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Catholic and Marianist Education Resources
The College of Arts and Sciences provides many resources which communicate and reflect upon our Catholic and Marianist academic mission. Examples of past initiatives include:
The Annual Catholic and Marianist Education Lecture Series
Breezewood to Nazareth, an Oriental Muffin for Father Leo Meyer, and an Art Historian in Strange Country (pdf)
Dr. Roger J. Crum, Spring 2008
Dayton is a Place (pdf)
Dr. Una M. Cadegan, Spring 2007
Got Community? Liberalism, Catholicism, and the Search for Community in America (pdf)
Dr. Christopher M. Duncan, Spring 2006
Men & Women on a Mission: Catholic Education in the Marianist Tradition (pdf)
Rev. John A. McGrath, S.M., Spring 2005
University Professor of Faith and Culture: Selected Lectures
What Happened to the Laity? (doc)
David J. O'Brien, Annual Lecture, October 2011
A Fact, Not an Option: American Catholic Higher Education and Historical Responsibility (pdf)
David J. O'Brien, Inaugural Lecture, February 2010
Reports and Strategic Documents
Habits of Inquiry and Reflection: A Report on Education in the Catholic and Marianist Traditions at the University of Dayton (pdf)
Marianist Education Working Group Report, May 2006
What I Overheard in the Sesquicentennial Conversation (pdf)
Dr. Una M. Cadegan, Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry & Practice, Vol. 10, No. 1, September, 2006. Posted with permission.
University of Dayton Vision of Excellence (www)
Office of the Provost, September 2005
Dean's Addresses
Dean's Address to Faculty and Staff (pdf)
Dean Jason L. Pierce, September 16, 2016
A Shared Vision in a Transition Year (pdf)
Interim Dean Jason L. Pierce, August 29, 2014
How to think and how to choose (pdf)
Dean Paul H. Benson, August 30, 2013
Thinking, Slowly, About the College (pdf)
Dean Paul H. Benson, September 7, 2012
Writing the College's Story (doc)
Dean Paul H. Benson, September 9, 2011
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Humanities Symposium Address
The Humanities and What Matters (doc)
Dean Paul H. Benson, February 15, 2011
The College at 50 (docx)
Dean Paul H. Benson, August 2010
Academic Initiatives for Inclusion and Intercultural Engagement (doc)
Dean Paul H. Benson, August 2009
Attending to our Faculties (doc)
Dean Paul H. Benson, September 2008
Being the College (doc)
Dean Paul H. Benson, August 2007