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Fair Trade University, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton will celebrate its fair trade university designation from national grassroots movement Fair Trade Campaigns and receive a certificate of recognition at an event 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, at the University of Dayton Bookstore located in Marianist Hall.

Rolling Out The Welcome Mat, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

What's dinner like at the president's residence? It's full of great food, laughter, stories (and a few selfies).

Faculty Profile: Janet Bednarek, Nikki Kamp

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Many people get excited when they talk about a recent vacation or trip that required air travel. University of Dayton professor Janet Bednarek's eyes light up when she talks about the history of the airport where you caught your flight.

At The Manger, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton will showcase the Latin flavor of the Nativity as part of the annual exhibit “At the Manger: World Nativity Traditions.”

Champion For Inclusion, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The Society of Women Engineers presented Charles Browning, chair of the chemical and materials engineering department, with its Rodney D. Chipp Memorial Award for making inclusion a core workplace value; for taking the initiative to build diversity; and for creating vital success paths and processes for women.

Tracking For Outreach: Using Data For Cross-Unit Purposes, Heidi Gauder, Hector Escobar

Roesch Library Faculty Presentations

Purpose: Since creating an information commons a couple years ago, this library’s research team has been coordinating data gathering methods with the writing center. With both units using standard check-in procedures at a shared desk and hosting in-depth consultations in a shared space, it made sense to share technologies. Since Spring 2015, we have logged students for research consultations with software that is commonly used by writing centers, tutoring and other academic support units. We are not only able to count the number of consultations, but we are also able to record cross-referrals with the writing center, calculate average consultation …

Flyer News, Vol. 64, No. 5 (Nov. 2, 2016), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

Protecting Our Youth, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton's Human Rights Center and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s Human Trafficking Commission are providing Ohio schools, youth counselors, after-school programs and anti-human trafficking organizations with a free online manual for developing anti-human trafficking education for children.

Die Fledermaus, Alex Burchfield

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Die Fledermaus will take off this weekend at the University of Dayton as a high-flying collaboration between two performing arts departments.

Using Peers To Shed Light On Service Hours For Librarians, Hector Escobar, Heidi Gauder

Roesch Library Faculty Presentations

Purpose: Public service hours for many academic librarians have changed within the last decade. As reference statistics have declined, so have job descriptions changed. We often hear terms like outreach, liaison work, embedded librarianship, consulting hours, scheduled appointments. etc., for what used to be normal desk hours. With a changing service model, comes accountability. How do institutions account for these new forms of work and duties that have replaced traditional service desk hours? How does this feed into performance or merit review?

The purpose of this short paper is to shed light on the roles of librarians at medium-sized universities, …

Inspired To Write, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

In preparation and celebration of the 10th anniversary workshop in 2018, a generous donor has stepped forward with a $20,000 challenge gift to the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop to make sure other aspiring writers receive the same encouragement. Between now and Dec. 31, all donations to the workshop will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $20,000.

Molly Stevens, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Molly Stevens is the award-winning author of the newly published Boomer on the Ledge, described as "an adult picture book that explores the antics of an aging boomer."

Give The Gift Of Laughter And Inspiration, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Everyone has heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. How about Giving Tuesday? The University of Dayton's Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop is kicking off the season of giving by participating in #GivingTuesday on Nov. 29, asking those who support the workshop to make a gift and urging supporters to post an "unselfie" on social media to encourage others to give.

November 2016, Pope Francis

Marian Thoughts of Pope Francis

No abstract provided.

Our Faith. Our Identity., Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

I recently overheard someone tell a prospective student, "We're a Catholic school, but you don't have to worry about that if you're not Catholic." The person's heart was in the right place, but I'd choose different language to describe who we are.

University Of Dayton Magazine. Winter 2016-17, University Of Dayton Magazine

University of Dayton Alumni Publications

This issue includes the articles "Hard Knocks: Concussions, children and our schools," "Rudy: The Making of an Icon," and "His Life's Work."

Exploring The Connection Between Community Food Security Initiatives And Social-Cognitive Factors On Dietary Intake, Diana Cuy Castellanos, Josh Keller, Emma Majchrzak

Health and Sport Science Faculty Publications

Food insecurity and poor dietary consumption continue to impact low-income populations in the U.S. However, communities are developing ways to address it at the local level. Community Food Security Initiatives (CFSI) focus on increasing a sustainable, healthy food supply and food system while addressing food insecurity and dietary quality within a community.

The purpose of this study was two-fold: (1) explore CFSIs in low-income areas in a metropolitan Midwest city and (2) examine the effects of the initiatives along with other social-cognitive factors on fruit and vegetable consumption in persons participating in local CFSIs.

