University of Dayton
Encyclopedia
The University of Dayton (abbreviated and commonly referred to as UD) is a private Roman Catholic
university
operated by the Society of Mary
located in Dayton, Ohio
. The full-time undergraduate student enrollment is around 7,500, and total student enrollment is about 11,000.
The University of Dayton is one of the ten largest Catholic schools in the United States
and is the largest of the three Marianist universities in the nation. It is also home to one of the largest campus ministry programs in the world. The university offers more than 70 academic programs in arts and sciences, business administration, education and allied professions, engineering and law. It was first in the country to offer an undergraduate degree program in human rights
.
In 2011, UD ranked 99th among "National Universities" according to US News & World Report. In 2006, the University of Dayton's entrepreneurship
program was named to the top 5 in the nation according to The Princeton Review
and was in the top 10 of Entrepreneur
magazine's "Top 100 Entrepreneurial Colleges for 2005." To complement the entrepreneurship program, a student-run organization called Flyer Enterprises
was created in 2000. The university's School of Law
is noted for its Program in Law and Technology, which emphasizes intellectual property
law (patent
, trademark
, and copyright
).
UD was recognized in 2006 as the third best university in the country in positive contributions the institution has made to the welfare of its surrounding community, and ranked number one in international student satisfaction compared with other universities, both in the United States and overseas, according to the "International Student Barometer", the largest survey of international student satisfaction in the world.
epidemic
. As a condition of purchase, Rev. Meyer promised to maintain the grave site of Stuart's daughter. The land, known then as Dewberry Farm, was 125 acre (0.5058575 km²) and was primarily vineyards and orchards.
In 1850 the university was founded as a day school and boarding school
for boys called St. Mary's School for Boys, later St. Mary's Institute. In 1913, the city of Dayton suffered a massive flooding
when the Great Miami River
overflowed. The university responded by sending faculty, Marianist brothers, and students out in rowboats to rescue Dayton citizens. In 1920, to reflect UD's commitment to its community, it took its current name. In 1935, the University of Dayton began admitting women, making it the first coeducational Roman Catholic university in the United States. As of 2011, UD is the largest private university in Ohio.
The University of Dayton main campus is compact and easy to navigate; one is generally able to cross campus in less than 10 minutes. Many historic buildings survive from the early years of the University; newer buildings fit in with the established architecture (with a few exceptions, including ArtStreet, Roesch Library, and Miriam Hall).
The fields are being used for intramural sports, and the College Park Center houses the UD Department of Public Safety (26-officer police department, parking control, and student-staffed Emergency medical services), on-campus maintenance, and Dayton Early College Academy
(DECA) charter school
. Burt-Hill Architecture is developing the long-term plan for the property.
Kettering Labs is the home of the Engineering departments. This building includes classrooms, labs, offices, a machine shop, and a wind tunnel.
The Science Center (the joint name for Sherman Hall, Wohlleben Hall, and a connecting central atrium) is home to the Math and Science departments. This building includes class rooms, laboratories, offices, and auditoriums. Sherman and Wohlleben Halls were independent buildings until renovations in 2003 connected them with an atrium and study space.
The Humanities building is home of the English, Foreign Languages, Philosophy, and Religious Studies departments. This building includes classrooms and offices.
announced that they would be relocating to the former NCR world headquarters building. The former HQ and 115 acre (0.4653889 km²) came under acquisition of the University of Dayton at a purchase price of $18 million. Along with UDRI, the large office building that sits on that land will house the Alumni Center envisioned in the University's master plan, as well as for graduate classes, executive development programs and conferences.
Marianist Hall
Marycrest Complex
Stuart Complex
Upperclassmen Housing
The Ghetto and Darkside
The Dayton Flyers compete in the Atlantic Ten Conference
in all sports except football, in which they compete in the Pioneer Football League
. The Flyers' mascot is "Rudy Flyer," a pun
based on the university's initials, "U.D." Rudy is a barnstorming
pilot who wears 1930s-1940s-era goggles and a leather pilot's helmet. The nickname "Flyers" is a tribute to the Wright Brothers
who began their careers and invented the airplane in Dayton.
Flyers basketball is one of the biggest sports attractions in the Dayton area with the Flyers perennially ranking in the NCAA Division I top 30 in basketball attendance. The men's basketball
team has advanced to the NCAA tournament
numerous times and holds a 13-15 all time NCAA tournament record. The team reached the NCAA finals against UCLA in 1967
and won the NIT
in 1962
, 1968
, and 2010
.
Football has similarly experienced considerable success throughout its history at Dayton. UD has won two NCAA Division III
titles (in 1980 & 1989) and advanced to the title game three other times. Since moving to NCAA Division I-AA in 1993, the Flyers have won eight PFL championships and in 2002 and 2007 were the NCAA Division I-AA Consensus Mid-Major Football National Champion
.
Dayton's historic rivalries in most sports have included the University of Cincinnati
, Miami University
, and Xavier University
. Dayton and Xavier play for the Blackburn/McCafferty Trophy
during their regular season home-home men's basketball matchups.
UD offers a wide variety of varsity athletic opportunities to men (baseball
, basketball
, cross country
, football
, golf
, soccer, tennis
) and women (basketball
, cross country
, golf
, rowing
, soccer, softball
, tennis
, track and field
, volleyball
).
Many of these varsity athletic teams are supported by the Red Scare, UD's spirit group made up of 1,300 undergrads. From its inception in 1996 until 2006, Red Scare was focused primarily on men's basketball
. In 2007, the focus of Red Scare expanded to other sports including baseball
and softball
in the spring, football
, men's and women's soccer, and volleyball
in the fall, and men's and women's basketball
in the winter. The Red Scare expanded other sports' fan base with the creation of a points system called "Spirit Points." Students are given points for each sporting event they attend. These points are then used to obtain a quality seat at the men's basketball game.
