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National science winners

Two University of Dayton undergraduates have won competitive national science awards and scholarships from the Goldwater Foundation and the American Physiological Society.

Lori Hanna, a junior mechanical engineering major, has been named a 2007 Goldwater Scholar, an elite award for science, mathematics and engineering undergraduates. Award-winners are selected on academic merit, career objectives and potential to make a significant contribution to the field.

Hanna, from Wadsworth, Ohio, plans to pursue a doctorate in renewable energy, focusing on research and development of technologies to improve living conditions and health of people in developing areas. Her submission included a project to create solar powered, easy-to-use equipment to sterilize medical devices particularly useful in rural, developing areas.

Hanna said the project, which is the basis of her senior honors thesis, grew from a two-month internship in a rural village in Nicaragua through UD’s Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-learning (ETHOS) program.

“We were working on solar cookers, which use reflected sunlight to cook food,” Hanna said. “I lived with a host family and saw that when we went to the clinics, that even if they had access to electricity, it was very expensive.”

Because not every clinic owned an autoclave – the equipment used to sterilize medical devices – they had to be borrowed and transported around the countryside, which is an expensive, labor-intensive process, she said.

“We were working with Grupo Fenix, which sponsors the programs to help bring renewable energy to rural Nicaragua,” she said. It occurred to her that the same technology powering the solar cookers could be adapted to sterilize medical equipment.

“I asked them about it, and they said it would be really valuable,” Hanna said.

Applying and perfecting the technology is just the first part of her senior thesis, she said. The second part will be working with UD’s business school to develop a micro-business that can be administered by villages to foster economic development.
She is advised by mechanical engineering professor Kelly Kissock and Kevin Hallinan, the chair of UD’s mechanical engineering department as well as Margaret Pinnell, the ETHOS program. Patrick Palermo mentored her Goldwater application.

The $7,500 scholarship honoring the late Arizona Sen. Barry M. Goldwater is to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. Hanna, who also dances with the Dayton-based Rhythm and Shoes dance company and the UD Dance Ensemble, is one of 317 scholars in the country to win a Goldwater Scholarship.

Kaitlin Moredock, a University of Dayton junior majoring in biology and psychology, is one of only 24 students in the country to receive a summer undergraduate research fellowship from the American Physiological Society.

Moredock’s fellowship was awarded for a proposal that will look at the role of aquaporins in Alzheimer’s disease, research that she will conduct in the lab of UD biology professor Carissa Krane, her honors thesis adviser. Krane specializes in aquaporins – water channels that form pores in the membranes of cells.

"Neurological functioning is so intricate; only a seemingly small dysfunction can cause tremendous cognitive deficiencies like those characteristic of Alzheimer's disease,” Moredock said.

“Aquaporins have been shown to be crucial to water permeability, edema, astrocytic migration, glial scar progression, potassium-dependent neural signaling, intracranial pressure, and cerebrospinal fluid production,” Moredock noted in her proposal. “Thus, alterations in the expression of these aquaporins would have significant implications for the neuropathology of Alzheimer’s Disease.”

Moredock, a Berry Scholar at UD, is from Springfield, Ill.

She crafted her research project with guidance from Krane, from UD alumnus Ben Kolber, who is pursuing a Ph. D. in neuroscience at Washington University, and from John Cirrito, a post-doctoral student at Washington University in St. Louis, and expert on Alzheimer's disease. “Through speaking with these people, I realized that by focusing on the mechanisms behind the progression of the disease, research will eventually get to the point where Alzheimer's can be diagnosed earlier, treated more effectively, and perhaps even prevented,” she said.

The American Physiological Society summer research fellowships, which aim to encourage undergraduates to pursue careers as basic research scientists, are awarded based on academic merit and the quality of proposals. The fellowship provides a student with a $3,000 stipend and up to $1,000 to travel to the APS annual meeting.

Poetry: chapbooks to slams

From a centuries-old tradition of small, inexpensive books to contemporary slams, LitFest, an annual one-day literary festival at the University of Dayton, will explore the art of poetry with readings and discussions on April 14.

Chapbooks – small, inexpensive books no more than 25 pages long – are the focus of this year’s LitFest, with free, public readings from two award-winning poets known for their chapbook work.

Poet, librarian and editor Fred Kirchner will read from Platform of an Unacknowledged World Legislator at 4 p.m., Saturday, April 14, in Marianist Hall.

