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Rare Books Move Update, Jason Paul Bourgeois

Marian Library Blog Archive

Shifting thousands of rare books down four floors is not an easy task, but that task is now complete!

Faculty Profile: Brother Dan Klco, Nikki Kamp

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Marianist Brother Daniel Klco retired as a lecturer in the University of Dayton department of biology at the end of the spring 2017 semester and will head to the Marianist novitiate at Mount Saint John in Beavercreek to become the assistant director of novices.

Faculty In The News: May 10, 2017, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Nancy Martorano Miller and other faculty turn their focus toward the 2018 Ohio gubernatorial race. Read about this current news topic and follow other recent media coverage of College of Arts and Sciences faculty research, scholarship and commentary.

In The News: May 6, 2017, 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.

When Mommy's Gone, Jase Graves

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

As my wife's career continues to flourish and make me look even more dispensable, I often find myself at home with the kids while she's traveling to exciting cosmopolitan locations on out-of-state business trips.

The Writers' Room, Delaney Lawrence

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The University of Dayton department of English is giving undergraduate students the opportunity to produce an audio drama podcast series with its innovative course offering, "The Writers? Room."

Creating Futures, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The Princeton Review listed the University of Dayton among the best schools in the nation for undergraduate academics and experiential learning in its book Colleges That Create Futures: 50 Schools That Launch Careers by Going Beyond the Classroom.

167th Commencement, Spring

Commencement Programs

Spring Graduate/Doctoral Graduation Ceremony: Saturday, May 6, 2017, 12:45 p.m. at University of Dayton Arena.

Spring Undergraduate Graduation Ceremony: Sunday, May 7, 2017, 9:45 a.m. at University of Dayton Arena.

Low-Fee Private Schools In West Africa: Case Studies From Burkina Faso And Ghana, Corinne Brion

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

Every year billions of dollars are spent on development aid and training around the world. However, only 10% of this training results in the transfer of knowledge, skills, or behaviors learned in the training to the work place. Ideally, learning transfer produces effective and continued application by learners of the knowledge and skills they gained through their learning activities. Some studies suggest that technology usage can serve as an effective post-learning intervention to enhance the transfer of learning. Currently, there is a limited body of research examining the factors that hinder and promote learning transfer in professional development, particularly the …

Lacerated Lips And Lush Landscapes: Constructing This-Worldly Theological Identities In The Otherworld, Meghan Henning

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

When Irenaeus juxtaposed "tradition" and heresy, he moved away from the Pauline usage, which centered primarily upon incorrect behavior (See 1 Cor 11: 19, Gal 5 :20). lrenaeus' definition of heresy, however, does not indicate that all early Christians prioritized belief over behavior, or even maintained orthodoxy and orthopraxis as separate categories. In the otherworldly spaces of the apocryphal apocalypses doxa and praxis seem to be intertwined, and little or no distinction is made between belief and behavior. Instead, in the Otherworld the categories of primary importance are righteous/unrighteous, good/evil, Christian/Other. The Otherworld is a place in which sins can …

Core Students Win Fulbright Honors, Marissa Mccray

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Three University of Dayton seniors from the Core program won scholarships as part of Fulbright programs and are headed abroad as English teaching assistants.

Flyer News, Vol. 64, No. 13 (April 25, 2017), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

New At Roesch Library, Maureen Schlangen

University Libraries Blog Archive

New at Roesch Library: unlimited access to complete archives of 'Harper's,' 'The New Yorker' and more.

Faculty Awards And Promotions, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences celebrated outstanding scholarship in teaching, curricular innovation, creative activity and research-based community engagement April 7 at its annual College faculty recognition event.

Flyer News, Vol. 64, No. 12 (April 4, 2017), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

The Marian Library Newsletter: Issue No. 65, University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Marian Library Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Why Isn’T There A Garden At School? Assessing Five River Metro Parks’ Green Schoolyards Program, Kaleigh Jurcisek

Honors Theses

School gardens have been shown to have positive effects on children’s academic performance and personal lives. Five Rivers’ Metro Parks has a program in place to encourage and assist schools, within the Dayton region, to implement school gardens and/or habitats. This research examines the efficacy of the Green Schoolyards program through surveys and interviews with teachers and staff of 15 schools where the program has made at least one contact. This research will help inform the Five Rivers staff by identifying perceived benefits and constraints related to implementing school gardens, and may facilitate the expansion of the Green Schoolyards program. …