In addition to varsity athletics, there are numerous club and intramura sports available to students including ice hockey
. In January 2006, the university opened its new RecPlex, a $25 million state of the art sports and recreational facility for students of the university.
(San Antonio, Texas). These intercultural exchange opportunities allow students experience with majority Asian-American culture in Honolulu and Latino-American culture in San Antonio.
The University of Dayton participates in exchange agreements with several overseas institutions for a semester or year of study. These locations are as follows: Nanjing
, China; Shanghai
, China; Helsinki
, Finland; Bourges
, France; Angers
, France; Lille
, France; Nice
, France; Paris
, France; Augsburg
, Germany; Maynooth
, Ireland; Rome
, Italy; Seoul
, Korea; Ifrane
, Morocco; Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Madrid
, Spain; and San Sebastián
, Spain.
UD also offers many study-abroad summer programs, which typically last about one month. These locations are as follows: Quito, Ecuador; London, England; Winchester
, England; Paris
, France; Leipzig
, Germany; Delhi
, India; Bangalore
, India; Dublin, Ireland; Florence
, Italy; Rome
, Italy; and Sorrento
, Italy.
.
Fraternities
Alpha Nu Omega
,
Alpha Phi Alpha
,
Alpha Phi Omega
,
Beta Theta Pi
,
Delta Tau Delta
,
Kappa Alpha Psi
,
Phi Kappa Psi
,
Phi Sigma Kappa
,
Pi Kappa Alpha
,
Sigma Chi
,
Sigma Nu
, and
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Delta Sigma Pi
Sororities
Alpha Kappa Alpha
,
Alpha Phi
,
Chi Omega
,
Delta Sigma Theta
,
Phi Sigma Rho
,
Pi Beta Phi
,
Sigma Alpha Iota
,
Theta Phi Alpha
,
Zeta Phi Beta
, and
Zeta Tau Alpha
In 2009, The Princeton Review
ranked the University of Dayton ranked No. 7 for easiest campus to get around, No. 10 for number of students engaged in intramurals, and No. 13 for happiest overall students. UD graduated 96% of its student-athletes in 2008, the most of any Atlantic 10 Conference school, and tied for 10th in the nation in such achievement.
The University of Dayton also ranks as a top-tier national university and one of the 10 best Catholic universities in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report
.
Other awards and recognition include:
(UDRI) employs nearly 400 full-time researchers. Established as the research arm of the University of Dayton in 1956, UDRI broke the $1 billion mark in sponsored research at the end of 2003. In fiscal year 2005, sponsored research at UDRI topped $70 million. In 2004 and 2005, the Research Institute was ranked number two in the nation in federal- and industry-funded materials research by the National Science Foundation
. In Ohio, UDRI is the top nonprofit institution that receives contracts from the Department of Defense
. Along with UDRI, The Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering at Dayton
(TREND) is another research center located at the University of Dayton.
In 2010 General Electric
announced that it would be locating a new 51 million dollar research center on the University of Dayton's campus. The center will be used for collaboration between University Researchers and GE to create new electrical power technologies.
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
operated by the Society of Mary
Society of Mary (Marianists)
The Society of Mary, a Roman Catholic Marian Society, is a congregation of brothers and priests called The Marianists or Marianist Brothers and Priests. The Society was founded by Blessed William Joseph Chaminade, a priest who survived the anti-clerical persecution during the French Revolution. ...
located in Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
. The full-time undergraduate student enrollment is around 7,500, and total student enrollment is about 11,000.
The University of Dayton is one of the ten largest Catholic schools in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and is the largest of the three Marianist universities in the nation. It is also home to one of the largest campus ministry programs in the world. The university offers more than 70 academic programs in arts and sciences, business administration, education and allied professions, engineering and law. It was first in the country to offer an undergraduate degree program in human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
.
In 2011, UD ranked 99th among "National Universities" according to US News & World Report. In 2006, the University of Dayton's entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is the act of being an entrepreneur, which can be defined as "one who undertakes innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods". This may result in new organizations or may be part of revitalizing mature organizations in response...
program was named to the top 5 in the nation according to The Princeton Review
The Princeton Review
The Princeton Review is an American-based standardized test preparation and admissions consulting company. The Princeton Review operates in 41 states and 22 countries across the globe. It offers test preparation for standardized aptitude tests such as the SAT and advice regarding college...
and was in the top 10 of Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
magazine's "Top 100 Entrepreneurial Colleges for 2005." To complement the entrepreneurship program, a student-run organization called Flyer Enterprises
Flyer Enterprises
Flyer Enterprises is a student-run business organization at the University of Dayton. It operates nine businesses around campus and serves as part of the university's entrepreneurship program, though it does not exclude students with other majors. The entrepreneurship program was recently ranked...
was created in 2000. The university's School of Law
University of Dayton School of Law
The University of Dayton School of Law is a private ABA-approved law school. It is located in Dayton, Ohio, and is affiliated with the University of Dayton, which is a Catholic university of the Marianist Order.-Mission:...
is noted for its Program in Law and Technology, which emphasizes intellectual property
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
law (patent
Patent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
, trademark
Trademark
A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or...
, and copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
).
UD was recognized in 2006 as the third best university in the country in positive contributions the institution has made to the welfare of its surrounding community, and ranked number one in international student satisfaction compared with other universities, both in the United States and overseas, according to the "International Student Barometer", the largest survey of international student satisfaction in the world.
History
In 1849, Rev. Leo Meyer purchased the land for the future university from John Stuart with a medal of St. Joseph, and a promise of US$12,000 during a choleraCholera
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine that is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The main symptoms are profuse watery diarrhea and vomiting. Transmission occurs primarily by drinking or eating water or food that has been contaminated by the diarrhea of an infected person or the feces...
epidemic
Epidemic
In epidemiology, an epidemic , occurs when new cases of a certain disease, in a given human population, and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected based on recent experience...
