University of Dayton Magazine, Summer 2019

DUNKS, FREES AND THREES U N I V E R S I T Y O F D AY T O N M A G A Z I N E

BLACK HOLE DREAMING

REBIRTH OF DAYTON’S

ARCADE

SUMMER 2019

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VOLUME 11, NUMBER 4

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CONTENTS TA B L E

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actions say volumes’

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RAISING THE ROOF 2

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CONTRIBUTORS

PRESIDENT’S COMMENTARY

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LETTERS

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MAINSTREAM

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CONVERSATION PIECES

Darkness Unveiled INTO THE HEART OF A BLACK HOLE

Giving trees

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FLIGHT DECK

One day, thousands of Flyers

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WHERE ARE YOU READING?

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INNOVATION HUB EXCITEMENT

Rebirth of the Arcade

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SPORTS

Dunks, frees and threes

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THE ALUMNI

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BACK PORCH Apollo legacy

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CLASS NOTES

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PERCEPTIONS Picturebooks

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PARTING WORDS

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CONNECTIONS Taste of success

COVER: Rotunda ceiling of the Dayton Arcade. Photo by Mike Kurtz ’90 and Brigham Fisher. Story, Page 28.

SHINING A LIGHT ON GOOD READS

Books of Influence

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MARY McCARTY is a third-generation Daytonian whose grandparents started shopping in the Arcade in 1912. She is a longtime area journalist who has worked as a columnist and investigative reporter for the Dayton Daily News and a senior editor for Cincinnati Magazine. Among those to whom she has taught the art of writing are journalism students at the University of Dayton.

VIKKI REICH is a writer and communications consultant. Her writing has appeared in print and online for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Us Magazine and Listen to Your Mother: What She Said Then, What We’re Saying Now. She is one of the founding producers of Listen to Your Mother — Twin Cities. You can find her online at VikkiReich.com.

NATALIE SCHULTE is a junior communication major and UD Sinclair Academy student from Dayton. Among her contributions to this issue is “Empty Chairs,” an online photo essay. “Working in marketing and at University of Dayton Magazine provides me opportunities to see behind the scenes of college campuses,” Schulte said. After graduation, she hopes to become a professor and give back to the community and university she calls home.

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COMMENTARY B Y

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Dream takes flight W

H E N I F I R S T LO O K E D U P AT T H E S T U N N I N G G L AS S R OT U N D A I N T H E

Dayton Arcade, it gave me goosebumps.

This is a glorious space, historic space. Less than 2 miles from campus and smack in the middle of the city sits an extraordinary place for students, faculty and staff to make their mark as innovators.

Perhaps UD’s presence as a cornerstone tenant could help community leaders and developers restore this crown jewel of our city, an icon that has stood vacant for more than a quarter of a century and fallen into disrepair. And, just maybe, the building’s redevelopment could further accelerate the rebirth of Dayton that is occurring downtown.

This is exactly what’s happening, thanks to creative thinkers on campus, in the community and beyond who want to see the historic Dayton landmark bustling again, serving as a central hub in a city that will again be known as an innovation engine. (See story, Page 28).

As anchor tenants, we celebrated the long-awaited closing in April after signing a lease with The Entrepreneurs Center for the building’s Innovation Hub — nearly 96,000 square feet that will be devoted to academics, experiential learning, artist studios, affordable loft apartments and co-shared co-working spaces for budding and established entrepreneurs collaborating on new ventures.

No one is happier about this pivotal moment than Vince Lewis, director of the L. William Crotty Center for Entrepreneurship on campus and one of the project’s most energetic, ardent supporters. A native Daytonian, he has seen his share of fits and starts, hopes and dreams, for the building’s renaissance, only to see plans dashed time and again because of the sheer cost of renovating more than 420,000 square feet stretching over nearly a city block.

Vince fondly remembers taking the bus downtown as a young boy to have lunch with his father at the Dayton Arcade. When the $90 million first phase renovation is completed, UD students from a variety of disciplines will hop on The Flyer shuttle bus to take classes in a building expressly transformed for innovation, creativity and collaboration.

Here in a city where dreams take flight, why can’t we imagine a rebirth for this grand building in the heart of downtown Dayton, a rebirth that gives UD, our students and our community some unprecedented opportunities?

Why not, indeed.

ER IC F. SPI NA President, University of Dayton

President Eric F. Spina Vice President for University Marketing and Communications Molly Wilson Editor Emeritus Thomas M. Columbus Editor Michelle Tedford Managing Editor Gita Balakrishnan Art Director Danielle Johnson Photographer Larry Burgess Production Director Jeaneen Parsons Designer Brother Bob Hughes, S.M. Graduate Assistant Danielle Damon

Staff Contributors Jen Clark, Thomas M. Columbus, Michael Dunekacke, Brigham Fisher, Gina Gray, Mike Kurtz, Kim Lally, Shannon Shelton Miller, Brian Mills, Meagan Pant, Teri Rizvi, Shawn Robinson, Cilla Shindell Student Staff Kristin Davis, Elizabeth Elward, Anna Lagattuta, Kathryn Niekamp, Rose Rucoba, Lilia Sciarretti, Natalie Schulte, Kendra Zonca

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LETTERS “ I implore you to grab the baton and run with it.”

CORRECTIONS

In the list of team members for the UD Moral Courage Project’s America the Borderland exhibit (Spring 2019, Page 26), we left two students off the list: Rachel Carr ’20, a political science major, and Taylor Orr ’19, a photography major.

Our apologies.

QUESTIONS AT THE BORDERLAND

I was impressed by the compassion of our students [“America the Borderland,” Spring 2019].

Unfortunately, I didn’t see a suggested solution to the perplexing situation at our border.

Our country has not experienced a population decline like many other countries because the U.S. has a robust immigration policy plus large numbers of undocumented immigrants. The U.S. has welcomed legal immigrants for many years, and my mother was one of those immigrants.

She was sponsored, at age 16, by a distant cousin and entered the U.S. in 1920. After she married my father, they sponsored her brothers, and they lived with us after they immigrated. Immigrants have been a vital part of this country’s growth

and they continue to be welcomed today.

I ask the UD students: Should we open the borders to everyone who would like to come into our country? Is our capacity to accept immigrants unlimited? Is it fair that a person seeking legal immigration for many years should lose their position in line while we deal with those illegally crossing our border or seeking asylum? Should amnesty be granted to everyone seeking admission? Should DACA [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals] residents be given citizenship? If so, should they be allowed to extend citizen rights, through chain migration, to their family members who brought them here illegally?

The Marianists always stressed hard work and practical solutions. It is important that we acknowledge the emotional reaction to suffering while insisting that our politicians stop using this issue as a political football and implement an acceptable bipartisan plan. As a Golden Flyer, I implore you to grab the baton and run with it because alumni members of my vintage will soon leave the stage. It appears our generation has not reached a solution.

Be active and make your votes count.

—Jim Synk ’56

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Opinions expressed are those of the letter writers and not necessarily of this publication nor the University of Dayton.

—Jim Synk ’56

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LETTER S

GOOD READING

Really enjoyed this article in the @daymag. “I find the outdoors to be healing and motivating. ... It feels like standing next to God.” #UDFlyers —Erin R. Dooley ’00 @univofdayton @erindooley34 via Twitter

TIME TO REMEMBER

Thank you for writing to let the community know of Brother Ed Zamierowski’s passing on [“Faculty Remembered,” Spring 2019]. He had such an impact on me during my Semester of Service experience in my senior year. I remember him teaching us all how to polka and taking us to one of the Polish Club dances. He was super light on his feet. I greatly enjoyed our pre-service retreat to Governor’s Island. We also did a retreat/reflection task in Dayton, where he gave us $2 and we had us figure out how to get back to campus in a few hours, navigating through Dayton and learning about its real culture. I’ll never forget his warmth and sense of humor. He had so many other experiences to share, such as service work throughout Africa and much else, considering he started out in biology and ended up leading Fitz Center initiatives. I’ll always be indebted to UD for bringing someone like that into my life, to teach me how to be a —Kristen Scharf ’11 servant-leader.`

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Just had to respond to Dave Christy’s comments on Dr. Charles Chantell (“Dearly Remembered,” Spring 2019).

Although I was an arts major, I was also affected by Dr. Chantell. First, I took one of the best courses of my life by taking one of his anatomy classes — he made the material come alive. Second, Dr. Chantell offered me a part-time job working in frog research. I told him I was not sure I could do it since I was an arts major. He said that of course I could. I held fast and politely declined.

Of course, within a year of graduating from UD, I was recruited to do research in Cleveland and spent over a decade doing just that — working as a research associate! And although I did not do frog research in Micanopy [Florida, where Dr. Chantell did his research], I lived in Micanopy while teaching at a local college.

What struck me about Micanopy — and still does — were the incredibly tiny frogs that populate the area. Some might say they invade your space; you open up your pickup door and they are under the truck carpet. But they are so amazingly beautiful that you can’t help but be glad to be surrounded by them.

Dr. Chantell knew how to teach and to stoke curiosity — just what education should be about.

Columbus, Ohio

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—J. E. Kuhlman ’76 Wood County, Ohio

STANDER SYMPOSIUM STAND-UPS

A great write up for @daymag [“Standing Up for Health Communication,” UD Magazine blog] by Dani Damon (BA ’18, MA ’19) of some of the work by classmates in #com543 presented at #Stander19! @DeptCMMUD @UDstander —LeeAnn Sangalang @lsangalang via Twitter

THEIR OLD HOUSE

The newest edition of @daymag features 215 K St. in “My Old House.” I lived there in 1982-83 as part of @SAINH Delta Sigma chapter and the house is still a music fraternity residence today. #Vitabrevisarslonga

—Toni DeVelin ’83

@tonidevelin via Twitter

@daymag I got tears in my eyes while reading “My Old House: 215 K St.” [Spring 2019], the SAI women’s music fraternity house. In Sept. ’92, I had my first conversation with my future husband there. We had met earlier, turns out we had about 30 mutual friends, yet that was our first real convo.

—Elizabeth Blust ’94

@2unhinged via Twitter

MAINSTREAM

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Bryan Borodkin @bryboy3252

ud_oma Seeing members of the OMA community giving on giving day is truly OMAZING!!!! We hope that you follow their footsteps and give to one of the many funds today! #1day1dayton

Morgan Breitigam @morganbreitigam

This is not a drill! There's a girl from @univofdayton on @WheelofFortune!!

Huge S/O to the @univofdayton for blessing me with the greatest people I've ever met. if it wasn't for my incredible faculty and professors I've come to know, I would not have made it through arguably the most stressful month of my life. Much love to you all.

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cassiesassiepants Check out this wicked rainbow.

UD must be golden because it's at the end of the rainbow.

PC: @middlebraucher2

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@JoshSweigart

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Hey @profpruce and @OurMoralCourage, look what just showed up in Manhattan, Kansas.

Always nice to read the @univofdayton magazine and see what’s up.

the_dood_named_rudy Lakeview, Chicago

Just spoke to a journalism class at @univofdayton. Always impressed with the kids these days.

Laurel Pfahler @LaurelPfahler

A sports media class from UD is here today so the press conference room is packed. Nice to hear the students not afraid to ask questions and asking some good ones at that! #FirstFour Meredith Rachek @MeredithRachek

the_dood_named_rudy Trying to figure out what I need to do to get my picture in the @universityofdayton magazine.

Just registered for @univofdayton reunion weekend!!

Can. Not. Wait!!

Rep. Niraj Antani @NirajAntani

Nurses are the number 2 in demand job in Ohio! Kudos @SinclairPrez @SinclairCC @DaytonPrezSpina @univofdayton on this innovative way to contribute to solving this workforce need!

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CONVERSATION PIECES

Giving trees A NEW CAMPUS initiative is sprouting green. Through the TreeUp program, Office Depot and the Arbor Foundation will plant 223 longleaf pines in the Upper Altamaha Watershed in Georgia to offset the wood used and carbon emitted by UD’s paper usage in 2018. The watershed supports the largest concentration of rare species of any river in the state, according to Office Depot. It is part of a habitat restoration protect supporting more than 10 endangered plant and animal species found in or along the river.

Right here …

Wright-Dunbar THIS JUNE, 40 STREET BANNERS CREATED BY GRAPHIC DESIGN MAJOR

Jeremy Rosen are being installed in Dayton’s Wright-Dunbar Business District to raise awareness about the area and attract visitors to its historical sites. Rosen’s presentation, titled “Right Here … Wright-Dunbar,” was selected from among 21 proposals by students in two senior-level graphic design courses. Rosen said he is pleased his work will be displayed in his hometown of Dayton: “I can say to people: ‘Oh, yeah. I did that. Go look at that.’” The city will also be wrapping one of its buildings in Wright-Dunbar with Rosen’s design.

Take a seat Metal chair frame that supports the chair seat

Design ‘shims’ that resist rocking motion

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Wooden rocking mechanism or sides of chair base

FOR THEIR SENIOR CAPSTONE CLASS, FOUR mechanical engineering students worked on behalf of Cincinnati-based nonprofit May We Help to create a custom chair for Emma, a 27-year-old woman with autism. The chair needed to resist the force of Emma’s rocking behavior while still allowing her to express herself. The students converted a used rocking recliner by adding composite shims to its base and achieved a 61.6% reduction in its rocking motion, offering increased protection to both Emma and the furniture. After the students’ final presentation, they loaded the chair into a truck bound for Emma’s home in Pennsylvania.

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Soundcheck IN APRIL, THE AIRWAVES WERE full of the sounds of the University of Dayton. Five professors were featured in a “University of Dayton Week” on the popular radio program The Academic Minute, produced by WAMC/Northeast Public Radio and airing nationally.

The professors spoke on aging in prison, smell and schizophrenia, treating medical trauma, press coverage of the opioid epidemic, and how economic development incentives can take from the rich and give to the poor.

Listen to them all, and more, at bit.ly/UDM_the-academic-minute.

Photographs (clockwise from top left) by ANNIE DENTEN ’19 / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM

Miracles in Focus IN HIS FOUR YEARS OF

volunteering at the Ruskin PreK-6 school in Dayton, Tom Cook ’18 said he’s seen young students grow and find their voices. This year as a master’s student studying communication, he recorded their stories of selfexpression. The result is Miracles in Focus, a short documentary on the school’s Miracle Makers Photovoice Project.

Cook shows children behind cameras taking photos of friends, their neighborhood, even their favorite body parts. Says one child, “My favorite part of me is my skin because it can keep my bones safe.” The photo project’s goal is to give participants a voice and break down stereotypes of poverty. The documentary also gave Cook a way to express his interest in social justice issues and highlight the special programs happening at this Neighborhood School Center, a partnership between UD and Dayton Public Schools. Watch the documentary at bit.ly/UDM_miracles-in-focus.

Special delivery JESS KERR ’16 HAS A KNACK FOR INNOVATION. A WINNER OF UD’S 2016 business plan competition with a home monitor for those with chronic lung disease, Kerr’s newest venture supports women recuperating from childbirth. Her company, postwell, sends boxes of essentials to new mothers to cater to their comfort and wellness needs. “Childbirth is a mother,” says Kerr in the company’s tagline. She said she wants the box to be a catalyst for expectant mothers to have honest conversations about the care they need and deserve.

“They really taught me to be a global citizen and to value each culture as its own and on its own.”

—KIM TIELEMANS, UD exchange student from the Netherlands

“Not unlike the Montgomery Bus Boycott or the Birmingham Children’s Crusade, Ferguson was a campaign of ordinary people who did extraordinary things.”

—TERRI LEE FREEMAN ’81, president of the National Civil Rights Museum, which is hosting the UD exhibit Ferguson Voices through Sept. 1

“The most rewarding part is having that history up on the wall.”

—ROTC cadet SAM PENEWIT, a junior political science and history major who mapped out the 100-year history of UD’s Army ROTC program; it is displayed in O’Reilly Hall

“Opportunities to create a vibrant neighborhood from the ground up on the doorstep of downtown Dayton just don’t come along very often.”

—BUDDY LaCHANCE, new CEO of the onMain venture between UD and Premier Health to redevelop the former fairgrounds

“I went up and gave the pony a hug, and it was just the cutest thing.”

—Sophomore communication major MELODY CONRAD on miniature horses at Roesch Library, one of its events to help students de-stress during finals week

Photographs (from top) courtesy TOM COOK ’18 / JESS KERR ’16

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FLIGHT DECK JOIN US THE MANY FACES OF THE MADONNA

T hrough Nov. 1 This 25-year retrospective highlights the cultural richness of Marian art.

Open weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., seventh floor, Roesch Library. FREE.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR LEADERS

8 :30 a.m. Wednesday, June 26 The Center for Leadership offers a professional development course on expressing yourself clearly and maintaining positive relationships.

Details: 937-229-3115.

MOVE-IN DAY

F riday, Aug. 16 Alumni greet first-year students during move-in and hand out waters and welcomes. To volunteer, email dayton@alumni.udayton.edu.

FALL TERM CLASSES BEGIN

W ednesday, Aug. 21

TIME MANAGEMENT AND PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY

O N E D AY,

THOUSANDS OF FLYERS “TODAY IS #1DAY1DAYTON WHERE I REALIZED

the opportunities I have had are the result of those before me,” sport management major Alex Reilly ’20 posted to Twitter April 10. “I now ask for your help so future Flyers can have the same opportunities.”

The University of Dayton has been providing opportunities to students like Reilly since 1850. On UD’s inaugural giving day, the University set out to raise an ambitious 1,850 gifts — of any size — in 24 hours.

It reached that goal before noon and proceeded to nearly triple it. Final tally was $866,284 given by 5,638 supporters.

“Flyer Nation, you came together for the next generation of Flyers, showing a selflessness & love for your UD home & her people that is stunning,” tweeted President Eric F. Spina. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!”

Throughout the day, challenge matches surged participation, thanks to donations from the UD Alumni Association board, Fred Tenover ’76 and Lisa Tenover, Kevin Tarrant ’79, Bob Kohorst ’75 and Shelly Allen, Matt Lambiase ’88, and an anonymous donor. Giving was driven primarily by social media, with help from 85 social media ambassador volunteers who shared what UD means to them.

The Front Porch Society — UD’s club for donors who give for three or more consecutive years — grew by 279 members on giving day.

Current students took the pilot’s seat on giving day; the Classes of 2019-22 were among the top-five performing class years. In fact, the Class of 2020 donated more than any other class, and nine out of the 10 classes with the most donors consisted of young alumni.

But it was never about a dollar amount. #1Day1Dayton was about joining together as One Dayton to ensure the door will always be held open for the next generation of Flyers. The day also showed that the community, from first-year students to Golden Flyers, understands that giving back is an important vote for UD. “I chose to donate because UD changed my life,” pre-physical therapy graduate Ellie Wenzinger ’18 wrote on Facebook. “Campus Ministry and the School of Education and Health Sciences gave me many opportunities to grow both academically and in my faith. I cannot thank everyone who was a part of my UD journey enough.”

In the words of a tweet sent by operations and supply management major Jillian DeWitt ’20, “There is no place quite like UD.”

8 :30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5 Learn to plan, prioritize and engage others in productivity through this Center for Leadership event.

Details: 937-229-3115.

$16,608

raised to support the School of Education and Health Sciences

More events and information at udayton.edu/calendar.

$20,162 raised

to support the Flyer Promise scholarship fund

$6,605 raised for the Human Rights Center

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G I V I N G D AY

BY TH E N U M B E R S

$866,284 total raised

5,638

giving day supporters

1,084

U D I N TH E N EWS

“The war of words is actually our democratic process working.”

—THADDEUS HOFFMEISTER, professor of law, on debate surrounding congressional hearings related to the Mueller report, on Al Jazeera English

“In the ancient world if someone told you they saw their dead mother, you would reply, ‘Cool, what did she say?’”

—MEGHAN HENNING, assistant professor of religious studies, on beliefs about death and resurrection in the time of Jesus, in The Daily Beast

parent donors

1,585 first-time donors

1,173

faculty and staff donors

334

student donors

319

funds supported

“If you’re older you emphasize experience, and if you’re younger you emphasize being a fresh face. You play to your strengths.”

—CHRISTOPHER DEVINE, assistant professor of political studies, on whether age is an issue for 2020 presidential candidates, in Washington Examiner

“Universities need to empower groups outside academia to challenge existing conceptualisations of curricula.”

—REBECCA POTTER, director of UD’s sustainability program, on the student protests against climate change, in University World News

“As markets continue to evolve, so must our moral reflection on them.”

—VINCE MILLER, Gudorf Chair in Catholic Theology and Culture, on Catholic Social Teaching and the economy, in America

“[A]n employer can’t simply claim that accommodating a pregnant worker is more expensive or less convenient.”

—JEANNETTE COX, professor of law, on pregnancy and the workplace, in The Conversation

“Gen-Z high school students going into the workforce will be a substantially higher cybersecurity risk than those coming from college.” $1,062 raised for the Maureen Pater Hanson Commu-

—THOMAS SKILL, CIO, on the impact of Gen-Z on cybersecurity, in Education Technology Insights

nication Study Abroad Student Support Program

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F LIGHT DE CK

Two degrees for a greener planet IN AUGUST, STUDENTS WILL HAVE TWO NEW

degrees to choose from in their pursuit of a greener planet: Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in sustainability.

The majors add to the College of Arts and Sciences’ academic offerings in sustainability that currently include a minor in sustainability and a 12-credit-hour graduate certificate in sustainability. The School of Engineering also has a master’s program in renewable and clean energy.

Carter Creviston, a student from Cincinnati who just wrapped up his first year at UD, plans to switch to the new major this fall.

“Ever since I was a little kid, I have been interested in helping the environment, often doing small things to help like sorting recyclables at my house and at school,” Creviston said. “I had no idea my interest in helping the environment would be what I dedicate my college education and, hopefully, my life to.”

The Bachelor of Science will have tracks in energy and sustainable watersheds and will involve courses in biology, geology, economics, chemistry, political science, math and engineering, among others. It also could benefits students going on to be paralegals or lawyers in sustainability fields.

The Bachelor of Arts will have tracks in food studies and urban sustainability and include courses in data analysis, statistics, geographical

information systems, ecology, advanced writing, philosophy and more.

