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All Things Marian: Jean Gerson, University Of Dayton. International Marian Research Institute, Michele Foley, John-Luke Stahr C.S.J.

Podcast: All Things Marian

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We Met At A Bar ... An American Love Story, Diane Dean-Epps

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Nothing shows how far I’ve gone down the ol' timeline than reflecting upon my experiences as a fresh-faced, light-hearted, pre-hyphenated version of myself, landing me firmly in the Decade of Decadence.

174th Commencement, Spring

Commencement Programs

Commencement program (graduate and undergraduate exercises) for Spring 2024

Ud’S (Flyer) Promise To Support Students, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Elena Ramos was ready to drop out her freshman year.

Promoting Critical Deliberation: Bridging Civic Engagement And Social Justice In The Basic Course, Jennifer Y. Abbott, Jordin Clark, James Proszek

Basic Communication Course Annual

With increasing threats to democracy, we call for communication educators to renew and re-examine their commitment to advancing civic engagement in the basic course. Given recent scholarly criticism that civic engagement pedagogies falsely present democratic practice as neutral or apolitical and reinforce the status quo, we set an agenda for basic course instructors to re-envision civic engagement through a more critical and equity-oriented approach. To aid that effort, we present a Critical Deliberation speech assignment that challenges student groups to prepare a 20–25-minute informative presentation about a public controversy and then lead their classmates in a 25-minute deliberative discussion. In …

Are We Really Basic Bitches? A Call For Resistance And Recognition, Joshua E. Young, Allison D. Brenneise

Basic Communication Course Annual

We explore the history and position of the foundational communication course (FCC) in communication education. The material impact of calling the course basic since the 1940s has caused internalized oppression, which results in a lack of innovation and general disempowerment. The use of the term basic to describe the foundational communication course reflects little cultural awareness of the impact of the word. The term basic also demonstrates a need to adapt the course to meet the needs of its constituents. Failing to adapt may result in more oppressive conditions for communication education, a problem if the discipline is to make …

Assessment ‘Responsabilities’ In The Basic Course: Evaluating Public Speaking Rubrics, Miranda N. Rouse

Basic Communication Course Annual

Procedures and practices that are ableist in the educational system have been long overlooked. Speakers having differing abilities than neurotypical or able-bodied individuals is often not something that is considered in basic course assessment tools. This is important to address because although there are institutional policies and procedures in place to help students with differing abilities, instructors of public speaking have the autonomy or power to determine how such accommodations will affect the speech grade determined by the assessment tool. Power relations are significantly complicated in educational settings when strict hierarchies are imposed, and when instructors abuse their authority, which …

Prepared To Teach, University Of Dayton. School Of Education And Health Sciences

School of Education and Health Sciences Blog Archive

Spring semester means many teacher education students are out in the field, completing their student teaching experience. Thanks to the robust field experience that is incorporated into prior classes, our seniors went in prepared.

No Tremors Or Totality, But Still, Lots Of Wonder, Cara Mcdonough

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Two unique events shaped our lives recently: a rare earthquake that hit the northeast, and last week's solar eclipse.

Interpreting English-Medium Instruction In Affiliated Colleges In India From A Third Space Perspective, Matthew A. Witenstein

Thomas C. Hunt Building a Research Community Day

English-medium instruction (EMI) as a global phenomenon continues to rapidly grow in non-native English-speaking countries (Dang et al. 2021). In Asia, evidence of this growth can be inferred by the sheer number of EMI-centered journal articles and edited volumes (Barnard and Hasim 2018; Fenton-Smith et al. 2017). I focus this study on affiliated colleges in India, where EMI interests reflect the aforementioned. Organizationally, the Indian higher education system is based on University of London’s federal university (Singh, 2003) where universities provide central functions like curricular and exam development and degree conferral. Colleges affiliated to them contain nearly 90% of the …

Lithuanian Life In The U.S., Paige Lupie

University Libraries Blog Archive

In 2023, after creating digital versions of all of its newsletters from 1915 to 2006, the Knights of Lithuania organization transferred the entire collection – both physical and digital – to the University of Dayton Libraries for inclusion in eCommons, the University’s open-access institutional repository.