. As a condition of purchase, Rev. Meyer promised to maintain the grave site of Stuart's daughter. The land, known then as Dewberry Farm, was 125 acre (0.5058575 km²) and was primarily vineyards and orchards.
In 1850 the university was founded as a day school and boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
for boys called St. Mary's School for Boys, later St. Mary's Institute. In 1913, the city of Dayton suffered a massive flooding
Great Dayton Flood
The Great Dayton Flood of 1913 flooded Dayton, Ohio, and the surrounding area with water from the Great Miami River, causing the greatest natural disaster in Ohio history...
when the Great Miami River
Great Miami River
The Great Miami River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately long, in southwestern Ohio in the United States...
overflowed. The university responded by sending faculty, Marianist brothers, and students out in rowboats to rescue Dayton citizens. In 1920, to reflect UD's commitment to its community, it took its current name. In 1935, the University of Dayton began admitting women, making it the first coeducational Roman Catholic university in the United States. As of 2011, UD is the largest private university in Ohio.
Campus
The fields are being used for intramural sports, and the College Park Center houses the UD Department of Public Safety (26-officer police department, parking control, and student-staffed Emergency medical services), on-campus maintenance, and Dayton Early College Academy
Dayton Early College Academy
Dayton Early College Academy, is a school in Dayton, Ohio. The school is typically referred to by the acronym "DECA." It is a charter school, independent of the Dayton Public Schools. The school met eleven of the twelve state indicators for the 2005-2006 school year, earning it a rating of...
(DECA) charter school
Charter school
Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter...
. Burt-Hill Architecture is developing the long-term plan for the property.
Kettering Labs is the home of the Engineering departments. This building includes classrooms, labs, offices, a machine shop, and a wind tunnel.
The Science Center (the joint name for Sherman Hall, Wohlleben Hall, and a connecting central atrium) is home to the Math and Science departments. This building includes class rooms, laboratories, offices, and auditoriums. Sherman and Wohlleben Halls were independent buildings until renovations in 2003 connected them with an atrium and study space.
The Humanities building is home of the English, Foreign Languages, Philosophy, and Religious Studies departments. This building includes classrooms and offices.
Campus expansion
In December 2009, the University of Dayton Research InstituteUniversity of Dayton Research Institute
University of Dayton Research Institute is a research institute led by the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. In 2004 and 2005, the Research Institute was ranked #2 in the nation in federal and industry-funded materials research by the National Science Foundation...
announced that they would be relocating to the former NCR world headquarters building. The former HQ and 115 acre (0.4653889 km²) came under acquisition of the University of Dayton at a purchase price of $18 million. Along with UDRI, the large office building that sits on that land will house the Alumni Center envisioned in the University's master plan, as well as for graduate classes, executive development programs and conferences.
Housing
Founders Hall- Located in the heart of campus, Founders Hall is U-shaped and houses first-year students. Its lobby is shared by the entire building. Founders Hall is coed by floor, and all rooms are double occupancy, except for two rooms, which are quads.
Marianist Hall
- UD's newest hall is composed of three separate wings. The east and middle wing originally housed first-year students, coed by floor, in double-occupancy rooms. The middle wing now houses second-year students, coed by floor. The west wing houses sophomore students, coed by quad. A bookstore, credit union, food emporium, learning center, and post office are also located in Marianist Hall.
Marycrest Complex
- Marycrest Complex, which is coed by floor, has three sections that house first-year and upperclass students by floor and wing. Marycrest has double-occupancy rooms for first-year and upperclass students, as well as a limited number of single-occupancy rooms. A dining facility is part of this complex. Marycrest also includes the late-night stop, Crest Express. Renovations were completed in summer 2007.
Stuart Complex
- Stuart Complex comprises three separate first-year student halls sharing a common lobby. Before renovations in 2009, Adele Hall housed women, Meyer Hall housed men, and Sheehy Hall housed men and women, coed by floor. Now, each wing has both men and women co-ed by floor. All rooms are double occupancy. A convenience store known as "Stuart's Landing" is part of this complex.
Upperclassmen Housing
- Sophomores, juniors, and seniors can elect to remain in a residence hall or live in other University housing. Upperclass University housing includes a residential suite complex, apartments, and houses located within a short walk of campus. The university also owns a number of apartment buildings for student housing; these include the Lawnview Apartments, the Campus South, and Garden Apartments, forming the South Quad; ArtStreet townhouse and loft apartments in the center of the Student Neighborhood; Garden Apartments along Stewart Street; and Plumwood Apartments on Brown Street. Lawnview Apartments are four-person apartments located in the south student neighborhood for junior and senior students. Each apartment includes two bedrooms, a bath, kitchen, living room, and storage space. The Campus South is a 10-story apartment building for sophomores. Each apartment accommodates six men or women. In addition to three bedrooms, these units also contain kitchens, living rooms, and baths. Garden Apartments are for sophomore, junior, and senior students. Ten apartment facilities contain units for four or six men or women. The Garden Apartments contain kitchens, living rooms, and baths. Because of the student neighborhood and massive availability of on-campus housing, over 98% of current UD undergraduates live on campus.
The Ghetto and Darkside
- The University of Dayton has a unique feature: it has a student neighborhood (literally). Over time, the University of Dayton has acquired houses adjacent to its property. These properties used to belong to NCR and were used to house their employees. Most junior and senior-status students live in these houses. The university has been slowly renovating and/or rebuilding the houses in the worst condition. Most students refer to the South Student Neighborhood as "the Ghetto." The Ghetto is bounded by Brown Street to the west, Irving Avenue to the south, Trinity Avenue and Evanston Avenue to the east, and Caldwell Street and Stonemill Road to the north. The area north of the campus center (North Student Neighborhood) is known as "the Darkside", due to the lack of streetlights when it was annexed. The area adjacent to the Darkside is known as "the Far Side", due to its distance from the center of the Ghetto.