“We are placing vocation and communitybased hands-on learning at the center of the curriculum,” said Rebecca Potter, director of the sustainability program. “These programs will provide students a foundation for using sustainability to serve others regardless of their career paths.”

The sustainability degrees are intentionally designed to complement other majors, Potter added, and allow students to be able to double major. For example, students could pair environmental biology and sustainability for careers with environmental protection agencies, or history and sustainability for future urban planners.

The launch of the sustainability degrees is another step in the University’s journey to become among the nation’s preeminent universities for sustainability education, said Jason Pierce, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. This includes the $12.5 million gift in 2014 from the George and Amanda Hanley Foundation, which established the Hanley Sustainability Institute. Since then, UD has attained status on Sierra magazine’s Cool Schools list, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s STARS rating, and The Princeton Review guide to green colleges. —SHAW N RO BINSO N

A continuing reflection on life acquired in and out of the classroom

My father told me, “Be good to people and they’ll be good to you.” Not true, Dad, but that’s no reason to stop trying.

—PETER SWET ’63

writer, Hamden, Connecticut

Right now we’re hiring interns at work, and I said I want a UD student here. ... I want UD people here because I know they’re going to be good, hard workers. I miss the people at UD the most.

—KATHERINE LIMING ’18

nonprofit communication and research associate, Columbus, Ohio

Aging doesn’t really affect me, it is part of life. Live each day and be done with it.

—BILL STOLL ’95

small business owner, Louisville, Kentucky

Sustainability efforts at UD combine academics, facilities and service in efforts like this green roof renovation at Kennedy Union.

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Read all their lessons at bit.ly/UDM_lessons_summer19.

Photograph by SYLVIA STAHL ’18

VIEW FINDER

IN BLOOM

Photographs by LARRY BURGESS / KRISTIN DAVIS ’19 / DANIELLE JOHNSON / KEVIN LUSH / KAT NIEKAMP ’21

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F LIGHT DE CK

“Today we have a responsibility to use the power, the knowledge, the blood, sweat and many tears behind our degrees for something that demands answers and progress from the world; to use our passions to consider examining our society to make it equitable and peaceful — for humanity, for the environment and for future generations.”

—JENEA ADAMS ’19

Bachelor of Science, Biology

HOPES AND DREAMS IN RECORD NUMBERS

ON THE FACES OF MORE THAN 2,000 MAY

graduates — the University’s largest commencement class ever — were smiles of dreams hard won and futures soon to be realized.

At the undergraduate ceremony, another dream became reality — that of the University of Dayton and its quest to make a UD degree accessible and affordable. Maria Loyd walked down the aisle to accept her diploma as the first graduate from the UD Sinclair Academy, a partnership with Sinclair Community College designed to remove financial barriers that might exist for some students while incorporating them into the UD community from their very first day of college.

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“I was lucky to start at Sinclair and figure out what I wanted to do with my life,” said Loyd, who studied middle childhood education. “I am so blessed for all the experiences and opportunities I’ve been given throughout my journey.”

With certifications to teach math and science in grades four to nine, and social studies and language arts in grades four to six, Loyd hopes to get a teaching job in the Dayton area.

She also plans to pursue a master’s degree from UD in the future.

The University also honored a local champion of the arts by conferring an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts on Ro Nita Hawes-

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Saunders. Hawes-Saunders, CEO of the world-renowned Dayton Contemporary Dance Co., received the honor for her many contributions to the vibrancy and culture of the Dayton community, her commitment to education and her advocacy for minority business ownership in Dayton.

Graduates from the three commencement ceremonies — for the School of Law, those receiving master’s and doctoral degrees, and undergraduate degree recipients — also made history as part of the largest graduating class in an academic year. The University expects the final graduation count to top 3,000 Flyers.

Photographs by BRIANA SNYDER ’09

“Live meaningful lives, filled with great purpose and deep faith in what is possible.

Make your life a masterpiece.”

BY TH E N U M B E RS

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Graduates commissioned as officers into the U.S. Army

—PRESIDENT ERIC F. SPINA

“This University has a rich history, and we are each part of it.

You will carry those memories and relationships you made here for life.”

—DAN PRINDLE ’11

Alumni Association board of directors

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Graduates embarking on a year of service

51

Doctoral degrees awarded

83

Juris Doctor and advanced law degrees awarded

145

Marketing majors, the largest graduating class of any major

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Graduate degrees awarded

HIGH HONORS The University is accepting nominations for honorary degree recipients. Candidates should be individuals of extraordinary and distinguished achievement who exemplify the University’s mission, aspirations and institutional values. Nomination criteria and forms can be found at udayton.edu/ president/honorary-degrees.

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Little bacteria, big lessons

THE NEXT BIG DISCOVERY IN MEDICINE

may well have been living quietly, for years, under a stand of trees near Stuart Hall — or on college grounds in British Columbia, or in the soil outside Lagos, Nigeria. Each location is among a network spanning 15 countries in which students are crowdsourcing the discovery of new antibiotics through the Tiny Earth Network project.

“This is important, because antibiotic resistant pathogens are becoming increasingly prevalent in society, so we need all hands on deck,” said junior biology major Erin Pellot, who worked on the Tiny Earth Network project in her general microbiology lab course spring semester.

Such a discovery would be wonderful. But the magic that’s happening in the lab — of students gaining authentic research experience in a laboratory class — is what is needed to not only advance the science but also train students in skills to solve real problems.

In her hunt for new antibiotics, Pellot focused in on a stand of trees she remembered from her freshman days living in Stuart Hall, the residence hall high on the hill overlooking campus. Based on her research, she looked for mature trees sheltering a vibrant habitat where microorganisms, in their quest for survival among competitors, may have evolved

their own antibiotic defenses.

Pellot crawled on her hands and knees to collect soil samples, then took dirt back to the biology lab to nurture and grow the bacteria she found. Assistant professor Yvonne Sun and graduate assistant Erica Rinehart then asked Pellot and her classmates to pit their bacteria against non-pathogenic cousins of the top six agents of lethal bacterial infections. When they found winners — or bacteria that had antibacterial activities — they further tested them to ensure eukaryotic cells, like those in chia seeds, would not be harmed by the antibiotic defenses.

Students took ownership over their experiments, Sun said, and the language the class used changed.

“We used phrases like, ‘What do you want to do?’ and ‘What do you think?’” she said. “The research was really about giving students an opportunity to make decisions.”

And the students were sad to have to dispose of their experiments at the semester’s end. “I’ve never seen that before,” Sun said.

Their research projects gave the students a sense of purpose, Sun said, and could help them in their evolution as scientists. And it could also, just possibly, aid in the global hunt for antibiotics, as students uploaded their results to the Tiny Earth Network database for future investigation as potential medicine.

Talk healthy to me HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS — FROM THOSE WHO PROVIDE

care to those who inform the community — must understand how to best reach their target audiences. That’s why communication students and those from the sciences are attracted to the graduate course Health Campaigns, taught by assistant professor of communication

“Addiction does not discriminate and can affect anyone and everyone. It is important to craft careful messages regarding opioid usage and to be empathetic toward others’ experiences to help them receive the best possible care.”

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“People generally have emotional reactions to health topics. Determine what those are and how you can address or utilize them when sharing a healthrelated message.”

—EMMA VENETIS ’18

—ELYSSE WINGET ’19

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LeeAnn Sangalang. This semester, students received more than 300 survey responses on health topics from disease screenings to personal safety. They shared with us some of the lessons they’ll be carrying into their professional lives.

—DANIELLE DAMON ’18

“People don’t like going out of their way to receive new information. Meet them where they are at and bring the information to them. If you can slip information into things they are already viewing and or experiencing, that is a great way to subtly inform an

—LAUREN audience.”

“Individuals with mental illness are not dangerous; they are people just as everyone else. It is important that they feel it is safe to come forward and get help without fear of judgment.”

—FRANCHESCA HACKWORTH ’20

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Kim Sacca Hoek, Julie Hartman Theobald, John Theobald, Nancy Cullen Dudy and Karan Pipan Schutt, all from the Class of 1990, traveled to Montego Bay, Jamaica, to celebrate their 50th birthdays.

Karan writes, “We met freshman year at UD via the Marycrest and Stuart Hall socials and have remained best friends for more than 30 years.”

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Tom Mikos ’68, Jenny Galloway Mikos ’68, Dick Graf ’71 and Vicki Bochenek Graf ’96 visited the Market Square in Krakow, Poland, in October 2018.

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Schoen Fitzgerald ’76 writes, “In late November of 2018, I had the pleasure of assisting a friend in moving his sailboat from Georgia to the British Virgin Islands. In this

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photo, we were over the Puerto Rico Trench, which is one of the deepest parts of the Atlantic Ocean at 8,000 meters deep. Our sail covered approximately 1,300 miles and took nine days (207 hours).”

Mike Eilerman ’83 writes, “I enjoyed an awesome trip to Machu Picchu in Peru and surrounding breathtaking sites. I have reconnected with UD since my daughter Natalie ’22, became a Flyer.”

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Brigitta Lusser Moresea ’89, George Moresea ’89, their son, George Moresea ’17, and his wife, Mikala Moresea, went to Iceland in October 2018. There, they visited Kirkjufell Mountain.

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Neeson ’07 were together at the Old Mission San Luis Rey in Oceanside, California, in November 2018 for the Catholic Athletes for Christ annual baseball retreat. Kevin leads CAC’s Major League Baseball Catholic ministry, Dave supports CAC’s National Football League ministry programs, and Craig continues to play for the San Diego Padres and serve as one of CAC’s lead pro athletes.

To celebrate their milestone birthdays, this alumni group took a cruise to the Caribbean. Included on the trip were Pat Lammers Schweller ’80, Karen Wallman Flory ’79, Ben Flory ’77, Lindy Moorman Wolf ’81, Doug Wolf ’79, Terri Dorow Kaylor ’80, Ken Kaylor ’79, Mary Radtke Huth ’80 and Dan Voss ’79.

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Jennifer Lambe Pollard ’85 writes, “My husband, Scott Pollard ’86, and I took a family trip to Las Vegas in December 2018. We took our son, Mitchell ’17, and his girlfriend, Sarah Buckley ’17, on a side trip via helicopter to the western rim of the Grand Canyon.”

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This past November, June Pfaff Daley ’92 and daughter Cara Daley ’22 brought UD along for a prize-filled trip to Los Angeles. They had been to the Ellen DeGeneres Show show in May where they won tickets to come back for coveted seats in Ellen’s 12 Days of Christmas. The next day, June fulfilled her dream to be in The Price is Right audience, and was the first contestant called down. June made it to the end

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of the show but lost her showcase with a $47 overbid.

Terry Rensi ’73 and his wife, Jane, along with Ed Campobenedetto ’73 and his wife, Judi, enjoyed their UD Magazine while cruising through Paradise Bay, Antarctica in February 2019.

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Gene Zmuda ’73 and his wife, Kathy, visited County Clare, Ireland, and the Cliffs of Moher. Gene writes, “Kathy’s Irish family treated us to days of sightseeing, family dinners, family lore and Irish music. We dug up a bit of the ‘old sod’ and it now rests in Chicago.”

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Flyer dream team heads to Columbus JOSH CUNNINGHAM ’19, DARRELL DAVIS

’18, Kyle Davis ’17, Kevin Dillard ’13, Devin Oliver ’14, Dyshawn Pierre, Kendall Pollard ’17, Vee Sanford ’14 …

Those are members of the Red Scare, a basketball team put together by Jeremiah Bonsu ’17 and Joey Gruden ’17, among the most popular walk-ons in Flyer basketball history. The team will play in The Basketball Tournament, a $2 million winner-takeall event featuring teams of former college basketball players and airing on ESPN Networks. Fans of the winning team get to cash in, too, with the top 1,000 sharing $200,000.

(For details on that promotion, teams and tickets, see www.thetournament.com).

The former Flyers will be playing in

the Columbus, Ohio, region of TBT; games as a grad assistant with Bowling Green’s are July 19-21 at Capital University. The program; this past year he was a player region’s host is a team from a large state development intern with the NBA’s Dallas school in Columbus Mavericks.

Gruden against whom Sanford is grad assistant with hit the game-winning Chris Mack’s Louisshot in the 2014 NCAA ville program. tournament. Kyle DaAn honorary Red vis, Oliver, Pierre and Scare team member Pollard were also part is former Flyer Steve of that 2014 team.

McElvene, who died The Red Scare play- TEAM SPIRIT Bonsu (left) and Gruden are after his freshman organizing TBT's Red Scare. ers averaged more than year. In his memory, 1,000 points in their college careers.

Red Scare players will wear a patch with the The team’s organizers averaged 2.5 number “5” on their uniforms. points. But they learned a lot about basTo read Bonsu’s tribute to Big Steve, see bit.ly/UDM_McElveneTribute. ketball. After graduation Bonsu served

ASK A MARIANIST

Engaging with the city

Marianist Educational Associate Leslie Picca is concluding her service as chair of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work; in August, she will become the first woman to be the Raymond A. Roesch, S.M., Chair in the Social Sciences.

We asked her about her work with inclusivity, which is one of the manifestations of the Marianist charism.

THE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY AND

LESLIE PICCA chair, Department of Sociology, Anthropolgy and Social Work

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Inclusion organizes the Inclusive Excellence Academy Learning Series where faculty and staff participate in workshops aimed at understanding diversity, equity and inclusion through a Catholic and Marianist lens. In April 2019, Tiffany Taylor Smith (executive director for inclusive excellence education and professional development), Kelly Bohrer (director of community relations for the school of engineering) and I organized the first of a three-part series on “UD and the City of Dayton: The Stories We Know, Tell and Don’t Tell.” Participants shared what they know about our city and how that differs from what they were told about it.

The narrative of the city of Dayton often focuses on a vibrant booming city of invention in the early 20th century, followed by an economic decline featuring poverty and addiction. That, however, is only part of the story. We shared timelines of Dayton beginning with the nomadic Paleo-Indians in 13,000 B.C. to the 2019 revitalization downtown at the Arcade, highlighting the themes of migration (forced and voluntary), opportunity, segregation and reinvention.

Beyond a narrative of growth, decline and revitalization, the story of the city of Dayton is complicated. And the University of Dayton plays a critical role. President Eric F. Spina calls for the University of Dayton to be an anchor institution in Dayton; many faculty and staff are examining what this means. This past year, students of historians Caroline Merithew and Todd Uhlman engaged in an oral histories project of the Arcade. Assistant professor Molly Malany Sayre taught a Community Practice class downtown.

Our Marianist values call for a commitment to inclusivity, social justice and community. And this extends beyond the boundaries of campus.

Photograph (LEFT) by KRISTIN DAVIS ’19

Flyers with drive NEW STUDENT CLUB

A SELF-DESCRIBED MOTORHEAD, RYAN

Restrepo found himself in an awkward position. He was attending a motorsports show but didn’t have a car to get him there.

So he had to borrow one: his sister’s Toyota RAV4. And he had to return it with a full tank of gas.

He has since moved up in the world, now driving a 2006 BMW 330i 6-speed manual his family bought new in 2005 when he was 8 years old and that he has modified extensively. It’s that car that helped him launch the University of Dayton Motorsports Club.

“I was really yearning for the relationships where I could just talk about cars — what cars are best, what I drive, my experiences,” said Restrepo, who got permission to park his car next to his table at the Up the Orgs student clubs showcase his junior year at UD. From there, the club took off.

Members have hosted car shows on campus, attended track days, participated in autocross competitions and joined Friday cruises through the countryside. This year, the club partnered with Dayton’s British Transportation Museum to revive two MG cars the museum would like to sell as fundraisers.

Club members include both women and men, mostly engineering majors but also students studying business, English and biology. Restrepo, who graduated in May, fell into that last group.

“I feel that your passion and your career should be separate things,” said Restrepo, who plans to be a doctor. After graduation, he’s taking a gap year during which he’ll apply to medical school and work as a certified nursing assistant. He’s also purchased a project car, a white 1992 turbocharged and trackready Mazda Miata with pop-up headlights.

He has his sights on his dream car of the future, a Mustang Shelby, which he fell in love with thanks to a fellow club member who let him drive a 2017 Shelby GT350.

“I had a smile on my face the entire time,” Restrepo said.

And for Restrepo, pure joy is a deep, throaty purr and being able to make that reverberation possible for generations of Flyer car lovers to come.

Photographs by BRIANA SNYDER ’09

OIL IN THEIR BLOOD Ryan Restrepo (above, center) works on an MG for the British Transportation Museum.

UD Motorsports Club members (below) volunteered their Saturdays this past academic year.

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Darkness unveiled TH E S IG N I FICANCE

OF TH E B LAC K H OLE

ON APRIL 10, 2019, THE WORLD SAW THE UNSEEABLE — THE FIRST IMAGE OF A

black hole. And humans, for once not divided by race, culture or religion, could contemplate the magnitude of what could be accomplished when people unite for a common cause. The image reveals a deep orange-tinged ring encircling a dark black circle, proving the existence of the black hole — 3 million times the size of Earth — lying deep in the galaxy Messier 87. The momentous event, which proved Einstein’s theory of relativity, was the result of hundreds of scientists across the world collaborating and sharing two years of data from nine telescopes. It also got those on campus thinking about how a black hole, 55 million light years away, touches our lives today on our blue-green planet.

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The first image of a black hole shows light bending in its intense gravity.

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JULIA RANDEL Associate professor and chair, Department of Music

The extraordinary new image of the black hole turned the terrifying idea of this object from a distant, abstract phenomenon to a vivid picture surrounded by alarmingly specific, nightmare-inducing questions, starting with how exactly would you die if you fell into a black hole? Writers describe it as lurking like a shark in the depths of space and devouring anything that comes near.

Perhaps this is why I find it so comforting to come back to the discovery, made in 2003, that the black hole is emitting a sound wave — a low B flat, 57 octaves below middle C. It allows me to think of the black hole not as a voracious predator but as a giant tuba at the end of the universe.

I started playing the tuba when I was 12, because I love low notes. High notes pierce, shatter, curdle the blood; low notes purr, soothe, embrace. I remember the first time I was able to play a pedal tone, a B flat a mere three octaves below middle C. Discovering the technique required to produce those tones is a bit like finding the secret that opens an enchanted cave or making it to a new level in a game. What would it take to descend another 54 octaves? A series of metamorphoses on a cosmic scale, a journey through unimagined dimensions.

As a musicologist, I know that the idea that the universe could be singing with sounds beyond humans’ capacity to hear them goes back to the ancients. Pythagoras wrote of the “harmony of the spheres;” the Roman Boethius, too, posited an unhearable music created by the movements of the stars and planets.

Now I teach in a department where an important part of our mission is training future music educators. We talk a lot about how learning music gives children so much more than just the ability to perform a few songs. The black hole tells us it’s even more than we thought: every time a kid picks up a band instrument and honks out their first B flat, it’s a step toward getting in tune with the universe.

BILL PLICK

Assistant professor, Department of Physics

Black holes have captured the imagination of physicists, astronomers and laymen. As such, they’ve been the subject of rigorous

calculation and observation — and also of space is limited to what happens on Earth. science fiction novels, popular movies and Like everything else in life, we have more to even music, like “Super-Massive Black Hole” learn about black holes.

by Muse. We knew a lot about black holes And they, similarly, have stories to reveal before being able to see them. We could calto us about what we think we know, about culate the curvature of space-time due what we do know and do not know, and to their presence, could see the about what we may never know. radiation they sent out into space and more.

But, knowing someLAURA thing is there and BISTREK ’97 seeing it are two Executive director different things. rimmed in radiant orange of diversity in As humans, things engineering, the elusive universe; seem most real School of when we can perdark secret revealed Engineering ceive them with

—Haiku by The photo of 29one of our fun JAYNE ROBINSON year old computer damental senses: Professor, Department of Biology

scientist Katie Bousight, sound, touch, man, eyes showing taste. These powerful sheer delight and hands and mysterious objects clasped over her smiling now seem less like calculamouth, and the first ever vistions on a computer screen and ible representation of a black hole more like part of a living, dynamic, awehave been widely circulated and capture the inspiring universe. It reawakens in us a sense culmination of the work of hundreds of conof childlike wonder that causes us to want to tributors over several years. reach out and explore.

But, reaction was divided.

Some lauded Bouman’s contributions to the algorithm that made possible the phoMIRIAMNE KRUMMEL tograph and pointed out that she is a role Associate professor, model for young girls to become scientists Department of English and engineers. Others questioned or tried I asked my 9-year-old daughter, Shoshana, to discredit Bouman’s actual contributions what she thinks about black holes; she had to the project, and colleagues had to come mentioned to me that two boys in her third to her defense. Would this questioning and grade class were working on black holes as discrediting have happened if the Bouman their class science project. highlighted in the picture had been a grayShoshana thinks black holes are “cool.” haired male with glasses? How did her genFair enough, I think; but does she know der and age play into questioning her techniwhat a black hole is? Turns out that she accal contributions? tually has a fairly clear sense of how black Women, persons of color and individuals holes mess around with time. She knows, for with disabilities are still underrepresented instance, that the external viewer watching in science and engineering. Younger professomething disappearing into a black hole can sionals are sometimes not taken as seriously. see that something long after the black hole As more teams that are diverse work collabhas destroyed it. oratively in moving technological advances I also think black holes are cool. forward, we must all be aware of the unconThey are also humbling. scious bias we hold and how this interplays We earthlings think that the rest of the in creating inclusive climate and cultures. universe — and all the other universes beWhether we are a member of the team or yond ours — corresponds with our limited a commenter on social media, we all play key visions of time and space. But black holes tell roles in the necessary inclusive excellence us otherwise. paradigm shift that will enable a growing Black holes remind us that there is a lot number of diverse teams to reach their full we don’t know about the universe(s) outside potential and provide visible role models for this planet and that our vision of time and the next generation.

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B R O T H E R R AY F I T Z

Servant-leader, in word and deed AS BROTHER RAY FITZ, S.M., PREPARES

to step down this summer as the Father Ferree Professor of Social Justice, I chatted with him about the University of Dayton’s role as an anchor institution in our community — and why our civic engagement matters.

