Stepping lively
L- James Fiessinger, 4th year finance major from Cincinnati and R- his roommate Brian Vonderhaar, 4th year finance and entrepreneurship major also from Cincinnati exercise in the cool comfortable RecPlex on the elliptical machines in the afternoon where temperatures outdoors were in the low 80′s.
5-15-12
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Summer maintenance
As part of summertime maintenance and upkeep, a worker from Neff’s, a local contractor, installs a soffit as part of a siding job on a university neighborhood house at 104 Lawnview.
5-14-12 by Larry Burgess
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Major step for a minor
Transit in the transom
Summer civil engineering students look like a stained glass picture as they are framed in the ancient window of the main doorway at Alumni Hall.
5-9-12 by Larry Burgess
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Perfect pomp
It takes years to make it here, but it would take eons to forget all we learned in the time it took us to earn our diplomas. About 2,000 UD students — the most ever in any one semester — received degrees when they crossed in front of the stage in three separate ceremonies at UD Arena last weekend, May 5 and 6. They are now forever Flyers. Hats off to them all. (Click the photo to see more images from the undergraduate commencement, which saw 1,460 graduate.) Read more about graduation here.
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Surveying students
For some civil engineering undergraduates, mapping out plans for summer break will be on hold for a few more weeks.
Rather than join peers in Daytona Beach, Fla., or go home after finals, the 23 students enrolled in the CEE 215L summer course spent the afternoon of May 7 working in teams scattered across campus surveying the land.
According to Deogratias Eustace, the course adviser, students are challenged to apply knowledge of surveying techniques and processes from prior theoretical courses to hands-on, practical situations.
“These students are making great strides in their area,” Eustace said. “They’re all committed to this, which certainly helps.”
Civil engineering majors are required to complete the course to graduate.
Starting next week, the class will be working at Mount St. John’s in Kettering, Ohio. There, students will gain real-world experience in creating topographical maps.
Owned by the Marianist brothers, Mount St. John houses a seminary and retreat center situated on a 150-acre piece of land. Eustace said the brothers requested the students’ help so they could avoid the possibility of extensively harming the grass around campus.
The professor said the brothers look forward to finding out how their land really looks.
To the civil engineering students at UD, it’s all about making business fun again.
“It’s nice because it’s hands-on experience,” Don Wilson, a junior civil engineering major, said. “We’re starting to see the method to the madness.”
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Mary of Cana
The Mary of Cana statue by Marianist Hall from this angle appears to be looking at the pink flowers in the foreground. Could Mary also be looking forward to Mother’s Day this Sunday?
5-8-12 by Larry Burgess
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Happy face
A utility hole cover looked like a smiling gingersnap cookie in the area of the Humanities building the day after the 2012 UD graduation. Chalk drawings like this and inspirational sayings like: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams” could be found on campus sidewalks from Saint Mary’s Hall to The Chapel and to Humanities.
5-7-12 by Larry Burgess
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UD Democracy
Walking into Wright State University’s student union May 4 felt more like entering a Washington, D.C. pressroom with cameras flashing, people applauding and journalists scouring.
That morning Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) held an open forum on college loan debt with students from the University of Dayton, Wright State and other members of the Dayton community.
Students were encouraged to ask the senator questions regarding tuition costs and college loan debt. Many students, who eagerly shot their hands into the air left satisfied with his with answers.
“I was thrilled with it,” said Holly Christian, a junior political science and French major. “Whenever I come out and hear Senator Brown talk it is always inspiring, and being a college student, I really appreciate that he cares about my education and prepping me for the future.”
After the conference, Brown stayed to shake hands, speak with some of the students and hear their stories.
Daniel Rajaiah, a junior political science major, helped organize the event for students who may have concerns about tuition costs and federal loans.
“I thought he did a really good job, and he really inspired me, Holly and a lot of the other students here,” he said.
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The Vatican blues
When Dennis Doyle is in Italy, as he was to speak at an international conference of theologians, he does what most tourists do. He sees the sights, throws coins in fountains, eats some pasta, and stops by the U.S. Embassy to have lunch with the ambassador and play him a tune on the harmonica.
The religious studies professor is a long-time friend of Miguel H. Diaz, who was appointed in 2009 as the country’s official representative to the Vatican. For two years in the 1990s, Diaz taught religious studies at the University of Dayton and has returned frequently to teach; he was last on campus in 2008.
Diaz and his wife, Marian, have many UD colleagues, Doyle said, and are always happy to see friends who knew them before he became an ambassador. So while in Rome on April 16, Doyle stopped by the ambassador’s residence to catch up and have a bite to eat.
As it turned out, Doyle, an accomplished harmonica blues player and songwriter, mentioned he had his harp with him and had written a new song. The Diazs insisted he play and sing. It’s called “Tadmor,” about a small Ohio town along the Miami-Erie Canal destroyed by the 1913 flood of the Great Miami River. (Listen)
Doyle said that while Miguel and Marian liked the song, “I’m not sure he can get me an audience with the Pope.”
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