This was a mixed-methods study. First, …

Perspectives On The Development Of A Local Food System: The Case Of Dayton, Ohio, Diana Cuy Castellanos, John C. Jones, Joanne Christaldi, Katherine A. Liutkus

Health and Sport Science Faculty Publications

Multiple sectors play vital roles in a community’s development and maintenance of a sustainable local food system. This study explored the perceptions of twenty-two representatives from the civil society, public, and private sectors in Dayton, Ohio, about the development of the region’s local food system. The researchers employed grounded theory methodology for data collection and analysis. Core themes from the participants of each sector group emerged from the data and areas of convergence and divergence among groups were reported.

To Know, Love And Serve, Maria A. Smith

Musical Compositions about the Marianist Charism

No abstract provided.

Sustainable Impact, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The University of Dayton Hanley Sustainability Institute has made a visible, positive impact on the campus and surrounding community in the two years since its launch. Its accomplishments include working with community partners to establish an urban farm on a former vacant lot in East Dayton and collaborating with the University's chief financial officer to create a new revolving green fund for energy-saving improvements to campus operations.

Future Changes In Mean And Extreme Monsoon Precipitation In The Middle And Lower Yangtze River Basin, China, In The Cmip5 Models, Yanjuan Wu, Shuang-Ye Wu, Jiahong Wen, Felipe Tagle, Ming Xu, Jianguo Tan

Department of Earth, Environment and Sustainability Faculty Publications

In this study, the potential future changes of mean and extreme precipitation in the middle and lower Yangtze River basin (MLYRB), eastern China, are assessed using the models of phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5). Historical model simulations are first compared with observations in order to evaluate model performance. In general, the models simulate the precipitation mean and frequency better than the precipitation intensity and extremes, but still have difficulty capturing precipitation patterns over complex terrains. They tend to overestimate precipitation mean, frequency, and intensity while underestimating the extremes. After correcting for model biases, the spatial variation …

Failure Mechanism Of Woven Roving Fabric/Vinyl Ester Composites In Freeze–Thaw Saline Environment, Elias Anis Toubia, Sadra Emami, Donald A. Klosterman

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Faculty Publications

This experimental study investigates the degradation mechanisms of a glass fiber-reinforced plastic material commonly used in civil engineering applications. A substantial reduction in tensile, shear, and compression properties was observed after 100 days of freeze–thaw cycling in saline environment (-20°C to 20°C). Non-destructive inspection techniques were progressively conducted on unexposed (ambient condition) and exposed (conditioned) specimens. The dynamic mechanical analysis showed permanent decrease in storage modulus that was attributed to physical degradation of the polymer and/or fiber–matrix interface. This indicated the formation of internal cracks inside the exposed glass fiber-reinforced plastic laminate. The 3D X-ray tomography identified preferred damage sites …

Premedical Programs Newsletter, November-December 2016, University Of Dayton

Pre-Health Resource Center Campus Communications

Newsletter for students, staff, and faculty in the premedical and predental programs.

Modeling Factors Contributing To Injury And Fatality Of Run-Off-Road Crashes In Ohio, Deogratias Eustace, Omar Eid Almutairi, Peter W. Hovey

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Faculty Publications

The main objective of this study was to determine the factors that contribute significantly to the levels of injury severity when run-off-road (ROR) crashes occur. This study used a 5-year crash data for years 2008 - 2012 from the state of Ohio. The decision tree model in conjunction with generalized ordered logit model was used to investigate characteristics of injury and fatality of run-off-road crashes in Ohio.

The decision tree modeling was used for exploratory data analysis identified eight factors that explain a large amount of the variation in the response variable, injury severity. These predictor variables include road condition, …

Flyer Pitch, University Of Dayton

News Releases

A University of Dayton senior, Logan Wacker, with an idea to help high school and college students on their paths to careers won first place in the Flyer Pitch elevator pitch round.

Tenure Wars: The Litigation Continues, Charles J. Russo

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

Teacher tenure is a controversial topic that continues to generate litigation. Parents and advocates of educational reform have filed claims alleging, in part, that school officials violate the rights of students who are not achieving academically largely because of the ineffective instruction the students receive from teachers.

Typically, these suits also claim that conditions in districts where students perform poorly on academic measures are exacerbated by the protection that state tenure laws—in conjunction with union efforts—afford ineffective teachers, thereby making it difficult to dismiss the teachers for incompetence.

In North Carolina Association of Educators v. State (2016), a North Carolina …

Weekly Features: Oct. 31, 2016, University Of Dayton

Marian Library Blog Archive

This week we are featuring answers to the following two questions from our readers: Can you tell us about Mary knitting? Why is Mary wearing red? Also highlighted is Marian spirituality at home, Chinese Marian spirituality and shrines in Hungary.

Winner Of The Brubaker Award, Sarah Cahalan

Marian Library Blog Archive

Catholic Library World magazine presents this award annually to "an outstanding work of literary merit published in CLW during the previous year."

New Face Behind The Workshop, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Madeleine Eiting, a senior University of Dayton marketing major from Minster, Ohio, has joined the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop as an intern.

In The News: Oct. 31, 2016, 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.