Humble and selfless to a fault, Brother Ray models what it means to be a servant-leader.

He has taught me so many valuable lessons during the early years of my presidency, but none may be more important than our obligation to connect our students and faculty to the community’s most pressing needs, whether it’s economic development or urban education reform.

“We have a responsibility to the community. We can’t be an ivory tower,” he told me.

That’s a message he’s been quietly preaching for 50 years on campus as a beloved teacher, administrator, University president, social justice advocate and community leader. While he may be stepping down as Ferree Professor after 17 years, he will not, thankfully, step away from his life’s work of empowering people to use their gifts to serve 22

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others, particularly in the city’s urban core.

“I think you have to wake up with a passion, and we have to instill that passion in our students,” he said.

I’m so grateful that Brother Ray will continue to convene gatherings of community leaders around issues of social justice, and that he will continue to teach students in his Leadership in Building Communities seminar ways to help neighborhoods inventory their assets and develop a collective vision for revitalization.

During his 23-year presidency, Brother Ray coined the phrase “partnership university” and began using three simple words to describe UD’s mission — Learn. Lead. Serve. He got down in the trenches, too (and still does).

In the 1990s, he chaired a countywide Child Protection Task Force after five children in Dayton’s child welfare system died. He also helped shepherd two local human services levy campaigns to victory, started neighborhood school centers, and is always looking at ways to support the homeless and the hungry, especially children.

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As we wrapped up an hour-long chat, he observed, “We’re not going to be able to build communities that are just and peaceful if people aren’t willing to serve.”

As I thought about those words, I realized they not only define the man but also the university we strive to be.

Long before the phrase became popular in higher education, Brother Ray instinctively knew why UD must be a strong and eager “anchor institution,” particularly after racially tense times and the divestment from the city of major manufacturers and Fortune 500 firms.

“When we looked at problems in the community 30 years ago, we looked to see how UD could fit into the agenda,” he remembered. Today, he accurately observed, “The University is helping to form the community’s agenda and provide leadership.”

That’s why Brother Ray and I are heartened to see socially conscious faculty and students choose (and stay at) UD because they want to be part of a University engaged with its community. Because they see community-engaged learning and scholarship as exceptionally rich experiences that distinguish them and best prepare them to be leaders. Because they see that this engagement makes them better doctors, better engineers, better business owners, better citizens, better people.

On behalf of a grateful University and Dayton community, I thank Brother Ray from my heart. He has made a tremendous impact (for which he always strived) and built an extraordinary legacy (which he is quick to downplay with his characteristic humility).

Indeed, Brother Ray, by example, has modeled civic engagement for our students, faculty, staff, researchers and alumni.

He is a servant-leader in word and deed.

Photographs (from top) by KRISTIN DAVIS ’19 / BRIANA SNYDER ’09

DAYTON OVATIONS S P E A K E R S

W H O S H A R E D W I T H U S T H E I R WO R D S , E X P E R T I S E A N D PA S S I O N S

“Moral courage comes from standing up to people with whom you agree on behalf of those with whom you disagree.”

“I’m a big believer in being a lifelong learner. If you don’t read, you cannot lead.”

—TERRY BROWN ’84, global client director at ServiceNow, to students in Irene Dickey’s digital marketing class

—ARTHUR BROOKS,

author and president of the American Enterprise Institute, discussing civil discourse as part of the UD Speaker Series

“[W]hat we need is our traditional teachings ... we need our sweat lodge, we need our sun dance and those ceremonies in order to heal.”

“We predict we will be happier when we spend money on ourselves when invariably we are happier when we spend money on others.”

—SUZANNE SMOKE,

—SHANKAR VEDANTAM,

a member of Alderville First Nation of the Mississaugas of Rice Lake, speaking on a panel about missing and murdered indigenous women

Hidden Brain podcast host, discussing new ways to think about the world during the annual Stander Symposium lecture

FA C U LT Y R E M E M B E R E D

LLOYD L. LAUBACH, 3-30-19 PROFESSOR EMERITUS, FORMER CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SPORT SCIENCE

“I have so many memories of Dr. Laubach’s classes in the late 1980s. He was a very tough teacher, but he pushed us to be good at whatever he was

asking us to do. He had very high expectations of all of his students, and we all wanted to do well in his classes — we wanted him to be proud of us.

I remember he used to make us run. And, I was a swimmer not a runner, so I hated it. But now, I run marathons. I guess he knew me better than I knew myself!” —MOLLY O’DONNELL GOOD ’90

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Record dunks

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Obidiah Toppin could not dunk a basketball. By his senior year, he was 6-5 and could. At UD, he became 6-9 (at least) and continued to dunk, frequently. He shot few threes, just 21, but did make 11.

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Pulling your weight — or double

Gutsmiedl, Payne and Berkheimer in the RecPlex weight room

LIKE MANY STUDENTS, JOHN GUTSMIEDL SETS PERSONAL GOALS: EAT HEALTHY. DO

well in class. Deadlift 600 pounds.

That last goal has him in good company among more than 40 members of UD’s Powerlifting Club, a club sport that started in 2011 and this spring sent 15 students to compete at the Collegiate National Finals, held in Columbus, Ohio.

Gutsmiedl graduated in May with a degree in computer science and three years of service on the student EMS squad. But back in high school, when he and his parents sat down at their home in Omaha, Nebraska, to whittle down his college choices, it was schools like UD with lifting clubs that made the short list.

UD’s club started as a way to connect lifting buddies. As it grew, it formalized its structure and began assigning students as lifting officers to oversee trainings in RecPlex, helping members with form, technique, safety and training programs. Now, its members are among the most dedicated of the campus clubs.

PRO TIPS

Know your lifts

Every meet has three lifts.

The combined score results in points, and the individual in each weight class with the most points wins.

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SQUAT: The first lift of the meet.

Standing upright, you unrack the weighted bar onto your back. You crease at your hips and your knees until your hip bone breaks the plane of where your knees are. You stand back up and rack the weight.

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“If I got them cots, they would sleep here,” said Jen Brandt, assistant director of fitness for Campus Recreation, whose office door is 2 feet from the bench press.

Gutsmiedl said he started lifting his freshman year of high school when he was a 95-pound football player. He soon realized he could outlift guys who were 20 pounds heavier. “I’m kind of good at moving a lot of weight,” said Gutsmiedl, who last summer came in first in his division in the United States Powerlifting Association National Championships in Las Vegas. His combined weight in three events: 1,328.3 pounds.

Lifting is a lifestyle, he said, with perks in the real world.

“My friends or my mom will say, ‘Can you carry this for me? It’s heavy,’” he said. “And I pick it up, and it’s not heavy at all.”

“I get that all the time,” agreed Emily Berkheimer, an exercise science major from Tinley Park, Illinois, who will graduate in December. She came in third in her class at the USA Powerlifting Midwestern Collegiate Cup, lifting 209.4 pounds in the squat event, bench pressing 126.7 pounds and deadlifting 225.9 pounds.

“I like breaking stereotypes,” said Berkheimer, who enjoys saying she can bench her weight. “They don’t believe me because I am this tiny 5-foot girl.”

Berkheimer says the success of the club and its members gives her hope for it building toward a varsity sport with professional coaches to help lead members to even greater success.

“It will be cool to come back as an alumna and see what the club has accomplished,” she said.

Brandon Payne has done just that. A 2018 graduate in electrical engineering, Payne con-

BENCH: Laying on a bench on your back, you unrack the weight. Bring the weight down and touch the bar to your chest, waiting until you get the command from the judges to press it up. You push up and lock out at the top, then rack the bar.

DEADLIFT: The weights and bar are on the ground.

When the judges say the platform is ready, you walk up and pick it up until you’re standing straight up, hips and knees locked out. When the judge signals, you lower the weights to the ground.

Photographs by KRISTIN DAVIS ’19

SPORTS SHORTS SIX TEAMS PERFECT Six of the University of Dayton’s 15 athletic teams — women’s cross country, men’s golf, women’s golf, softball, men’s tennis and women’s tennis — had perfect 1,000 scores on the latest NCAA Academic Progress Reports.

Nine teams ranked first in the state of Ohio. Seven ranked first in their conferences.

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8 things to know about powerlifting

WOMEN’S GOLF BEST FINISH

1 Lifting is about setting personal

goals and implementing plans to achieve them — not so much winning your weight class.

2 Individual lifting is also a team sport. tinues with the club both as a lifting coach and a club member pursuing his dual master’s degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering.

“As far as school goes — really, in anything — I’m a competitor,” said Payne, a Dayton native. “I try to be the first one done eating. I’m waiting on my girlfriend to get done, and I’m like, ‘Come on, let’s go.’

“You get instant gratification when you see in the weight room that you’re improving. On the next training cycle, I can see everything is getting a little bit easier to move, feeling a little bit stronger.”

Payne came into lifting as many do — through another sport. A former football player and current Flyer cheerleader, he introduced his girlfriend, Lauren Murray ’19, to the sport.

“It helps that she is a dietetics student and can now combine both the nutrition knowledge gained from school with the physical knowledge from working out,” he said. “She likes moving heavy weight and hitting personal records even more now, because she sees the improvement she’s made from when she started.”

Powerlifting is a sport where new athletes can make consistent improvement and seasoned lifters can refine their skills to hit new highs, Payne said.

And that’s what Payne achieved this April while competing in the 2019 USAPL Collegiate Nationals. At 228.4 pounds, Payne placed third in his class and seventh out of 500 male lifters. He ended the meet lifting 402.3 pounds at the bench press, 644.8 pounds on the squat and 755 pounds on deadlift, for a total weight nearly that of two polar bears.

— MIC H E LLE TEDF OR D

You can always use a partner to spot you or cheer you on. “Even if you’re not in the same program, you have a crowd who will support you,” John Gutsmiedl said.

RECORDS FALL

3 It’s not just a man’s sport. Women

tend to be stronger in the legs, so while they are shorter overall, they can lift more than their bodyweight.

“It’s cool to see other girls working out in the weight room and throwing off that intimidation factor,” Emily Berkheimer said.

4 In competitions, weight is important, but technique even more so.

“When you’re out at competitions, if you don’t get a certain depth (on your squat), your lift doesn’t count and you’ve just wasted that energy,” Brandon Payne said.

At the A-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championships, redshirt junior Emily Borchers won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a school-record time of 10:11.21.

Senior Alyssa Ramstetter won the hammer throw with a personal best toss of 55.30 meters. Senior Taylor Vernot finished fourth in the 5,000-meter run, setting a school record of 16:41.85. Overall Dayton finished sixth.

THEY WON MOST

5 Bench is a full body exercise, not

just a chest event. You have to use your back, legs, chest and triceps to move as much weight as possible.

6 There’s no magic diet all powerlifters should follow. “You can eat whatever you want as long as you’re staying on top of your lifts — and make your weight class,” Berkheimer said.

7 Having one bad day in the gym is not

the end of the world. Don’t let yourself get discouraged.

8 Powerlifting is more than a sport —

The Flyers women’s golf team tied for second place in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, the program’s highest finish ever in a conference tournament. Sophomore Abby Bitto, freshman Sarah Frazier and junior Ellie Cronin were among the top 10 finishers. Frazier was honored as rookie of the year.

it’s a stress reliever. “I’ve had some of my best workouts at the end of busy weeks,” Gutsmiedl said.

Men’s tennis team senior Jordan Benjamin, playing at the No. 1 spot all season, earned a 15-5 record in dual matches. Playing doubles with junior Spencer Richey, he added 10 more wins. Flyer MVP Benjamin and fellow senior Lorenzo Rollhauser ended their careers tied for the most wins (65) all-time by a UD men’s tennis player.

Benjamin was named A-10 player of the year. Richey was Second-Team All-Conference; senior Langford Hills, First-Team AllConference.

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ARCADE REBIRTH OF THE

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ayton’s iconic Arcade once bustled with the best of city life. Today, its leaking and crumbling structure is being shored up by visionaries who see in it an opportunity for the city to reclaim its title as the center of innovation, with a UD education as the project’s anchor. BY M A RY McCA RT Y

CALL IT A TALE OF TWO CENTURIES. When you stand inside Dayton’s historic Arcade, you step squarely back into the city’s past.

Narrow your eyes and gaze at the threestory rotunda, until you no longer see the peeling paint and fading artificial wreaths from the 1993 Christmas season.

It is 1904 again. Upscale shoppers in feathered hats and bowlers stroll from stand to stand, booth to booth, as vendors hawk pastries, flowers, fresh vegetables and exotic fruits.

University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina couldn’t help imagining that past while touring one of Dayton’s most iconic buildings for the first time in March 2017.

“It gave me goose bumps,” Spina said. “You can feel and hear the tens of thousands of people who have walked through these halls.”

But he could see something else, a vision of that same rotunda from the not-toodistant future: UD students working side by side with entrepreneurs, brainstorming ideas and developing and pitching new products.

Sidewalks bustling with pedestrians and diners at sidewalk cafes.

“When you walk into that space, even in its current state, you can see the potential,” Spina said. “It was soaring, imposing. I could immediately picture its becoming active again, people engaged with each other, a vibrant, noisy place.”

A mere 25 minutes into the tour, Spina resolved, “Let’s make this happen.”

And the idea for the Arcade Innovation Hub was born — a place where the past will meet the future, where Dayton’s most distinctive marketplace will be transformed into a marketplace of ideas.

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OLD AND NEW Classic features such as the glass-ceiling rotunda and Flemish-style façade will be complemented by updates to make the Arcade accessible and functional.

“ In the early 1900s

Dayton had more patents per capita, more brain power per capita, bar none, than any city in the country. This is the next stage, the next generation.

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IN APRIL 2019, UD AND THE ENTREpreneurs Center, known as TEC, signed a joint venture agreement and 10-year lease to become the anchor tenants and to work together to bring other community, higher education, research and corporate partners into the 95,000-square-foot Arcade Innovation Hub. The innovation hub will be part of the project’s five-building, 330,000-square-foot first phase, which will include offices, small businesses, startups, classrooms, restaurants, retail, co-working spaces, artist housing and art galleries. Plans call for 108 residential units — a small number at market rate, but most earmarked for affordable housing.

It’s the answer to the Dayton community’s 29-year quest to save the beloved landmark, but the project remains laserfocused on the future. What’s proposed is nothing less radical than reclaiming Dayton’s legacy as a cradle of innovation.

“In the early 1900s Dayton had more patents per capita, more brain power per capita, bar none, than any city in the country,” said John Gower, urban design director at CityWide Development Corp. “This is the next stage, the next generation.”

In May 2018 the city of Dayton agreed to a $10 million commercial loan to the three development team partners, all heavy hitters in the urban redevelopment arena: Cross Street

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Partners, based in Baltimore; the Model Group of Cincinnati; and McCormack Baron Salazar of St. Louis. (City officials have committed an additional $2.5 million for residential units.) It’s Dayton’s biggest investment in more than 15 years, since the construction of the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center and Fifth Third Field, the Dayton Dragons’ ballpark. And in August 2018, Montgomery County commissioners awarded $1 million to the project as part of a long-term strategy to reinvigorate the center of the city.

Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley ’98 has called the University’s involvement a “gamechanger,” and Scott Koorndyk ’94, president of TEC, stated unequivocally, “This wouldn’t be happening without UD.” Concurred Montgomery County Commissioner Debbie Lieberman ’86, “We came on board as soon as we heard Dr. Spina’s announcement that UD would be the anchor tenant. Look at all of UD’s investments in last decade — the historic fairgrounds, purchasing the old NCR headquarters. I don’t know if our community would be doing as well as we are without the University of Dayton.”

The move exemplifies the theme of Spina’s inaugural address in April 2017, “The University for the Common Good,” Lieberman said: “This will be a great private/public

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partnership. Dayton is known for innovation, after all, and this fits in perfectly with the renaissance that’s happening all over downtown. It’s bringing back to life a historic gem that was once the hub of downtown.”

David Williams, senior development director for lead developer Cross Street Partners, said having UD as a major player adds validity to the project. “That leadership role has been missing, and it’s great to have it,” Williams said.

Spina said the University’s involvement grew out of the question, “What can we do as a University to become an essential part of Dayton’s innovation ecosystem?”

“It’s a partnering across the University to bring Dayton back to the place it has long held as an innovation center,” Spina said. “The Arcade gives us the opportunity to be an essential part of the city and for the city to be part of us.”

The real-world advantage to students will be incalculable, predicted Liz Todia ’17, who researched potential uses of the Arcade as an undergraduate. “Working and learning in the innovation hub will show you options for being part of an entrepreneurial ecosystem before you start your own business,” she said. “And a space that is so beautiful will make you want to be there and immerse yourself in all the things that are going on.”

Community leaders call it the right plan,

with the right anchors, at the right time.

That’s due in part to financial incentives that weren’t available in the past, including a $5 million Ohio historic tax credit approved in 2017.

“They are putting the infrastructure in place that resets the area and provides vision, momentum, energy and new ideas,” Williams said.

Just as importantly, there’s now a trend toward urban living as young people flock to the city centers their parents fled a generation before.

“Millennials are looking for real authenticity and people who are different from them,” Gower said. “Urban living is no longer a counter trend; people understand it and are starting to yearn for it. In the past, the cool new startup business was a new Chipotle.

Now we’re looking for the guy who makes his own pastry.”

ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO, THE ARCADE seemed destined for demolition, a sad fate for an edifice that has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975.

The Arcade opened to great fanfare in March 1904 with a three-day celebration featuring a vaudeville show and performing bears on loan from the Cincinnati Zoo. During the ’30s and ’40s, vendor stalls

made way for more traditional retail shops.

Factory workers who migrated to Dayton during World War II lived in the many apartments above the Arcade. Jammed with downtown workers, Culp’s Café inside the Arcade served up to 5,000 meals a day.

In the ’80s, the Arcade re-invented itself as an urban mall, anchored by McCrory’s department store and the once-popular Charley’s Crab seafood restaurant.

The Arcade ultimately couldn’t compete with its suburban brethren, closing March 31, 1990, though “HollyDays” celebrations continued to lure more than 100,000 shoppers downtown during the 1992 and 1993 Christmas seasons.

After that, the Arcade remained empty for a quarter-century as community leaders searched in vain for a savior.

The late Dayton developer Tom Danis ’71 assumed stewardship in 1990. “He took great pains and care to make sure the buildings were secure, heated, dry and occasionally accessible to the public,” Gower said.

“Tom was a great steward.”

Hopes have been raised and dashed by a dizzying array of proposals — from a bingo parlor to a pizza franchise — since philanthropist Tony Staub purchased the Arcade from Danis in 2005.

There were calls to convert it into loft apartments, a museum center, an entertain-

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SPACE TO CREATE Modern design in a classic structure will allow students and community members to collaborate.

A LOOK INSIDE As part of the Arcade phase one renovation, about 15,000 square feet of the innovation hub will be dedicated to UD academic and experiential learning opportunities.

This will include: • Offices for the William L. Crotty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership; School of Engineering Innovation Center; Institute for Applied Creativity and Transformation; and faculty from the Department of Art and Design.

• Entrepreneurship classes.

• GEMnasium transdisciplinary test lab to prototype new learning and teaching models.

• Creative maker space.

• Studio space for coursework in painting, print making, photography and graphic design.

• Student gallery space.

• Flyer Enterprises business location.

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ment center, a place of worship and new offices of the Dayton Daily News. Two Wisconsin-based developers spotted the Arcade for sale on eBay and purchased it at a Montgomery County sheriff’s tax lien sale for the minimum bid, but their dream of a mixeduse development never materialized.

The most daunting challenge proved the sheer size of the sprawling 420,000square-foot complex, which covers most of a city block. “It is a city within a city with

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the rotunda as a spectacular secular market cathedral,” Gower said. “The Renaissance façades of Fourth and Ludlow streets are an important part of the visual symphony on Fourth Street.”

Throughout it all the Arcade’s exterior beauty remained undiminished. The Dutch Guild Hall façade on Third Street — known for its distinctive green spires and fanciful stone carvings — stood tall and proud, at once a reminder of the Arcade’s glorious past and a

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reproach for its present-day neglect.

“It’s the most emotional building in Dayton,” Williams said. “It’s because of the unabashed beauty, as well as all the generations and the layers of history. It’s part of our DNA.” The landmark languished. The utilities were disconnected; gutters and roof drains were not kept clean. Water seeped into portions of the buildings and vandals entered and started scrapping for copper and aluminum. Windows were boarded up to keep the glass from shattering.

“It was very sad when the city started looking at quotes for what it would cost to demolish it,” said Brady Kress, president and CEO of Dayton History. “A city loses its character when you lose those unique architectural structures that make us downtown Dayton and not St. Louis or Denver.”

In 2016 Cross Street Partners proposed a $75 million renovation that creates housing, offices, restaurants, retail and other uses. They began to have conversations with Spina, who saw the potential for melding academics and experiential learning with the city’s innovative heart.

Said Koorndyk, “Inherent in Dr. Spina’s DNA — in his thinking, in his vision — is an understanding that an institution like UD has to be integrated into its community.

It’s not bounded by the four corners of the campus.”

After decades of inactivity, things are happening at the Arcade. Investigators are donning hard hats to inspect conditions while developers are working to complete construction documents. In December, workers began erecting scaffolding and removing peeling paint. Details of the ornate rotunda, such as the colorful plaster turkeys, have already been restored.

Following so many failed redevelopment proposals, so many heartbreaks, the Dayton community can’t help feeling wary. “Will it really happen this time?” everyone asks.

Spina understands the skepticism but, he said, “I feel fully confident that we will be cutting a ribbon on the Arcade.”

That commitment springs from the University’s long-range strategic vision for the next 20 years, which includes developing deeper collaborations with community partners and promoting innovation and entrepreneurship.

In 1920 the University made a conscious decision, Spina noted, to change its name from St. Mary’s College to the University of Dayton: “We are proud to carry the name of the city, and we are proud to engage with the city. It’s a two-way street where community and students are going back between the city and the University in a way that has never been done before.”