Young Adult Fiction: Inside The Mirror Image, Paige Christin Flannelly

Honors Theses

Identity and image-of-self are concepts intertwined throughout the pages of Young Adult Fiction Literature. Characters in Young Adult Fiction interact with their surroundings and as a result form an identity based on these interactions. Research has shown how young adults respond to the feedback of their surroundings whether embodied by other characters or their environment. The way in which identity and the image characters see in the mirror are formed is directly related to the interactions characters experience in their daily lives. Interactions with landscapes, peers, illness, grief, and parents are the specific interactions discussed in this thesis. The novels …

Ambiguous Pleasure(Ers): Negotiating The Bodies Of Falstaff And Moll, Lauren Van Atta

Honors Theses

The British Early Modern Period was a time of shifting social ideologies where class as well as gender were mapped onto bodies and embedded in the very material conditions of life. But class and gender were not discreet categories with dichotomous definitions like ‘male’ and ‘female’, or ‘nobility’ and ‘peasant’. They had many inbetweens, and the theater was perhaps the most glaring inbetween of all. The theater necessarily complicates definitions and ways of viewing bodies as no body is what they seem. And at the heart of these ambiguous identities lay the fat body. It is consumptive, it is transgressive, …

Performer And Writer Biographies, University Of Dayton

Season 1: The Crossroads

Names and descriptions of the performers and writers involved with this podcast series.

Aiscrima E Checchi Italian-American Dialect And Development In The New Millennium, Elizabeth Loyacano Pedrotti

Honors Theses

The Italian-American identity is inextricably linked with language. Italian immigrants and their descendants have formed a culture in the United states with a dynamic history, particularly when it comes to language use and perceptions. This study examined multigenerational Italian Americans’ perceptions of English, Italian, and the unique Italian-American dialect; it aimed to discover changes in the usage of Italian-American dialect over time. Italian Americans in the Dayton area were interviewed and presented with surveys to gather both quantitative and qualitative data. Results indicate that while overall usage and recognition of Italian-American lexical items has decreased dramatically since the 1980s, younger …

Whose Voice The Waters Heard: A Short Story Cycle, Grace E. Hagan

Honors Theses

Abstract In this collection of short stories, each short story is a unique exploration of the powerful and often enigmatic concept of loss. The common unity for the collection presents itself in two parts: place and theme. Characters of all ages, from all walks of life, go to the river to have their voices heard and to grieve a particular form of loss. The collection takes a dynamic and expansive view on loss, and each short story reflects a different idea or experience of loss. It seeks to examine not only what can be lost, but also what can and …

An Analysis Of The Educational Systems In Finland And The United States: A Case Study, Caroline Ann Goodill

Honors Theses

International assessments have drawn attention to discrepancies in student achievement scores between countries. Due to the relatively new introduction of these tests, scholarly research on the subject has developed as the tests have produced more results. A shared goal of a majority of the research regarding international student achievement is to establish quality educational systems. As the United States continuously ranks at or slightly above or below average on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) over the past twelve years, Finland’s consistent success has drawn worldwide attention. For this reason, Finland is the educational system benchmark for this undergraduate …

The Possibility Of Communal Biases In Alibi Evaluation: The University Of Dayton, Norbert Wessels

Honors Theses

Considering the lack of data surrounding its influences, the current study aims to investigate the influence of identification with a geographic community on the alibi generation process. It does this by examining three questions:

• Do geographic cues allow you to identify with an alibi generator, and therefore have bearing on the evaluation of said alibi?
• Does identification with the alibi generator lead to stronger alibi evaluations?
• Do the answers to the previous two questions indicate bias?

To do this, 104 students at the University of Dayton were asked to engage in an alibi evaluation scenario that judged their opinion on …

In The News: March 31, 2017, 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 Faithful Flyer, 03-26-2017, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

2017 Program: Honors Student Symposium, University Of Dayton. University Honors Program

Honors Student Symposium

No abstract provided.

Flyer News, Vol. 64, No. 11 (March 21, 2017), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

Locking Up Families Is Inhumane—And Unconstitutional, Lynnette Arnold, Miranda Cady Hallett

Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Faculty Publications

From the fear of asylum-seekers in Western Europe to the panic around “illegals” in the United States, there is a global backlash against immigrants. These sentiments are increasingly accompanied by a crackdown in enforcement. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed 352,882 people in detention facilities during fiscal year 2016, a sharp increase from the 193,951 detained in 2015.

U.S. President Donald Trump promises to lock up exponentially more, having made the fight against “illegal immigration” a central plank of his campaign platform. But who are the people incarcerated in these immigration prisons? What are they …

Relationships Are Important, Bridget Lally

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Interview with Jonas Pope IV, a sports writer who covered the NCAA First Four tournament