Little known facts: Rome program’s origin
The University of Dallas took on an international character at its founding, through the aims and curricula articulated in the first bulletin, as well as through the background of its…
Little known facts: how Groundhog began
Sharen Baker, the Cowan-Blakely Memorial Library administrative assistant, attended the first Groundhog celebration at the University of Dallas. Baker described that fateful day: it was a cold and dark February…
Little known facts: UD’s hidden field
The University of Dallas owns and maintains the large field bordering Holy Trinity Seminary, and this field may help to solve the shortage of recreational spaces on campus for collegiate,…
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…
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…
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…
Little known facts: Dr. Willmoore Kendall
Dr. Willmoore Kendall, the founder of the University of Dallas’ Politics Department, “was born of Kentucky stock in a small town called Kenawa in Oklahoma,” according to former UD professor…
Little known facts: the dorms’ namesakes
Have you ever stopped to wonder who your dorm was named after or what kind of person he or she was? The freshman dorms are named after university founders and…
Little known facts: UD smoking
Senior Paul Zepeda says, “Cigarettes are a catalyst.” “When you’re hanging around in basketball shorts and a t-shirt, they make you look even more trashy,” Zepeda added. “But, when you’re…
Little known facts: the Cowans [continued]
Welcome back. I hope you enjoyed the first installment of this piece. If you missed it, keep your eyes peeled for last week’s newspaper lying around or go to udallasnews.com.…
Little known facts: the Cowans
It is impossible to capture the personality and spirit of Drs. Louise and Donald Cowan, the couple that was instrumental in establishing the Core curriculum, in such a short space.…
Little known facts: UD’s sailing club
Clubs and other extracurricular activities hold great importance in the lives of current University of Dallas students, and the same can be said for students who attended the university during…
Little known facts: Capulin service project
In December 1970, a handful of students from the University of Dallas traveled to Capulin, Mexico to help make bricks for the impoverished people of the area. The group consisted…