Williams said it’s impossible to underestimate the importance of a University-based activity in the downtown core. It is equally impossible to underestimate the impact on the city of giving students an early introduction to downtown and the many reasons to stay after graduation.

Spina said community partners play an equally crucial role: “This is not about ownership; it’s about collaboration. We recognize the need for a space that doesn’t belong to one entity.”

THE ARCADE INNOVATION HUB WAS born out of strong partnerships with community organizations such as TEC, as well as collaboration among UD campus partners, including the L. William Crotty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, the School of Engineering Innovation Center and the Institute of Applied Creativity for Transformation at ArtStreet, known as IACT. The partnership between TEC and the UD began several years ago when Koorndyk began co-teaching classes with Crotty Center Director Vincent Lewis. “The partnership is built on mutual respect and complementary visions,” Koorndyk said.

Plans call for TEC to be responsible for the co-working space of the innovation hub, while UD will take charge of the academic programming.

“I can’t wait to get down there,” Lewis said. “We have a big project right now, and my colleagues and I want to play with it, but we don’t have the space.”

School of Engineering Innovation Center Director Rebecca Blust ’87 said the Arcade will not only allow her students to learn in a vibrant space, but it will also provide a familiar place for them to develop their business proposals after graduation. “We didn’t want a lot of the great ideas we have at the end of the semester to just go away,” she said.

Recent graduates such as Todia talk

“ It’s a two-way

street where community and students are going back between the city and the University in a way that has never been done before.

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READY FOR RENOVATION Glass panels of the rotunda ceiling are being replaced as construction ramps up.

about the hands-on learning experiences UD currently offers and how it gives graduates a distinct edge in the job market. She lined up a job at Mutual Capital Partners, a Cleveland-based venture capital firm, long before graduation.

The interviewer’s jaw dropped, Todia recalled, when she talked about her experience with the Flyer Angels, undergraduate students who manage a million-dollar venture capital fund as part of the entrepreneurial program at UD. “He had never met a student who had that kind of hands-on experience,” she said.

The Arcade Innovation Hub will enhance that advantage.

“For the first time we will have professionals working in and among students,” said IACT Director Adrienne Ausdenmoore ’04. “If students have a great idea, they can pitch it to an established business. If an organization needs a graphic designer, they might go downstairs and find a student.”

Observed Koorndyk, “We are exposing students to the real world and to startup culture, while at the same time giving the community access to these brilliant young minds.”

As she fans out the blueprints, Ausden34

moore explains that the floor plans are designed to promote hands-on, experiential learning and creative, flexible learning space for students. “This is a very contemporary work style in a very historic location,” she said.

As plans now stand, the ground-floor beneath the rotunda area will feature a flexible black box theater that will serve as a “shark tank” for pitching business proposals, as well as other presentations and performances.

The second- and third-floor innovation hub will offer a mix of active learning spaces.

It will become the new home base for the Crotty Center, featuring co-working space with TEC “to foster an ecosystem of collaborative innovation,” Ausdenmoore said. The concept is to create a mix of active learning spaces, nicknamed “huddle rooms,” instead of conference rooms.

The Innovation Center and IACT also plan to have satellite offices there. A firstfloor ideation center will provide an exploratory showcase to share projects and interactive experiences, as well as for professors to hold classes for students from a variety of majors. The GEMnasium — IACT’s collaborative hands-on test lab located on campus

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in Fitz Hall — will set up a second location in a 5,000-square-foot space in the Arcade’s basement. “This transdisciplinary test lab is meant to be a whole new access point for any and all teachers and learners looking at grand challenges to the common good in our region,” said IACT Executive Director Brian LaDuca.

Small businesses and startups will be able to sublease office space, and self-employed professionals can rent a dedicated desk.

“We want to create a collision with disciplines that don’t normally hang out together: artists and entrepreneurs, tattoo artists and computer geeks, brewers and musicians,” Williams said.

LaDuca said that’s exactly what a new generation of learners is seeking: “The Arcade is a symbol of new collaborations and possibilities. It is open to every person of every demographic. A 19-year-old skater can walk in and feel welcomed, and so can a mother of four from the suburbs.”

UD’s Department of Art and Design also will create four upper-level studio classrooms and a small gallery there. Developers anticipate having the innovation hub ready sometime in the second half of 2020.

“We’re creating a learn-live-work-play-

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ARCADE MEMORIES It has been 25 years since Dayton’s historic Arcade greeted its last shopper, but many from the University of Dayton alumni and campus community vividly recall the days when the downtown landmark buzzed with activity. Here are a few of their favorite Arcade moments: “My first real job was as an account executive for a national trade association management called Bell PubliCom. It was a wonderful place to work, with the exterior offices having floor-to-ceiling glass walls overlooking the entire Arcade. One day, several of us were looking down and saw the country group Alabama eating lunch and made some signs that we held up in the window that said ‘COME UP AND VISIT US!’ — and sure enough they did, touring our offices, shaking hands, signing autographs, telling stories of life on the road and posing for pictures. Even if you weren’t a country music fan, it was a great experience for all of us. I became a big Alabama fan, and I still am to this day!” — B O B BY R N E ’ 7 6

create space, a microcosm of what we envision for the rest of the city,” Gower said.

Spina said he expects a bustling urban core will attract prospective students and faculty to the University: “Our fate is inextricably linked with the community’s. Students and faculty want to live in a place that is vibrant and full of the arts, dining and entertainment.”

The Arcade’s sheer beauty and uniqueness also should prove a strong draw. The developers plan to restore the rotunda to its 1904 glory. “We want to preserve the past, but to understand the form and function of the future,” Williams said.

Mused Crotty Center Director Lewis, “I often think about how Wilbur and Orville Wright would go about it today versus the early 1900s. There’s a good chance they would be part of a startup space.”

In 1904, the Arcade served as an emblem of Dayton’s newfound elegance and affluence. And today it stands poised to become the 21st century version of that — the entrepreneurial, intellectual heart of our community.

“It gives you chills,” Koorndyk said.

“This ties the history of our community to the future of our community.”

“Unlike my near-derelict hometown of Schenectady, New York, downtown Dayton at the time had much to explore: skyscrapers; the Oregon District; the Spaghetti Warehouse with vintage furnishings, including a trolley; a bikeable riverfront; two downtown department stores; and most important of all, the Arcade. Then newly restored, Arcade Square was a fabulous turn-of-the-century structure with a wrought-iron and glass dome, skylights, marble interiors, a few restaurants, a food court, and a neighboring McCrory’s dime store that, for both better or worse, had clung to decades-old decor. There at the Arcade, I admired Titanic-era architecture; I peoplewatched; I pretended to study; and I killed time until my evening shift on the Dayton Journal-Herald copy desk.” — M I K E A I R H A R T ’ 87

“I was a child in the ’50s and a teen in the ’60s when downtown Dayton was a bustling place and suburban shopping malls were merely a twinkle in a developer’s eye. The stores were open on Monday nights, so Mom and I would catch the bus for an evening of shopping. I always thought the Arcade was one of the most interesting and beautiful buildings in downtown and, with all of the food vendors, it kind of made me feel like I was in a foreign country. While waiting for the bus to go home, we could see the big clock perched atop the Gem City Savings building. With the help of that big clock, Mom taught me to tell time.”

—CHRISTINE HARM McCANN, REGISTRAR’S OFFICE 2000-09

“My first recollection of the Arcade was in 1951, when I was 5 years old, and my grandmother took me there to buy fruits and vegetables. She picked some grapes from the displays and stuffed them in my mouth to ‘taste test.’ In more recent years I was involved with a committee to save the Arcade when it looked like it was going to be torn down. I have been mailing the good news articles to the lady who chaired that effort. She was more than a little excited to learn that UD was going to play a big role in the rebirth of the Arcade.” — LO U I S W. F E L D M A N N ’ 6 8 , ’ 70

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‘YOUR ACTIONS SAY VOLUMES’

BY M A RY M c C A RT Y

As a CEO and mother of twins, MARY BOOSALIS holds high expectations for herself while raising the caliber of the interactions around her. She’s wellsuited to make history this summer when she becomes the first female chair of the board of trustees of the University of Dayton, born from a school for boys and founded by an order of men.

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hen Mary Boosalis was growing up in the 1960s and ’70s, she didn't envision the string of firsts that would define her future career: First female president and CEO of Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton.

First woman to serve as CEO of Premier Health Network, a $2 billion organization and the region’s largest private employer.

And now she stands poised to become the first woman to chair the University of Dayton board of trustees in the school’s 168-year history.

Yet none of these accomplishments — unlikely as they once would have seemed for a young woman of her generation — comes as a surprise to those who know Boosalis best.

“She always just did it, and I never heard her say, ‘I can’t,’” recalls her mother, Evelyn Boosalis.

Now that indefatigable spirit will be leading UD into the next chapter of its history.

Mary Boosalis may be a historic choice, but she is first and foremost the right person to lead at this moment in UD history, says outgoing chair Dave Yeager ’75.

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“There’s no one better to lead the board right now,” he says.

Boosalis is widely praised for her collaborative style; her business acumen coupled with a sense of mission; her professionalism paired with warmth and humor; her toughmindedness combined with compassion.

Among her champions is University President Eric F. Spina.

“She is passionate about making education accessible, she is passionate about providing health care to the community, and she is passionate about her relationships with other people,” he says. “She is smart as a whip, and she works very hard. As the longtime chair of the board of trustees’ finance committee, Mary would listen carefully and quickly penetrate what was often a complex situation, and then offer invaluable perspectives.”

HISTORIC MILESTONE

Boosalis joined the University’s board of trustees July 1, 2009. For her role as chair, Spina emphasizes that she was chosen for her expertise, not her gender, but that the milestone she has reached is historic: “When you think about our history as a school for boys, started by males, taught by males, and now the senior leader of the governing board is going to be a woman? I think that’s something that we should rightly celebrate.”

Boosalis says she hopes she will inspire the women of UD. “We haven’t as a group completely arrived, so it’s important for women to give back to women,” she says.

Spina recalls meeting Boosalis in the fall of 2016, in the early days of his presidency, and being struck by her warm and welcoming nature — qualities that have enhanced the collaborative spirit of UD’s board.

“With Mary, there’s just genuine care and concern,” Spina says.

Spina notices that people are upbeat, smiling, when Boosalis is leading a meeting.

For her part, Boosalis notices the way that Spina speaks as attentively to the waiter serving coffee as he would to a major donor.

“Eric is not someone who is ‘on’ just for the public,” Boosalis says. “He is who he is, and that is incredibly authentic.”

That mutual respect has contributed to partnerships by Premier and UD on significant projects (notably onMain, the redevelopment project of the former Montgomery County fairgrounds; Boosalis will continue to recuse herself from board decisions regarding the project). Spina and Boosalis also share a philosophy of building partnerships within the community.

“As the CEO of another anchor institution, she comes more naturally into the understanding of the role that UD can play locally,” Spina says. “And she understands that we are playing that role not just to be good partners, but for our own good and for the holistic education of our students. We need a strong Dayton to be a strong university.”

Boosalis also sees powerful synergies between the two organizations. “UD focuses on the total person — mind, body, spirit — and we share the same philosophy in health care,” she says.

Premier Health board chair Anita Moore lauds Boosalis for her ability to blend compassion with accountability.

“She sets the bar very high,” Moore says.

“She makes sure her people have the tools and resources to do their jobs and holds them accountable. We are in the business of saving people’s lives, and it’s important that everyone is performing to a high level of excellence.”

Jeff Hoagland ’91, president and CEO of the Dayton Development Coalition, says Boosalis’ expertise has provided an invaluable contribution to his board: “The health care component is such a dominant sector in

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the Dayton community, and Mary has been very helpful as we try to attract companies and talent in the region.”

Hoagland says her personal attributes also contribute to her success. He comments that Boosalis is sustained by her faith and perseverance when faced with difficult decisions. “I run into her at the UD chapel sometimes when I pop in there to light a candle,” he says.

Yeager describes Boosalis as insightful and a good listener, someone who understands UD’s close-knit family environment.

“The Marianist charism is the main driver of the board, and she is very supportive of that,” Yeager says. Concurs Spina, “Mary respects the Marianists on the board and solicits their input. That speaks to her understanding of this university and not just businesses and higher education in general.”

‘MY HERO’

The family atmosphere on campus resonates with Boosalis, who grew up in a tightknit Greek family. Her 97-year-old mother, Evelyn, moved to the Dayton area 11 years ago to be closer to Mary and her family as well as Evelyn’s son Matt, who owns Boosalis Baking in Centerville, Ohio.

“My mother is my hero,” Mary Boosalis says. “She is very other-oriented. And she’s a dynamo. I’ve never met anyone with her resilience, energy and strength.”

In February, Mary Boosalis was recognized by Modern Healthcare business magazine as one of its 2019 Top 25 Women Leaders. “She didn’t boast about it,” Evelyn Boosalis says. Typically, her daughter shies away

from kudos and compliments; even as a high school student, she rarely told her parents about her awards. Says her mother, “We had to read about them in the newspaper.”

Mary Boosalis finds her own achievements far less impressive than those of her grandparents, who immigrated to the United States from Greece as teenagers. “They came over on a boat, not knowing the language, with no job prospects and no financial security,” she says.

During World War II, Evelyn Boosalis helped her father to run the family restaurant, the Quick Lunch, in Mason City, Iowa.

“We worked non-stop,” Evelyn Boosalis recalls. “I never knew what fatigue was.”

As the fourth of five children, young Evelyn had no intention of leaving her beloved father to run the restaurant by himself.

But Nick Boosalis, a young surgeon, changed her mind.

Nick and Evelyn married in 1952 and raised five children on the grounds of a Veteran’s Administration hospital and later a state hospital in the small town of Porterville, California. Recalls Matt Boosalis, “Our house was always full of kids and lots of activity. We would linger around the table for hours.”

Even Mary Boosalis’ managerial skills became evident at an early age. “Mary was always very giving, but also a task master,” Matt Boosalis says. “If Mary said, ‘Fold those socks,’ we folded those socks. She filled us with a strong sense of responsibility.”

Their father was awarded a Purple Heart for a shrapnel injury, a permanent reminder of his service as a paratrooper during the Korean War.

“We had our trials and tribulations, but we always had strong ties as a family,” Evelyn Boosalis says. “The kids adored their father; he was a great humanitarian. Nick always sent money to his poor relatives in Greece.

He would deprive himself to help others.”

Mary Boosalis absorbed those lessons, volunteering at the state hospital during high school. “From a very young age I was surrounded by people with developmental disabilities,” she says. “My upbringing and my father’s career as a surgeon were a natural path toward health care.”

She earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from California State University at Fresno and a master’s in health services administration from Arizona State University College of Business. In 1985, she packed all of her earthly belongings into her Ford Fiesta and drove across country to Dayton, for a two-year post-graduate fellowship in health care administration at Miami Valley Hospital — and what she assumed would be a short sojourn.

But her foot got caught in the door.

“I had worked 10 years as a critical care nurse, and I kept looking for somewhere special for my next chapter,” she says. “I found that at Miami Valley Hospital — and didn’t want to give it up. So I never looked back.”

DRIVEN BY BELIEF

Mary Boosalis’ husband, Dayton dermatologist and dermatopathologist Tom Olsen, supports his wife’s decision to serve as board chair, he says, “because we both love UD, and I think she will make a difference.”

While she will be the first board chair not

HISTORY IN THE MAKING

T he historic appointment of Mary Boosalis as UD board chair has us looking back at other milestones, both in how the University is governed and in partnerships with Miami Valley Hospital.

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1913 Miami Valley Hospital. Despite the need for the Dayton’s historic flood cripples the kitchen at

University to cook three meals a day for 600 refugees, it also finds time to prepare provisions for other inundated institutions, including Miami Valley Hospital.

1878 of Mary Society

incorporates its school in Dayton under the name St. Mary College.

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Board of

is comprised of members of the Society of Mary.

1925 board of lay members,

Founding of the associate

made up of alumni, at-large and ex-officio members, “to assist the management of the University in an advisory capacity and to hold, invest and administer the endowment.”

1952 separate not-for-profit corporation; University of Dayton becomes a

the Society of Mary retains high-level oversight.

Likely part of a national trend among Catholic colleges and universities following World War II to increase size, scope and sophistication to meet post-war societal demands for higher education.

to be a UD alumnus, Mary Boosalis considers herself an adopted alumna: “I am so passionate about UD, you would think that I went there,” she says.

Olsen met his wife-to-be during her fellowship at Miami Valley Hospital.

“She was very appealing, with her brains, personality and energy,” he says. “Mary is so much alive; she is extroverted and friendly, and she is so caring about everyone.”

The couple married in 1993. Olsen notes that his wife has “a drive that is unequaled,” but one not fueled by personal ambition: “As the first woman to chair UD’s board, she’s there not for her ego and status, something to build the résumé, but to be a leader for the University, as well as for women and women’s causes. She is driven by the belief that women deserve equal pay and equal say.”

Olsen says his wife’s early career as a nurse endowed her with an empathy that has defined her life both as a professional and a mother: “Our two boys adore their mom. She is a very loving mom and a good role model. They have seen that their mom is a leader, and that she cares about people and about her job, and that she goes about it with great energy and determination.”

If balancing career and family is a tightrope act, then Mary Boosalis is a workforce Wallenda, having attended most of her sons’ games and activities, and having made sure they ate a home-cooked meal every night.

“I struggled forever with that feeling of ambivalence,” she recalls. “I so believe in our mission at Premier Health, yet when I was here, I wanted to be home, and the reverse.

The supermom act is not sustainable. You need support.”

She couldn’t have done it, she says, without a husband who was a full partner in parenting. “It was team, team, team all the way,” she says.

Still, she told her sons recently, “I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you more.”

“Oh mom, you’re fine,” they replied.

“You’re always there for us.”

But her face clouds at the memory.

“You feel it more than they do,” she says.

During her own childhood, Mary Boosalis’ parents rarely pressured their children or tried to mold them in their own image. “The question was never, ‘Did you get straight A’s but, ‘Did you do the best you can?’” Evelyn Boosalis recalls.

Mary Boosalis adopted a similar Socratic approach to raising her twins, now 20. “Your actions say volumes,” she says. “You don’t need to talk at your kids or issue a lot of platitudes. I think the essence of parenting is what you show them by how you love them.”

Recently the couple watched their son Nick compete in Indiana University’s iconic Men’s Little 500 bike race, made famous by the movie Breaking Away. The day before his own race, Nick took his parents to the Women’s Little 500.

“It’s surprising to me there aren’t more men from the campus, because the women all come to ours,” Nick told his parents.

His mother replied, “You have just seen part of the problem women face, Nick. Keep showing up for women!”

Once again, her proudest achievement can’t be highlighted on a résumé.

“The boys are my complete pride and joy,” she says. “They’re not perfect, but they have good souls.”

2000 is launched to revitalize the Fairgrounds Neighborhood, located

A $15 million private-public partnership named the Genesis Project

between Brown and Main streets and bordered by two Genesis Project partners, University of Dayton and Miami Valley Hospital. The project revives the housing stock, supports neighborhood safety and encourages owner occupancy.

1970 all authority

UD delegates

to govern to a new board of trustees that includes Marianists, alumni, and lay and community leaders.

1971 and Betty Rogge Morse ’44. Said then-President Raymond

Board admits its first female members, Virginia W. Kettering

A. Roesch, S.M. ’36, “The addition of women, longtime educators, members of minority groups and youth will complement the current board members who traditionally have represented successful business and professional men. I feel this diversification will bring the University of Dayton close to the clientele which it serves.”

‘SELFLESS SERVANT’

With her sons away at college, Mary Boosalis felt freer to accept the time-consuming role of University of Dayton board chair. (Nick is a sophomore at Indiana University; Ben a first-year student at Brown.)

She has also gained a keener understanding of the challenges facing college students and their families.

“On a very practical note, I am very aware of what things cost,” she says. “It underscores the importance for the future of access for all students. We don’t want to be elitist or only for the economically advantaged, and that helps to inform me as a board member.”

Yeager says he is leaving the board in good hands: “The board is very sound right now, with trustees who are committed to the University.”

Mary Boosalis agrees, saying the women and men of the board are an impressive lot.

“What they have in common is they believe in the mission and the continuation of Marianist values,” she says. “I have learned more than I have given back.

“You have to change and evolve — our goals and tactics change from year to year — but I think the Marianist values have to be eternal.”

Spina says Mary Boosalis revealed a lot about her fundamental nature by agreeing to serve as UD’s board chair, in spite of her highpressure job as Premier’s CEO. “You don’t become board chair for personal glory,” he says. “This is a labor of love for Mary, who embodies our call to ‘learn, lead and serve.’ She is truly a selfless servant.”

2017

University of Dayton and Premier Health purchase the former Montgomery County fairgrounds and pledge to create a community-minded, mixed-use vision for the 38-acre site, now known as onMain: Dayton’s Imagination District. The land borders the Fairgrounds Neighborhood, UD and Miami Valley Hospital.

1986 eliminates University

age restrictions on trustees.

1997 of the

President

Alumni Association receives a seat on the board.

2019 Boosalis, Mary

CEO of Premier Health, becomes the first female chair of the University of Dayton board of trustees.

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Influence BOOKS OF

GOOD BOOKS DO MORE THAN ILLUMINATE THE WORLD AROUND US — THEY MOVE US TO ACT IN WAYS WELCOMED AND UNEXPECTED.

Faculty shine light on some of their favorites.

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MARGARET PINNELL ’88 Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff Development and The Bernhard Schmidt Chair in Engineering Leadership

I grew up immersed in an environment where weekly trips to the library were a must, and a common weekend night included sitting around the rickety, candlelit dining room table with my aunts, mom and grandma as they drank wine and discussed, debated and contemplated the works of Robinson, Yeats,

Whitman, Dickinson and Frost.

Given that, you might be surprised to learn that the book that had the most significant influence on me is a children’s book. Yes, a children’s book by the famous writer, cartoonist and animator Theodore Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss.

