefactor 1953 David Lease — June 22, 2015 Thomas Turansky — Sept. 14, 2015 Robert Maginn Sr. — Nov. 28, 2015; William “Bill” Dortch — Nov. 9, 2015 Allan W. Miller — Oct. 17, 2015 Margaret Stidham Velez — Sept. 20, survived by son Robert Maginn Jr. George “Bud” Kramer Jr. — Nov. 18, 1969 2015 ’80 2015 Henry “Hank” “Herbie” Mannella — 1988 Michael Means — Oct. 29, 2015; pro- Helen Yura-Petro — Oct. 12, 2015 Aug. 18, 2015 Cynthia Ann “Cindy” Ellsworth fessor emeritus of English; survived 1954 Charles “Chuck” Russell — Sept. 15, Mosely — Oct. 14, 2015 by wife Joan Peterson Means ’72, Edmund Magat — Aug. 3, 2015 2015 1991 son Christopher Means ’87 and 1955 Vincent “Vince” Strockis — Nov. 29, Margaret “Peg” Wuelfing — daughters Marie Means Dragga ’79 Cosmina “Connie” Pagura Bedwell — 2015 Nov. 1, 2015 and Kirsten Means ’86 Oct. 22, 2015 1971 1992 Lisa Orrock — July 30, 2015; survived Roy Fischer — Oct. 6, 2015 Patricia “Pat” Keil — April 18, 2015 Keri Saunders O’Brien — Nov. 25, by husband Kurt Orrock ’01 Sister Therese Martin (Martha Fran- Timothy “Tim” McDonald Sr. — 2015 Richard “Dick” Poirier — Oct. 4, 2015; cis) Hessler, S.F.P. — Oct. 21, 2015 Nov. 16, 2015 Peter “Pete” Plomaritis — Nov. 13, survived by daughter Mary Ann Robert MacNealy — Sept. 25, 2015 Barbara J. Sullivan — May 10, 2015 2015 Poirier Recker ’92 Paul Plumer — Jan. 18, 2015 1972 1995 Betty Schmoll — Nov. 9, 2015; Honor- 1956 Father Linus DeSantis, O.F.M. Conv. — Annabelle Matusoff — Sept. 24, 2015 ary Doctor of Humane Letters Margaret O’Donnell Butler— Dec. 1, 2015 Barbara Shepard — Nov. 5, 2015 recipient, 1998 Nov. 27, 2015 Sister Rita Marie Stein, S.N.D. — 1997 Charlotte Steberl — Oct. 3, 2015; James “Jim” Herbig Sr. — Oct. 17, Oct. 20, 2015 Maria Vermes Matko — Sept. 18, 2015 survived by sister Mary Lienesch 2015 1973 1998 Schaefer ’51, daughter Mary Lynn Joseph “Joe” Hiebel — Oct. 12, 2015 Annette Bobby Bolds — Sept. 3, 2015 Denise Lyons Lipkins — July 27, 2015 Steberl Dresher ’76, son-in-law Sharon Dymond Schlageter — Frank Igah Sr. — Oct. 28, 2015 2003 Richard “Dick” Dresher ’69, Sept. 10, 2015 Joan Rafferty— Nov. 25, 2015 Patrick Kingston — July 8, 2015 daughter-in-law Robin Lee Steberl Janette Gerding Zofkie — Oct. 10, 1974 2004 ’80 and grandson Ryan Steberl ’09 2015 Mary Ellen Regan Deisher — Timothy Engel — Nov. 10, 2015 George Vlahos — Sept. 8, 2015; 1957 Oct. 15, 2015 2005 retired professor of management Frank Hennessy — Oct. 31, 2015 Mary Porter Haselwood — Michael Kovacic — Oct. 25, 2015 information systems John Wurst — Oct. 14, 2015 Sept. 20, 2015 Sharon Vukelich — July 30, 2015; 1958 Patricia “Pat” Pierce Munger — FRIENDS University of Dayton Research William “Bill” McCroskey — Nov. 15, 2015 Institute engineer Sept. 28, 2015 Ronald “Ron” Schwartz — Nov. 11, 2015 Amer Alwadani — Sept. 16, 2015; Michael Weatherly — Oct. 25, 2015; 1959 Donald “Don” Upp — Sept. 22, 2015 current student retired communication profes- Donald “Don” Hawker — Oct. 27, 2015 1975 Eileen Arvin — Nov. 17, 2015; survived sor; survived by daughter Melissa Thomas Hieber — Sept. 20, 2015 Sister Margaret Ann McGuire — by daughter Linda Arvin Skuns ’63 Weatherly ’99 and son Justin 1960 Nov. 19, 2015 Richard “Dick” Christensen — Weatherly ’01 Karl Hartmann — Oct. 26, 2015 1977 Nov. 26, 2015; survived by daughter Joseph “Joe” Kennelly — Nov. 23, Marc Coustry — March 9, 2015 Kathy Moeder-Christensen ’78 2015