Kirchner is outreach services children’s librarian for the Dayton Metro Library, and drives a 34-foot bookmobile to schools and daycare centers. He also serves as associate editor for Pudding House Publications in Johnstown, Ohio. His chapbook, Platform of an Unacknowledged World Legislator won the 2005 Main Street Rag Chapbook Competition. His poetry has appeared in Haz Mat; Talking Leaves: A Journal of Our Evolving Ecological Culture and two Pudding House anthologies Crude: Poems at the End of the Age of Oil and Cap City Poets.

Poet, world-traveler and teacher Henry Oso Quintero will read his poetry from The Animal People at 6 p.m., Saturday, April 14, in Marianist Hall.

Quintero teaches gifted Chicano and Native American students at ChicanIndio in Phoenix. He is pursuing a doctorate in Native American literature and song at Arizona State University. He recently traveled to India and Estonia, where he read poetry for a Native Peoples Congress. His poetry has appeared in the Antioch Review and the South Ash Press, and he published Eight Buffalo Hides are the Parchment of my Life: Poetry and Songs of Borderlands and Action. in Hayden's Ferry Review.

Two workshops will take place from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Studio B and Studio C at ArtStreet. During the first workshop, Quintero will discuss “The Ritual of Poetry.” In the second workshop, Kirchner and Kathleen Burgess will discuss “Dirty Little Secrets: Persona Poems, Lies, Self Revelation.” From 1:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Studio C at ArtStreet, Burgess, Stacia Fleegal, Jessie Janeshek and Wanda Huber will read selections of their poetry.

Later in the day nationally-recognized slammers will compete during the poetry slam at 9 p.m. in Victoria W. Kettering Hall. The slam costs $5 at the door.

For information, contact UD English professor and LitFest coordinator Rebecca Potter at 937-229-3440 or rebecca.potter@notes.udayton.edu.

Building 26 hearing set

The Ohio Historic Preservation Office will hold a public hearing about Building 26 at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, at Carillon Park in cooperation with the University of Dayton.

Mark J. Epstein, head of the resource protection and review department for the Ohio Historic Preservation Office, will chair the meeting, which is designed to solicit public input about a report by the ASC Group Inc. that finds the building ineligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Congressman Michael Turner requested that UD ask the Ohio Historic Preservation Office to convene the hearing.

During World War II, the building served as the top-secret site for NCR engineer and University of Dayton alumnus Joseph Desch's development of a code-breaking machine credited with helping to bring the war to a close.

The meeting will include a background briefing by UD officials; an explanation of the report by Doug Terpstra, an architectural historian with the ASC Group Inc.; and an opportunity for interested members of the public to offer their views on the report.

The report can be found here: http://udcampusmasterplan.udayton.edu/architecture.pdf.

The Ohio Historic Preservation Office is Ohio's official historic preservation agency. A part of the Ohio Historical Society, it identifies historic places in Ohio, nominates properties to the National Register of Historic Places, reviews federally assisted projects for effects on historic, architectural and archaeological resources in Ohio, consults on the conservation of older buildings and sites, and offers educational programs and publications.

For more information, contact Mark J. Epstein at 614-298-2000 or mepstein@ohiohistory.org.

Remembering Col. Paul M. Kelly

The University of Dayton will offer April 10 Mass for the intention of Col. Paul Kelly, graduate killed in Iraq.

The University of Dayton will offer a Mass for the intention of Col. Paul M. Kelly and his family at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 10, in the Immaculate Conception Chapel on campus.

A 1984 graduate of the University of Dayton, Kelly is believed to be the first UD graduate killed in Iraq.

The public is invited to the Mass, which will be attended by Kelly's family. An outdoor ceremony before the Mass will include a presentation of colors and the playing of taps by UD ROTC cadets. The Rev. Christopher Wittmann, S.M., director of campus ministry, will preside over the Mass. Kelly's brother, Patrick, will offer a eulogy at the beginning of Mass. A reception will follow in the Torch Lounge in Kennedy Union.

Kelly, 45, was one of 13 Americans killed Jan. 20 in a helicopter crash just outside Bagdad.

Kelly's connection to his alma mater ran deep. He was one of six children, all of whom graduated from the University of Dayton: Brita '84, Theresa '85, John '85, Patrick '90 and Tony '95. Col. Kelly’s father, John, graduated in 1975 from UD with a master’s degree and formerly served as director of graduate and alumni placement.

