April 17, 2025

Milestones!

For 25 years, the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop has honored the wit and wisdom of beloved humorist Erma Bombeck while offering a space where writers of all genres can refine their craft and find community, support, inspiration and encouragement. Here's a glimpse at the milestones.

Business April 17, 2025

Skyline Views & Career Moves

UD finance students are turning city lights into career insights.

Faith/Mission April 16, 2025

'We Are Souls to be Awakened'

"Institutions like yours, animated by the Marianist charism, are not luxuries. They are necessities," Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson said when he received an honorary degree from the University of Dayton. "Education — if it is to serve humanity — must form the whole person."

Business April 15, 2025

Balancing the Books—and Doing What’s Right

Spring 2025 Ethics Speaker Vic Hartman shows how ethical courage is the real asset in accounting.

International April 14, 2025

Yerdley's Photo Diary: Learning in Costa Rica

Yerdley Zeledon-Orozco, a first-year mechanical engineering student from Cincinnati, Ohio, shared photos from his time in Costa Rica on a faculty-led program.

April 13, 2025

Stairway to Houseplant Heaven

Now that my office has new flooring and is finally so clean that it could win an award from Good Housekeeping, I am turning over a new leaf.

Actually, 17 new leaves, which belong to a houseplant that my wife, Sue, gave to me so I could have someone (or something) to talk to when I am lonely or need inspiration so I can write drivel like this.

April 13, 2025

Icons in Writing and Comedy Worlds

From Erma Bombeck’s neighbor Phil Donahue to Saturday Night Live legends and Pulitzer Prize winners, the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop has drawn some of the most iconic names in writing and comedy as keynote speakers since its founding at the University of Dayton in 2000.

LGBTQ+ April 11, 2025

Leadership in Q*mmunity

What is one thing you cannot live without? Most people might immediately think of food, water or oxygen. But in my time as a Q*mmunity Leader, I can definitively say: community. Built into the name, yet it’s also the heartbeat of who we are.

Faculty April 11, 2025

Help! AI Ruined My Class!

Many instructors report that students are cheating using AI. Likewise, many sources claim to have the solution, but do those solutions actually solve the problem and if they do, is the workload reasonable? In this post, we will address limitations with some of the popular "AI-fixers" and propose solutions that are realistic for the busy course instructor.

Sustainability April 11, 2025

Little Green Thumbs: Teaching Bombeck preschoolers the magic of composting

HSI student leaders gave a composting presentation to preschoolers.