May 2011

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Alabama coming to UD Arena December 7

Alabama and head coach Anthony Grant will play UD in each of the next two seasons, opening on December 7 at UD arena. It will be the third BCS school UD has on its schedule, joining Ole Miss and Seton Hall. Many in the Miami Valley consider Grant as a major missed opportunity for the [...]

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UD Alum Ivcic New Voice of The Swampdogs

Mike Ivcic ’07 is the new voice of the Fayetteville Swampdogs, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Coastal Plain League.  Mike was the voice of Dayton Flyers baseball and volleyball the past three seasons, as well as hosting the live call-in show after UD basketball games last season on WHIO. [Ballpark Digest]

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Interim Business School Dean is Accountant

Accounting prof Dr. Joseph Castellano was named as interim dean of the Business School, effective July 1.  Former dean Matt Shank took off when he got a waaaaaay better offer to be president of Marymount University. Dr. Castellano is rocking a pretty stellar 4.2 on ratemyprofessors.com, and will hold the fort while a search committee [...]

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Butter Cafe Expands; Gives Away Cake

Happy Birthday!  The really really delicious Butter Cafe on Brown Street is celebrating the end of year one by giving away free birthday cake the first week of June.  Oh yeah, they also added outdoor seating, an upstairs eating area, and some new menu items: Almond Joy pancakes “Everything” egg sandwich Vegan burger Portabello mushroom [...]

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Georgetown Guard Transferring to UD

Vee Sanford, a 6-3 sophomore guard who played the past two years at Georgetown, will transfer to UD, according to the Dayton Daily News. Sanford averaged just 2.4 points in 6.6 minutes per game last year for the Hoyas, but he’ll have a year off to get his game up to A-10 standards. Sanford is [...]

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Ground Broken on New Brown St. Townhouses

Construction has commenced on the new $25 million project to build townhouses and apartments over what used to be Frank Z’s Chevrolet.  The new buildings (five of them, with a pretty sweet courtyard in the middle) will house 427 students, and be situated in the strategic point on Brown Street between Tim’s and the Fieldhouse. [...]

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Tweets of the Week

Here are this week’s top UD tweets.

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