That's worth celebrating. On Sept. 25, the trumpets will sound with a loud flourish as UD kicks off its sesquicentennial celebration for the campus and Dayton community. Plans for the celebration were announced on campus Aug. 25. As part of the celebration, UD is introducing an updated logo this month, and the National Alumni Association is publishing a commemorative book next spring. The ice cream will be given away to visitors at the celebration, which includes an outdoor Mass celebrated by Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk on the Humanities Plaza, music, dance and theater performances by students, campus tours, open houses, demonstrations, an academic convocation and an evening jazz concert by the renowned Woody Herman Band and the UD Jazz Ensemble.
All events are free and open to the public.
For a complete schedule, click here . By any measure, the University of Dayton has come a long way from unlikely roots. Today's mayor, Mike Turner, is also a University of Dayton graduate. Known at various times as St. Mary's School, St. Mary's Institute and St. Mary's College, the school linked itself to the community in 1920 when it incorporated as the University of Dayton. The University began to find its place, a place we hope it continues to hold, in the heart of the community.