This book, The Lorax, is about a boy who pays the Once-ler to hear about how the Lorax was lifted and taken away. The story begins with a beautiful town inhabited by interesting creatures whose lives change drastically when the Once-ler turns Truffula trees into Thneeds, clothes which everyone needs. The Lorax, who speaks for the trees, voices his concern and disapproval. When the very last Truffula tree is cut, factory closed and town left in ruins, the Lorax lifts himself up and disappears behind the smog, leaving a small monument with the word “Unless” engraved upon it. After contemplating the monument for years, the Once-ler shares his wisdom: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

The story closes with the Once-ler giving the boy the last Truffula seed, asking him to reforest the area so the Lorax and all of the creatures may return.

I do not remember reading this book as a child. It could be that this book was published in 1971, when I was 7 years old. It could be that my love for Little Peewee, the Circus Dog and my insistence that this book be read to me every night left little time for other literary works. Or, maybe this book wasn’t popular in my hometown of Youngstown, Ohio. After all, prior to the Clean Air Act

in 1970 and the closing of the steel mills on Black Monday, Sept. 19, 1977, Youngstown was one of the smog capitals of the world. Lake Erie — a favorite vacation spot of my family — was declared dead, the smell of sulfur suffocated the city, and a thick black film coated the siding of most of the homes. Perhaps, the town described in The Lorax seemed a little too similar to Youngstown.

I do, however, have great memories of reading The Lorax to my three children. The timing corresponded to the pursuance of my doctorate in materials engineering and the beginning of my academic career, both at UD. This book made me realize the important role that a faculty member plays in the development of the next generation of ethical and thoughtful engineers and entrepreneurs.

And, it reminded me that understanding the technical content in an engineering course is not enough. Instead, we are called to help our students understand the impact of their engineering decisions on the environment, the people and the economy. We are called to care for God’s creation and to be good stewards of this beautiful planet we live on. I think all of these reminders that came from reading The Lorax to my children are what drew me to working with UD’s program ETHOS — Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities for Service-learning — and led me to a nontraditional engineering faculty career focused on community-engaged learning and engineering education. I wanted to help develop Loraxes, not Once-lers.

So, if you have not read The Lorax or seen the 2012 movie, I strongly encourage you to do so. Who knows, maybe reading The Lorax inspired Pope Francis to write his papal encyclical letter Laudato Si’, which encourages everyone to fight against climate change and environmental destruction. Regardless, it had an impact on me.

�hannon Driskell

PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

My doctoral dissertation focused on using technology to teach 2-D shapes, and much of my research since then has addressed teaching mathematics with technology. I was honored recently when Margaret Niess, a researcher at the forefront of technological pedagogical content knowledge, known as TPACK, asked me to co-edit with her and Karen Hollebrands Transforming Mathematics Teacher Education in the Digital Age. Working on this book furthered my knowledge of innovative technological ideas, tools and skills that not only facilitate teachers’ mathematics instruction but also enhance students’ learning and comprehension. This book inspired me professionally, and I look forward to acquainting my preservice education students with many of its ideas.

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Rebecca Whisnant

CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

A book that has deeply shaped me is Marilyn Frye’s The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory.

Frye is one of the most influential voices in feminist philosophy, and this slim volume has been a staple of my teaching for many years. Frye boldly defines such fundamental feminist concepts as “oppression” and “sexism,” and discusses issues including racism in feminist movements, the role of love for women within feminism, and the often-problematic reception of women’s anger. She is a beautiful and elegant writer, with unfailing clarity and precision in her prose. Any serious reader with an open mind, male or female, can learn from this now-classic book.

PETER TITLEBAUM PROFESSOR OF HEALTH AND SPORT SCIENCE

When my girls were 10 or 11, we’d read together The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. You can’t read this book without getting somewhat emotional; and I was emotional with them, reading each night before they’d go to bed. Its story fulfills our need to believe that there is more to this life. We may not understand completely how people touch us or how we touch others, but the mark that we make could be our legacy. When the sequel The Next Person You Meet in Heaven came out last year, Alayna, my youngest daughter, gave it to me, and after I had read it, I gave it to Leah, my other daughter.

That I was able to share the book with them, and the act that it resonated with them, is gratifying.

JAMES FARRELLY ’66 Professor of English

I first met Mark Twain’s Huck Finn in the Classic Comics version of the book as an eighth grader in 1955; it was pure adventure from the initial frame to the last. The freedom to be on one’s own, to deal with strange people and strange occurrences drew me in, and the larger issues of race, man’s inhumanity to man, shady characters out for their own good, and feuding, fussing and fighting remained in the shadows.

Huck’s independence, survival instinct and refusal to live in a box were my focus, and social, cultural and moral issues were subordinated to the narrator’s mesmerizing confident voice of self-reliance.

Three years later I was a high school junior reading the full text (no pictures) of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) and wondering how the story got so long. I remember questioning Huck’s decision making more than accepting it as I turned the pages and found myself wondering why Huck was so keen to hit the road rather than deal with the problems he faced growing up. The existential questions of why was I born, why am I living, what do I get and what am I giving were not in my vocabulary at the time, but I did begin to notice the ambiguity (more like “confusion” in teenspeak) Twain was raising about Huck’s choices at times, although the ending of the novel did reinforce my sense that Huck had “to light out for the territory, ahead of the rest because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can’t stand it. I’ve been there before.” Clearly, he wanted freedom more than “sivilizing.” And who could blame him?

Who, indeed! Well, my American lit professor in college, for one. It was my senior year in 1963, and my professor with a newly minted doctorate

from Brown started our discussion with the question, “What mistakes does Huck Finn make in trying to carve his own destiny?” Surely, I thought, he meant to say “choices” and not “mistakes,” but these were the times when New Criticism was in vogue and the sanctity of the text and close reading held sway. So, instead of paying attention to the story, we were encouraged to pick it apart and view it as a quest rather than a loose series of adventures designed to delight rather than instruct.

And at the end of our analysis we alone were able to determine if Huck did the right thing or not.

New Criticism was in decline when I finally got my shot at teaching the book in 1985. I decided to return to the discovery mode that drew me in the first time I read the novel. Fast forward 34 years, and I can honestly say that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and each step I took in the learning process led me to my English major in college and my career as an English professor. One could call me “sivilized,” but like Huck I yearn to be free!

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MEREDITH DOENCH ’03

M I S T Y T H O M A S -T R O U T ’ 1 1 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ART AND DESIGN

Lecturer of Composition, Literature and Creative Writing

Great books find their way into our hands at the precise moment we need them most. You can call it fate or a stroke of luck, but I call it magic. No other word can best describe the transformation that happened inside me when I first read Stephen King’s novel IT. Before this book came into my life, I had little interest in reading. I had too many other things to do — swimming, softball, soccer. I was in the ninth grade when my best friend’s older brother passed down his worn copy of IT to her.

I remember balking at the size of the paperback — 1,000-plus pages. Once she told me about the characters’ fight against evil, though, I had to have my own copy.

One of King’s greatest assets as a writer is his ability to craft strong, multidimensional characters that leap off the page. I started the book because of my best friend, but I continued to read because I cared about and related to the seven main characters, known as the Losers Club. Each 11-year-old had a hardship to overcome, and I found a little bit of myself in each of their stories. These unlikely heroes were chosen to save Derry, Maine, from a shape-shifting evil that lurked beneath the town. As I followed their plight, a tiny seed settled inside me that only grew stronger until I realized I wanted to write. I wanted to tell stories that moved readers as much as the kids from the Losers Club moved me. I wanted to show readers that the most heroic acts sometimes come from those who aren’t necessarily celebrated in real life, and that everyone — no matter who you are — deserves a voice in literature.

What amazing power words have. Stories like IT show us how to deal with humanity — the good, bad and ugly of it all. To me, that’s nothing short of pure magic.

The book that I would and will recommend to every colleague and student — even family — is Beverly Daniel Tatum’s Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

In the midst of a new chapter in life where I as a white woman will be raising a black child, I have found her words and insight beyond needed. This book has become a guiding tool for understanding race and how to teach both my daughters about race and racial issues and tensions. I will have my first daughter, who is white, read this book next year at age 11. Tatum covers a topic that is sometimes hard to understand, utilizes a ton of jargon and can be overwhelming. She makes it easy to enter the sensitive and tense conversation of race through her personal anecdotes and experiences. She is truly brilliant. This book needs implemented into all high school education. White people must read this book. It raises awareness to our own subconscious acts of racism. It changed my life, and I am so sad that I missed her recent lecture on campus.

�oseph �alenzano ///

CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION

Perhaps one of the most influential books in my personal and professional life has been Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. The book is divided into two parts, the first of which to me is the most profound. It tells the tale of how Frankl, a Holocaust survivor, endured through that brutal experience where he seemingly lost everything.

He found that the thing that drives people is meaning and purpose, and that the one thing that cannot be taken from us is how we choose to behave or the attitude we choose to carry in any situation. For me, his journey and his conclusions hit home. They remind me why I do what I do, and they remind me also that our relationships with others and how we treat them matter a great deal. If we all worked to hold each other up, none of us would ever really fall down.

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It Photograph by KRISTIN DAVIS ’19

Tony Talbott

DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY, HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER

I came across the book Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance by James Scott while I was in graduate school studying Southeast Asia. It’s about how the powerless and marginalized don’t just accept their situation and actually have a lot of ways they can fight back.

It outlines many nonviolent forms of resistance, and it really opened my eyes about the complexities of “power.” Scott’s analysis still offers me insights today into the ways everyday people can resist injustice.

TIMOTHY KEUNE Associate Professor of Accounting

While it is not necessarily a happy book, Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower by

Cynthia Cooper had a significant impact on me. The book is about Cooper’s experience as the director of internal audit at WorldCom in the early 2000s, when she uncovered an accounting fraud. She details how she discovered the fraud and went about investigating it. More impactful is her discussion of the effect of the discovery on lower and mid-level employees in the company as well as on the town in Mississippi where the company was located. The fraud was directed from top executives but required cooperation by low-level managers. Cooper does a nice job of describing the anguish, guilt and eventual willing involvement experienced by these managers. Some were also convicted for their roles in the fraud.

This book had a significant impact on me for several of reasons. First, it highlights the importance of accountants within business as well as their ethical responsibilities and the ethical dilemmas they face that are distinct from those of other employees. Second, the discussion of personal impacts of the fraud and its aftermath are vivid reminders of the devastating effects that unethical choices can have on innocent bystanders. Third, it brings into focus how everyone is accountable for their own ethical dilemma choices, and that it is not an excuse to say someone told you to do it. Finally, the book highlights how one person or a small group of people can make a difference. Cooper and a small team discovered the fraud and exposed it.

People do make a difference when just doing their jobs.

E L I Z A B E T H A N N M A C K AY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH

When I was 9 or 10 years old, I remember hearing everyone speak with such passion and enthusiasm for this “Shakespeare” that I was curious to know more about him. My mother used to take my sister and me every week to our public library, and I have a clear memory of choosing Shakespeare’s collected works, also known as William Shakespeare’s First Folio. Of course, I couldn’t make any sense of the dialogue or the 16th-century syntax. But when I got to high school, I had awesome teachers who made Shakespeare’s plays come alive. I had an even better experience at university. I found myself enjoying these “old” texts so much more than anything else I was reading as an English major. I knew from an early age that I wanted to teach, and because my Shakespeare professor was such an amazing teacher, I found myself learning from her about how to teach early modern literature. That set me on my career path. Even though I’ve moved on to study women’s writing and other playwrights’ texts from the 16th- and 17thcenturies, it’s because of that early intrigue over Shakespeare that I’m an early modern scholar. My favorite essay that I’ve published is about The Taming of the Shrew. And, of course, the Shakespeare course at UD is one of my favorites to teach, primarily because I enjoy working with and through these plays with students, who are always helping me see them anew, through their eyes.

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RUSTY BALDWIN DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH PROFESSOR, UD CENTER FOR CYBERSECURITY & DATA INTELLIGENCE

The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius is written in an engaging style as a mixture of a true story and fiction. The true part is what happens to Boethius: In the year 532, he was a high court official falsely accused of treason and thrown into prison. He wonders why “bad things happen to good people,” for he was a virtuous man who stood up for the poor and oppressed. The fiction begins when “Lady Philosophy” comes to prison to console Boethius. They discuss human nature, virtue, justice and why evil seems to win while virtue seems to go unrewarded. They discuss whether there is such a thing as divine providence or whether everything happens by chance. They discuss the concept of time and whether because God knows all things infallibly that means everything is predestined and free will is an illusion. This book asks perennial questions that have been asked since the fall of Adam and Eve, and it provides answers that are well worth considering even 1,500 years later.

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FAISAL CHAUDHRY Assistant Professor of Law and History

Frantz Fanon, author of The Wretched of the Earth, was a French West Indian psychia-

trist writing as the 1950s and 1960s transitioned from high 19th century European imperialism to the new empires of the United States and the Soviet Union. As a social thinker, Fanon starts from the individualized psychology of domina-

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tion. With its concern being to expand human freedom by interrogating why it is so easy to deny humanity to others in the name of one’s own righteousness, the book was eye-opening to me as an American from suburban New Jersey who previously understood the world as one in which “we” had either valiantly laid rest to all the depredation of the backward past or were fighting the good fight nobly in other places around the world.

The book is just as incendiary and thoughtprovoking today as ever, especially given our own moment here in the United States. For The Wretched of the Earth teaches how easy it is to demonize the dominated who are the least among us. Doing so is a tremendously powerful way of blaming the decay we have seen in the United States during the last 30 to 40 years on them rather than on the most dominant in society who have redistributed political and economic power to themselves. As Fanon would concur, it is sad but all too expectable how easy it has been — in just three years’ time — to flip the staple ideology of post-war American exceptionalism (that we are a “country of immigrants”) completely on its head. Replaying a pattern Fanon would be the first to see, recasting immigrants as “wretched” has been effortless — once the default image of “the migrant” has been made that of a person of a darker shade; once the context relating to why they are trying to migrate has been deleted; and once we have remembered to forget how the history and policy of our own country has impacted the places they are coming from.

Gov. Bob Taft

DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

I love political biography, and my favorite is Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. This book helped me understand one vital source of President Abraham Lincoln’s greatness, his practical political genius in winning over former rivals for the presidency whom he had appointed to his cabinet to unify the country. Goodwin shows how Lincoln built a governing coalition that enabled him to win the war, preserve the union and abolish slavery. I especially enjoyed learning how Lincoln won the respect and friendship of his secretary of state, William Seward, by visiting Seward often in the evenings to talk about politics and affairs of state.

“It’s not just about getting the student to UD but continuing to develop the individual for success. This embodies our Marianist spirit of contributing to the growth of the whole person.” — T E R E S A “ T E E S I E ” L U P P ’ 8 1

IN THIS ISSUE:

$3.3

billion budget managed

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years in aviation

seasons working for Cincinnati Bengals

13 12

alumni whose names begin with “M”

9 7 7

births

marriages

NCAA Division III National Championship Football teammates

5 3 3

books published

retirements

Rising Star 2019 awardees

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ginger baby

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UD law grads

THE ALUMNI From a curious freshman to basketball coach PAGE 58

Could this baby be a fourth-generation Flyer? PAGE 60 Foster parent, cancer survivor and adoptive parent learned to trust God through it all. PAGE 54 Grad nominated as a candidate for person of the year.

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Seven former teammates reunite.

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Former roommate helped make this couple’s big day come to life. PAGE 59

CLASS NOTES

BEGIN ON PAGE 53.

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BACK PORCH ALU M N I I N ACTION AWARD GIVEN In March, the Ohio State Bar Foundation awarded its District 2 Community Service Award for Attorneys 40 & Under to Michelle T. Sundgaard Thompson ’16. The award is presented to attorneys who contribute substantial time, talent and effort serving their community.

O F H O N O R A N D G R AT I T U D E

Couple gives $1 million gift for scholarships

ON AIR Jesse Bowman ’06, who served in Iraq in 2007, participated in BBC’s program “Fork in the Road,” which brings two people with similar experiences together to discuss how that experience either helped them find or lose their faith. Bowman was featured in the spring 2018 issue of the UD Magazine where he discussed how his faith was strengthened after serving in war. Watch here: www.bbc.co.uk/ programmes/w3csz3h5.

FLYERS UNITED Nashville alumni welcomed Delta Sigma Pi fraternity students to Music City in late April. Students visited with alumni at their offices around town and held a networking event to offer professional career advice.

ALUMNI BAND PERFORMING The UD Alumni Band will perform on the following dates: ULY 4, Fairborn, Ohio •J July 4 Parade at 9 a.m.

• SEPT. 21, Fairborn, Ohio U.S. Air Force Marathon at 7 a.m.

• OCT 4-6, University of Dayton Band Alumni Weekend

Discover more at: alumnicommunity.udayton.edu

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AS A UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON STUDENT, TSU-TEH

“Larry” Soong sent his first paycheck from washing dishes in the dining hall home to his father in Taipei, Taiwan. All $24.65.

“Honoring your parents is a tradition in China. I don’t believe my father ever cashed it,” said Soong, who earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from UD in 1955 despite not being able to speak much English when he arrived on campus.

Today, Soong and his wife, Dottie, are honoring his alma mater with a $1 million gift commitment to support scholarships for Flyer Promise and international students.

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very grateful,” said the soft-spoken scholar, researcher and internationally recognized authority on developing techniques for protecting structures against severe wind and earthquakes.

“It’s time to give back,” said Dottie, who earned an elementary education degree from Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University, taught piano and devoted her life to raising their three children, all accomplished professionals in law, communications and medicine.

“We’re so grateful to be able to do this and for (ABOVE) Tsu-teh “Larry” Soong and Dottie Soong

visited campus in April and met with international and Flyer Promise students.

Photograph by KAT NIEKAMP ’21

all the blessings in our lives. I get teary-eyed just talking about it,” Dottie said.

In April, the couple drove from their Buffalo, New York, home to visit a campus Soong hadn’t seen since his graduation 64 years ago. During a whirlwind two days, they took a tour of the now-sprawling campus, visited the library’s archives to view historic 1950s photos, dined with the president and other administrators, and enjoyed lunch with students. Soong even gave an engineering lecture.

It was quite a homecoming that deeply touched the couple. “We’re tremendously impressed with the great people and all the wonderful programs. I’m so impressed by the growth,” Soong said.

At the age of 17, Soong enrolled at UD, leaving his parents and four siblings in Taiwan, where they had moved after mainland China fell to Communists in 1949.

“I changed planes three times with knowing little English. I went to class and couldn’t understand most of the lectures. I would stay up until 3 a.m. translating the textbook using an English-to-Chinese dictionary,” Soong recalled. “Every day I wanted to go home.”

But he persevered. Outside of classes, he washed dishes and served lunches to the basketball players. On campus, he became

MY OLD HOUSE

232 Lowes St.

known as “Larry” — a nickname his supervisor, a Marianist brother, gave him.

“I still can’t shake that name,” said Soong, with a laugh. He later earned advanced degrees from Purdue University and enjoyed a teaching and research career spanning more than half a century at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he’s a SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus.

There, he helped attract millions of dollars of research funding from the National Science Foundation and the state to establish UB’s National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research.

When Soong read a Buffalo News story about the father of University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina recalling his holiday childhood memories growing up in Buffalo, he clipped it and sent it to the president.

In characteristic fashion, Spina responded with a gracious handwritten note, inviting Soong to reconnect with UD. “Larry was a stranger in a strange land, but the University of Dayton fueled his American dream and now, in his retirement, he and Dottie are trying to ensure that the American dream is accessible for talented students, domestic and international,” Spina said.

“It’s inspiring.” —TERI RIZVI

ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF MARYCREST, SEVEN

first-year students became the closest of friends.

“When we had to move into a house junior year, we applied for housing for seven girls, and there were very few houses that would hold seven girls,” Jeannine Doty Villing ’71 said. “But one of them was 232 Lowes, and we loved that house. It was perfect.”

The house was so perfect that the roommates lived there until they graduated.

Inside the four-bedroom, one-bath house was a typical living room, dining room and kitchen, but more importantly it was the place where memories were made to last.

The ladies still laugh about crawling out the back window to sunbathe on the roof and recall their dinners that brought them together almost every night.

“Being together,” Villing said, was her favorite part of the house. “The most important thing was sisterhood, and it continues to this day.”

V I N TA G E T R E A S U R E S UNIQUE FLYER CONNECTIONS ARE never far — even if they are separated by nearly 80 graduation years. These letterman sweaters belonged to Charles “Chuck” Weber, Class of 1926. He was a commerce and finance transfer student to UD and played football — under Coach Harry Baujan — and baseball. For years, the sweaters were in the possession of Weber’s daughter, though no one in the family, other than Chuck, had a UD connection. She had no use for them and was unsure what to do. As luck would have it, Weber’s daughter learned the couple next door, Ben Hunt ’05 and Maureen Radel Hunt ’05, were UD alumni. Hoping they would appreciate vintage UD memorabilia, she offered the jackets to them. And, as any Flyer would, they said they #proUDly accepted the #FlyerFamily gift.

Playing Jeopardy was one of their favorite activities to do together.

“We had very aggressive Jeopardy games,” Villing said. “We would bang on boxes and milk cans when we knew the answer. We played with our roommates and the guys once a week.”

Those guys are the “beaus” to the housemates on Lowes. Three men from a house around the corner started dating three roommates from 232 Lowes, and as history tells it, they all got married and are all still married to this day.

Together, these three couples are the nucleus to “Lowes and Beaus” — a name you can see printed and hung on a custom banner at every group reunion.

“Lowes and Beaus” can be seen having their annual reunion this August at a cottage on Houghton Lake, Michigan. The banner will be there just as it has been for nearly 50 years.

—DANIELLE DAMON ’18

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Lalanne program C E L E B R AT I N G 2 0 Y E A R S

IN THE WORLD OF TEACHING, THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS CAN BE EXCITING,

challenging and sometimes extremely daunting. For recent UD education grads, the Lalanne program offers a chance to teach while still having the guidance of a graduate staff and the support of a live-in faith-based community.