Athletics
Atlantic Ten Conference
The Atlantic 10 Conference is a college athletic conference which operates mostly on the United States' eastern seaboard. It also has two member schools in Ohio: Dayton and Xavier, located in Dayton and Cincinnati, respectively. Another member, Saint Louis is located in St. Louis, Missouri...
in all sports except football, in which they compete in the Pioneer Football League
Pioneer Football League
The Pioneer Football League is a college athletic conference which operates in the East, Midwest, and California of the United States. It has member schools that range from New York, North Carolina, and Florida in the east to California in the west. The conference participates in the NCAA's...
. The Flyers' mascot is "Rudy Flyer," a pun
Pun
The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of homophonic,...
based on the university's initials, "U.D." Rudy is a barnstorming
Barnstorming
Barnstorming was a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s in which stunt pilots would perform tricks with airplanes, either individually or in groups called a flying circus. Barnstorming was the first major form of civil aviation in the history of flight...
pilot who wears 1930s-1940s-era goggles and a leather pilot's helmet. The nickname "Flyers" is a tribute to the Wright Brothers
Wright brothers
The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur , were two Americans credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903...
who began their careers and invented the airplane in Dayton.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team has advanced to the NCAA tournament
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...
numerous times and holds a 13-15 all time NCAA tournament record. The team reached the NCAA finals against UCLA in 1967
1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1967, and ended with the championship game on March 25 in Louisville, Kentucky...
and won the NIT
National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitation Tournament is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. There are two NIT events each season. The first, played in November and known as the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off , was founded in 1985...
in 1962
1962 National Invitation Tournament
The 1962 National Invitation Tournament was the 1962 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.-Selected teams:Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.-Brackets/Results:Below is the tournament bracket....
, 1968
1968 National Invitation Tournament
The 1968 National Invitation Tournament was the 1968 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.-Selected teams:Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament.-Brackets/Results:Below is the tournament bracket....
, and 2010
2010 National Invitation Tournament
-Arizona State Bracket:-Virginia Tech Bracket:-Mississippi State Bracket:-NIT Final Four - NIT Semifinals and NIT Championship Game:Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City-See also:*2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament...
.
Football has similarly experienced considerable success throughout its history at Dayton. UD has won two NCAA Division III
NCAA Division III national football championship
The NCAA Division III National Football Championship began in 1973. Before 1973, most of the schools now in Division III competed in the NCAA's former "College Division"....
titles (in 1980 & 1989) and advanced to the title game three other times. Since moving to NCAA Division I-AA in 1993, the Flyers have won eight PFL championships and in 2002 and 2007 were the NCAA Division I-AA Consensus Mid-Major Football National Champion
NCAA Division I-AA Consensus Mid-Major Football National Championship
The NCAA Division I FCS Mid Major National Football Championship was a label that began in 2001 and ended after the 2007 season. Prior to 2001, mid-major National Champions were named by various polls like Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette and the Dopke collegesportsreport.com polls,...
.
Dayton's historic rivalries in most sports have included the University of Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
, Miami University
Miami University
Miami University is a coeducational public research university located in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the 10th oldest public university in the United States and the second oldest university in Ohio, founded four years after Ohio University. In its 2012 edition, U.S...
, and Xavier University
Xavier University (Cincinnati)
Xavier University is a co-educational Jesuit university in the United States located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The University is the sixth-oldest Catholic university in the nation and has an undergraduate enrollment of about 4,000 students and graduate enrollment of 2,600 students. Xavier is primarily...
. Dayton and Xavier play for the Blackburn/McCafferty Trophy
Blackburn/McCafferty Trophy
The Blackburn/McCafferty Trophy is the award given to the winner of regular season basketball games between the University of Dayton and Xavier University.-Origin of Competition:...
during their regular season home-home men's basketball matchups.
UD offers a wide variety of varsity athletic opportunities to men (baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, soccer, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
) and women (basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, rowing
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
, soccer, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
).
Many of these varsity athletic teams are supported by the Red Scare, UD's spirit group made up of 1,300 undergrads. From its inception in 1996 until 2006, Red Scare was focused primarily on men's basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
. In 2007, the focus of Red Scare expanded to other sports including baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
and softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
in the spring, football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, men's and women's soccer, and volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
in the fall, and men's and women's basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
in the winter. The Red Scare expanded other sports' fan base with the creation of a points system called "Spirit Points." Students are given points for each sporting event they attend. These points are then used to obtain a quality seat at the men's basketball game.
In addition to varsity athletics, there are numerous club and intramura sports available to students including ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
. In January 2006, the university opened its new RecPlex, a $25 million state of the art sports and recreational facility for students of the university.
Intercultural and Study Abroad programs
University of Dayton students have the opportunity to study at either of the other Marianist universities in the United States: Chaminade University of Honolulu (Honolulu, Hawai’i) or St. Mary's UniversitySt. Mary's University, Texas
St. Mary's University is a Catholic and Marianist liberal arts institution located on northwest of downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States. St. Mary’s is a nationally recognized master’s level school ranked among the top colleges in the west for best value and academic reputation by U.S. News...
(San Antonio, Texas). These intercultural exchange opportunities allow students experience with majority Asian-American culture in Honolulu and Latino-American culture in San Antonio.
The University of Dayton participates in exchange agreements with several overseas institutions for a semester or year of study. These locations are as follows: Nanjing
Nanjing
' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...
, China; Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, China; Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland; Bourges
Bourges
Bourges is a city in central France on the Yèvre river. It is the capital of the department of Cher and also was the capital of the former province of Berry.-History:...
, France; Angers
Angers
Angers is the main city in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France about south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins....