2024 Library Award Winners, University Of Dayton

University Libraries Blog Archive

The University of Dayton Libraries present annual awards for international students, teacher education majors and minors, and published student writers.

Poster Abstracts For 14th Annual University Of Dayton And Miami Valley Hospital Healthcare Symposium, Udayton

Pre-Health Resource Center Campus Communications

No abstract provided.

Erma One-Word Review, Jamy May Wagner

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

My one word to describe my first year at the Erma conference is “diet.” I wonder if you’re thinking that I mean, “Oh, damn, now I gotta go on a diet!” But that’s not it! Quite the opposite.

The Gift Of The Holy Spirit: The Church’S Journey With The Sacrament Of Confirmation, Maria Graziano

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

Note: This paper was selected to receive the 2024 Father Jack McGrath, S.M., Award for Research in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.

For this article, I sought to explore the meaning of and use for the sacrament of confirmation in the Catholic Church. To do so, I first began with a philosophical claim about God's grace with the help of Louis-Marie Chauvet. Then, I continued on to conduct a historical investigation of the sacrament, particularly from the early church to the Middle Ages. Then, I carefully read the current rite and order of the sacrament, while also observing two confirmation masses …

Will The Borders Stay?, Clare Hoffmann

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

Editor's note: This paper was honored with the Barbara Farrelly Award for Best Writing in ENG 100 or ENG 114.

We were told to write a paper that analyzes a sequence (a scene or connected series of related scenes that are edited together and comprise a single, unified event, setting, or story within a film's narrative) or two related sequences from the movie Freedom Writers. We were asked to identify the rhetorical purpose of the sequence(s), examine the rhetorical elements employed (mise-en-scène, cinematography, acting, editing, sound) and explain how these elements worked together to achieve the rhetorical goal—successfully or unsuccessfully. …

How Generative Ai Models Such As Chatgpt Can Be (Mis)Used In Spc Practice, Education, And Research? An Exploratory Study, Fadel M. Megahed, Ying-Ju (Tessa) Chen, Joshua A. Ferris, Sven Knoth, L. Allison Jones-Farmer

Mathematics Faculty Publications

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) models such as OpenAI's ChatGPT have the potential to revolutionize Statistical Process Control (SPC) practice, learning, and research. However, these tools are in the early stages of development and can be easily misused or misunderstood. In this paper, we give an overview of the development of Generative AI. Specifically, we explore ChatGPT's ability to provide code, explain basic concepts, and create knowledge related to SPC practice, learning, and research. By investigating responses to structured prompts, we highlight the benefits and limitations of the results. Our study indicates that the current version of ChatGPT performs well for …

2024 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Program, Teri Rizvi, University Of Dayton

Documents from the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

• Conference schedule
• Feature on the exhibit Beyond the Byline: Erma Bombeck's Story
• Session descriptions
• Keynote speaker biographies
• Featured talent biographies
• Presenter biographies
• Winning entries in the 2024 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition
• Winners of the inaugural DC Stanfa Memorial Writers’ Award

The Pussification Of Man: Evangelical Pastor Mark Driscoll And The Construction Of An “Ideal” Evangelical Masculinity, Phillip E. Cicero

Honors Theses

Scandals involving evangelical churches seem to appear daily in the news. Whether the scandals involve a church leader engaging in bullying, sexual harassment, sexual abuse or something else there seems to be no end in sight. One might imagine that people would flee the churches where these leaders have or continue to serve. But, in general, they do not. A good question to ask is why. Why do people continue to follow someone who has been proven through their discourse that they are aggressive, sexist, and sometimes even violent?