Kelly, who earned a degree in management, was commissioned through UD's ROTC program and held numerous leadership positions in the National Guard, serving in Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia. His assignments took him to the Pentagon, Bosnia and Iraq.

"We know that he bravely served his country. May his life serve as an example of selflessness and love,'' said Daniel J. Curran, UD's president.

Contact Father Chris Wittmann, S.M., at 937-229-3339.

Wall Street arrives at UD

Some of the best and brightest in the financial world will be on the University of Dayton campus to share their wisdom and outlook on the markets, economy, corporate governance and public policy March 29 – 31 during UD’s RISE VII Global Student Investment Forum. Keynote day from 8:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, at the University of Dayton Arena is a virtual “who’s who” in the industry.

Since RISE began seven years ago, it has become the world's largest student investment forum. College students and faculty, as well as professionals on the keynote day, from around the country will interact with some of the most influential and respected financial leaders in the world at the forum, which mimics the World Economic Forum held annually in Switzerland.

For the first time, the United Nations Global Compact is co-sponsoring the forum with UD. The Global Compact brings companies together with UN agencies, labor and civil society to advance universal social and environmental principles.

The Dubai Financial Market, Financial Services Forum and TIAA-CREF, are other new strategic partners for RISE VII. They join our returning partners — some of the most well-respected names in international finance — including The New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Singapore Stock Exchange, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Deutsche Asset Management and the CFA Institute.

During its seven years, RISE has grown 580 percent, from an initial 250 participants from 43 colleges and universities in 2001 to a record-breaking 1,700 participants, including 218 colleges and universities today. This year, RISE VII includes participants from every state in the U.S., every inhabited continent in the world.

The forum's international impact continues to grow. Romania, Portugal and Ukraine and others have joined the growing list of countries that are participating in RISE VII. More than 58 countries have sent representatives or keynote speakers -- or are connecting remotely. International participation has grown 867 percent over the past two years. In addition, portions of RISE VII will be broadcast to more than 900,000 professionals in 140 countries by the Dow Jones Newswire, Reuters, Bloomberg News, Bloomberg TV and the Associated Press.

During the three-day event, more than 100 professionals from 74 organizations will participate as keynote speakers, judges, moderators and panelists.
Keynote speakers include:

· Paul Atkins, commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

· Gary H. Stern, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

· Ralph Alvarez, president and COO, McDonald’s Corp.

· Peter H. Coors, chairman, Molson Coors Brewing Co.

· Knight Kiplinger, editor in chief, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance

· Ginataras Steponavicius, deputy speaker of Parliament, Republic of Lithuania

· L’Ubomir Jahnatek, minister of the economy, Slovak Republic

· Pat Dorsey, director of stock analysis, Morningstar, Inc.

· Daniel Chiquiar, research manager, Banco de Mexico

· John E. Silvia, chief economist, Wachovia Bank

· Robert C. Doll, vice chairman, global CIO and a member of the board of directors, BlackRock

· Witold Jurek, president, Conference of Rectors of Universities of Economics in Poland

· Bob Froehlich, chair of the investor strategy committee, Deutsche Asset Management, Americas, and vice chair, Scudder Investments

· Liz Ann Sonders, chair of investment strategy council, Charles Schwab & Co.

· James Glassman, senior policy strategist, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

· Jan Hatzius, chief U.S. economist, Goldman Sachs

· Louis Navellier, chairman and CEO, Navellier & Associates Inc.

· Myron Scholes, chairman, Platinum Grove Asset Management and 1997 Nobel Laureate in economics

At RISE VII, the world market has become the classroom, as participants will be challenged to examine a range of pertinent issues facing investment professionals, while strengthening the bridge that connects theory and practice.

For more information, contact Linda Robertson at 937-229-3257.

March 28, 2007 in Speakers | Permalink

Winner of first business plan competition announced

Two UD business majors and a former NFL player's idea for computerized football trainers are "a hit."

Get Quick’s got game.

An entrepreneurial idea for computerized sports agility trainers, called Get Quick, took first place in the University of Dayton’s School of Business Administration’s first Business Plan Competition, netting the brains behind the biz $5,000 to start their company.

UD junior business majors Vince Pecoraro and Steven Kreiger and Andy Harmon, a former Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle and Centerville, Ohio, resident, came up with the business plan after Harmon brought his idea to the business school. Get Quick would be sold to NFL, college and high school football teams and would allow coaches to track individual performance over time as well as compare performance between individuals.