Lalanne is a two-year program that gives graduates the opportunity to earn their master’s degree while also getting two years of teaching experience in underresourced Catholic schools. What makes this program unique is the focus on a faith-based community of staff to support new teachers educationally and a living community of peers to encourage growth in their faith and personal lives. New teachers have had the opportunity to work in schools in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Lansing, Michigan.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Lalanne program, we asked former and current participants to reflect on the impact the program has had on their careers, faith and personal development. — EL IZABETH ELWARD ’20

“Teaching is all about the little moments: seeing the lightbulb click for a student. Ultimately, the times when I had to be most persistent were the most rewarding, when I was teaching 11th grade math in Cincinnati. I had a girl who struggled through the first two quarters, but she was quiet and didn’t ask for help. She seemed resigned to the fact that she was never going to be good at math. She hated when I looked over her shoulder at her work, so when I did, I made sure to affirm something she had done. Then I began to slowly offer her help. We got to the chapter on logarithms and she ended up doing fairly well.

She was convinced I had curved the test or graded her nicely. I spent weeks convincing her she had done well on her own merit and ability. At the end of the year, she gave me a present. It was a little stone from a place her family liked to go hiking. She said the last time she gave one of these stones to a teacher was four years ago in seventh grade because that was the last teacher she had who she felt believed in her and cared about her.

Lalanne taught me that I could not take everything personally and that I am not responsible for the choices that my students make, but that I am responsible for responding with the same love and justice that God offers us.”

—Jenna Maksymiak Menke ’18

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“I had some really profound and transformative experiences in my undergrad years surrounding urban education and social justice. Because I was studying math education, I knew that working in an under-resourced school could be something that would bring fulfillment to my social justice passion. When discovering that Lalanne could place me in an urban school, with a community of support around me, and provide a math education master’s degree, it was a journey I could not pass up. I learned the value and utility of open and honest communication.

It is a cliché, but it is such an important skill to develop that so many of us are afraid to do, especially when it comes to addressing confrontation. Whether it was in my community house or in my classroom, I learned that tension could be relieved so often by being honest and comfortable by sharing your feelings, addressing a circumstance and moving on.

It made the relationships around me so much healthier and enjoyable.”

“During my first year I learned that students really enjoy being ‘teachers’ of their own. If we were going over a math concept, I would ask questions to help them solve the problem together, step by step. I then had students take turns going up to the Smartboard to ask the rest of the class similar questions, but this time they were leading the class.

I was able to assess which students could grasp the concept if they could explain and teach the concept to their peers. Plus, they loved calling on their classmates to answer.

Lalanne helped me in my personal growth through regular adult transitions. Budgeting, cooking, taking care of a house, working a full-time job and balancing relationships were all a part of my Lalanne experience. I felt I was eased into these adult tasks because I was living with a community instead of alone.”

—Cassie Brakers Wilson ’15 participated in 2015-17

—Dominic Masotti ’16

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GIANT LEAP

The world 50 years ago watched Apollo 11 land on the moon. Soon after Bette Rogge ’44 became part of the astronauts’ stories.

Making space down to earth THE DATE WAS JULY 20, 1969. A MOM,

dad, brother and sister sat eyes glued to the TV. This American family, like so many others, gathered to witness the first moon landing.

But they in particular, and unknowingly at the time, had the unique opportunity to follow space exploration for many years to come.

Meet the Rogge Morse family.

Mom Bette Rogge ’44 was a noted journalist, talk show host and proud Flyer. Dad Wayne Morse Sr. was in the Army Air Corps.

Like the city of Dayton, this family was rooted in flight. So when astronauts and rockets were no longer something we only dreamed of, their interests naturally migrated from air travel to space travel.

“Mom and Dad were a tag team,” son Wayne Morse Jr. says. “Dad served on the board for the Aviation Hall of Fame and Mom

did all the interviews with the astronauts.”

Dad provided her access to the astronauts and she gave her readers a glimpse into the life of an astronaut, beyond the space missions.

Rogge and Morse Sr. traveled to Kennedy Space Center in Florida with WHIO-TV (Dayton) in 1971. It was here, alongside Apollo 14, that their space connections took flight.

“The ground shook,” Morse Jr. recalls his mom saying.

For Rogge, however, it was never about thrust ratios and trajectories. It was about demystifying astronauts and approaching them as people.

“All the news reports focused on how they did it, where they launched from, and how they landed, which is all fascinating, but the missing element was the human piece,” Morse Jr. said.

Rogge filled that gap. From the space ex-

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plorers, to their wives, to the experts, she approached them all the same — with an open mind and many questions.

“They talked about that launch for the rest of their lives,” Morse Jr. said. “And given this huge endeavor of putting a rocket into space, Mom found the people were really down to earth.”

This experience sparked her interest to continue conducting interviews surrounding the topic of space. Fast forward to the early 1990s, when Morse Jr. joined his parents at the National Aviation Hall of Fame for a dinner whose guests included famous astronauts Buzz Aldrin, John Glenn and Bill Anders.

When waiting for the festivities to begin, Alan Shepard walked by — the same astronaut his parents watched launch on Apollo 14.

Rogge and Morse Sr. introduced themselves and he sat right down to talk to the family.

“I’m really blessed to have had these experiences because Mom and Dad really included my sister and me in everything as much as they could,” Morse Jr. said.

Currently, Morse Jr. is the co-director at Emory University’s Center for Digital Scholarship. Understanding how media pieces fit together to tell and preserve a story is at the heart of what he does.

And space just can’t seem to escape him either.

Morse Jr. is working on a project to digitize documents from Apollo 15 Commander David Scott. The original documents with handscripted notes in the margins came to him in Ziploc bags sprinkled with space dust.

Just like his mom, Morse Jr. is dedicated to ensuring the stories about what happens up there come back down to ground — and to our computer screens at home.

And these stories will not soon be forgotten. We can now access videos of interviews Rogge conducted on our own screens thanks to the digitization work done by University of Dayton Archives. —DAN I EL L E DAM ON ’1 8

SEE IT AFTER BETTE ROGGE’S DEATH IN 2015, husband Wayne Morse Sr. donated VHS copies of her interviews to the University of Dayton. Now we can see these interviews with astronauts, space wives, NASA scientists, pro-space advocates and science fiction novelists on our own screens. Watch the UD Archives footage at bit.ly/UDM_Rogge.

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READ | SEE | HEAR

THIS Death Rides the Ferry

ALUMNI COMMUNITY

ETHOS

Patricia Skalka ’69

Published in 2018, Death Rides the Ferry is Patricia Skalka’s fourth installment to the Dave Cuibak Mystery series. The story begins after Sheriff Dave Cubiak takes a much needed day off to enjoy the Viola da Gamba Music Festival, which has returned after a 40-year absence. The day takes a sinister turn as a passenger is soon discovered dead on the ferry.

Residents of the Wisconsin’s Door County peninsula recall the tragic events that had occurred four decades prior — when a woman was killed and the fabled yellow viol disappeared. With his loved ones in danger, Cuibak must embark on a treacherous journey through the stormy, northern reaches of Lake Michigan to pursue the merciless killer and find justice for the deceased.

Choreographies of the Living: Bioaesthetics in Literature, Art, and Performance Carrie Rohman ’93

Carrie Rohman, an associate professor of English at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, graduated from the University of Dayton with a bachelor’s in English and a minor in philosophy. Her book Choreographies of the Living: Bioaesthetics in Literature, Art and Performance was published in 2018. This work explores the world of literature, art and performance in the context of how it binds all animals together.

It explores the idea that aesthetic sophistication is not simply a trait of human nature but a common trend among living creatures.

“Journeyman” Benjamin Rivet ’08

In December 2018, BJSR (Benjamin Rivet) released the single “Journeyman” from his new album A. The Creative. “Journeyman” is the fifth track, and Rivet stated, “Thematically, it’s the anchor track and was the first song I released with the album to set the tone for the project.” Rivet also worked with Ronnie Pinnell ’12, who assisted in the mixing and mastering of A. The Creative. Rivet met Pinnell through the Street Sounds recording studio where they found themselves collaborating with many of the same artists. Rivet hopes that those who listen to his songs can individually interpret the meaning and find themselves in a better mood afterward. — NATA LIE SC H ULTE ’ 2 0

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In the trenches to support communities and grow perspectives

SOMETIMES, IT IS ONLY BY STEPPING OUT

of the classroom that learning can begin.

Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-Learning was created in 2001 by engineering students who were interested in using engineering skills and applying them to real-world, real-problem solutions to developing countries.

Led by Christine Vehar Jutte ’02, Bob Hawley ’02, Jason Huart ’02 and Garret Prom ’01, ETHOS started as learning experiences in just one country — India. It now includes immersion experiences in 20 countries with more than 400 students developing projects that produce meaningful results for communities across the world.

One example belongs to Alyssa Ramsey ’14, who traveled to Buea, Cameroon, to work on household biosand filters. These rural communities had no running water or electricity and most people were using contaminated water from a nearby stream.

“We installed these household filters to provide clean drinking water and worked with the local community to construct them. It was really a great learning experience for me to not only see the project design and development process but to also be immersed in a different culture and way of doing things,” Ramsey said.

Olivia Bayer ’18 headed to Bolivia and

worked with an organization called CECAM. Her project was to design and build a bicimaquina. The device was a completely pedal-driven machine that would power both a blender and mixer, providing impoverished families living without adequate electricity a way to prepare food or wash cloths.

But the advantages were not just for the villagers.

“Every person, every culture has value,” Bayer learned. “Working and living alongside those of a different culture gave me such exposure to life outside of the Western world. I don’t think there are many better ways to truly walk in someone’s shoes. It continues to shape how I see the world and the relationships that I build to this day.”

Kyle Lowry ’13, who also traveled to Bolivia, echoed the sentiment.

“ETHOS definitely has a way of giving you a new perspective,” he said. “Dayton is a very tiny part of the world and getting to experience a place and a way of life that are vastly different, but similar in many ways, give you a unique appreciation for both the things you’re used to at home and the things the rest of the world has to offer.”

—GI TA BALAKR I S H NAN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ETHOS, VISIT

udayton.edu/engineering/connect/ethos

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G O L D E N F LY E R S TOM KLEIN ’58 (MKT) and his wife, Karen, live in Maumee, Ohio. He writes, “I retired after a 50-year career at the University of Toledo. Our son, Fritz, is a doctor in Toledo. Our daughter, Kirsten, is a teacher in Denver. We have five grandchildren, who range in age from 16 to 23.”

SKIP HAPNER '67 (COM) and SUE SHIPLEY HAPNER '65 (EDS) live in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Sue writes, “We took a break from hiking the trails in Krka National Park outside Split, Croatia, to read our favorite magazine. No matter where we travel, we seem to run into people who have good things to say about UD. We enjoy being active alumni in the Charlotte (North Carolina) chapter.”1 9 7 0

1969 JOANN FERRAROZACHER (SPN) and her husband, Helmut Zacher, live in Holzhausen, Germany. She writes, “Pat Kirk ’69 and I have been friends since our freshman year at Julienne High School in Dayton in 1961. In 1972, after our first year of teaching, Pat and I traveled through Europe for three months. During this trip, I met my future husband in Madrid. He and I married in 1974.

Because of Helmut’s work, we’ve lived in many countries. We lived in South Africa for five years. We made many friends and got to love the country and all its diversity. Pat always wanted to visit South Africa and, in 2018, we finally were able to make her dream come true. We spent five weeks in the country, visiting friends and sightseeing destinations, including Krueger National Park, Garden Route, Cape Town and Cape Point. We attended a wine tasting and went on safaris to watch whales and penguins. Pat now lives in Maryland, where she taught art for many years.

She’s visited us twice in Germany, and we make it a point to see her each time we visit the United States.”

HARRIET AMMANN ’61

Breaking through barriers A YOUNG CHILDHOOD SPENT JUST OUTSIDE OF MUNICH,

in then Nazi-controlled Germany, impressed upon Harriet Ammann that some things are worth fighting for.

“My parents sheltered a Jewish woman and her sister off and on, which was extremely dangerous,” Ammann said. “That really shaped me and helped me understand right and wrong.”

Ammann, who moved with her family to Dayton when she was 8 years old, took those lessons to heart. Now 80, she has spent a lifetime holding firm to her convictions — a task that wasn’t always easy. Initially accepted into the physics program at UD, Ammann was often the only female student in her engineering classes.

“In the late 1950s, women were not made to feel very welcome in the science classes; it was pretty clear,” she said.

In an academic career that began with a bachelor’s of science from UD and included a master’s degree in natural science from New Mexico Highlands University and a doctorate in zoology and biochemistry from North Carolina State University, Ammann vividly remembers comments like “you’re not as stupid as you look” or a suggestion that she change her major to home economics.

“I think it’s gotten a lot better for women in the sciences, but those attitudes are still there in society and we need to continue to show that women can do this and any other kind of work,” she said. “To speak out strongly is considered assertive for one gender and aggressive for another, so I think it’s definitely an ongoing struggle.”

The struggle, however, did not extinguish her passion. Ammann worked for the Environmental Protection Agency and, more recently, as the senior toxicologist for the Air Quality Program for the Washington State Department of Ecology. Upon retiring in 2006, she continued her work as a self-employed toxicology consultant and associate professor at the University of Washington. —D EBBIE JUNIEW ICZ ’90

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J A C K M A R C H B A N K S ’ 74

Lessons learned on life's highway JACK MARCHBANKS IS A MAN WHO’S GOING PLACES.

And as the newly appointed director of the Ohio Department of Transportation, he’s making sure everyone else can go places, too. In his previous post as ODOT’s assistant director for business and human resources, he managed 5,000 employees and a $3.3 billion budget. Before joining the government ranks, the 1974 political science graduate served in the private sector as the marketing director for architectural and engineering firm PRIME AE Group.

A staunch believer in lifelong learning, Marchbanks recently earned a doctorate in history and also holds two master’s degrees, including an MBA. “I was brought up by working-class parents who instilled the value of learning in me. It was fulfilling to earn my doctorate last year,” he said. “I use my wide knowledge of cultural history every day. It provides a context for the executive decisions I am empowered to make and allows me to teach my millennial and Gen Y colleagues about political and sociological touchstones which have a nexus to present day realities.”

In his doctoral dissertation “Pride and Protest in Letters and Song: Jazz Artists and Writers during the Civil Rights Movement 1955-1965,” Marchbanks combined his love of history with another of his passions — jazz. As the host of the “Jazz Sunday” radio show on WCBE in Columbus, Ohio, Marchbanks stays connected to the arts and cultural scene that is an integral part of his life.

“I love jazz because it perfectly captures the aspirational ideal of America: the opportunity to excel individually (soloing) while simultaneously advancing the whole (ensemble performance),” he said.

In addition to his academic and professional pursuits, Marchbanks sits on the board of trustees of the Lincoln Theatre Association, a community-based performing arts organization in Columbus, where he co-hosts free community conversations events twice a year on topics connected to art, politics and culture.

Although his interests take him in many directions, wherever Marchbanks is going, there’s most likely a jazz song on the radio to mellow out the ride. — J E A NEEN PARSO NS

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PATTY GAMBS MACINNIS (HEG) and her husband, Dan, live in Noblesville, Indiana. She writes, “My roommate from 50 years ago, Cele Hoff Farrell, and I are planning to attend Reunion Weekend this summer so we can officially become Golden Flyers. We’re so pumped to see the changes on campus. Dan and I met at UD, and I’ll never forget those early days of our courtship.

Thank you to the 10 collaborating journalists who wrote ‘Lessons Learned’ for the winter 2019 issue of The University of Dayton Magazine.

During our granddaughter’s first semester at the University of Kentucky, I sent her a weekly handwritten letter about much of what the article covered: lessons learned from living. I wrote her for only the first semester, for that’s when a young student is figuring out this whole college thing. By the second semester, she was eager to get back to school after Christmas — with the confidence and joy to carry her through the next three and a half years. Because I have six grandchildren coming behind her, my vow is to carry on this letterwriting practice. As for the magazine article, it took an immense amount of organization to write. I’m about to put it in a big envelope and mail it to a tall, dark-haired sophomore at the University of Kentucky.”

1970 DANIEL P. TROY (POL) lives in Willowick, Ohio. He writes, “At the end of 2018, I completed 43 years in elected public office, serving as a member of the city council, Ohio legislature, and county commission.

I’m now experiencing a new role as a member of the general public.”

1973 CATHERINE BROWNE OVERBECK (FAE) and RANDY OVERBECK ’77 (TCH) live in Lebanon, Ohio.

1976 BILL PUGH (COM) and his wife live in Savannah, Georgia. He writes, “In 2004, I became a full-time painter. My focus has been abstract compositions in acrylic, but I continue to experiment, grow and evolve — both as an artist and as a human being.”

STEVE WOLF (MKT) and his wife, Jane, live in Fairfield, Ohio. He

writes, “On January 31, I retired from the Cincinnati Bengals as its pro shop manager after 19 seasons with the team. I’m now spending more time with the grandkids, playing more golf, and taking more trips to Hilton Head, South Carolina.”

1977 RANDY OVERBECK (TCH) and CATHERINE BROWNE OVERBECK ’73 (FAE) live in Lebanon, Ohio.

Randy writes, “My latest novel, Blood on the Chesapeake, was published in April. This suspense novel tells the story of Darrell Henshaw, a high school history teacher and football coach, as he tries to make a fresh start in life.

My debut novel, Leave No Child Behind, earned the silver award for thriller of the year in the Readers’ Favorites Awards. I’m currently working on the second book in the Haunted Stories mystery series.” Randy is an award-winning educator, writer and speaker.

He invites friends to connect through his website, www.authorrandyoverbeck.com.

1978 KIM BECKER DERISE (FAE) and her husband, Edwin, live in Ellicott City, Maryland. During the past Christmas holidays while reading UD Magazine, Kim and her brother, Eric Becker ’81, reminisced about the time they spent together as students at UD.

1980 FRANCES HEWITT (EDC) lives in Dayton. She writes, “I taught for 43 years and was a foster parent for 17 years. I adopted two boys and one girl. Now, I’m raising my granddaughter and caring for my sister. I’ve had struggles in my life, such as surviving cancer and a car accident, but I’ve learned to always trust in God. I still live by the values I learned at UD. I still find joy in helping others, and continue to work with children as a substitute teacher.”

1981 ERIC BECKER (COM) and his wife, Melinda, live in Ellicott City, Maryland.

During the past Christmas holidays, Eric and his sister, Kim Becker Derise ’78, reminisced about the time they spent together while students at UD.

IN MEMOR I A M

Prayer intentions are collected through the Marianist Mission at bit.ly/Marianist_Mission.

ALUMNI 1939

Bill M. Schroeder — Dec. 22, 2017

1943

Edward P. Agnew — Feb. 9, 2019

1944

Brother William J. Chewning, S.M. — Jan. 7, 2019

1947

Edward G. Englehart — March 26, 2019

1948

Jack Jenefsky — Feb. 9, 2019

1950

Marge A. Wittmann Crnkovich — Jan. 27, 2019 Ed J. Duffy Jr. — March 20, 2019 Marty G. LeBoeuf — March 13, 2019 Jim L. McGarry — March 2, 2019 Jayne D. Nyhan Whalen — March 21, 2019

1951

Peter T. B. Choo — Oct. 26, 2018

1952

Paul Ferrero Jr. — Aug. 28, 2017 Bob B. Hoff — Feb. 25, 2019

Stan F. Lavelle — March 24, 2019 John “Jack” W. McCloskey — Dec. 15, 2018 Gisela M. Mestwerdt Melvin — Jan. 6, 2019 Bill R. Mullins — March 16, 2019 Dick E. Widdowson — Jan. 18, 2019

1961

Dave W. Culbertson — Jan. 13, 2019 Bill R. Groce — Dec. 21, 2018 Rafael Umana — Dec. 31, 2018

1962

Chuck R. Dorsten — Dec. 27, 2018 Mary E. Romer Grunder Graham — Feb. 20, 2019 Charles A. Rasper — March 21, 2019 Eugene I. Stemley — Feb. 1, 2019 Don F. Webb — Feb. 2, 2019

1963

MaryBeth Edelman Carstensen — Feb. 26, 2019 Thomas E. Greenwood — Jan. 30, 2019 Bob J. Schirack — Jan. 17, 2019 Joe N. Shelby — Dec. 15, 2018 Byron L. Thompson — Feb. 5, 2019

1964

Denis L. Berger — March 13, 2019 Tony J. Evers — Feb. 24, 2019 John W. Seidel — Dec. 16, 2018

John W. Batey III — June 23, 2018 Rick D. Donohue — Feb. 6, 2019 Louis J. Lissak — Feb. 28, 2019 Ray X. Nolan — Dec. 28, 2018 Reuben W. Wasserman — Jan. 29, 2019

1954

1965

1953

Ken E. Graham — Jan. 8, 2019 Donald J. Greive — March 15, 2019 Bob A. Schmid — Feb. 4, 2019 Vern E. Weber — Jan. 21, 2019 Maryellen C. Weed-Olson — March 2, 2019

1955

Marvin Arnett — Feb. 22, 2019 Brother Edward E. Zamierowski, S.M. — Jan. 7, 2019

1957

Jerry T. Bush — Jan. 30, 2019 Barbara M. Kaes Vincke — Jan. 30, 2019 Richard S. Yox — Dec. 15, 2018

1958

Lawrence V. Davis — Dec. 19, 2018 Vincent Kipus — March 12, 2019 John R. Scharf — Jan. 10, 2019 Don E. Zimmerman — Dec. 24, 2018

1959

Norman J. Abraham Sr. — Jan. 20, 2019 Rick L. Almanrode — March 4, 2019 Fred E. Gallo Sr. — Jan. 16, 2019 Alice C. Epley Plunkett — Jan. 1, 2019 Nancy M. Wearsch Pratt — Jan. 17, 2019 Don J. Scarcello — Jan. 23, 2019

1967

Gerald M. Boyd — Jan. 4, 2019 Joseph S. Durbin — Jan. 30, 2018 Donald E. Hubbard — Dec. 21, 2018 Terry P. Keating — Jan. 23, 2019 Frank T. Oatess — Feb. 26, 2019 Dennis K. Papp — Jan. 18, 2019

1968

Paul T. Layman — Feb. 22, 2019 Theodore Q. Miller Jr. — Feb. 11, 2019 John “Jack” S. Sherry — Feb. 26, 2019

