Fundraising begins for new veterans lounge

This month at the annual Veterans Day ceremony celebrating veterans who attended the University of Dallas, trustee Terry O’Halloran announced that UD is launching a fundraising campaign to create a Veterans Lounge. The lounge...

Presidential applications close, decision to be made by spring

As of Nov. 16, the application window for presidential candidates at the University of Dallas officially closed. Richard Husseini, chair of the Presidential Search Committee, offered no insight into who the applicant pool includes...

New counselor to replace Scott

When Doug Scott abruptly departed from his position as a counselor at the University of Dallas on Oct. 24, his absence raised many questions about the future of the UD counseling center. Five days...

UD students volunteer at Cardinal Burke event

Eight University of Dallas students had the opportunity to hear Cardinal Raymond Burke and other speakers by volunteering at the Catholic Action Marriage and Family Summit this past weekend, Nov. 3 and 4. The students...

Little known facts: Fr. Roch Kereszty

The Cistercian monks helped welcome the first University of Dallas students into the classroom and contributed to the university’s distinctly European tradition. UD owes much to their ongoing contribution to the students’ intellectual growth...

Recent growth in UD science majors creates need for additional resources

During a  recent Board of Trustees meeting, a steep graph displayed on a slide showed that the number of science majors at the University of Dallas has nearly tripled over the last ten years,...

Italian Club of Dallas awards UD a new scholarship fund

The Italian Club of Dallas (ICD) recently inaugurated an annual scholarship to the University of Dallas Italian club through the club’s relationship with Dr. Anthony Nussmeier, director of the Italian program. This is the Italian...

Registrar plans to update transcript request process

Many alumni find the process of requesting their University of Dallas transcripts time-consuming and cumbersome. The Office of the Registrar is working to digitize all student records and update the request process to a more...

Little known facts: Cistercians at UD

The Cistercian monks are a teaching order that originated in France. In the 1950s, many Hungarian Cistercians were forced to flee their homeland to escape the brutal oppression of the Soviet-controlled Communist regime. The...

Why the tower logo is out

Last summer, Interim President Dr. John Plotts and the University of Dallas presidential cabinet retired the “tower and flame” logo in favor of the traditional seal. This decision was largely based on the need...

New UD reading initiative partners with local schools

In classrooms across Dallas, book clubs throughout the United States, and at dormitory desks on the Via dei Ceraseti in Italy, sit books by Anthony Doerr. Doerr’s historical fiction novel “All The Light We...

Sewage leak in Tower Village apartment

Last Tuesday, Oct. 30, juniors Rebecca Morris and Dori Welch came home to their Tower Village apartment to find their toilet and bathtub overflowing with mud, which trailed out into the living room.       This...

October board meeting discusses university trends

Last month, Interim President Dr. John Plotts, selected faculty and other members of the administration presented a state of the university report to the Board of Trustees. During the Board’s first meeting of the...

Little known facts: Dr. Willmoore Kendall, continued

Dr. Willmoore Kendall came to teach at the University of Dallas in 1963. He was the first chairman of the Politics Department, and he worked with Dr. Louise Cowan to establish the Institute of...

Campus Ministry organizes daily prayer in freshman dorms

In his second full year as director of Campus Ministry, Nicholas López is working to make students’ spirituality a more vital part of the UD community. Weekday resident-led Liturgy of the Hours prayers in...