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  • May 3, 2021

    By Megan Wagner, MH ’16 One of the many ways UD embraces religious liberty is through a partnership with the Catholic University of Erbil in Iraq, in which CUE students have the opportunity to...

  • May 3, 2021

    By Madeleine LiMandri, BA '21 This month’s segments of Sisters Serving UD will feature two alumnae who said “yes” to God’s call to religious life. The February segments featured UD’s two...

  • Apr 28, 2021

    Notable scholars and thought leaders from around the country gathered on the University of Dallas’ Irving campus to engage in lively dialogue on the merits of liberalism and Catholicism in America, during the university’s first-ever JPII Conference April 15–16.

  • Apr 23, 2021

    By Madeleine LiMandri, BA '21 This month’s segments of Sisters Serving UD will feature two alumnae who said “yes” to God’s call to religious life. The February segments featured UD’s two...

  • Apr 22, 2021

    The University of Dallas has received a $100,000 grant from the Hillcrest Foundation to upgrade the Biology Department’s laboratory equipment and prepare the growing number of science majors for...

  • Apr 21, 2021

    By Callie Ewing, BA '03 MH '22 On April 8, the University of Dallas’ Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business featured four female business leaders for the virtual spring 2021 Women in Business...

  • Apr 19, 2021

    University of Dallas President and Provost Jonathan J. Sanford, Ph.D., announced the appointment of Philip Harold, Ph.D., as the new dean of Constantin College of Liberal Arts effective July 1....

  • Apr 16, 2021

    By Megan Wagner, MH ’16 University of Dallas junior Samiyah Davis started the nonprofit Confidence Rules out of personal experience, having walked with a dear friend through a difficult time...

  • Apr 14, 2021
    Inaugural Conference Attracts Leading Catholic Scholars, Commentators

    The University of Dallas is proud to host the first-ever JPII Conference organized by St. John Paull II Teaching Fellow Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D., in collaboration with the American Public...

  • Mar 31, 2021

    This month’s segments of Sisters Serving UD will feature two Dominican alumnae who said “yes” to God’s call to religious life. Last month featured UD’s two current Nashville Dominican...

  • Mar 30, 2021

    With 957 donors (a 30% increase over 2020), it raised a total of $286,258 (a 43% increase over 2020), including a $50,000 match from University Trustee Nick Serafy. The National Alumni Board (NAB)...

  • Mar 25, 2021

    This month’s segments of Sisters Serving UD will feature two Dominican alumnae who said “yes” to God’s call to religious life. Last month featured UD’s two current Nashville Dominican professors, Affiliate Assistant Professor of Theology Sister Mary Angelica Neenan, O.P., and Affiliate Assistant Professor of Philosophy Sister Elinor Gardner, O.P., neither of whom are UD alumnae.

  • Mar 17, 2021
    Gupta College of Business to Offer Educational Opportunities

    The University of Dallas Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business is proud to announce a newly signed corporate partnership agreement with Gupta Capital Group. Through the partnership, all Gupta...

  • Mar 12, 2021
    “I have always viewed fellow UD alumni as family and, like our own families, it’s important to stay connected,” said National Alumni Board Director Sara (Gentry) Werth, BA ’99.

    This past year, the NAB added a Class Agent and Regional Representative committee, which was tasked with launching a reinvigorated alumni engagement program with the support of the Office of...

  • Mar 5, 2021
    Irving, TX (March 5, 2021) — The Board of Trustees of the University of Dallas has announced that Provost Jonathan J. Sanford, Ph.D., will take office as the University of Dallas’ 10th president effective Monday, March 8.

    Current President Thomas S. Hibbs, Ph.D., BA ’82 MA ’83, has chosen to return to a full-time faculty position at Baylor University on July 1, where he served prior to UD. He will continue to...

  • Mar 5, 2021
    The following remembrance was provided by Dr. Pejovich’s family. A memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, March 20, at 12:05 p.m. at the Church of the Incarnation on the University of Dallas campus and livestreamed.

    Svetozar “Steve” Pejovich, 89, passed away peacefully on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, with his family by his side. He is survived by his loving wife, Susan; his four children, Alexandra, Brenda,...

  • Mar 4, 2021
    For Vince Pawlowski, BA ’85, the decision to generously support the new Class of 1985 Scholarship Fund with a $100,000 lead gift was born out of a simple desire to give back to the institution that had given him so much. I recently sat down with Pawlowski, a successful defense attorney who sold his practice in Florida and now manages real estate properties around the country, to talk about his ongoing philanthropy, most recent gift and his personal pledge to give back.