Get Quick is basically a computerized blocking sled. A computer is located on the back of where a player hits. Blinking lights on the front show the player where to hit and tests the reaction time of the play. Sensors measure the physical impact of the hits to be able to calculate how powerful a player hits another player.

Harmon knows all too well how important this information can be, as he had the most sacks by a defensive tackle in the Eagles history.

The University of Dayton's School of Business Administration launched the competition in December to help teach entrepreneurship and give students a leg up in the job market. In all, 21 teams made elevator pitches. Five teams made it to the finals, which were held this past Saturday. The other finalists in second through fifth place include:

2) Life Stories Funboxes, a technological scrapbook, by UD law students Adrian King and George Limbert. The idea combines scrapbooking and technology to allow aging adults to tell their life stories while improving their mental sharpness at the same time. It won $2,500.

3) Gelatoria, Italian Gelato, by UD entrepreneurship major Rachel Pleiman, involves the vision of an "Italian" experience, complete with Italian decor, interior design and materials like stone and tile. It took home $1,000.

4) Residential Retrofitting and Care, home renovation for the elderly to provide safer, easier alternatives for aging adults living alone, by UD junior business major Timothy Miller won $500.

5) Carnival Cakes, a company that produces frozen versions of funnel cakes received $250. Jim Croghan, a junior entrepreneurship, finance and operations management major at UD, and Greg Leibach, an art design major at Knox College in Galesberg, Ill., want to bring the fair fare into the grocery store frozen foods section.

The University of Dayton this fall gained national recognition for its entrepreneurship program, named fifth best by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review. The program started in 1999 with 10 students and enrolled a record 140 undergraduate majors this fall. Students don't just study theory. They become entrepreneurs. Flyer Enterprises, comprised of seven student-run businesses on campus, is now the fourth largest student-run operation in the nation, with more than $1.3 million in annual sales. All sophomore entrepreneurship majors are given $3,000 loans from the Crotty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership to start their own businesses, with any profits going to charity. Businesses in the Dayton region receive free consulting from teams of senior entrepreneurship students.

For more information, contact Linda Robertson at 937-229-3257.

March 28, 2007 in Miscellaneous | Permalink

Blood, no sweat and probably no tears

The University of Dayton Army ROTC will host and sponsor a blood drive for the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Blood Donor Program. Military officials said collection from military personnel, veterans, military dependents and civilian military employees is not keeping up with the military's needs.

The University of Dayton Army ROTC will host and sponsor a blood drive for the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Blood Donor Program from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 30, in O'Reilly Hall on the University of Dayton campus.

It is open to the public.

The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Blood Donor Center will collect blood donations and ship them directly to medical facilities in conflict areas overseas.

Donors must be 17 or older and weigh more than 110 pounds. Donors cannot donate blood if they have donated blood in the last two months; currently have a cold, flu, fever or sore throat; have had a root canal or any other serious dental procedure in the past 72 hours; or have had a tattoo or body piercing, other than the ears, in the last year.

Donors must bring a driver's license, state ID card or Social Security card.

The entire process takes about 40 minutes. Donors can register for priority scheduling at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Blood Donor Center Web site.

O'Reilly Hall — the ROTC Building — is across from the UD bookstore and Marianist Hall. Parking is available in C Lot. Parking passes must be obtained from the blood drive registration desk and returned upon completion, or at the parking services booth across from the RecPlex.

Military officials said collection from military personnel, veterans, military dependents and civilian military employees is not keeping up with the military's needs. When the military blood program cannot collect enough blood, it must purchase products from civilian agencies, such as the Red Cross, if blood is available after community needs.

Military officials say 43 percent of military personnel are ineligible to donate because of illness or potential exposure to Mad Cow Disease years ago.

“War readiness” requires 700 units of blood to be shipped out each month. With the recent troop surge, that number is expected to increase to 800 units a month. A single trauma case can require 40 or more units, according to military officials.

For more information, contact Major Andrew Loeb at 937-229-5522.

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March 27, 2007

Iconic Mother Mary

An artistic celebration of Mary as a mother with her child, Jesus, will be featured in a special exhibit of original icon-style paintings by artist Christine Granger at the University of Dayton's Marian Library April 1 through June 15.