, France; Lille
Lille
Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...
, France; Nice
Nice
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
, France; Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France; Augsburg
Augsburg
Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
, Germany; Maynooth
Maynooth
Maynooth is a town in north County Kildare, Ireland. It is home to a branch of the National University of Ireland, a Papal University and Ireland's main Roman Catholic seminary, St. Patrick's College...
, Ireland; Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, Italy; Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, Korea; Ifrane
Ifrane
Ifrane [p] is a town and ski resort in the Middle Atlas region of Morocco .Ifrane is 1665 metres in altitude and is part of the Meknès-Tafilalet region...
, Morocco; Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain; and San Sebastián
San Sebastián
Donostia-San Sebastián is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 , and its...
, Spain.
UD also offers many study-abroad summer programs, which typically last about one month. These locations are as follows: Quito, Ecuador; London, England; Winchester
Winchester
Winchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of...
, England; Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France; Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
, Germany; Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, India; Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, India; Dublin, Ireland; Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, Italy; Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, Italy; and Sorrento
Sorrento
Sorrento is the name of many cities and towns:*Sorrento, Italy*Sorrento, Florida, United States*Sorrento, Louisiana, United States*Sorrento, Maine, United States*Sorrento, Victoria, a township on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia...
, Italy.
Greek life
Dayton has thirteen fraternities and nine sororities on campus. 12% of students participate in Greek LifeGreek life
Greek life can refer to:* Culture of Greece* Fraternities and sororities...
.
Fraternities
Alpha Nu Omega
Alpha Nu Omega
Alpha Nu Omega is a national Greek letter organization founded in 1988 that comprises both a fraternity and sorority under one Constitution. The Constitution mandates that both branches of ANQ are Christian social Greek letter organizations.-History:...
,
Alpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha is the first Inter-Collegiate Black Greek Letter fraternity. It was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Its founders are known as the "Seven Jewels". Alpha Phi Alpha developed a model that was used by the many Black Greek Letter Organizations ...
,
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of approximately 17,000 students, and over 350,000 alumni members...
,
Beta Theta Pi
Beta Theta Pi
Beta Theta Pi , often just called Beta, is a social collegiate fraternity that was founded in 1839 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA, where it is part of the Miami Triad which includes Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Chi. It has over 138 active chapters and colonies in the United States and Canada...
,
Delta Tau Delta
Delta Tau Delta
Delta Tau Delta is a U.S.-based international secret letter college fraternity. Delta Tau Delta was founded in 1858 at Bethany College, Bethany, Virginia, . It currently has around 125 student chapters nationwide, as well as more than 25 regional alumni groups. Its national community service...
,
Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa Alpha Psi is a collegiate Greek-letter fraternity with a predominantly African American membership. Since the fraternity's founding on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never limited membership based on color, creed or national origin...
,
Phi Kappa Psi
Phi Kappa Psi
Phi Kappa Psi is an American collegiate social fraternity founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on February 19, 1852. There are over a hundred chapters and colonies at accredited four year colleges and universities throughout the United States. More than 112,000 men have been...
,
Phi Sigma Kappa
Phi Sigma Kappa
-Phi Sigma Kappa's Creed and Cardinal Principles:The 1934 Convention in Ann Arbor brought more changes for the fraternity. Brother Stewart W. Herman of Gettysburg wrote and presented the Creed, and Brother Ralph Watts of Massachusetts drafted and presented the Cardinal Principles.-World War II:The...
,
Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha is a Greek social fraternity with over 230 chapters and colonies and over 250,000 lifetime initiates in the United States and Canada.-History:...
,
Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi is the largest and one of the oldest college Greek-letter secret and social fraternities in North America with 244 active chapters and more than . Sigma Chi was founded on June 28, 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio when members split from Delta Kappa Epsilon...
,
Sigma Nu
Sigma Nu
Sigma Nu is an undergraduate, college fraternity with chapters in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Sigma Nu was founded in 1869 by three cadets at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia...
, and
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Phi Epsilon , commonly nicknamed SigEp or SPE, is a social college fraternity for male college students in the United States. It was founded on November 1, 1901, at Richmond College , and its national headquarters remains in Richmond, Virginia. It was founded on three principles: Virtue,...
Delta Sigma Pi
Delta Sigma Pi
ΔΣΠ ' is one of the largest co-ed professional business fraternities. Delta Sigma Pi was founded on November 7, 1907 at the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, New York University, New York, New York and is currently headquartered in Oxford, Ohio...
Sororities
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of nine students, led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle...
,
Alpha Phi
Alpha Phi
Alpha Phi International Women's Fraternity was founded at Syracuse University on September 18, 1872. Alpha Phi currently has 152 active chapters and over 200,000 initiated members. Its celebrated Founders' Day is October 10. It was the third Greek-letter organization founded for women. In Alpha...
,
Chi Omega
Chi Omega
Chi Omega is a women's fraternity and the largest member of the National Panhellenic Conference. Chi Omega has 174 active collegiate chapters and over 230 alumnae chapters. Chi Omega's national headquarters is located in Memphis, Tennessee....
,
Delta Sigma Theta
Delta Sigma Theta
Delta Sigma Theta is a non-profit Greek-lettered sorority of college-educated women who perform public service and place emphasis on the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two collegiate women at Howard University...
,
Phi Sigma Rho
Phi Sigma Rho
Phi Sigma Rho is a social sorority for women in engineering and engineering technology. The sorority was founded in 1984 at Purdue University by two young women. The first chapter of Phi Sigma Rho was installed on September 24, 1984, with 10 charter members....
,
Pi Beta Phi
Pi Beta Phi
Pi Beta Phi is an international fraternity for women founded as I.C. Sorosis on April 28, 1867, at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. Its headquarters are located in Town and Country, Missouri, and there are 134 active chapters and over 330 alumnae organizations across the United States and...