To answer this question, this project focuses on the rhetoric utilized …

Unhappy Endings: Queer Time In Evelyn Waugh’S Brideshead Revisited, Caitlin G. Spicer

Honors Theses

This thesis examines Evelyn Waugh’s 1945 Catholic novel, Brideshead Revisited, through the lens of queer theory. My work focuses on reproductive heteronormativity and queer time and how these concepts can be used to analyze Waugh’s text. I argue that Charles and Sebastian, among other characters, step out of the traditional—or heterosexual—timeline in a way that queers temporality. I examine Sebastian, Charles, and Julia to understand how their lonely yet holy lives contribute to a larger tradition of unhappy endings in queer and Catholic fiction. In this thesis, I define reproductive heteronormativity as the assumption that people will follow a heterosexual …

Covid-19 Web Archives: Evolving Catholic And Marian Devotional Practices, Kayla Harris, Stephanie Shreffler

Books and Book Chapters by University of Dayton Faculty

The COVID-19 pandemic had a tremendous impact on the work of academic librarians and archivists. Stay-at-home orders meant that librarians often had to set aside in-progress tasks and identify new remote projects. For archivists who primarily work with physical items, the pandemic also meant reassessing how to provide services to patrons, steward the collections, and continue to acquire new material that falls within the collecting scope. The Archivists at the University of Dayton used some of their time at home to start web archive collections that recorded how the pandemic affected Catholic life in the United States and the world. …

Academic Achievement Gap Of Ell Students After The Covid-19 Pandemic, Megan K. Buzzanca

Honors Theses

As ELLs continue to be the fastest-growing population of K-12 public school students, it is critical to examine how ELLs were impacted by the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. ELL students struggled to transition from in-class to remote learning because many educational materials were not appropriate for their learning style, both before and because of COVID. (Long, 2022). Now, some of these ELL students are approximately 2-3 years behind their English native peers in terms of academic progress. The following research will have a foundation through a literature review as well as a focus qualitative study on ELL students and …

Many Ways Of The Cross, One Resurrection, Bridget Retzloff

Marian Library Blog Archive

Artists and authors provide unique ways to connect with the story of Jesus' death and resurrection through the Stations of the Cross in the Marian Library's collection. Artist Jaqueline Romo's The Passion of the Monarca Migrante print series is currently on display at Roesch Library.

2024-03-22 Minutes Of The Executive Committee Of The Academic Senate, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate. Executive Committee

ECAS Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

All Things Marian: Mary And Commitment, University Of Dayton. International Marian Research Institute, Michele Foley, Neomi Deanda

Podcast: All Things Marian

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Six Ud Students Honored For Research In Catholic Intellectual Traditions, Kassidy Lammers

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The McGrath Award recognizes students whose research demonstrates engagement with themes associated with Catholic Intellectual Traditions.

All Things Marian: Elizabeth Farley—My Life With Mary, University Of Dayton. International Marian Research Institute, Michele Foley, Elizabeth Farley

Podcast: All Things Marian

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Downward Facing What?, Matt Landig

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

As the old song goes, I like piña coladas, getting caught in the rain—and am definitely not into yoga. So, what was I doing in a Saturday afternoon Yogaworks class?

Mary In Catholic Education: Reflections From The Community, University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Marian Library Exhibit Summaries

The Society of Mary opened its first school in 1819 in Bordeaux, France, and education continues to be a key element of the Marianist mission. For the Mary in Catholic Education exhibit, held March 4 through June 28, 2024, teacher education students at the University of Dayton collected materials from the Marian Library to explore how Catholic ideals have been shared with different audiences through various media from an 18th-century primer to Marianist manga.

Catholic educators, exhibit visitors, and members of the campus community also shared reflections on Mary’s presence in their educational experience. Those reflections are provided in this …

Berry Summer Thesis Institute Profile: Sean Kapp, Ryan Werner

Community-Engaged Learning at the University of Dayton

This article profiles Sean Kapp, a participant in the University of Dayton's Berry Summer Thesis Institute. A video of the interview also appears in this collection.