1970

John E. Sheehan — Feb. 10, 2019

Annette M. Grillot Goldschmidt — Jan. 24, 2019 Jim H. Mackey — Jan. 20, 2019 Ron W. McLin — Jan. 16, 2019 Jerry A. St. Jacques — Dec. 23, 2018 Larry L. Warner — Feb. 13, 2019 Bill R. Wehrs — Feb. 12, 2019

1971

1960

1972

Father John L. Bakle, S.M. — March 12, 2019 John L. Donnelly — Jan. 4, 2019

Maria A. Dues — Feb. 11, 2019 Ed F. Jones — March 23, 2019 John M. Kiyak — Jan. 18, 2019 Linda A. Atkinson Pasternak — Jan. 14, 2019 Bruce J. Roda — Jan. 9, 2019 Daniel J. Drake — Feb. 4, 2019 Denny E. Isgro — Jan. 31, 2019 Daniel T. Murphy — Feb. 19, 2019

1973

Margaret “Peg” Haughey Militello — Feb. 17, 2019 C. Bob Montgomery Jr. — Jan. 14, 2019 Louis “Bud” A. Rossi Jr. — Dec. 29, 2017 Terry J. VanderHorst — Feb. 25, 2019

1974

M. Ellen Beam Rudy — Dec. 22, 2018 Keith Thompson — March 14, 2019 Chuck F. Woolery Jr. — Feb. 7, 2019

Sara J. Gerhart Wieland — March 16, 2019

1986

M. Delores “Dee” Eby Smallwood — Jan. 8, 2019

1987

Shirley A. Bensinger — Dec. 10, 2017 Neil A. MacDonald — Feb. 16, 2019

1988

Tim J. Gilbride — Jan. 12, 2019

1989

1975

Elizabeth “Liz” M. Weinert — June 20, 2018

1976

1991

Bill C. Barber — Jan. 31, 2019 Steve J. Boff — Jan. 31, 2019 Darrell G. Dubsky — Nov. 26, 2018 Jim W. Falter — Dec. 20, 2018 Mike S. Guzzio — Feb. 11, 2019 Tom H. Horstman — March 9, 2019 Dave C. Norman — Jan. 24, 2019 Patricia K. Rooney — Sept. 19, 2017

Roger A. Rondeau — Jan. 31, 2019

1977

1995

Frederick B. DeLong — March 18, 2017

1978

Joan C. Sposato Bowers — March 11, 2019 Steven K. Davis — Feb. 10, 2019 Raymond G. Glaeser — Feb. 16, 2019 Ron J. Hangen — Dec. 30, 2018 Wilma A. Suhr Havard — Dec. 30, 2018 Patricia “Tish” M. Crumley McIntyre — Dec. 24, 2018 Doug M. Norris — March 3, 2019

1980

Jerry A. Fiano — March 10, 2019 Steve R. Niebel — March 4, 2019

Pam S. Gibson — Jan. 10, 2019 Dennis C. Seger — Feb. 21, 2019

1994

Latricia Ann Faust Vosskuehler — Jan. 23, 2019 Roger A. Czulewicz — Feb. 3, 2019

1996

Susanne Michel Schaffranek — Feb. 17, 2019

1997

David A. Driskill — Jan. 3, 2019

1999

Matthew C. Conkol — Jan. 8, 2019 Shaun T. Morton — Feb. 18, 2019

2002

Andrea R. Atwood Rhodes — Feb. 5, 2019

2003

Chuck M. Blair — March 15, 2019

1981

Mary A. Walsh Ballentine — Feb. 7, 2019 Sam J. Riegle — Feb. 7, 2019 Ronda M. Smith — Jan. 1, 2019

1982

Linda L. Baggett-Flint — March 19, 2019 Thomas “Colonel” F. McCall — March 11, 2019 Vera M. Seger Schwartz — Jan. 16, 2019

1983

David J. Cranmer — Jan. 8, 2017 Cindy K. Miller Kohler — Dec. 23, 2018 Vicky J. Cook Olwine — Feb. 15, 2019

1984

Susan R. Byrne Arsuaga-Mejias — Jan. 15, 2018 Kevin P. Maute — Nov. 1, 2018

1985

1992

Jane E. Wibright Baker — Feb. 16, 2019 Marianne T. Byrnes-Castaneda — Dec. 30, 2018 Kenny G. Herrmann — Jan. 19, 2019 Mark E. Schmitt — Feb. 19, 2019 Brad J. Severyn — Jan. 27, 2019

FRIENDS Marsha R. Dozier — March 5, 2019; retired administrator at the University of Dayton Health Center.

Joseph W. Haus — Jan. 11, 2019; professor of electro-optics and photonics.

Georgiana Poeppelman — Dec. 23, 2018; retired University employee.

Gerald C. Schramm — March 2, 2019; survived by sons Tom ’70 and Dennis ’80 Schramm.

Kenneth M. Sopczak — Feb. 5, 2019; former University facilities employee.

Mary Lou Spang — Jan. 8, 2019; retired University accounting department senior administrative secretary.

Brother Bernard F. Stratman, S.M. — Jan. 10, 2019; former employee at the UD Institute for Pastoral Initiatives.

Mercedes A. Waters — March 12, 2019; retired University employee.

John A. Ziegenhangen — Dec. 21, 2018; retired University of Dayton Research Institute associate research chemist.

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1982

TE R ESA “TE ESI E" LU PP ’81

Once a Flyer, always a Flyer

AT UD, THEY CALL TEESIE LUPP A LIFER. SHE CAME HERE

in 1977 to study biology with plans to pursue a career in medicine. As a student, she worked in the Office of Financial Aid. The staff celebrated with her as she graduated in April, then welcomed her back in July as a full-time employee in the Division of Enrollment Management. She’s still here.

Now working in the International Admission Office, Lupp assists students coming to UD from around the world.

“Ten years ago we had about 25 entering international students from typically five countries. Now we have several hundred representing over 60 countries,” she said.

The University made increasing student body diversity a priority over the last decade and has seen great success. “It’s not just about getting the student to UD,” Lupp said, “but continuing to develop the individual for success. This embodies our Marianist spirit of contributing to the growth of the whole person.”

Lupp considers the opportunity to help students the best part of her job.

“When I help students past the obstacles to get to UD, it’s a blessing to know I had a small part in helping them start their journey of furthering their education.”

The education goes both ways. “I enjoy talking with our students and learning their perspectives, cultures and traditions. Making an individual connection is more than I could ever learn from a book — it’s a learning experience about our global world,” she said.

Her Flyer family also includes her sisters Anita ’77 and Monica ’78 who also work at UD, multiple cousins who are graduates, and two aunts who were previous longtime employees, including Mary Shay ’44.

When not at UD, Lupp is the choir director at her church and recently learned to knit. She’d also like to learn to play the guitar or possibly go back to school and try something different if retirement becomes a reality.

But after 38 years at UD, when asked of retiring, Lupp replied, “You mean I have to leave UD?” Well, apparently, you don’t. — JEA NEEN PARSO NS

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NICK CUGLIARI (MGT) and ROSE KANE CUGLIARI (MKT) live in Brecksville, Ohio. In January, Nick and some of his fellow Flyer 1980 NCAA Division III National Championship football teammates gathered in Florida for a golf vacation and mini reunion.

Pictured, from the left, are Jon Vórpe ’83, Rick Callinan ’82, Gareth Dickey ’82, John Harris ’83, Breese Roller ’82, Nick, and Ron Flore ’81.

1983 CHUCK BALDWIN (CDE) and his wife, Lisa, live in Carmel, Indiana. He writes, “I’ve been re-elected as a managing director of Ogletree Deakins. I’ve held numerous leadership positions since joining the firm in 2000. I’m an active member of the Indianapolis community and have been selected as an Indiana Chamber volunteer of the year. I’ve also been recognized for leadership in legal innovation and legal project management and have written a number of publications on labor and employment law.”

STEVE BOWMAN (STA) and DIANE HOKE BOWMAN (FAE) live in Cincinnati.

They write, “Life continues to be good for us. Diane operates her own brand and creative strategy consulting business, and Steve continues his custom woodworking business. Self-employment agrees with us. By far, our greatest pleasure in the past four years has been watching our daughter, Claire ’19, grow as a Flyer. She’s enjoyed tremendous opportunities and support at UD. It’s truly gratifying to hear her say with confidence that, of all the schools she could have attended, UD was the right choice.

And what a gift it’s been for us to re-connect with UD as parents. As Claire moves on to grad school, we’ll miss her being at UD.”

1984 MICHAEL FLORIANI (MGT) and his wife, Debra, live in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Michael writes, “For more than 25 years, I’ve been

involved in aviation. In May, my book about the aviation history of Reading, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding county was published. I’ve acquired various pilot certificates and ratings, and I flew for a charter operation.

Currently, I’m working in Wilmington, Delaware, to establish a flight school.”

1986 BILL CANTWELL (CME) and SUSAN TIMMS CANTWELL (CME) live in Germantown, Wisconsin. Susan writes, “I started my own consulting company in December 2017, Cantwell Quality Consulting, after 30 years in technical support at Milwaukeearea manufacturers. I absorbed key ISO 9001 management practices and then gained third-party auditing skills. After seeing both sides of the spectrum, I felt it was time to share my knowledge. I’ve been involved with alumni in the Milwaukee area for 25 years. Our successful community projects remain in my memory.

Let’s plan many more. Please help by contacting the Milwaukee alumni community.”

ANDY KIEHL (FIN) and STACEY BURLESON KIEHL (COM) live in Louisville, Kentucky. Andy writes, “We’re avid supporters and cheerleaders for UD here in our hometown. I recently self-published a book, Your Kids Will Lead. Reviews have been fantastic, and I’m getting great support from all age groups.

After spending my entire career in investments, I’ve written a book about raising kids in today’s world.

I believe the world needs a positive message now more than ever, and my writing is a direct reflection of the great influence UD had on my own values and beliefs.”

1987 MIKE AIRHART (JRN) lives in Alexandria, Virginia. He writes, “My years at UD, under the mentorship of Brother Phil Aaron, S.M., and other Marianists, guided me to seek small ways to heal an American society that often forgets how to listen, learn and give to one another. A while ago, I participated in a pilgrimage to El Salvador to be present with LGBT Christians who face lethal violence and family ostracism, and have little chance of gaining asylum in the United States. This spring, I journeyed to Morocco to engage with communities of moderate Muslims and experience their amazing arts, history and spirituality. In both journeys, I recalled it was UD courses and faculty who taught me the

Christian Gospel imperative to listen to those that we might otherwise ostracize, to understand their reality and ours, to tear down barriers of misunderstanding, to identify remaining disagreements, to uphold our collective human rights, and to give more than we expect to receive.

Our churches and communities are divided by prejudices and self-interest, but I believe we can be reunited by facts and the common good.”

DAVID PETERSEN (CDE) and his wife, Anita, live in Far Hills, New Jersey, with their son, Christopher.

David writes, “After 25 years as a senior creative consultant for the Star-Ledger newspaper, I’ve embarked on my second career as a graphic designer with ADP Retirement Services in Florham Park, New Jersey.”

1990 NICK SYLVAIN (CME) and TINA LAWSON ’92 (COM) live in Kettering, Ohio. They write, “We will celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary this year. We’re the proud parents of six cats and volunteer as photographers for the Humane Society of Greater Dayton. We share a love of cuisine, racing, travel and all things nerdy.”

Nick is a magistrate with the Montgomery County, Ohio, Domestic Relations Court.

MATTY TOOMB (CMT) and ANNIE KIDD TOOMB (MKT) live in Mason, Ohio. Matty writes, “I recently visited Hong Kong, Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai. While in China, I was able to spend a memorable day hiking the Great Wall with our son, Joe.”

1991 PATRICK KASSON (LAW) lives in Columbus, Ohio. He writes, “I was featured in several media outlets in conjunction with one of my cases, a defamation and invasion of privacy suit against actor James Woods. I led the team that convinced the trial court to dismiss the case. I practice at the Columbus office of Reminger Co. and serve as chair of the governmental/public entity liability practice group. I’m also a member of various professional associations and a frequent speaker in the areas of employment law, tort defense and trial techniques.”

1992 TINA LAWSON (COM) and NICK SYLVAIN ’90 (CME) live in Kettering, Ohio. They write, “We will celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary this year. We’re the proud parents of six cats and volunteer as photographers for the Humane Society of Greater Dayton. We share a love of cuisine, racing, travel and all things nerdy.”

Tina is a senior program manager in capabilities and litigation for the F-22 Raptor program office at WrightPatterson Air Force Base.

1993 BRIAN HIGGINS (CMT) and BECKY KIMLER HIGGINS (EDE) live in Toms River, New Jersey. Becky writes, “Katy Kinsella ’93 and I attended the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament in Brooklyn, New York, on March 15.”

1994 MICHAEL BRODBINE (LAW) and ANJU CHANDRACHOODAN BRODBINE (LAW) live in Troy, Michigan. On January 1, Michael began serving on the executive committee for the intellectual property law firm Brooks Kushman.

1995 DAVID PERRI (LAW) lives in Wheeling, West Virginia. He writes, “I’m an artist who happens to be a federal prosecutor for crimes against children. I lived in Dayton for seven years after graduation, and I began pursuing a passion for oil painting in my spare time. Although I no longer live in Dayton, I’ve continued to paint.

A new children’s picture book that I illustrated, Messy Larry, is a funny and inspiring story about the drive to create and self-realization through art. I hope parents and art teachers will use this book to teach lessons about self-expression, compassion and self-worth.”

1999 STACY WALL SCHWEIKHART (PSY) and MARK SCHWEIKHART ’00 (MBA) live in Dayton. Stacy writes, “I

STEVE OBORN ’96

Lifetime learner STEVE OBORN KNEW IT WOULD BE WHAT HE CALLED AN

“endurance contest” when he decided to pursue a doctoral degree while working full time as a superintendent of schools.

“My wife thought I was crazy,” he said, smiling. “I knew it would require tremendous commitment.”

The then 43-year-old educator, husband and father of two was up to the academic and logistical challenges that the rigorous curriculum and two-hour commute presented. The School of Education’s doctoral program focusing on the “scholar practitioner” was a perfect fit for Oborn. While the lessons learned in the classroom were valuable, it was the relationship with Dean Ellis Joseph that left the most lasting impression on the long-time educator.

“His challenges for each of us with respect to leadership, scholarship and service were forceful and unrelenting,” Oborn said of his mentor. “The entire faculty challenged us daily to find answers, ask questions and encourage others to do the same.”

Oborn’s post-graduate plan was to pursue a position as a college professor. While he taught at Bellarmine University, he was, at the time, unaware that his classroom would soon expand exponentially.

As a lead evaluator for AdvancED, Oborn has traveled the globe with the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that conducts on-site reviews of a variety of educational institutions and systems.

“No one ever knows what lies ahead with respect to their life.

From a classroom in Marion, Ohio, to a consulting business that took me around the globe, my life has been a testament to those who mentored and taught me,” he said. “From those who prepared me for education in the late sixties and early seventies, to those who prepared me for the world at the University of Dayton, I am a reflection of their passion.”

The now 69-year-old has reviewed more than 40 American school systems for accreditation and done the same in war-torn countries, witnessing firsthand the global educational climate.

“I have been in schools that were opened after a devastating war and I have seen schools carve an existence out of buildings that would be condemned in the United States,” he said. “My ability to relate and consult today is a direct link to my studies at the University of Dayton. The University of Dayton has traveled with me around the globe, into every classroom and into every country.” —D EBBIE JUNIEW ICZ ’90

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BOB DUNN ’10

Basketball is a numbers game THE FIRST DAY BOB DUNN WALKED ONTO THE DAYTON

campus before his freshman year he stopped in at the men’s basketball office.

“I talked with the head coach but I didn’t know he was the head coach,” Dunn said of Brian Gregory, the former Flyers mentor.

Dunn was interested in helping out as a student assistant and was able to work about 20 hours a week for the program.

“I loved the atmosphere,” Dunn recalled.

The former Cleveland high school student was a student assistant at UD from 2006 to 2010 and received his bachelor’s in accounting. He was a graduate assistant for the Flyers in 2010-11 and received his MBA. While he was on staff, the Flyers won 22 and 20 games in 2010-11 and 2011-12, respectively, and reached the NIT in both seasons.

Dunn has just finished his fourth season as an assistant coach with the women’s basketball program at Division I George Mason, which like Dayton is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

“I am our offensive coordinator. I do watch a lot of film,” said Dunn, who is also in international recruiting.

“The thing I enjoy the most is spending time on the court with the players. We have ladies who work hard and I feel that it’s my duty to help them out; that is what I enjoy the most,” he said.

So how does an accounting major end up as a basketball coach?

“My athletic ability topped out in fifth grade. I knew being a college athlete wasn’t my go-to,” Dunn said. “I was good in math with numbers, and it still helps me now with statistics.”

George Mason was 16-14 this past season under head coach Nyla Milleson and completed the best two-year stretch in program history.

“We are really excited; coach just finished her sixth year.

It has taken awhile but we have done it the right way with the right players,” Dunn said. “They have bought into the daily grind.”

So has Dunn. — DAVID DR IVE R

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recently published a book rooted in the philosophy of servant-leadership that I learned during my years at the UD Fitz Center for Leadership in Community. The book, Building Brands and Creating Cultures of Authentic Servant Leadership, includes tributes to Brother Ray Fritz, S.M., and Don Vermillion. It’s a stepby-step guide to building a brand and creating a culture of authentic servant-leadership for organizations.

I’m a servant-leader in the public sector, a teacher and presenter, and an adviser and mentor dedicated to creating thriving cultures that attract the best and brightest to publicservice organizations. I currently serve as community information manager for the city of Kettering, Ohio, and have more than 17 years of experience in public sector administration and leadership.”

2000 RACHEL HOUCK BRASCHWITZ (HST) lives in Miamisburg, Ohio. She writes, “I’ve been hired to oversee the elder law department at Gudorf Law Group. I received my law degree from the Michael E. Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University and spent nearly 15 years practicing at firms in Columbus, Ohio. I’m happy to be back in the Dayton area and close to family.

I’m also active in the community as a youth soccer coach and volunteer at my son’s school. I enjoy running and spending time with my four beautiful children and extended family.”

MARK SCHWEIKHART (MBA) and STACY WALL SCHWEIKHART ’99 (PSY) live in Dayton.

2001 MATTHEW SCHRADER (LAW) lives in Columbus, Ohio. He writes, “I’ve been honored as a 2019 Ohio and Kentucky Super Lawyer and Rising Star. I’m a civil litigation defense attorney at Reminger Co.”

20 03 MEREDITH DOENCH (ENG) lives in Dayton and is a lecturer in UD’s Department of English, where she teaches composition, literature and creative writing. She writes, “My third book, Deadeye: A Luce Hansen Thriller, will be released in July. It’s part of a series that follows special agent Luce Hansen of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation as she tracks and stops serial killers.

The first book in the series, Crossed,

won the 2017 Nancy Dasher Award for fiction from the College English Association of Ohio.”

MICHAEL RHINEHART (LAW) and ERIN STEFANEC RHINEHART ’04 (LAW) live in Springboro, Ohio.

2004 ERIN STEFANEC RHINEHART (LAW) and MICHAEL RHINEHART ’03 (LAW) live in Springboro, Ohio.

Erin writes, “The Instagram channel Women of Law featured me as an influential lawyer. Women of Law empowers female attorneys by connecting, inspiring and promoting the advancement of women in the legal field. I’m a partner at Faruki+ in Dayton and lead the firm’s media and communications practice. I’m also executive editor for the American Bar Association’s Litigation Journal, immediate past president of the Dayton chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and an adjunct professor at UD’s School of Law, where I teach trial practice courses to second- and third-year students.”

2005 KRISTIN KUSNIK KLIMAS (RTV) (CMM) lives in Indian Head Park, Illinois.

She writes, “I’m the Chicago chapter project coordinator for the Grammy Awards. At a recent all-staff meeting, I was joined by three other alumni. Pictured, from left, are Nathan Pyle ’12, Michael Sticka ’06, Tera Siwicki Healy ’95 and me.”

2006 ROGER MULVANEY (CIE) and his wife, Maria, announce the birth of Dominic (10-24-18), who joins sister Madeleine (8-26-15) at home in Lexington, Kentucky. Roger writes, “Dominic is a big, healthy and happy baby. We are smitten with our new son and brother. I work as an engineer manager for a local city government.”

2007 JUSTIN BAHR (FIN) and LINDSEY MURPHY BAHR ’08 (ACC)(FIN) announce the birth of Nora Jane (2-119), who joins sister Lily, 3, at home in Mason, Ohio.

COURTNEY ROTH McBRIDE (MKT) lives in Columbus, Ohio. She writes, “I was a candidate for the Man and Woman of the Year contest to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in Columbus.

I ran against other professionals in

central Ohio to see who could raise the most money between March 28 and June 8.”

MARCIE PATTON-COFFMAN (LAW) lives in Union, Kentucky. She writes, “I’m a divorce attorney practicing in the Cincinnati office of Cordell & Cordell, which recently promoted me to senior lead litigator. I’m a member of the Warren County (Ohio) Bar Association and Ohio Bar Association.”

LYNN WATERHOUSE POPA (BIO) and her husband, Dan, live in Chicago. She writes, “I’ve joined the conservation research team at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. As a research biologist, I join a team of researchers studying aquatic ecosystems with the goal of preserving biodiversity and ensuring a balance between humans and nature. I conduct research on the mid-level predators of the ocean, focusing on grouper and snapper species in The Bahamas. My research aids the improvement of sustainable fisheries in that region.”

COURTNEY DETWILER STASKO (BIO) and her husband announce the birth of Hope Marie (8-15-18), who joins them at home in Heath, Ohio.

KATIE WEATHERS (PSY) married ANTHONY GRITTI ’12 (GEN) July 28, 2018. They write, “The soloist at the wedding was Katie’s UD roommate Lainey Prendeville Crawford ’07. UD grads make a wedding party come alive!” The couple lives in St. Clair Shores, Michigan.