,
Sigma Alpha Iota
Sigma Alpha Iota
Sigma Alpha Iota , International Music Fraternity for Women. Formed to "uphold the highest standards of music" and "to further the development of music in America and throughout the world", it continues to provide musical and educational resources to its members and the general public...
,
Theta Phi Alpha
Theta Phi Alpha
Theta Phi Alpha women's fraternity was founded at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor on August 30, 1912. Theta Phi Alpha is one of 26 national sororities recognized in the National Panhellenic Conference...
,
Zeta Phi Beta
Zeta Phi Beta
Zeta Phi Beta is an international, historically black Greek-lettered sorority and a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council.Zeta Phi Beta is organized into 800+ chapters, in eight intercontinental regions including the USA, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean...
, and
Zeta Tau Alpha
Zeta Tau Alpha
Zeta Tau Alpha is a women's fraternity, founded October 15, 1898 at the State Female Normal School in Farmville, Virginia. The Executive office is located in Indianapolis, Indiana...
Awards and rankings
After a ranking in 2010 by the U.S. News and World Report in their annual "America’s Best Colleges" issue, The University of Dayton broke the top 100 and ranked 99th of the top national universities. It also ranked 55th among private schools and eighth among Catholic institutions.In 2009, The Princeton Review
The Princeton Review
The Princeton Review is an American-based standardized test preparation and admissions consulting company. The Princeton Review operates in 41 states and 22 countries across the globe. It offers test preparation for standardized aptitude tests such as the SAT and advice regarding college...
ranked the University of Dayton ranked No. 7 for easiest campus to get around, No. 10 for number of students engaged in intramurals, and No. 13 for happiest overall students. UD graduated 96% of its student-athletes in 2008, the most of any Atlantic 10 Conference school, and tied for 10th in the nation in such achievement.
The University of Dayton also ranks as a top-tier national university and one of the 10 best Catholic universities in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
.
Other awards and recognition include:
- The entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship is the act of being an entrepreneur, which can be defined as "one who undertakes innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods". This may result in new organizations or may be part of revitalizing mature organizations in response...
program has been ranked 4th nationally by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine. - The School of Business Administration is listed in the 2008 edition of Best 290 Business Schools, published by Random House and The Princeton Review.
- The annual RISE (Redefining Investment Strategy Education) Forum is the largest student investmentInvestmentInvestment has different meanings in finance and economics. Finance investment is putting money into something with the expectation of gain, that upon thorough analysis, has a high degree of security for the principal amount, as well as security of return, within an expected period of time...
conference in the world. - The University of Dayton is one of 10 law schools — including Harvard, Stanford, VanderbiltVanderbilt-People:*Vanderbilt *The Vanderbilt family**Cornelius Vanderbilt**William H. Vanderbilt-Places:In the United States:*Vanderbilt, California, a former gold-mining town*Vanderbilt, Michigan, a village*Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania, a borough...
and GeorgetownGeorgetown UniversityGeorgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
— selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to shape the future of legal education. - The Legal Profession Program at UD has been ranked in the top 20 legal writingLegal writingLegal writing is a type of technical writing used by lawyers, judges, legislators, and others in law to express legal analysis and legal rights and duties.- Authority :...
programs in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. - The School of Law received an award for excellence from the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution in 2006.
- The School of EngineeringEngineeringEngineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
graduate program ranks first among all Catholic universities, in a tie with University of Notre DameUniversity of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
, according to U.S. News & World Report in 2011. In Ohio, it ranks third. Nationally, it ranks 52nd. - The University of Dayton is one of just 15 colleges in the nation named the 2007 winners of the Merck Institute for Science Education (MISE) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) award.
- The University of Dayton is the #1 Catholic university in nonmedical researchResearchResearch can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
and the #2 university nationally in materials research funding. - The Marian Library, which holds the world's largest collection of material about Mary, the mother of Jesus, attracts scholars from around the world. More than 40 percent of its holdings are not found in any other library. Holdings include high-quality Marian art, including works by internationally recognized American contemporary painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
Roman Turovsky-SavchukRoman Turovsky-SavchukRoman Turovsky-Savchuk is an American painter and lutenist-composer born in Ukraine.-Biography:Turovsky was born in Kiev, Ukraine in 1961, when it was part of the Soviet Union. He studied art from an early age under his father, the painter Mikhail Turovsky and at the Shevchenko State Art School...
. - The "Savior of Our Cities" national survey of community revitalization ranks the University of Dayton #1 among Catholic universities and No. 3 overall in helping to save America's cities from blightBlightBlight refers to a specific symptom affecting plants in response to infection by a pathogenic organism. It is simply a rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs. Accordingly, many diseases that primarily exhibit this...
. - The University of Dayton finished in the top 30 in men's basketball home attendance for the 12th straight season in 2008-09. Since UD Arena opened in 1969, Dayton has been in the NCAA's top 35 in home attendance every season. The Flyers led the Atlantic 10 in attendance for the 12th straight season.
- The University of Dayton athletic facilities compete with the best in the nation, with the University of Dayton ArenaUniversity of Dayton ArenaUniversity of Dayton Arena is a 13,455-seat multi-purpose arena in Dayton, Ohio. The arena opened in 1969. It is home to the University of Dayton Flyers basketball teams....
ranking as the second most-used venue for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. - UD is the #1 university in the state of Ohio for Department of DefenseUnited States Department of DefenseThe United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
-sponsored research and development and leads all other Ohio universities in aerospaceAerospaceAerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space...
research.
Research
The University of Dayton Research InstituteUniversity of Dayton Research Institute
University of Dayton Research Institute is a research institute led by the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. In 2004 and 2005, the Research Institute was ranked #2 in the nation in federal and industry-funded materials research by the National Science Foundation...
