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President Paul Biya And Cameroon’S Anglophone Crisis: Now Is The Time For Bold Action, Julius A. Amin

History Faculty Publications

President Paul Biya of Cameroon has been silent for long in relation to the ongoing unrest in the country's English-speaking region. His silence has made matters worse, and it is time he took decisive measures to resolve that crisis if he wants history to remember him after his nearly 40 years in power.

Know Thy Staff: An Interview With A Cataloger, Adam Schwartz

University Libraries Blog Archive

Get to know one of Roesch Library's catalogers and learn more about the process of researching and describing rare materials.

People And Faces, Johann Roten S.M.

Marian Library Blog Archive

Benjamin Miller's work breathes the purity of empathy, the delicate touch of a loving and compassionate observer. Visit the Marian Library to see it for yourself.

Mary In The News: June 20, 2018, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

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

Unplugged And On Fire: Alumni Profile, Michael Dunekacke

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Father Reehil reflects on his journey to priesthood and how we can better reconnect with our faith.

Mary In The News: June 13, 2018, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

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

The Juggler Of Notre Dame And The Medievalizing Of Modernity, Volume 1: The Middle Ages, Jan M. Ziolkowski

Juggling for Mary

This ambitious and vivid study in six volumes explores the journey of a single, electrifying story, from its first incarnation in a medieval French poem through its prolific rebirth in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Juggler of Notre Dame tells how an entertainer abandons the world to join a monastery, but is suspected of blasphemy after dancing his devotion before a statue of the Madonna in the crypt; he is saved when the statue, delighted by his skill, miraculously comes to life.

Jan Ziolkowski tracks the poem from its medieval roots to its rediscovery in late nineteenth-century Paris, before …

Advocating For More Experiential Learning Strategies In Medical School, Seth D. Adams

Undergraduate Voices

When it comes to learning and teaching, there are many ways for teachers and students to maximize the amount of learning that happens in the schooling environment. The focus of this paper is the effects of experiential learning in medical education. This pedagogy is very common in many teaching strategies and is widely used, debated, and studied throughout academia. This paper will introduce experiential learning as it is seen broadly throughout all fields of study and practice, but will then specifically focus on experiential learning and its effects on medical education. Using two different types of experiential learning, community-based learning …

Empowering Women One Laugh At A Time, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

At a time when simply using the words "me too" and "time's up" triggers anger, debate and, yes, trolls, nonprofit organization The Syndrome Mag has decided this is exactly the right time to take action. One part social media movement, one part online magazine, and every bit humorous feminism, The Syndrome Mag's mission is to empower women one laugh at a time.

Lessons From Teaching Thousands Of Writers, Fredrick Marion

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

A Q&A with Joni B. Cole, a 2018 EBWW faculty member.

Honorslink, Issue 2018.2, University Of Dayton

HonorsLINK Newsletter

The Honors Program newsletter, HonorsLINK is geared toward students in the Honors Program. The magazine contains in-depth stories about students and alumni, recent achievements and announcements from alumni, news about current students and a six-month calendar of events.

University Of Dayton Magazine. Summer 2018, University Of Dayton Magazine

University of Dayton Alumni Publications

The University of Dayton Magazine is published quarterly by the Office of Communications for alumni, parents, students, faculty/staff, trustees and other friends of UD. Articles include "Making a spectacle," "On the prairie," and "Happy retirement: Experts do an about face and find fulfillment in new endeavors."

Catholic Documents 101: A Theological Librarian’S Guide To Identifying, Locating, And Using The Documents Of The Catholic Church, James Humble, Kathy Harty, Elyse Hayes, Andrew Kosmowski S.M.

