Office of the President
A President For The Common Good
$221 million
in sponsored research for fiscal year 2022.
In Demand
98% of recent graduates report being employed, in graduate school or in a full-time service program within six months of graduation.
The University of Dayton cancelled afternoon classes on Monday. Well, not exactly. The Central Mall, dotted with students, faculty, staff and families sprawled on blankets, turned into a massive outdoor laboratory for viewing the moon move across the sun and cast the University into twilight and then near-darkness.
When President Spina asked me if I would write a guest blog before our sixth annual giving day, One Day, One Dayton, I told him I would be thrilled to borrow his pen and use his platform.
"Let our celebration of Easter renew our faith in the healing power of light over darkness. Let us be a community that walks by faith, lighting the way for our world," University of Dayton President Eric Spina writes in an Easter message to the campus community.
At A Glance
1850
Founded by the Society of Mary in 1850, the University of Dayton is a top-tier Catholic research university.