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I content; all Flyer spirit is the intent of ated. All notes are edited for style major. For the records office, please happens, Class Notes will be 1,356 the author. and content; all Flyer spirit is the include cell phone number. Please pages long.) If you’re sending infor- Class Notes are found in the print intent of the author. also include email address; if you wish mation about your children, please edition only. Think of them as 184 Class Notes are found in the print it to be printed in Class Notes so your include birth dates rather than ages notecards from your Flyer friends, edition only. Think of them as 184 long-lost friends can find you, just (as they grow up before your eyes checking in and saying hello every notecards from your Flyer friends, say so. and celebrate birthdays between our quarter. checking in and saying hello every deadlines). The magazine does not publish announcements of engage- To submit a Class Note, email quarter. 1978 ments or pregnancies. [email protected]. We still To submit a Class Note, email Oh, how quickly life changes! Include love mail, and letters with your notes [email protected]. We still maiden name and spouse’s name are always welcome (address found love mail, and letters with your notes (if applicable), and if you've gotten on Page 49). Be sure to include your are always welcome (address found 1979 divorced, please tell us since we have name, year of graduation and major. on Page 49). Be sure to include If it's important to you, it's important yet to complete the prototype for our For the records office, please include your name, year of graduation and to us. Send us all your news: births mindreading machine. (When that cell phone number. Please also and deaths; graduations; new jobs include email address; if you wish it and retirements; fabulous vacations, to be printed in Class Notes so your service excursions and classmate long-lost friends can find you, just DR. MARK MORONELL ’83 reunions; health crises, job losses say so. and difficult transitions; random Flyer encounters; weddings and divorces; Oh, how quickly life changes! Include revelations and revelry; and simple maiden name and spouse’s name A healthy ambition notes of hello. Your Flyer family is (if applicable), and if you've gotten Dr. Mark Moronell is equal parts physician and entrepre- with you for life. divorced, please tell us since we have neur — an unusual combination in today’s world. yet to complete the prototype for our mindreading machine. (When that An electrical engineering graduate, he went on to pursue 1980 happens, Class Notes will be 1,356 medicine at the Medical College of Ohio and completed resi- Photos of alumni are welcomed and pages long.) dency and fellowship training at the University of Michigan published as space permits. Be kind and Vanderbilt University, respectively. He holds board certifi- to our art director and please send REUNION WEEKEND June 10-12, 2016 cations in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and nucle- reunion.udayton.edu images that are in focus. ar cardiology and was selected as one of America’s Top Doctors 1976 Notes may take up to two issues to in 2012 by ratings company Castle Connolly. publish, so your patience is appreci- If you’re sending information about Despite several advanced degrees and achievements, he re- ated. All your children, please include birth mains humble, calling to mind how his time at UD shaped him. notes are dates rather than ages (as they grow edited for up before your eyes and celebrate “Everyone was very supportive, “he said. “It was there I style and birthdays between our deadlines). learned the value of hard work. If you’re in an environment content; The magazine does not publish where people are supportive, you’re set up for success.” all Flyer announcements of engagements or Moronell, who lives in Dayton with his wife, Tina, and their spirit is the intent of the author. pregnancies. four children, has capitalized on the intersection of health care Class Notes are found in the print If it's important to you, it's important and technology. In his words, “You have to broaden yourself.” edition only. Think of them as 184 to us. Send us all your news: births And that’s exactly what he did. notecards from your Flyer friends, and deaths; graduations; new jobs He is the founder of Health Comm Strategies, a specialty checking in and saying hello every and retirements; fabulous vacations, consulting firm that assists companies, like hospitals, operate quarter. service excursions and classmate more efficiently within the health care sector. He also serves as To submit a Class Note, email reunions; health crises, job losses [email protected]. We still and difficult transitions; random Flyer senior adviser for matters of health care for the telecommuni- cations and IT industries. To that end, love mail, and letters with your notes encounters; weddings and divorces; are always welcome (address found revelations and revelry; and simple his first business book, Succeeding on Page 49). Be sure to include your notes of hello. Your Flyer family is in Healthcare Sales, was released name, year of graduation and major. with you for life. in January 2013. While he en- For the records office, please include joys serving in an advisory role, cell phone number. 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I ’89 Daniel P. Murdock Sr. (EDU) and Terri Corwin Murdock (PSY), live in Avon Lake, Ohio. They have four children — two in college, Dan Jr. and Jessica, a junior at UD, and two in high school, Emma and Elizabeth. Daniel has been in education for 27 years, including an adjunct position at UD and an assistant to the superintendent as director of pupil services and special education at Avon Lake City School district, a state and nationally ranked school district. A lifetime student, he has amassed five degrees during 13 years.