(UDRI) employs nearly 400 full-time researchers. Established as the research arm of the University of Dayton in 1956, UDRI broke the $1 billion mark in sponsored research at the end of 2003. In fiscal year 2005, sponsored research at UDRI topped $70 million. In 2004 and 2005, the Research Institute was ranked number two in the nation in federal- and industry-funded materials research by the National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
. In Ohio, UDRI is the top nonprofit institution that receives contracts from the Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
. Along with UDRI, The Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering at Dayton
Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering at Dayton
The Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering at Dayton is a research center which focuses on tissue regeneration and is partenered with the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, Air Force Research Laboratory, and Ethicon Endo-Surgery. The center is located in...
(TREND) is another research center located at the University of Dayton.
In 2010 General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
announced that it would be locating a new 51 million dollar research center on the University of Dayton's campus. The center will be used for collaboration between University Researchers and GE to create new electrical power technologies.
Notable faculty
- Mohammad Ataul KarimMohammad Ataul KarimProfessor Mohammad Ataul Karim is a Bangladeshi American scientist and Vice President for Research of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia...
, World Renowned Physicist - Alex CameronAlex CameronAlex J. Cameron was an English professor at the University of Dayton and the official pronouncer of the Scripps National Spelling Bee from 1980 to 2002.Cameron grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, and attended the University of Notre Dame...
- former National Spelling Bee pronouncer - Bob TaftBob TaftRobert Alphonso "Bob" Taft II is an Ohio Republican Party politician. He was elected to two terms of office as the 67th Governor of the U.S. state of Ohio between 1999-2007. After leaving office, Taft started working for the University of Dayton beginning August 15, 2007.-Personal background:Taft...
- distinguished research associate for educational excellence, professor in the Political Science department. Former two term governor of the state of Ohio. Great Grandson of President TaftWilliam Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...
. - Hans von OhainHans von OhainHans Joachim Pabst von Ohain was a German engineer, one of the inventors of jet propulsion.Frank Whittle, who patented in 1930 in the United Kingdom, and Hans von Ohain, who patented in 1936 in Germany, developed the concept independently during the late 1930s...
- one of the inventors of jet propulsionJet propulsionJet propulsion is motion produced by passing a jet of fluid in the opposite direction to the direction of motion. By conservation of momentum, the moving body is propelled in the opposite direction to the jet.... - Larry SchweikartLarry SchweikartLarry E. Schweikart is an American historian and professor of history at the University of Dayton. He is the author of more than a dozen books....
- American historian and author. Co-authored #1 Bestseller "A Patriot's History of the United States." Contributor to numerous Fox News programs.
Notable alumni
- Joseph DeschJoseph DeschJoseph Raymond Desch was an American electrical engineer and inventor. During World War II, he was Research Director of the project to design and manufacture the US Navy version of the bombe, a cryptanalytic machine designed to read communications enciphered by the German Enigma.-Early life:Desch...
'26 - Creator of decoding machine to crack Nazi Enigma code in World War II - Jerry BlevinsJerry BlevinsJerry Richard Blevins is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.-College baseball career:...
- Current Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
pitcher for the Oakland A's - Chip BokChip BokChip Bok is an American editorial cartoonist for the Akron Beacon Journal. He received the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award for 1995 and 1999.-External links:*...
'74 - Two time National Cartoonist Society (NCS) Editorial Cartoonist of the year - Erma BombeckErma BombeckErma Louise Bombeck was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper column that described suburban home life from the mid-1960s until the late 1990s...
'49 - Humorist and newspaper columnist - Michael B. ColemanMichael B. ColemanMichael B. Coleman is an American politician of the Democratic Party, the 52nd and current mayor of Columbus, Ohio. He is the first African-American mayor of Ohio's capital....
(JD) - first African-American mayor of Columbus, Ohio - Gerry FaustGerry FaustGerard Anthony "Gerry" Faust is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Notre Dame from 1981 to 1985 and at the University of Akron from 1986 to 1994, compiling a career college football record of 73–79–4...
'58 - Former head football coach at the University of Notre Dame - Mark GiangrecoMark GiangrecoMark Giangreco is the sports director and lead sports anchor for WLS-TV in Chicago, Illinois. Giangreco currently anchors the sports segment on ABC7 during the 5pm and 10pm newscasts. -Education and career:...
'74 - Chicago sports anchor - Anthony GrantAnthony Grant (basketball)-External links:* at RollTide.com...
'87 - Head basketball Coach, University of AlabamaUniversity of AlabamaThe University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States.... - Ray GricarRay GricarRay Frank Gricar was an American attorney who served as the district attorney of Centre County, Pennsylvania, from 1985–2005. On April 15, 2005, Gricar went missing under mysterious circumstances and has not been heard from since....
– former district attorneyDistrict attorneyIn many jurisdictions in the United States, a District Attorney is an elected or appointed government official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The district attorney is the highest officeholder in the jurisdiction's legal department and supervises a staff of...
of Centre County, PennsylvaniaCentre County, PennsylvaniaCentre County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 153,990.... - Jon GrudenJon GrudenJon David Gruden is an American football analyst and former head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for seven seasons and prior to that the Oakland Raiders for four seasons. In his first year as the head coach of Tampa Bay, the Buccaneers won Super Bowl XXXVII, defeating the Raiders whom he had...
'86 - Super BowlSuper BowlThe Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
winning Head Coach (2003) of the Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay BuccaneersThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...
; Current Monday Night FootballMonday Night FootballMonday Night Football is a live broadcast of the National Football League on ESPN. From to it aired on ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest running prime time commercial network television series...
commentator - Jon A. Husted '89, '93 (MA) - Ohio Secretary of State (2010-Present).
- Kristina KeneallyKristina KeneallyKristina Kerscher Keneally MP, is an Australian politician and was the 42nd Premier of New South Wales. She was elected leader of the Australian Labor Party in New South Wales and thus Premier in 2009, but went on to lose government to the Liberal/National Coalition at the March 2011 state election...
