Digital Commons Network^™

Sustainability Education At The University Of Dayton, Olivia M. Leblanc

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

To prepare for this Researched Argument writing assignment, I completed a research proposal that involved drafting a research question and creating a general timeline for conducting reseach leading up to this project's final submission. I then analyzed ten different sources through creating an annotated bibliography that examined the credibility, content, and relevance of each resource in relation to my paper's topic. In addition to collecting resouces, I personally attended SAP events and interviewed the SAP student leader in order to understand the innerworkings of sustainability education at the University of Dayton. I then composed a draft that was analyzed by …

Insight On Female Genital Mutilation, Kara Shunnarah

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

This assignment was our third and final essay for this course; however, this essay is a continuation from my second essay in this class. Dr. Vorachek allowed us to pick any topic we felt we wanted to write about as long as it directly or indirectly related to gender. I had difficulty choosing at first, but then I began thinking about issues in our world and FGM stuck out to me. I first learned about FGM in high school, but never had the time for extensive research. I saw this assignment as an opportunity. Thus, I researched FGM, gathering information …

169th Commencement, Spring

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Service Projects On The Perceived Skills Of Engineering Technology Students, Philip Appiah-Kubi, Corinne Brion

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

Client based service projects offer many advantages to instructors, students and host communities. However, instructors must carefully choose the projects in order to achieve the benefits that come with this pedagogical tool. The purpose of this research was to investigate the perception of engineering technology students on how different service projects influence performance and perceived skills. A modified perceived skill model was used to measure the perceived effect of the team based service projects on: motivation to learn, contribution to research knowledge, skills and personal benefit, and project as a learning device. The projects were either client based or non-client …

Food Traceability In School Foodservice Operations: Benefits And Challenges, Basem Boutros, Kevin Roberts, Naiqing Lin, Kevin Sauer

Health and Sport Science Faculty Publications

Purpose/Objectives: This study explored food traceability systems in school foodservice in the United States and the potential benefits and challenges to their implementation.

Methods: An online questionnaire was developed and used to collect data. A mixed-mode approach was followed to recruit the participants. A convenience sample of 500 school nutrition professionals from Qualtrics panel was targeted for data collection with the goal of having responses from 300 participants. Due to low response rate from the initial panel, the contact information of a second convenience sample of 200 child nutrition professionals with no geographic representation was obtained from the National Center …

Fraud, Sridhar Ramamoorti

Books and Book Chapters by University of Dayton Faculty

Entry in the SAGE Encylopedia of Criminal Psychology

Right Here … Wright-Dunbar, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

This June, 40 street banners created by University of Dayton graphic design major Jeremy Rosen will be installed in Dayton’s Wright-Dunbar Business District to raise awareness about the area and attract visitors to its historical sites.

Poems For The Potty: A Fitting End To Poetry Month, Maureen Schlangen

University Libraries Blog Archive

Roesch Library is changing bathroom behavior one rhyme at a time.

Pathway To The World, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Every major in the University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences connects to global and intercultural learning.

Ud In The News April 19-26, University Of Dayton

News Releases

It was University of Dayton Week on The Academic Minute, a popular radio program produced by WAMC/Northeast Public Radio which is a platform for professors from top universities nationwide to share "groundbreaking research and how that research helps us understand and solve the big problems that matter to us all."

Doc 2007-05 Processes And Procedures Of The Academic Senate, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate

Senate Governing Documents

DOC 2007-05 Processes and Procedures of the Academic Senate

College Faculty In The News: April 25, 2019, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Assistant Professor Meghan Henning, Department of Religious Studies, compares ancient cultural views of resurrection to today's pop culture surrounding ghosts and zombies. Follow this and other recent media coverage of the service, research, scholarship and commentary of College of Arts and Sciences programs and their faculty.

University To Bless, Dedicate Curran Place May 1, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton will honor past president Daniel J. Curran during a ceremony at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, in the Riverview Cafe in Curran Place to bless and dedicate the building that now bears his name.

Standing Up For Health Communication, Danielle Damon

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

During the 29th annual Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium, over 1,700 students and faculty mentors stood up to present research, creative endeavors and academic achievements. For one graduate student, research on health communication became the focus.

Indian Studies Fellowship, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

University of Dayton historian Haimanti Roy will spend the 2019-2020 academic year in India with support from a senior research fellowship from the American Institute for Indian Studies. She will study the impact of travel and identification documents on migration and citizenship in colonial and post-colonial India.

Spring Commencement Includes First Ud Sinclair Academy Graduate, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Maria Loyd will mark an important milestone for the University of Dayton when she crosses the commencement stage — as the first graduate of the UD Sinclair Academy.