During Daniel’s 27-year career, many things have changed. “Textbooks are now digitized and students bring in their own electronic devices to be used throughout their school day. The pendulum has swung from the teacher-led classroom to a more student-driven, interactive learning environment.”

During his time at UD, Daniel perfected his billiard skills while supervisor of the Kennedy Union games room. He went on to become a national collegiate champion and was the founder of the UD Billiards Club and adjunct teacher for a billiards class — writing the first instructional textbook used in the course.

UD will always As director of pupil services and special education, Daniel said he is be special to Daniel P. “continually challenged with maintaining the excellence of our special Murdock Sr. ’89, having programming. Being an effective educational leader requires hard ANATOMY OF A CLASS NOTE started spending time on work to lead and inspire people. District administrators need to campus at Little Sibs have the self-assurance to sometimes stand alone, the courage to weekends when his brothers make difficult decisions, and the compassion to attend to the needs Don ’85 and Dave ’86 of others.” were students. Growing up, Daniel worked closely with his younger brother, who is cognitively disabled. That inspired Murdock to become a lifetime student with degrees in teacher education, special education and educational administration, plus doctorates in educational leadership and special education administration. “My advice to current UD students is to focus on a field of study that not only is appealing to you but one that will lead to a career that contributes to society and benefits others. Never settle and always continue learning — in and outside of the classroom.” —Shelby Quinlivan ’06

What’s on the pages of your life story? Tell us in a class note today. Email [email protected]. JOHN BURGIO JOHN

