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UNIVERSITY OF DAYTONMagazineSUMMER 2011 THE NEW FACE OF FLYER BASKETBALL HAPPINESS, MEANING AND YOU THE NEXT BIG THING ARCHIE MILLER LESSONS FROM AN ORGAN DONOR SUMMER 2011 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 1 In This Issue 2 PRESIDENT’S PAGE 3 LETTERS Older than the new coach, young enough to jump for joy at graduation 4 CONVERSATION PIECES Stars of stage, screen and sugary goodness 6 EXPERT INSTRUCTION How a cancer survivor raises millions for cancer research 7 ASK A MARIANIST Marianist Educational Associate Amy Lopez-Matthews ’86, director of Kennedy Union, answers questions about hospitality and change. 8 FLIGHT DECK Summer construction on campus, Jews in medieval England and a first-year class from all over. These stories, plus former football coach Mike Kelly’s upcom- ing induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. 20 STRONG SUIT Archie Miller, the new men’s basketball coach, has high expectations for himself, his players and Flyer basketball. 26 THE NEXT BIG THING From farm run-off to aircraft safety, students in the engineering school’s Innovation Center are getting real projects with real problems to solve. 32 YOUR STORY, YOUR LIFE How happiness and meaning start with the stories we tell ourselves about our lives 39 CLASS NOTES 54 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Interactive displays with photos, video and more highlight the new Alumni Center, unveiled during Reunion Weekend. 56 CHAPTER POSTCARDS Chapters around the country are helping students buy books, while the Dayton chapter got a great deal on a bunny suit it’s putting to good use. 58 GOOD WORKS A shared desire to give back unites one scholarship’s donors and recipient. 59 HIDDEN TREASURE A discarded mailbox has become a rite of passage for Flyer News seniors. 60 PERCEPTIONS A final column, a family name and thoughts on the death of bin Laden 64 PARTING WORDS Happiness is ... Cover: Men’s basketball coach Archie Miller Photo by Erik Schelkun/Elsestar Images See story, Page 20. St. Francis of Assisi described water as “very useful, and humble, and precious, and pure.” A fountain, a gift from President Daniel J. Curran and Dr. Claire Renzetti, was installed this spring just outside Kennedy Union. It gives students a chance to contemplate those truths and maybe get their toes wet between classes, too. 2 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SUMMER 2011 SUMMER 2011 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 1 COMMENTARY BY DANIEL J. CURRAN UNIVERSITY OF PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON LETTERS DAYTONMagazine RITES OF PASSAGE 45 minutes to cram one final time for the Front porch to the world first test of my college career. My eyes Wow, now I feel old. The new coach is PRESIDENT’S PAGE Editor Emeritus: Thomas M. Columbus lit upon the side door of the chapel [“The Because of a project that’s transforming a block along Brown and Caldwell streets, a premed major from Chicago Editor: Matthew Dewald younger than me. Let’s rock next season, Managing Editor: Michelle Tedford Chapel Was Where We Gathered, Why We could be rooming with an engineering student from Shanghai in eye-catching townhouse-style apartments by fall coach Miller. Art Director: Frank Pauer —JOHN RENTZ ’98 Gathered,” Spring 2011]. Next thing I knew, 2012. Photographer: Larry Burgess CINCINNATI I was slipping into a seat. I worried if it was Vice President, University Advancement: Deborah A.W. Lawrence Kondowe knows what it’s like to share his porch in the student neighborhood with students from across right to study in the chapel, but as I was Read Rentz left this comment on our Facebook the country — and the world. page. Facebook users can “like” us at www enveloped by the hushed silence, linger- “I’m from Malawi, Africa, and found a home away from home at the University of Dayton,” Lawrence said this Associate Vice President, University Communications: Teri Rizvi .facebook.com/udmagazine. ing odor of incense and spare orderliness spring at the blessing and Director, Communications: Michelle Tedford of the altar and rows of chairs that stood in groundbreaking ceremony Associate Director, Communications: Matthew Dewald Assistant Director, Communications: Shannon QUIETER THAN A MOUSE for pews, I began to relax. This was where I for the new housing proj- Shelton Miller wanted to be. ect. “And I’m not alone. I Editor: Thomas M. Columbus I was very excited to attend one of the Balancing my Biology 101 book on my Production Manager: Jeaneen Parsons first games at the new arena met more