About 30 icons, which were featured in Granger's 1996 best-selling book Mary, Mother of My Lord and the 2006 follow-up Mother and Child, will be on display along with poetry and prayers about mothers and children, in particular Mary and Jesus.

Canadian Granger has painted icons – images representing a significant holy being or object – since 1980. Internationally acclaimed, her work is in many private and public collections, including the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

She uses a variety of media, including wax and egg tempura. Currently, she works with acrylic colors and gold in a layering technique to build up textures, patterns and borders. Her primary color palette includes reds, oranges, yellows and golds, colors usually associated with fire, light and the divine.

Her starting point is the tradition of Ukrainian and Byzantine icons. She sees her paintings as expressions of faith.

"If I had a good voice I would sing in a gospel choir … I work in color instead, bring(ing) new techniques and ideas to a tradition as old as Christendom," Granger said. "Each painting is a joyful reaffirmation of the mystery of the incarnation," she wrote.

The exhibit will display Granger's books, which include inspirations from spiritual sources such as Mother Teresa of Calcutta, poet Rainer Maria Rilke and the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.

The Marian Library is a part of the international center for study and research on Mary, located on the seventh floor of the Roesch Library, just off Stewart Street, on the University of Dayton's campus. It is open Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday by appointment. There is no cost. Call 937-229-4214 for further details or go to www.udayton.edu/mary for further information.

For interviews, contact M. Jean Frisk, S.S.M. at 937-229-4254 or friskjem@notes.udayton.edu.

March 27, 2007 in Arts events | Permalink

March 23, 2007

New ideas born in a new barn

Nearly a century ago, local engineers Colonel Edward Deeds and Charles Kettering gathered the region’s engineers into Deeds’ barn to exchange ideas, problems and solutions. School of Engineering Dean Joseph Saliba hopes the “new barn” he helped raise becomes what Deeds’ barn did for Dayton a century ago.

Nearly a century ago, local engineers Colonel Edward Deeds and Charles Kettering gathered the region’s engineers into Deeds’ barn to exchange ideas, problems and solutions.

University of Dayton School of Engineering Dean Joseph Saliba hopes the “new barn” he helped raise— the University’s new $4 million Innovation Center — becomes what Deeds’ barn did for Dayton a century ago. The center is an addition to Kettering Labs on campus.

“One of our goals is to maintain and advance the standard of living in our region. To do so, we need to be creative and responsible partners in fostering the spirit of innovation that always has characterized engineering in the Miami Valley and at UD,” said Saliba, who also stresses service-learning in addition to product development and evaluation. “We want to be accessible to everyone and encourage everyone to take risks.”

Saliba said the Innovation Center —which the University will dedicate at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 27 — already has the attention of numerous local companies. Much of that stems from the nearly 90 companies that have worked on nearly 400 projects with UD’s Design and Manufacturing Clinic.

Emerson, Copeland and Ethicon have agreed to lend support and become educational partners. Former Copeland President and Chief Operating Officer Dean Ruwe has signed on to be the Innovation Center’s interim director.

“This is very interesting and fun to do,” said Ruwe, who has been involved with UD’s School of Engineering as an adviser and teacher. “It’s a good school. About 60 of our Copeland engineers came from UD, and they were among our brightest. I’m just trying to make a difference and get the Innovation Center up and running.”

Some of the ongoing projects between UD students and local industries include: a low-risk alternative to gastric bypass surgery, improvements in a local food equipment’s mixing machines, a pill dispenser for cardiologists and patients to better track medicine dosages and frequency, and a vehicle for the military that can drive itself and supplies into hostile areas without putting troops in harm’s way.

“It’s really great,” said Jeff Kerley, a senior mechanical engineering major from Jacksonville, Fla., who is working on the gastric bypass alternative. “It’s great to get out of the classroom and do real work with real people. Plus, we have real good presentation equipment.”

The center lacks no detail. Specially designed tables comfortably fit six people without taking up the space of a round table. Floor-to-ceiling dry-erase boards allow space for multi-level diagrams. The product development room, where much time is spent standing, has rubber floors to ease stress. That room also has exposed ceilings so students can see how structures handle loads, data routing and ventilation work. The Innovation Center also showcases the latest in computer hardware and software technology.

“The Innovation Center definitely has improved the process,” said Josh Heyne, a mechanical engineering student from Centerville, Ohio, who is working with the local food equipment company. “We have access all the time. We don’t have to fight for lab space and it’s a central location for computers, equipment and meeting rooms.”