The magazine does not publish published as space permits. Be kind include cell phone number. Please to us. Send us all your news: births announcements of engagements or to our art director also include email address; if you wish and deaths; graduations; new jobs pregnancies. and please send it to be printed in Class Notes so your and retirements; fabulous vacations, images that are in long-lost friends can find you, just service excursions and classmate If it's important to you, it's important focus. say so. reunions; health crises, job losses to us. and difficult transitions; random Notes may take Flyer encounters; weddings and up to two issues 1988 divorces; revelations 1987 to publish, so your patience is appre- and revelry; and Send us all your ciated. All notes are edited for style Oh, how quickly life changes! Include simple notes of hello. news: births and and content; all Flyer spirit is the maiden name and spouse’s name Your Flyer family is deaths; gradua- intent of the author. (if applicable), and if you've gotten tions; new jobs divorced, please tell us since we have with you for life. Class Notes are found in the print yet to complete the prototype for our and retirements; edition only. Think of them as 184 mindreading machine. (When that fabulous vaca- notecards from your Flyer friends, happens, Class Notes will be 1,356 1989 tions, service checking in and saying hello every Photos of alumni are welcomed and excursions quarter. pages long.) If you’re sending infor- and classmate mation about your children, please published as space permits. Be kind To submit a Class Note, reunions; include birth dates rather than ages to our art director and please send email classnotes@udayton. health crises, (as they grow up before your eyes images that are in focus. edu. We still love mail, and and celebrate birthdays between our job losses and difficult transitions; letters with your notes are Notes may take up to two issues to deadlines). The magazine does not random Flyer encounters; weddings always welcome (address publish, so your patience is appreci- publish announcements of engage- and divorces; revelations and revelry; found on Page 49). Be sure to include ated. All notes are edited for style ments or pregnancies. and simple notes of hello. Your Flyer your name, year of graduation and and content; all Flyer spirit is the family is with you for life. major. For the records office, please If it's important to you, it's important intent of the author. Photos of alumni are welcomed and

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I mation about your children, please 1990 CHRIS T. JONES ’91 include birth dates rather than ages Class Notes are found in the print (as they grow up before your eyes edition only. Think of them as 184 and celebrate birthdays between our notecards from your Flyer friends, In defense of deadlines). The magazine does not checking in and saying hello every publish announcements of engage- quarter. Pay attention to the toys you play with as a child — they may ments or pregnancies. just illuminate your career path. To submit a Class Note, If it's important to you, it's important email classnotes@ For Chris Jones, it was model airplanes. to us. Send us all your news: births udayton.edu. 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I and simple notes of hello. Your Flyer and retirements; fabulous vacations, and difficult transitions; random Flyer reunions; health crises, job losses family is with service excursions and classmate encounters; weddings and divorces; and difficult transitions; you for life. reunions; health crises, job losses revelations and random Flyer encounters; and difficult transitions; random Flyer revelry; and weddings and divorces; Photos of encounters; weddings and divorces; simple notes of revelations and revelry; alumni are revelations and revelry; and simple hello. Your Flyer and simple notes of hello. welcomed notes of hello. Your Flyer family is family is with you Your Flyer family is with you for life. and pub- with you for life. for life. lished as space permits. Be kind to our art director and please send images Photos of alumni are welcomed and Photos of alumni are welcomed and 2009 that are in focus. published as space permits. Be kind published as space permits. 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I notes of hello. Your Flyer family is say so. with you for life. CHARLES LITTLE ’09 Oh, how quickly life changes! Include Photos of alumni maiden name and spouse’s name. are welcomed and published as space Strong start permits. Be kind to our REUNION WEEKEND June 10-12, 2016 art director and please As one of the strongest athletes in University of Dayton reunion.udayton.edu send images that are history, benching 380 pounds, it’s obvious that Charles Little in focus. knows a little something about the training and work ethic re- 2011 If it's important to you, it's important Notes may take up to two issues to quired to hit a personal best. Now, Little is sharing his fitness to us. Send us all your news: births publish, so your patience is appreci- tips with people around the world who want to reach their and deaths; graduations; new jobs ated. 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I and retirements; fabulous vacations, JOHN MALONE ’12 service excursions and classmate reunions; health crises, job losses and difficult transitions; random Flyer Road warrior encounters; weddings and divorces; revela- When John Malone, an associate engineering manager at tions and revelry; and Tesla Motors, sees a sleek Model S sedan whipping down Bay [email protected]. We still simple notes of hello. Area streets or the new Model X SUV, its Falcon wing-like doors love mail, and letters with your notes Your Flyer family is yawning open, he feels a bit like a proud father. are always welcome. Be sure to with you for life. After all, it’s Malone’s 22-person team of engineers and op- include your name, year of graduation and major. 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I PERCEPTIONS