'91 - the first female Premier of New South Wales - Bill KlesseBill KlesseBill Klesse is the Chairman and CEO of Valero Energy Corporation. Mr. Klesse received a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and earned an MBA in finance from West Texas A&M University.-References:...
'81 - CEO of Valero Energy - John E. LelandJohn E. LelandJohn E. Leland is Director of the University of Dayton Research Institute. He previously served as the institute's director of operations and a division head and as the University of Dayton's director for technology partnerships. Before working at the University of Dayton, Leland worked for the...
'89 (MS) - Director of the University of Dayton Research InstituteUniversity of Dayton Research InstituteUniversity of Dayton Research Institute is a research institute led by the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. In 2004 and 2005, the Research Institute was ranked #2 in the nation in federal and industry-funded materials research by the National Science Foundation... - Don MayDon MayDonald John May is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'4" two-time 2nd team All-American forward from the University of Dayton who was the star of the Flyer team that lost in the 1967 national championship game to Lew Alcindor's UCLA team...
'68 - Basketball star - Elizabeth A. McClanahanElizabeth A. McClanahanElizabeth Ann McClanahan is a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. She was sworn in on 1 September 2011 for a term ending in 2023....
'84 (JD) - Justice of the Supreme Court of VirginiaSupreme Court of VirginiaThe Supreme Court of Virginia is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It primarily hears appeals from the trial-level city and county Circuit Courts, as well as the criminal law, family law and administrative law cases that go through the Court of Appeals of Virginia. It is one of... - Chuck NollChuck NollCharles Henry "Chuck" Noll is a former professional American football player and coach, and a member of the Sid Gillman coaching tree. He served most notably as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League from 1969 to 1991...
'53 - Only Four time Super BowlSuper BowlThe Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
winning Head Coach (Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh SteelersThe Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
1975, 1976, 1979, 1980. Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of FamePro Football Hall of FameThe Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...
in 1993) - Don NovelloDon NovelloDon Novello is an American writer, film director, producer, actor, singer, and comedian. Novello is best known for his work on NBC's Saturday Night Live, from 1977 until 1980, and then 1985 until 1986, often as the character "Father Guido Sarducci". Novello has appeared as "Sarducci" on many...
(Father Guido SarducciFather Guido SarducciFather Guido Sarducci is a fictional character made famous by American comedian Don Novello. Sarducci, a chain-smoking priest with tinted eyeglasses, works in the United States as gossip columnist and rock critic for the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano .-Background:Novello...
) '64 - actor, writer, and comedian - Mike PattMike PattMichael Patt is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He has competed in the UFC, Bodog Fight and FFC promotions.-Biography:...
'01 (MBA) - Professional Mixed Martial Arts Fighter (UFC, BodogFIGHT) - Jim PaxsonJim PaxsonJames Joseph "Jim" Paxson is an American retired professional basketball player. A first round selection of the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1979 NBA Draft, Paxson played for the Portland and the Boston Celtics of the NBA from 1979-1990 and was twice an All-Star...
'79 - Former NBA player - Dan PatrickDan PatrickDaniel Patrick Pugh , professionally known as Dan Patrick, is an American sportscaster, radio personality, and actor from Mason, Ohio...
'79 - Sportscaster, currently with CNN's Sports Illustrated - Charles J. PedersenCharles J. PedersenCharles John Pedersen was an American organic chemist best known for describing methods of synthesizing crown ethers. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987 with Donald J. Cram and Jean-Marie Lehn...
'26 - Organic chemist; winner of 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Chris RolfeChris RolfeChris Rolfe is an American soccer player who currently plays for AaB in the Danish Superliga.-College:...
'05 - Professional soccer player for the Chicago Fire. Also played on United States Men's National Soccer TeamUnited States men's national soccer teamThe United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...
in 2005 - Bob SchafferBob SchafferRobert Warren "Bob" Schaffer was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Colorado in the 105th Congress and the two succeeding Congresses . In 2004, Schaffer lost in the primary election to be the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat...
'84 - Former US State Representative from Colorado - Mark SchulteMark SchulteMark Schulte is an American soccer player who last played for Carolina RailHawks in the USSF Division 2 Professional League....
'00 - Professional soccer player for the Cleveland City StarsCleveland City StarsCleveland City Stars was an American professional soccer team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Founded in 2006, the team played in the USL First Division , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid until 2009...
and only American to play in Uruguay - Candace SmithCandace SmithCandace Smith is an American, lawyer, actress, model, and beauty queen fromDayton, Ohio.- Miss USA :Candace won the title of Miss Ohio USA 2003 in Portsmouth, Ohio. Smith went on to represent Ohio in the Miss USA 2003 in San Antonio, Texas. As Miss Ohio USA 2003, Candace dedicated her time to...
- Actress and model - Craig StammenCraig StammenCraig N. Stammen is a pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball.Stammen grew up and still resides in North Star, Ohio, a village about south of Coldwater...
'07 - Pitcher, Washington NationalsWashington NationalsThe Washington Nationals are a professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals are a member of the Eastern Division of the National League of Major League Baseball . The team moved into the newly built Nationals Park in 2008, after playing their first three seasons in RFK Stadium... - Mike TurnerMike TurnerMichael R. Turner is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district covers most of the city of Dayton and includes most of Montgomery County, much of Warren County, and is home to all of Highland and Clinton Counties.-Early life, education...
'92 (Graduate of Business School) - Current member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 3rd congressional district - Charles W. Whalen, Jr.Charles W. Whalen, Jr.Charles William Whalen Jr. was a Republican U.S. Representative from Ohio's 3rd congressional district. He served 6 terms in congress and was notably the leader of the Republican party's opposition to the Vietnam War....
'42 - Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 3rd congressional district (1967–1979), author