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.
Denny Gerdeman ’62 and his wife, Jane, have been season ticketholders for six decades and manage to make it to every men’s basketball home game even though they now live 100 miles from the University of Dayton Arena. You might say UD is their true north.
I asked Ben Thomas and Molly Potter — president and vice president of the UD student body since last May — to pick up my blogging pen and provide you with thoughts about serving as visible student leaders on campus, including the joys and challenges and any lasting lessons.
"You have been blessed with the opportunity to do something extraordinary with your lives. In the words of 'Hamilton' creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, 'Don't throw away your shot,'" University of Dayton President Eric Spina told the Class of 2024 at spring commencement.
At A Glance
1850
Founded by the Society of Mary in 1850, the University of Dayton is a top-tier Catholic research university.