Romero rises again “Smile Wearin’”

By Margaret Knapke ’77 he sniper killed Salvadoran Arch- bishop Óscar Romero as he raised the chalice during Mass on March 24, 1980. Pope Francis declared TRomero a martyr for the faith; the archbishop, known to many Latin Americans as San Romero de las Américas, was beatified in May. Romero never set out to be a hero or saint. But when he became archbishop of San Sal- vador in 1977, social upheaval was escalating into civil war. His transformation was swift. “When I became archbishop, priests were being killed, accused, tortured,” he was quoted by Moises Sandoval in the September 1980 Maryknoll magazine. “I felt I had to defend the Church. Then again, I felt that the people the Church has to serve were asking me to defend them. … I felt I had to be the voice of all those people without a voice.” In his last Sunday homily, Romero spoke directly to soldiers and police: “I implore you, I beg you, I order you in the name of God: Stop the repression.” Assassins silenced him the next day. Or so they thought. Chloe McEldowney ’14 Thirty-five years later, Blessed Romero chloelmceldowney.com continues to inspire Salvadorans. Cleveland native Leslie Schuld ’84 counts herself among them. She has made El Salvador her home for 22 years, living out a Marianist ideal of part- quakes, landslides and a hurricane. They re- homes to replace rusted bedsprings and sheets nering with the poor. In San Salvador, she solved to find a permanent home. They chose of tin draped with plastic. In August, I visited directs the Center for Exchange and Solidar- their martyred archbishop as their spiritual the community and toured their model home. ity (CIS), building international support for patron. They were committed to nonviolence. Since then, a well has been dug, and commu- grass-roots movements for social and eco- Officially landless, they squatted on -un nity members are constructing the next 20 nomic justice and participatory democracy. used government property. After evictions homes. The rest will follow as resources are In January 1992, peace accords ended a and arrests, they realized that to provide their secured. 12-year war in El Salvador. As Salvadorans children with secure homes, they needed help Archbishop Romero said: “I do not believe mourned their 75,000 dead, they began re- in acquiring the land legally. in death but in the resurrection. If they kill me, building their country and resuscitating their Even with the CIS’s advocacy, they en- I shall rise again in the Salvadoran people.” democracy, preparing for elections in 1994. dured years of bureaucratic delay, as well as He’s fulfilling that promise, in part, in the The CIS joined that effort in 1993, and threats and violence from others wanting the Romero Community. Schuld moved to El Salvador to participate. land. Many families became too frightened CIS programs grew to include a Spanish-Eng- and exhausted to continue. For more on the Center for Exchange and lish language school; vocational and economic Today the Romero Community comprises Solidarity, see www.cis-elsalvador.org. For development for disadvantaged communi- 75 families, whose perseverance is now bear- photos of the Romero Community under con- ties, including crafts cooperatives; promoting fruit. In May 2015, Salvadoran President struction, see bit.ly/UDM_RomeroCommunity. ing clean water; providing scholarships; and Salvador Sánchez Cerén transferred title for Romero’s commitment to social justice also coordinating international delegations as 15 acres to the community. Nine days later lives on at the University of Dayton, which since well as electoral observer missions. they celebrated again; this time the occasion 2000 has given the Archbishop Óscar Romero In 2008, Schuld met the Romero Commu- was the beatification of their beloved Romero. Human Rights Award for the promotion of nity — 180 families seeking relocation. Some Construction is under way. The CIS is “the dignity of all persons and the alleviation of were displaced by the war, others by earth- raising funds for 70 humble but dignified the suffering of the human community.”