friends than I ever Art Director: Frank Pauer UNIVERSITY OF lap, I interspersed my study- imagined. It’s one big com- Designer: Gina Gray back in 1969. My recollection ing with prayer. My mind Photographer: Larry Burgess munity on this campus.” of that first game was the began to focus. Suddenly Director of Media Relations: Cilla Bosnak Shindell DAYTONMagazineSPRING 2011 I’ve heard that sentiment Associate Director, Media Relations: Shawn Robinson lack of sound coming from cell respiration, mitochon- Assistant Director, Media Relations: Cameron Fullam many times before. Whether the ball striking that Tartan dria and ribosomes all made Assistant Director, Advancement Direct Marketing: students come to the Univer- Cathy Johnson floor [“The Subfloor of Tra- perfect sense. The calm at- sity of Dayton from Boston or Communications and Marketing Editor: Mike Dunekacke dition,” Spring 2011]. The mosphere of the chapel was In April, President Web Developer: Alex Kordik squeak of basketball shoes Beirut, they experience the Administrative Assistant: Amber Dilworth like a steadying hand there Daniel J. Curran and the thumping of the Marianist spirit of hospitality Student Staff: Mark Albain, Christine Bates, Brian Bucy, to reassure me. At the end of and Claire Renzetti Emanuel Cavallaro, Teresa Craze, Kristin Daugherty, ball were totally absent, and from the moment they step my 45-minute study/prayer hosted a lunch Sara Dorn, Meredith Hirt, Evan Levine, Maggie Malach, Seetha Sankaranarayan, Bethany Saum it was disconcerting to the WHERE WE BROWN STREET BUZZ n SMART SENSORS foot on campus. TOO MUCH MONTH, NOT ENOUGH PAYCHECK session, I headed to Sher- GATHER PEACE CORPS AT 50 n CHAMINADE AT 250 reception at their senses. SPRING 2011 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 1 In today’s global higher Blog: See www.udayton.edu/udquickly for UDQuickly, an man Hall feeling calm(er) home to honor 15 eclectic look at UD people and places. I saw many great games education marketplace, we and (more) confident. recipients of a Newsletter: Subscribe to the e-mail newsletter New from there, including seeing Austin Carr pour in I can’t say if there was divine interven- are better poised than many UDQuickly by going to alumni.udayton.edu and clicking on scholarship that will 61 points in an NCAA tournament game in universities to embrace a “My UD.” tion, but I got the “A” on that first test. help the students 1972 (vs. Ohio University), followed by the —JUDY JOHNSON SZINK ’82 shrinking world and make Twitter: twitter.com/daymag study abroad. Jacksonville State (Artis Gilmore and Pem- JACKSON, MICH. our mark in it. This fall, we Facebook: facebook.com/udmagazine Website: magazine.udayton.edu brook Burrows III) versus Western Kentucky will welcome the largest influx of international students in school history, including more than 200 Chinese students. Class notes and record changes: (Jim McDaniels) doubleheader. GOOD EVENING At the same time, we are sending growing numbers of students abroad to help prepare them for the world they’ll face. —THOMAS DEAN ’63 Class Notes Dear Jim McDevitt — What? No Vertigo? Today’s world is interconnected, and a global outlook has become a prerequisite for many careers. That’s why we University of Dayton LOVELAND, OHIO You mentioned your top-five Alfred Hitch- are encouraging students to travel outside their comfort zones into new time zones. We want our students to bring not 300 College Park Dayton, OH 45469-2963 cock movies of all time and Vertigo wasn’t just cell phones to campus but to pack their passports, too. Email class notes to [email protected]. A GIFT included [“Cat and Mouse,” Spring 2011]. I Because we partner with universities and Marianist communities around the globe, it’s not unusual to find Univer- Record changes only to [email protected]. I note the article on the Chaminade think a glaring omission! sity of Dayton students immersed in cultures thousands of miles from campus. Please update your record with your cell phone number and banner [“Celebrating Chaminade,” Spring My husband, Tony Macklin (UD English This summer in Leipzig in the former East Germany, students are visiting wind farms, studying sustainability is- your email address. If you want any contact information included in a class note, please indicate that. 2011]. The banner was a gift to the Marian- department 1962-2000) interviewed Hitch- sues and evaluating “green” initiatives. Engineering students through ETHOS are working on a wastewater treatment University of Dayton Magazine (Summer 2011, Vol. 3. 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