2008 LINDSEY MURPHY BAHR (ACC)(FIN) and JUSTIN BAHR ’07 (FIN) announce the birth of Nora Jane (2-1-19), who joins sister Lily, 3, at home in Mason, Ohio.

SCOTT HUNSAKER (CJS) lives in St. Louis.

He writes, “I’ve been promoted to counsel at Tucker Ellis, where my practice focuses on complex civil litigation matters. I received my law degree from Saint Louis University School of Law.”

ANN BURKHARDT MILLS (EMS) and MICHAEL MILLS ’14 (LAW) announce the birth of Vincent Charles (9-9-18), who joins sister Allison (8-15-15) at home in Springboro, Ohio. They write, “We’re thrilled to welcome another future Flyer to our family.”

CHARLES RITTENHOUSE (ECA) and MEGAN KWIATKOWSKI RITTENHOUSE ’10 (ECE) announce the birth of Peter Kenneth (5-23-18), who joins sister Annabelle at home in Toledo, Ohio. They write, “Peter is named after both our grandfathers, with whom we were very close and who’ve passed away. We feel very blessed for the opportunity to honor their memory. Peter weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and was 20 inches long. His big sister is a loving and helpful sibling.”

SHANNON BROWN SHAND (CMT) and her husband, John, announce the birth of Liam Joseph (3-9-18), who joins them at home in Saratoga Springs, New York. Shannon writes, “Liam weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and was a 21 ½-inch-long ginger.

2009 KYLE CANTRELL (ENT)(MKT) and LINDSEY JOHNSTON CANTRELL ’10 (ECE) announce the birth of Dayton Alan (12-18-18), who joins them at home in Denver.

SCOT GANOW (LAW) lives in Oakwood, Ohio. He writes, “I was selected for inclusion on the Ohio Rising Stars 2019 list, which recognizes the top up-and-

CA N

coming attorneys in the state.

I’m co-chair of the privacy and data security practice at Taft Stettinius and Hollister and have represented clients in a variety of sectors.” Scot is also an adjunct faculty member at the UD School of Law, teaching privacy law.

ANNA HEINK (PSS)(BIO) married WILLIE OVERMANN (MEE) June 30, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky, where the couple lives. They write, “Many Flyers were in attendance, including our roommates from 418 Kiefaber and 421 Kiefaber; the parents of the bride, Philip Heink ’77 and Jill Bilz Heink ’80; sister of the bride Jeanna Heink Panella ’09; and uncles of the bride, Jack Bilz ’74 and Jim Bilz ’86.

The spirit of UD was alive and well at our wedding.”

201O LINDSEY JOHNSTON CANTRELL (ECE) and KYLE CANTRELL ’09 (ENT)(MKT) announce the birth of Dayton Alan (12-18-18), who joins them at home in Denver.

NATHAN FRANTZ (BIO)(MTH) married ANNE McCAULEY (SMT) Nov. 2, 2018, in Chicago. They write, “More than 40 alumni were in attendance, including all the McCauley and Frantz siblings who are Flyers.”

The couple lives in Cleveland.

GEOFF HOLMES (CEE) married KASSIE STANGEL ’11 (CEE) Sept. 15,

2018, in Dayton, where the couple lives. They write, “We had a wonderful day, celebrating with our Flyer family.”

ANNE McCAULEY (SMT) married NATHAN FRANTZ (BIO)(MTH) Nov. 2, 2018, in Chicago.

They write, “More than 40 alumni were in attendance, including all the McCauley and Frantz siblings who are Flyers.” The couple lives in Cleveland.

MEGAN KWIATKOWSKI RITTENHOUSE (ECE) and CHARLES RITTENHOUSE ’08 (ECA) announce the birth of Peter Kenneth (5-23-18), who joins sister Annabelle at home in Toledo, Ohio.

They write, “Peter is named after both our grandfathers, with whom we were very close and who’ve passed away. We feel very blessed for the opportunity to honor their memory.

Peter weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and was 20 inches long. His big sister is a loving and helpful sibling.”

2011 STEPHANIE DENNIS (CMM) lives in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan. She writes, “To help celebrate my 30th birthday, my dear friends Kelsey Weber ’11, Leslie Griffiths Barnes ’11, Colleen Slife ’11, Lauren Bockrath ’11, Abbey Webb Caserta ’11, Regan

UDentify U S ?

This happy gang of students is enjoying a spring day hanging out in front of Marycrest Hall. If you recognize this group of friends from the 1979 Daytonian, email magazine@udayton.edu.

And see more archival images from digital Daytonians at ecommons.udayton.edu.

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(CEE) Sept. 15, 2018, in Dayton, where the couple lives. They write, “We had a wonderful day, celebrating with our Flyer family.”

2012

K R I S T E N S C H U LT E ’ 1 7

One degree at a time KRISTEN SCHULTE WAS WORKING TOWARD HER UNDER-

graduate degree in English at Xavier University when she suffered a back injury that permanently ended her college running career.

Rather than crushing her, the injury inspired her. After several sessions of ineffective physical therapy, Schulte was motivated to find a way to help patients in similar situations.

“I felt so intensely this drive to help people as a physical therapist that late in my junior year, I made the choice to direct my studies so that I could go to graduate school for physical therapy,” Schulte said.

She earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy from UD in 2017.

Although Schulte was originally pulled to UD by the location and size, it was its emphasis on problem-based learning that primarily affected her career.

“From being in small problem-based learning groups, I learned humility as a clinician. There were times when I simply could not find the solution, and I would need to rely on another group member,” she said.

She now owns and operates Physical Therapy 212, a name inspired by the state change that occurs when water temperature goes from 211 degrees to 212.

“One degree can make a huge difference. Similarly, I emphasize one-on-one care and specific attention to each patient’s unique body and life journey. If I can help improve their body by just ‘one degree,’ then they will be able to improve their life significantly,” Schulte said.

Schulte admits that at times, being a young physical therapist already running her own clinic can be overwhelming. When she feels the negativity catching up to her, she reflects back on the lessons she gained from her education at UD. “I take a deep breath before I see each patient and quietly remind myself that I have prepared well in terms of my doctorate degree or continuing research and that now is the time to trust that God will use my preparation to truly help my patients.”

— A NNA LAG AT TUTA ’19

Tierney Allison ’11 and Kathryn Smythe Westphal ’11 came to visit.

Two came from California; one from Omaha, Nebraska; one from Chicago; and two from Cleveland. UD friendships are special.”

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KASSIE STANGEL (CEE) married GEOFF HOLMES ’10

DAVID BAUER (MIS) and EMILY KELLY BAUER (EMS) announce the birth of Renate (1-31-19), who joins brother Anthony at home in Springboro, Ohio. Baby Bauer joins a large Flyer family that includes grandparents Renate Shroyer Kelly ’85 and Steve Kelly ’85, late great-grandparents Renate Altwicker Shroyer ’54 and Robert Shroyer ’54, aunts Sarah Bauer ’09 and Justine Bunn Kelly ’14, uncles David Kelly ’08 and Matt Kelly ’06, and numerous great-aunts, great-uncles and second cousins.

Emily writes, “In addition to our graduates, Great-Grandma Lois Kelly used to work the front desk in Marycrest Hall. Renate might be a fourth-generation Flyer.”

ANTHONY GRITTI (GEN) married KATIE WEATHERS ’07 (PSY) July 28, 2018. They write, “UD grads make a wedding party come alive!”

The couple lives in St. Clair Shores, Michigan.

JEREMY “JEM” VINLUAN (CMM) writes, “I resigned from my job in Iowa and moved back to Virginia Beach, Virginia, to look for better job opportunities closer to home.” Jem invites former classmates to contact him at jgvinluan@gmail.com.

2013

2014 MICHAEL MILLS (LAW) and ANN BURKHARDT MILLS ’08 (EMS) announce the birth of Vincent Charles (9-9-18), who joins sister Allison (8-1515) at home in Springboro, Ohio. They write, “We’re thrilled to welcome another future Flyer to our family.”

2015 PATRICK DONDANVILLE (IBM) (MKT) married ASHLEY MARSHALL (PSY) Dec. 29, 2018, in Sarasota, Florida. They write, “More than 25 recent UD graduates joined us in celebrating our marriage.

Several Class of 2015 Flyers were in the bridal party, including the bride’s brother, Phillip Marshall, and maid of honor Emily Lenzini, as well as Kevin Bogenshutz, CJ Romanelli, Nick Chan, Megan Lloyd, Michael Russell, Chrissy Disco, Katie McGuire, Michael Browne, Maddie Schneider and Brianna Cagni.

We’re eternally grateful to UD and Dayton to Daytona for bringing us together.” The couple lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

JARROD WURM (BIO) writes, “I graduated from the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine on May 28, 2018. I matched into a pediatrics residency at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, where I’ll spend three years training.”

2016

COLE EISSES (ECB)(FIN) married ANN HURLEY (EPT) Sept. 22, 2018.

They write, “We met when we lived next door to each other at 46 and 48 Woodland during our junior year.” The couple lives in Chicago.

NADIA KLARR (LAW) lives in Lima, Ohio. She writes, “I was selected for inclusion on the Ohio Rising Stars 2019 list, which recognizes the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state. I advise small business owners and management in all aspects of labor and employment law at Taft Stettinius and Hollister.”

LINDSEY MILLER (ECE) married MICHAEL TUMBUSH (CIE) Sept. 14, 2018, in Chicago, where the couple lives. They write, “We started dating during our last year at UD and, five years later, got married surrounded by fellow Flyers.

We love the UD Magazine to keep us in the loop.”

KATHERINE SCHULTZ (CMM) lives in Dayton. She writes, “In December 2018, I began a job as a marketing content coordinator for Resonetics, a laser micro manufacturing company. The job is enjoyable, and I work with a fantastic team of women. I love my job and my company and am so excited to be able to use every day the skills I gained while at UD.”

2018

PERCEPTIONS

‘Wired’

W. E . P U G H ’ 76

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Picturebooks

BY MAU R E E N SC H LAN G E N

M

y son Trevor Schlangen ’16, struck with a momentary wave of nostalgia, sent me a text a few months ago, inquiring about a picture book he remembered — The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle.

I cringed.

“I don’t have that book anymore,” I texted.

“How? Why?” came his reply.

Gulp. Is there a “guilt-ridden mother” emoji?

When my sons were little in the 1990s, I developed a moderately expensive book habit. At the time, I edited a raft of niche publications at the Dayton Daily News, one of which was a parenting tabloid called Kid-

Sense. It featured a monthly column by Jean Gaffney, a local children’s librarian who was later named to the national selection committees for the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the John Newbery Medal, two of the most prestigious honors in all of children’s literature. She had impeccable taste in literature, and if she wrote about a book or an author, I knew it would be a treasure. She was never wrong.

“I still have a bunch,” I tapped back, “but over the years, I’ve been giving them to kids who visit the house or need a good book. I like to spread good stuff around.”

I wasn’t even aware The Grouchy Ladybug was a favorite, though I do remember

reading it to him dozens of times. He started asking about others.

“Officer Buckle and Gloria?” Whew. Have it. Thanks to this book by Peggy Rathmann about a dog that enlivened a police officer’s soporific safety presentations, both Trevor and his brother, Joe ’20, can drop often comically timed tips such as “Never stand on a swivel chair,” or “Never leave a thumbtack where you might sit on it,” or the always handy, “Never use water on a grease fire.”

The inquiries continued with a flood of pleasant memories as I sat in front of the bookcase.

“Patricia Polacco?” he texted. I’d kept a couple by this acclaimed illustrator … but I’d long since parted with the best one — Babushka’s Doll.

“The Pueblo one?” He meant Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott — a story with striking parallels to Christ’s Nativity. Have it.

“Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins?”

Long gone was Erich Kimmel’s retelling of a Jewish folk tale about a sharp-witted traveler outsmarting monsters intent on keeping him from lighting the menorah.

“What about the one with the green three-leaf?” That’s Susan Meddaugh’s HogEye, a hilarious tale of a pig outwitting a wolf with tricks that included convincing the wolf to roll around in poison ivy. Also long gone.

Then he named two by David Wisniewski, whose breathtaking but heartbreaking Golem won the Caldecott in 1997. I’d kept that one, but not the one he and Craig Attenweiler ’16, Trevor’s friend since UD Children’s Center (now the Bombeck Center) and now the best man in his wedding, loved even more: Rain Player tells the story of a Mayan youth named Pik who challenged a god to a ballgame called pok-a-tok to end a devastating drought.

I had forgotten how much I read to those kids … but Trevor hadn’t.

“You found a lot of excellent books with excellent art,” he texted. “I thank you for giving me that appreciation.”

I apologized for giving away so many of these works that he and his brother clearly valued.

“No,” he texted. “Rain Player deserved to be shared. Keep sharing them. They all deserve to be shared.”

Schlangen has worked in Roesch Library as UD’s institutional repository manager since 2014. At the time she was buying all these books, she never imagined she’d end up working in a library.

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PERCEPTIONS

The coldest day

The waffle iron

BY THOMAS M . COLU M B US

T

he morning of Jan. 31 is the coldest of the winter. I sit in a Curran Place classroom. A large screen projects the words of John Prine’s song “Hello in There.” We listen to him sing: Well, it’d been years since the kids had grown A life of their own and left us alone …

Me and Loretta, we don’t talk much more She sits and stares through the back door screen.

Walt Wurst ’80 is teaching us about Americana music; the seminar is part of UD’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, which offers courses for people 50 and older.

Prine wrote this song about aging when he was in his 20s. As a child, Prine and a friend delivered newspapers room by room in a home for old people, who, Prine said, pretended they thought he and his friend were their grandchildren.

“They probably weren’t pretending,” Wurst suggests.

Occasionally in the course, we will encounter more views of aging. We will hear Emmylou Harris sing Maraca Berg’s composition “Back When We Were Beautiful.”

I hate it when they said I’m aging gracefully.

I really love my grandkids …

You know they would have loved their grandpa.

Harris once told a magazine, “It’s difficult growing old, because you’re competing against album covers when you were 26 or 27. But ultimately what choices do you have?”

We also will hear songs from the recordings Johnny Cash made shortly before his death. One is a cover of a song, “Hurt,” written by Trent Reznor of the group Nine Inch Nails.

Everyone I know Goes away in the end …

And you could have it all My empire of dirt.

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The music video shows a gaunt, aging Cash, the small house where he lived 30 years, and his wife, June Carter Cash, gazing sadly at him. Critics acclaimed the video one of the best of all time. A class member will have a contrasting view: “It just sounds like, ‘Poor me.’ OK. But we all get old and die.”

Rosanne Cash saw her father (Johnny), stepmother (June) and mother (Vivian Libretto Cash Distin) die within a two-year period. In the title song of her album Black Cadillac, she sings of a hearse driving away.

There was a black sky of rain None of it fell One of us gets to go to heaven One has to stay here in hell.

It’s not raining on this subzero January morning as we listen to Prine. Wurst prepared for expected weather-induced low attendance by digging out some Shakespeare. He recites Henry V’s words to his vastly outnumbered English army: God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. …

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.

He admits, however, that his words are inappropriate today. We may be happy, but hardly few. The weather has not diminished the class; the room is full as we listen to Prine sing: Ya’ know that old trees just grow stronger And old rivers grow wider ev’ry day Old people just grow lonesome.

In contrasting Prine’s song to this roomful of people, Wurst says we band of brothers (and sisters) is different.

We have something to do. These Osher classes keep our minds active.

As a great philosopher, Yogi Berra, said, “It’s ain’t over ’til it’s over.”

For those who may find it disheartening to listen to songs of death and despair, Columbus notes that the course ended with a wonderfully amusing video, Nathaniel Rateliff’s “I Need Never Grow Old.” It can be viewed at bit.ly/UDM_Rateliff.

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he last argument I had with my mother was about a waffle iron. I’d flown to Kansas City to spend the weekend with her, and she insisted that I take her ancient waffle iron back with me when I left. It was a 1970s era waffle iron with one dial that read “Darker/Lighter” and an old plug with both prongs the same size. It gave off more of a fire hazard vibe than a family heirloom vibe, and I didn’t want it.

I told her I didn’t have room in my suitcase, and she marched into my room, opened my suitcase and shoved it in, “You’re taking it.” I was 40 years old, and my mother made me the kind of woman who carries a waffle iron in her suitcase swaddled in underwear.

Later that day, while we washed her garage floor, my mother slipped, fell and broke her ankle.

The next day, I flew home while she had what was supposed to be a routine surgery, but she never regained consciousness and, 10 days later, I was packing my suitcase to go back to Kansas City for her funeral.

It’s been years since then, and I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about that waffle iron.

My mother received it as a gift when I was 9 years old. She pulled a recipe from her Betty Crocker cookbook and went to work, but she put too much batter in and it overflowed — the waffles burned in some places and stuck in others. She threatened to throw the whole thing away, but obviously didn’t.

She carried that waffle iron around for 30 years, which is strange because she kept very few things.

The waffle iron sits in my pantry now, and I use it regularly to make waffles for my own children.

The waffles turn out every time, and I have yet to burn down the house. Each time I stand there waiting for the waffles to brown, I wonder why she kept it and the only answer I can come up with is that she wanted to be the kind of mother who made waffles for her kids.

Maybe late at night when the house was dark and quiet, she sat with her beer and cigarette, stared into the night and hoped to do better. My mother and I could not have been more different, but maybe we had this one thing in common — a desire to do better for our kids. She carried a waffle iron around for 30 years, and now I make perfect waffles for my kids. Maybe this is what doing better looks like. Maybe it just takes time.

Reich is a former winner in the human interest category of the writing competition of the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop at the University of Dayton. Read more at humorwriters.org.

PARTING WORDS F R O M

T H E

E D I T O R

Nothing, and somethings T

HERE IS SOMETHING INVITING ABOUT AN

empty chair.

And a bit unnerving.

Until recently, grabbing a coveted seat next to a window in Roesch Library or a rocking chair in Kennedy Union was unthinkable. As the spring semester wound down, students in their fervor to finish strong escaped the distractions of their dorm rooms in favor of a quiet spot or cubby where they could cram with classmates.

Now, I can sit wherever I want.

And it just feels wrong.

For 16 years, the inevitable end of the traditional academic year has caught me off guard, despite it being marked in bright blue on my calendar. The excitement starts as a low hum around the Stander Symposium and grows in volume and pitch as we head into final presentations and exams. By graduation, it’s a raucous roar, accentuated by the cheers of family of our newest forever Flyers.

And overnight, just like that, everyone disappears.

I should be used to it by now, but it always throws me, that first time I emerge from the office and pass the empty gazebo on my way to the abandoned plaza.

Natalie Schulte noticed it, too. A junior communication major, she grabbed her camera and began documenting the spaces left behind. “It is always a sad feeling to leave a place

you’ve called your home for the semester,” she writes in her UD Magazine online photo essay “Empty Chairs” (you can see it all at bit.ly/UDM_emptychairs).

In this issue of the magazine, space and place take center stage. Our cover feature brings you inside a local architectural wonder. With UD as an anchor tenant, the revitalized Dayton Arcade will soon be filled again with the excitement of a city on the cutting edge of innovation, with our faculty and students at its heart. (See Page 28.)

We also journey this issue into a black hole. Members of the faculty ponder what happens to our dreams when a theory becomes reality captured in burning orange and black. (See Page 20.)

Staring into nothing and imagining all the somethings is a skill we stoke here at UD. It’s found in the businesses our students create, the art they make, the inventions they dream and the partnerships they cultivate. It’s also evident in the 64 blank pages we begin with each issue, only to have all their good ideas overflow from the print issue and onto our redesigned blog (take a look: udayton.edu/magazine).

With summer upon us, we give ourselves permission to slow down just a bit, to breathe and see in a way the distractions of other seasons do not afford. So pull up a chair and read awhile. We’ve got some prime seats just itching to be filled.

M ICH EL L E T EDF OR D ’9 4 Editor, University of Dayton Magazine magazine@udayton.edu

Photograph by NATALIE SCHULTE ’20

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CONNECTIONS

Taste of success FOOD HAS BEEN A FOCUS FOR JULIANNE EVANS — IN HER ACADEMICS, HER

employment and her service work. This spring, Evans received four student employee awards: from campus, the state and the Midwest region before being named the 2019 National Student Employee of the Year by the National Student Employment Association. For two years, she worked for Campus Ministry to connect UD with

the greater community, especially in the areas of food insecurity and hunger. Evans, who graduated in May with a degree in dietetics, received a $1,000 cash prize from the national association. “I’m honored and humbled that I’ve contributed to work that’s making a difference not only on campus but the greater Dayton community,” Evans said.

Among the 25 students employed by Campus Ministry

“She has such a deep passion for social justice and public health in particular. It's been great to see her put her faith into action by working for social justice.”

Community outreach assistant

—SAMANTHA KENNEDY, campus minister for community outreach

with the Center for Social Concern organizing programs to connect students with nonprofit and community organizations

Favorite food: Zucchini and herb risotto

Dayton native

SERVICE Saturdays

• YWCA • Dakota Center • Five Rivers MetroParks • Compassion First • Marianist Environmental Education Center

Graduate of Chaminade Julienne High School

Will pursue a

master’s degree in public health nutrition

at the University of Tennessee

REAL Dayton

• Mission of Mary Farm •N eighborhood School Centers • El Puente • The Foodbank • Homefull • Victory Project • Life Enrichment Center

Helped create

public health “plunge”

Launched

Students spend a day focusing on social justice issues related to public health

Meals in Flight

Collaborated with academic units, student organizations and dining services to prepare 300 healthy meals twice a month for local organizations

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Photograph by LILIA SCIARRETTI ’19

Creating Urban Gardens in Food Deserts

GENERATING

Here, we harness our collective spirit to illuminate the problems of today and solve the challenges of tomorrow. go.udayton.edu/sustainability

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TIME LAPSE Students at St. Mary’s Institute gather at the new campus entrance near College Park in this photo from 1907. Note the Statue of the Immaculate Conception, which in facing north instead of its current orientation, south. Born from this school for boys, today’s University of Dayton is about to have its first woman as chair of the board. Read more, Page 36.