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I Finals week

By Jess Schmidt ’06 stranger who made us all coffee and eggs and on porches and in the chapel. It really can be eading about the University of Day- to the library for providing us silent reverie everywhere and is really special. Thank you. ton Alumni Association’s finals and community, right to the very end. week pizza drive for Roesch Library Thanks, library and staff, for sharing Jess manages the Crush House at Gervasi brought back memories. pizzas, a quiet space to be, and most of all, Vineyards, a restaurant and winery in Canton, RSome years ago, I had mistakenly signed silent ways for UD to prove that commu- Ohio. She wishes she had more time to read. This my undergrad self up for a graduate class and nity doesn’t just happen in classrooms and essay first appeared in the Libraries at UD Blog. was getting my butt kicked. A 20-page, single-spaced paper on the exegesis of a biblical passage was due as our final. Yikes! I was Coasting down the river determined to hold my own. I was typing away, deep into the night at By Julia Hall ’18 Arthur Morgan. We immersed ourselves in a Roesch Library because all five of my room- oasting down the Great Miami natural resource that not only supports the mates had won the finals week lottery, were River in a kayak, I basked in warm fish and macroinvertebrates that occupy the finished with exams and were home enjoying sunshine and good company. On river, but also sustains the entire Dayton re- a can or two of Beast (Milwaukee’s Best, a beer the three-day journey of River gion. And, we appreciated the beauty of the popular at UD at that time for some reason). CStewards orientation 2015, I absorbed a mas- river both visually and audibly. We integrat- Meanwhile, I had to try to go on and on sive quantity of information about Dayton’s ed ourselves into the river, its surrounding about one verse. Hours were spent; books were five rivers and aquifer — and their relation- environment and our watershed community. stacked; Diet Coke was fueling my veins. At 1:55 ship to the Dayton community. And I fell in Throughout the journey, community a.m., the stragglers were still working hard, love with my fellow River Stewards as we partners, faculty and staff contributed to our dedicated and just as stressed as I was. gathered with a shared vision on the river, learning community. A particularly clever At 2 a.m., beeps were heard all over the floor, around the campfire, in the tents and across and inspiring individual, Dayton musician coming from our computer monitors. What had the dams. I saw Dayton through a new lens. Michael Bashaw, joined us as our sustainabil- happened? The library employee, stationed at My fellow 2018 ity river artist-in-residence. his computer, assuredly on the new-to-campus cohort and I spent Throughout Bashaw challenged us over Facebook.com, said, “Whoops.” It turns out a significant por- the two-day paddle to think he was supposed to have let us know that the tion of our first day orientation, a about our river, community computers automatically restart at 2 a.m. and of orientation in a passion was stirred and sustainability in new ways. that we should save our work. For the employee classroom. Profes- in my heart. A spirit He told us to envision ourselves to learn that most of us had not saved hours’ sors and community in the shoes of our ancestors worth of work should not have been a surprise. partners provided us has taken shelter who relied entirely on the river Deep sighs were had, curse words were with a vat of valuable in me. The river by asking us to construct our said, and we got back to it. Those papers were information; they own village. Using our imagi- due, and we could not quit. Now 2 a.m., our piqued our interest whispers my name. I nations, a lot of bamboo, a few roommates were probably even worse than and stimulated our want to protect it. wire baskets, hundreds of zip they were hours ago. We kept plugging on. brains. They acted ties and some cloth, we created But the UD-est thing of all happened as mentors by preparing us for the continu- a village in 90 minutes. Awestruck, we stared around 5 a.m. Hoodie on, dark circles under ation of our adventure. They presented us open-mouthed at the community we built her eyes, a girl stood up. with the tools and the language to be able to together. We then created music inside our “I live on College Park,” she said. “I am go- make sense of our experiential classroom, newly constructed village. Bashaw played ing home to make a pot of coffee and a pan of the Great Miami River, which we would be flute, and the River Stewards used rocks to scrambled eggs. Who wants some?” floating upon and interacting with during create a colorful rhythm as the sun set at The nine or so of us left meekly held our the next week. Island MetroPark. hands up, and half an hour later, she brought It was the 18-mile paddle we embarked Throughout orientation, a passion back both — with red Solo cups and plastic on that tugged at our hearts, minds and ears. stirred in my heart. A spirit has taken shelter forks for us all to eat out of the pan. We participated in stream quality moni- in me. The river whispers my name. I want I assume everyone else, in their sleep- toring and electro-fish shocking to test the to protect it. I want it to be recognized for deprived, dedicated state, completed their Great Miami’s cleanliness and ability to sup- its significance in our communities and lives. work. I managed to hit 21 pages, print it out port life. We crossed several low dams while I want it to be cherished for a long, long time and shove it under my professor’s office door. learning about the impact and effects they to come. Thankfully, I have three years ahead Thank the sweet Lord that Humanities have on our rivers. We observed the sub- of me in my River Steward journey to serve doesn’t lock its doors; otherwise, I would stantial, positive impact of our five engineer- and carry out this shared vision to preserve, have failed the class. But mostly, I thank that ing masterpieces, the dry dams, designed by protect and promote our rivers.

