Student News Digest

3/20/2024    

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

Go Dayton Flyers!

Cheer on the UD men's basketball team as they play Nevada at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Salt Lake City. Dayton is the seventh seed in the West region. Watch the game on TBS. UD Arena also hosts the First Four today, with the first game at 6:40 p.m.

Easter recess, Holy Week 2024

Easter recess for students begins after the last class Friday, March 22; classes resume at 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 1. University offices will be closed Friday, March 29, in observance of Good Friday. University offices will reopen Monday, April 1. You are invited to celebrate Holy Week and the Easter Triduum at UD in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception. Holy Week Reconciliation and service schedules can be found here.

Celebrating Easter

For Christians, Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus — the triumph of life's victory over death. Easter is a celebration of hope. God promises victory over death through faith in Jesus, who is the true light of the world. Because of Jesus, Christians look forward to their everlasting life. The victory of life over death also has significance in daily life, in the ways that Christians grow as disciples of Jesus, who accompanies all through the joys and challenges of living in faith. The Easter season lasts 50 days, through the celebration of Pentecost. Read more on the Campus Ministry website.

Easter recess mail information

If you live in a residence hall, Plumwood Apartments, University Place, Caldwell Apartments or Adele Hall, any mail or packages arriving from Friday, March 22, through Monday, April 1, will be held in mailing services. If you live in a UD-owned property in the south student neighborhood (45409 or 45419 zip codes), along with Garden Apartments, Campus South and South Quad, you must contact the Oakwood branch post office on the corner of Brown and Irving streets to have your mail and packages held until you return to campus. If you are staying on campus during spring break and you get a notice you received mail, you can pick it up from mailing services. Read more on Front Porch about mail during spring break.

Eclipse glasses to be distributed/available for pickup starting April 3

Distribution of eclipse glasses to employees and students will begin Wednesday, April 3. We ask that you take just one pair so there is enough for everyone on campus who wishes to get a pair. Students can pick up their pair with their student ID at the front desks of Marianist Hall, Campus South, Marycrest Complex, Founders Hall and Stuart Complex. Residents of VWK can pick up a pair at Stuart Complex. Residents of the student neighborhoods and Garden Apartments can pick up a pair at 461 Kiefaber. A limited supply of glasses will be available for pick up at the front desks of Roesch Library and RecPlex and the Kennedy Union information desk if you miss the opportunity to pick up a pair in your offices or student residences. We strongly encourage you to read more here about how eclipse glasses are necessary to safely view the eclipse.

Eclipse grill-out April 8

From 1-5 p.m. Monday, April 8, Dining Services will be grilling up some fun for the total solar eclipse. Enjoy the "Moonstruck: Crossing Paths with a Star," menu on the lower patio outside Kennedy Union and outside Marycrest overlooking the Central Mall. The menu includes burgers, footlong hotdogs, SunChips, Starry soda or Aquafina, and a specialty eclipse-themed popsicle from Sweet P's. The meal is $10, which also enters you into a raffle for UD-logoed prizes. Purchase meal tickets from KU, Marycrest and VWK starting April 1. Dining services also is giving away 100 Frisbees for the first 100 tickets sold. Eclipse-themed cookies will be on sale the week before the eclipse at all dining locations.

NEWS AND NOTES

Final exam week attendance expectations for students

The final exam period for this semester runs from Monday, April 29, through Friday, May 3. As a reminder, students are expected to remain on campus through the scheduled exam times for their classes, articulated at the start of the term in the university's spring 2024 final exam schedule.

As outlined in UD's final exam policy, all courses are expected to have a "culminating learning experience, normally a final examination," and "no final examination may be scheduled at a time other than the time prescribed by the registrar during final examination week" except where formally approved accommodations require otherwise. Questions about this policy can be directed to the Office of the Provost. We wish you success the last half of the semester.

Graul Chair event Thursday

The Graul Endowed Chair in Arts and Languages will host the final event in the Silk Roads Mosaic: Celebrating Language, Literature and Melodies series. A talk by the author of On the Noodle Road with performances by the Bach Society of Dayton, Rahul Deshmukh and Ajay Ponkshe; and a noodle tasting from regions along the Silk Roads is 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in the Roger Glass Center for the Arts. View a full schedule here.

UD Autism Acceptance Week April 2-5

The Office of Learning Resources welcomes all UD students, faculty and staff to join us in Autism Acceptance Week, April 2-5. Find a schedule of events here.

Open house for higher education and student affairs and school counseling programs

Considering a master's degree? The higher education and student affairs program and the school counseling program are accepting applications for the 2024-25 school year. The department is hosting an open house 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, and Wednesday, April 3, in Fitz Hall 629 to answer questions and provide information. Email Jason Zhu with questions.

Basketball's Elam Ending founder to speak on campus April 3

Nick Elam, two-time UD graduate and inventor of the Elam Ending in basketball where every game ends with a basket, will speak as part of UD's Department of Health and Sport Science annual student awards and the Doris Drees Lecture Series, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in the Kennedy Union ballroom.

Dialogue Zone session: Sportswashing

Sports often stand as a unifying force, cutting across differences. However, recent high-profile events have taken place in countries accused of human rights violations, posing the question: How can we navigate the complexities of inclusive sports in the face of an exclusive world? Register for this Dialogue Zone conversation from 3:35 to 4:50 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in Roesch Library 107.

Flyer Angels is recruiting for the 2024-2025 school year

Flyer Angels is a student-run investment group at UD that provides funding and support to early stage Ohio-based tech startups. As an analyst, you'll have the opportunity to learn practices critical in the private investing industry. Applications are due noon Friday, April 5. Contact udflyerangels@gmail.com with questions.

Flyer Enterprises seeks sales associates

Flyer Enterprises invites all students to apply for a sales associate position for the 2024-25 academic term. Complete the sales associate application here. 

More University news can be found on the Announcements page on Porches and on 1850, the student engagement portal.

Every Wednesday during the academic year and occasionally during the summer, the University news and communications team shares news to help you stay connected. Previous issues of Student News Digest are archived at go.udayton.edu/flyerfamilies.