    For Vince Pawlowski, BA ’85, the decision to generously support the new Class of 1985 Scholarship Fund with a $100,000 lead gift was born out of a simple desire to give back to the institution that had given him so much. I recently sat down with Pawlowski, a successful defense attorney who sold his practice in Florida and now manages real estate properties around the country, to talk about his ongoing philanthropy, most recent gift and his personal pledge to give back.

  • Mar 1, 2021
    “I have had the strange experience of twice being a UD student, and so this university has shaped my character and my life,” said UD alumnus and Associate Professor of English Andrew Moran, BA ’91 PhD ’04.

    “I have had the strange experience of twice being a UD student, and so this university has shaped my character and my life,” said UD alumnus and Associate Professor of English Andrew Moran, BA ’

  • Mar 1, 2021
    Economics Chair, Accomplished Scholar, Community Leader, Devoted Teacher Takes Leading Role at UD

    Economics Chair, Accomplished Scholar, Community Leader, Devoted Teacher Takes Leading Role at UD "Dr. Leonard is a leader of remarkable vision, energy and dedication to the good of all those she...

  • Feb 24, 2021
    The following obituary was provided by Lisa Mobus, BA '90,daughter of Dr. Fougerousse. Mass at the Church of the Incarnation will be offered for the repose of his soul on March 3 at 5 p.m.

    On Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, at 8:15 am local time, Dr. James Millard Fougerousse passed away at the Cardinal Schwarzenberg Hospital in Schwarzach am Pongau, Austria. He was 76 years old.

  • Feb 23, 2021
    After nearly a year of planning, the University of Dallas announced a comprehensive plan that includes reducing business operations costs and restructuring some of the university’s academic programs over the next three years.

    After nearly a year of planning, the University of Dallas announced a comprehensive plan that includes reducing business operations costs and restructuring some of the university’s academic programs over the next three years.

  • Feb 22, 2021
    It is no surprise that the University of Dallas, chartered by religious women, has had over 50 alumnae who have said “yes” to the call to religious life. In 1952, The Superior of the Western Province of the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur, Mother Theresa Weber, declared, "We need a Catholic co-educational college in this area!" On May 25, 1955, the Sisters officially received the charter for the University of Dallas. UD's first trustees were all religious women: Mother Theresa Weber, Sister Mildred Manning, Sister Mary Frances Connaughton, Sister Mary Byron, Sister Myrtl Owens and Sister Elizabeth Johnston.

    This beginning set a precedent: that UD is home to women with a religious vocation. Our religious alumnae and Dominican professors have shared their discernment stories and the role UD played in...

  • Feb 22, 2021
    It is no surprise that the University of Dallas, chartered by religious women, has had over 50 alumnae who have said “yes” to the call to religious life. In 1952, The Superior of the Western Province of the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur, Mother Theresa Weber, declared, "We need a Catholic co-educational college in this area!" On May 25, 1955, the Sisters officially received the charter for the University of Dallas. UD's first trustees were all religious women: Mother Theresa Weber, Sister Mildred Manning, Sister Mary Frances Connaughton, Sister Mary Byron, Sister Myrtl Owens and Sister Elizabeth Johnston.

    This beginning set a precedent: that UD is home to women with a religious vocation. Our religious alumnae and Dominican professors have shared their discernment stories and the role UD played in...

  • Feb 22, 2021
    Julie and Erick Pecha consider themselves a new, different kind of UD legacy. While not alumni themselves, they are the parents of four alumni — Brennan Pecha, BS ’11, Camille (Pecha) Kennedy, BA ’13 MA ’15, Luke Pecha, BS ’15, and Gabe Pecha, BS ’17; a current student, Josephine Pecha, BA ’21; and a future student, Katerina Pecha, BA ’25.

    Further, the Pecha parents are alumni of the St. Ignatius Institute (SII) at the University of San Francisco, which was, when they attended, very similar to UD, with a liberal arts curriculum...

  • Feb 17, 2021
    The University of Dallas announced the appointment of Kris Muñoz Vetter as chief advancement officer and Clare Venegas as chief marketing and communications officer.

    The University of Dallas announced the appointment of Kris Muñoz Vetter as chief advancement officer and Clare Venegas as chief marketing and communications officer.

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