Marian Library Faculty Publications

The teachings of the Catholic Church are found in numerous documents, produced by different persons or groups across centuries, whose arrangement and importance relative to each other are often hard to understand. This Listen and Learn session familiarizes librarians from non-Catholic backgrounds with the various types and features of Catholic Church document, concluding with strategies for answering a sample reference question by relying on that material. By sorting through the classification of these documents and directing attendees to the most authoritative or most easily obtainable source materials for those documents, this session makes it easier for librarians working in non-Catholic …

Retired, Inspired, Admired, Cari Zahn

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Students reflect on the ways that recent UD community retirees have impacted their lives.

Core Program Student Receives Fulbright, Marissa Mccray

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

University of Dayton graduate Olivia Thomakos '18 will venture to Malaysia to teach English in a secondary school through a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) award.

Getting The Spine Straight: Cataloger Takes The Mystery Out Of Call Numbers, Joan Milligan

University Libraries Blog Archive

Special collections cataloger breaks down spine labels with this handy primer on Library of Congress classification; boost your library literacy in five simple activities.

'Our Communal And Biennial Home', Teri Rizvi

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Every other spring, authors, bloggers, essayists and humorists make the pilgrimage to Erma's alma mater to honor her legacy, laugh and soak in advice, tips and encouragement from other writers.

Cream Of The Crop, University Of Dayton

News Releases

It's become an annual occurrence for University of Dayton graduates: a haul of prestigious national scholarships. This year, UD grads claimed five Fulbrights, a Goldwater Scholarship and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

At The Table, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Studies report Dayton is the second worst city in the nation for food hardship in households with children, and one in six Miami Valley residents are uncertain of their next meal. So the University of Dayton is working with several community partners to end food insecurity in the region.

Who Do You Say You Are?, Teri Rizvi

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Seven seniors prepare for life after graduation, but don't miss the chance to relish in each other company.

Students Trace Ud Arena's History, Clare Gallagher

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The University of Dayton Department of History wanted to do something different this year for its senior capstone class. The students are researching the history of UD Arena and its relationship to the Dayton community as a class project. The project is tied to the arena's 50th anniversary and its current renovation.

Pulitzer Winner To Keynote Summer Workshop, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz will keynote the Antioch Writers' Workshop at the University of Dayton's 33rd annual summer program, July 14-20, on the University campus.

168th Commencement, Spring

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Erma Two, Kelley Chikos

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

My first "Erma," Erma One, was a smack-in-the-face rush. I'd been to other good writers' conferences, but EBWW had something pleasantly unique. I just didn't know what it was. My aha moment arrived at Erma Two.

Congratulations To The 2018 Library Award Winners, Katy Kelly

University Libraries Blog Archive

Congratulations to the winners of the Hary, Koehler, and Ruhlman Library Awards, presented in a ceremony on Wednesday, April 11, in the Roesch Library first-floor Collab.

Part 2: Comm Prof On Cybersecurity Training, James Robinson

UDit Educational and Promotional Materials

Sending, receiving, processing, and decoding messages requires a lot of mental effort. Think about it. Even the smartest people can be bad at communicating. The best communicators know a lot about their message topic and even more about their audience. Without considering the audience, even the simplest message strategies fail.

Erma Awesome, Martha Peebles

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

"You can write!" says my new coffee mug that I purchased at the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop.

17 Quiet Days To Write, Samantha Schoech

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

You know you've been in a hotel a long time when you start making your own bed. You know you've been in a hotel a really long time when Michael, the creepy morning room-service guy, notices you've changed your order. "I see you've got bacon this morning," he says, making me shudder. "You are really going to like it." Yesterday, he complimented my pill box.

Lyric-Ese, Donna Fentanes

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

I love languages, I have since I was in 6th Grade where I had my first brush with Spanish. Took a little German in college, and over the years have learned salutations in over a dozen languages. The Filipina caregivers are very impressed with my ten words of Tagalog as was my Egyptian coworker when I wrote my name in Arabic.

My Neighborhood, Joan Means

Facing Dayton: Stories

A first-person narrative about life in Dayton, Ohio, composed as part of the Facing Project, a nationwide storytelling initiative.