University of Dayton

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, women’s center, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance

Remedial

reading, math, writing, study skills

Counseling

minority student, career, military, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, religious

Career

co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 79% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Types of housing available

• 7% of housing units are Singles.
• 40% of housing units are Doubles.
• 12% of housing units are Triples.
• 13% of housing units are Apartments.
• 28% of of housing units are some other type.
• In total, there are 341 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 8% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 29% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 85% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Black History Month; Christmas on Campus; Distinguished Speakers Series; Engineers’ Week; Latin-American Heritage Month; Little Sibs Weekend; Parents’ Weekend; University Arts Series; Up the Organizations Day; Weekend Scene
• Student activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, marching band, music ensembles, musical theater, opera, pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, symphony orchestra, television station, yearbook
• In total, there are about 170 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Alpha Epsilon Delta (Premedicine); Beta Beta Beta (Biology); Chi Epsilon (Civil engineering); Delta Sigma Pi (Business); Epsilon Tau Pi (Eagle Scouts); Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical engineering); Golden Key International Honor Society; Phi Alpha Theta (History); Phi Beta Chi (Communication); Pi Tau Sigma (Mechanical engineering); Psi Chi (Psychology); Tau Alpha Pi (Engineering technology); Tau Beta Pi (Engineering)
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Campus Crusade for Christ; Catholic Life; Pax Christi; Society of St. Vincent de Paul; Sodality; Campus Ministry also sponsors more than 30 student-run service clubs
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Asian American Association; Black Action Through Unity; Black Perspective; Chinese Student and Scholar Association; Ebony Heritage Singers; Indian Student Association; International Club; Irish Club; Italian Club; Korean Student Association; Latin Student Organization; National Society of Black Engineers; Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers; National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. ; Alpha Phi Alpha; Alpha Kappa Alpha; Delta Sigma Theta; Zeta Phi Beta
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) More than 170 clubs, including academic/professional clubs; advisory/governing groups; Greek organizations; honor societies; media; music/performing arts; political clubs; service clubs; social/cultural clubs; special interest clubs; athletics and special events.
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) Flyer News (twice weekly), Black Perspective (monthly), Orpheus (twice yearly)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Dayton, Ohio (14), Cincinnati, Ohio (63)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Cincinnati, Ohio (52)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Dayton, Ohio (1)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• Not all students are permitted to have cars on campus.

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 50% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 1,090
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

Greek Life

• There are 12 fraternities
• 9 fraternity houses
• 15% of students are fraternity members
• There are 9 sororities
• 7 sorority houses
• 19% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Offered on campus
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Wright State University)

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited, other