Ud In The News April 12-19, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Media in the U.K., Canada and Ethiopia as well as prominent U.S. media outlets USA Today and National Catholic Reporter highlighted faculty research and expertise on topics that included the Presidential Medal of Freedom, drones, the Mueller report and others.

Jealous Husband? Or The Extinction Of Cockroaches?, Steve Eskew

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

With each humor column, I'm simply out to solicit a smile or two, a nodding of the head and even an occasional belly laugh. Not convulsions. Indeed, laughter isn't always the best medicine. Fun fact: Many people have actually died while laughing.

University Of Dayton Week On The Academic Minute, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The Academic Minute, a popular radio program produced by WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, showcased faculty research on a “University of Dayton Week."

Mann Chair In The Sciences, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The University of Dayton has appointed Umesh Haritashya as the Brother Leonard A. Mann, S.M., Chair in the Sciences. Haritashya is an associate professor of geology. He joined the University faculty in 2008.

Ud In The News April 5-12, University Of Dayton

News Releases

All three Dayton TV stations, the Dayton Daily News and the Dayton Business Journal covered the announcement that a joint venture formed by the University and The Entrepreneurs Center signed a 10-year lease at the Dayton Arcade, a key piece in the redevelopment of the historic downtown complex.

Onmain Names Ceo, University Of Dayton

News Releases

onMain, a joint venture of Premier Health and the University of Dayton, has tapped Buddy LaChance, a seasoned local executive, to lead the transformation of 38 acres south of downtown into Dayton’s Imagination District. onMain is widely anticipated to become a signature neighborhood that will bring jobs and opportunities to the area and create a sustainable and inclusive living environment with an emphasis on wellness.

President Spina At The Statehouse, University Of Dayton

News Releases

President Eric F. Spina is expected to testify before the Ohio House Finance Subcommittee on Higher Education today in support of the Ohio College Opportunity Grant (OCOG).

Senior Wins Flyer Pitch Grand Prize For Handy Hats, University Of Dayton

News Releases

University of Dayton senior Danielle Ruffolo won the $25,000 grand prize for her patented Handy Hats in the University of Dayton’s Flyer Pitch competition, one of the largest business plan contests in the nation at the collegiate level.

Mary In The News: April 11, 2019, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also, see International Marian Research Institute as well as Marian Library news and updates.

University Of Dayton, The Entrepreneurs Center Announce Arcade Commitment, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The Arcade Innovation Hub LLC, a dynamic joint venture of the University of Dayton and The Entrepreneurs Center, has committed to a 10-year lease as anchor tenant for the downtown Arcade, bringing hundreds of UD faculty, staff and students, comprehensive entrepreneurial support services and thousands of square feet of working space for local startups to the massive redevelopment project.

From Church To Carnegie Hall, Ashley Junkunc

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

University of Dayton senior Gabriella “Gigi” Klotz went from singing in church to performing opera at New York City’s famed Carnegie Hall.

Comics And Fictional Conundrums: Art Drawn From And For The Writing Center, Abigail C. Wisser Ms., Caroline J. Clauson Ms.

East Central Writing Centers Association 2019 Conference

Our goal is to inspire other tutors to be more creative in communicating, educating, and enriching the environment of the writing center. We hope other tutors will better internalize theory through art.

In her story "The Spirit Indeed is Willing", Carrie projected her experience in the writing center into a literary form to better embody the complex relationship between the tutor and student, and to represent heteroglossia in the writing center.

Abigail, in writing "How to Tutor Reluctant Writers", sought to find a new way to illustrate theories in practice. By embracing the relatively new form of the informal comic, …

Ud In The News March 29- April 5, University Of Dayton

News Releases

National Catholic Reporter cited Vince Miller's essay in America magazine, International Business Times picked up geologist Shuang-Ye Wu's piece in The Conversation and the Atlanta Journal Constitution included Professor of Faith and Culture Sandra Yocum's comments about the new archbishop of Washington, D.C., in two articles.

The Velocity Of Risk, Sridhar Ramamoorti, James H. Wanserski, Richard Stover

Accounting Faculty Publications

Only a few decades ago, the onset of problematic risk events often was slow, and organizations handled the corresponding aftermath over a manageable time frame. Organizations armed with extensive public relations resources responded to most postevent crises after planning and analyzing thoughtful responses. Additionally, organizations carefully calculated their transparency with stakeholders regarding the event to manage its impact on the organization. Fast forward to today, and the pace of information is almost instantaneous. For example, when a popular U.S. fast food restaurant chain experienced an outbreak of E. coli-infected lettuce, its stock price decreased 44 percent within 90 days amid …