Saliba requested floor-to-ceiling windows so anyone walking past Kettering Labs can see what’s happening in engineering. He hopes everyone from the UD Research Institute to the School of Law takes advantage of the center.

“There is a philosophy student looking into engineering ethics,” Heyne said. “A business major could (use the Innovation Center) to get more information about what goes into their projects. There is a definite cross-over among disciplines.”

The School of Engineering will display final projects in the lobby of Kettering Labs.

For interviews, contact Shawn Robinson at 937-229-3391. For more information on the Innovation Center, contact Dean Ruwe at 937-229-2835. For a complete list of University of Dayton national news, see www.UDnews.org. For local news, see www.UDlocalnews.org.

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March 22, 2007

Budding entrepreneurs compete

A business plan and cash are usually the first two things entrepreneurs need to bring their ideas to life. On Saturday, if they pitch it well at UD's Business Plan Competition finals, UD will show them the money.

The University of Dayton's School of Business Administration launched a competition in December to help teach entrepreneurship and give students a leg up in the job market. In all, 21 teams made elevator pitches.

Five teams made it to the finals and will present their business plans to judges 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 24, in Miriam Hall, room 103, on UD’s campus. The finalists will compete for $10,000 in prize money. Each presenter will get 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of questions and answers involving the judges.

"The Business Plan Competition is a way to teach entrepreneurship," said Dean McFarlin, chair of UD’s management and marketing department and the NCR Professor of Global Leadership Development. "We're trying to teach students how to differentiate themselves from others and stand out. When you actually have to make an elevator speech in front of an audience and compete for real money, it raises the stakes."

All entrants had to be UD students, but could have partners outside the UD community. For instance, one team includes a former NFL player. The finalists put together business plans, with the goal of having the production process, marketplace analysis, marketing plan and funding strategy in a document teams can use to secure additional funding for their ventures. They also met with mentors from local businesses.

“Winning a business plan competition is an excellent line to add to a résumé," said Jay Janney, assistant professor of management at UD and competition coordinator. "Perfecting a pitch provides a useful skill, particularly in a tight job market where firms have to make snap judgments on who to invite back for full interviews. This has been a great way for those with business ideas to test them out well in advance of committing any capital to them." 

The five finalists include:
Carnival Cakes, a company that produces frozen versions of funnel cakes. Jim Croghan, a junior entrepreneurship, finance and operations management major at UD, and Greg Leibach, an art design major at Knox College in Galesberg, Ill., want to bring the fair fare into the grocery store frozen foods section.

Get Quick, computerized sports agility trainers, by UD junior business majors Vince Pecoraro and Steven Kreiger and Andy Harmon, a former Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle and Centerville, Ohio, resident, would be sold to NFL, college, and high school football teams and would allow coaches to track individual performance over time as well as compare performance across individuals.

Gelatoria, Italian Gelato, by UD entrepreneurship major Rachel Pleiman, involves the vision of an "Italian" experience, complete with Italian decor, interior design, and materials like stone and tile.

Residential Retrofitting and Care, home renovation for the elderly to provide safer, easier alternatives for aging adults living alone, by UD junior business major Timothy Miller.

Life Stories Funboxes, a technological scrapbook, by UD law students Adrian King and George Limbert. The idea combines scrapbooking and technology to allow aging adults to tell their life stories while improving their mental sharpness at the same time.

The 1st through 5th place winners will be announced during the UD entrepreneurship banquet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28, in the Kennedy Union ballroom.

The University of Dayton this fall gained national recognition for its entrepreneurship program, named fifth best by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review. The program started in 1999 with 10 students and enrolled a record 140 undergraduate majors this fall. Students don't just study theory. They become entrepreneurs.

Flyer Enterprises, comprised of seven student-run businesses on campus, is now the fourth largest student-run operation in the nation, with more than $1.3 million in annual sales. All sophomore entrepreneurship majors are given $3,000 loans from the Crotty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership to start their own businesses, with any profits going to charity. Businesses in the Dayton region receive free consulting from teams of senior entrepreneurship students.

For more information, contact Dean McFarlin at 937-229-4928 or mcfarlin@udayton.edu or Linda Robertson at 937- 229-3257 or robertson@udayton

March 22, 2007 in Miscellaneous | Permalink