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I International incident

. For Christmas, I gave my new friend appendi- . our hearts, the expanding of our minds, the enlarging . . citis. . . of our circle of friends. . . That’s what she feared when we finally spilled . . When people hear Melody’s story — how she flew out of the car after a 12-hour trek up north. We en- . . into Dayton with four carry-ons and not a friend or . . tered my in-laws’ home pale and exhausted, my . . relative within thousands of miles — they say she is . . friend clutching her side and wondering if she’d . . brave. She replies she is not; she just did what she brought her health insurance card. . . needed to do — to perfect her playing, to improve her . . It turned out to be just muscle cramps and de- . English, to choose a religion. . . hydration, which was good, since I had planned to . . I continue to share holiday texts with Kevin, who PARTING WORDS PARTING . . give her a Dayton Flyers T-shirt instead. . . is now studying nursing in Michigan. I receive baby My friend is Melody Asaresh Moghadam from . . photos from Arthur, who has returned to Taiwan . . Iran, an undergraduate music student. At 22 years . . with his wife and daughter. And I share full-belly . . old, Melody spent her first Christmas ever surround- . . laughs with Melody: about the appendix attack, and ed by my loving and exuberant extended family. We . . the way my husband cannot pronounce the “geh” in . . filled Melody full of sugar cookies and eggnog, and . her last name, and how she showed up for what she . . she nourished us with traditional songs strummed . . thought was a music audition and left cast as the . . on her four-stringed setar. . . comedic equivalent to Bob Saget. I started working at UD the same year Dan . . When we have finished laughing, and are red- . . Curran became president, so I have witnessed the . . faced and exhausted, we marvel at how different we . . transformation of our campus into a global learning . . are from how each other’s government imagines us village. Being a member of UD’s communications . . — two women in Dayton Flyers T-shirts, students of . . staff, I write often about how important it is for our . the world. . . domestic students to learn from their international . . . . counterparts. . . But what goes unacknowledged is how their . . . . presence enriches us all. My husband and I have . —Michelle Tedford ’94 . . served as an International Friendship Family to Mel- . . Editor, University of Dayton Magazine . . ody from Tehran and Kevin Ishimwe from Rwanda. . . [email protected] This magazine has hired Zoey Xia from China and Arthur Su from Taiwan to take amazing photos of campus. I have learned how to say welcome in many languages and forgotten how to say goodbye in many more. Always, the University’s goal in facilitating these interactions is to help students manage the transition and become full participants in campus life. Always, the true out- come is something that sounds like a medical condition: the swelling of

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