Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts at the University of Dallas

After 20 years of building the University of Dallas library collection, Debbie Hathaway is retiring and heading to Alaska.

As head of acquisitions and technical services, Debbie has spent two decades making sure every book, database and resource our students and faculty needed was right where they looked for it. She secured two major grants to build the Core Collection, served four terms on the University Council and got to know nearly every faculty member, student worker and book that passed through her doors.

“The University of Dallas is unique at its core. What other university can you walk down the Mall and hear students saying, 'Oh, did you read that paragraph in Plato's Republic? What did you think of that?' It is totally amazing," Hathaway said.

Her advice to students? "Never stop learning. There is always something that should spark in your mind. You should always have that curiosity and a sense of fun and imagination and love of learning."

Thank you, Debbie! The UDallas community is richer because of your two decades of service.

Read her full story: https://hubs.ly/Q04jdfCk0

The Beginning and End of Every Book: A Farewell to Debbie Hathaway The Core is an opportunity to inquire into the fundamental aspects of being and our relationship with God, nature and our fellow human beings.

After 20 years of building the University of Dallas library collection, Debbie Hathaway is retiring and heading to Alaska.

As head of acquisitions and technical services, Debbie has spent two decades making sure every book, database and resource our students and faculty needed was right where they looked for it. She secured two major grants to build the Core Collection, served four terms on the University Council and got to know nearly every faculty member, student worker and book that passed through her doors.

“The University of Dallas is unique at its core. What other university can you walk down the Mall and hear students saying, 'Oh, did you read that paragraph in Plato's Republic? What did you think of that?' It is totally amazing," Hathaway said.

Her advice to students? "Never stop learning. There is always something that should spark in your mind. You should always have that curiosity and a sense of fun and imagination and love of learning."

Thank you, Debbie! The UDallas community is richer because of your two decades of service.

Read her full story: https://hubs.ly/Q04j68L90

The Beginning and End of Every Book: A Farewell to Debbie Hathaway The Core is an opportunity to inquire into the fundamental aspects of being and our relationship with God, nature and our fellow human beings.

College Raptor annually picks a single Hidden Gem college from each state, and the University of Dallas is proud to have been selected once again as Texas’ most unassumingly excellent school.

See the full ranking: https://hubs.ly/Q04j3P-v0

UDallas alumnus Dr. Matthew Mehan, BA ’00, MA ’10, PhD ’14, is featured in The American Mind for his latest work, The American Book of Fables, a richly imagined collection that brings together story, moral imagination and American history.

A proud graduate of both UD’s undergraduate program and the Institute of Philosophic Studies, Dr. Mehan has described the University of Dallas as “the finest continuation of the Catholic tradition of university education in the West.”

We are proud to see our alumni carrying forward the work of cultivating wisdom, imagination and love for the permanent things.

Read “Roots and Fables” in The American Mind.
https://hubs.ly/Q04hYTHw0

Roots and Fables As The American Book of Fables shows, America has no lack of original stories. What she requires, and what Mehan offers, is cultivation.

A recent AMAC Newsline article features the University of Dallas through a father’s heartfelt graduation message to his son, a UD graduate who completed majors in English literature and history, magna cm laude.

The piece offers a moving reflection on the enduring value of a UD education: a serious Core Curriculum, formation in the Catholic intellectual tradition, and the cultivation of courage, faith, reason and responsibility.

We are grateful to see the University of Dallas recognized as a place where students are challenged not merely to earn a credential, but to form their minds, strengthen their character and prepare for lives of purpose.

Read the full article: https://hubs.ly/Q04hSMlK0

Be Not Afraid! A Message from Father to Son on Graduation Day | @AmacforAmerica A heartfelt letter to a graduating son about faith, courage, education, and embracing adulthood with confidence and purpose.

In his book, Through the Eye of the Needle, Army veteran, financial adviser and University of Dallas alumnus 360 Integrated Financial Advisor: Dan Hamlet, MBA ’98, examines what the Bible has to say about stewarding the wealth God gives us. Check it out! https://hubs.ly/Q04hd8D50

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University of Dallas alumnus Daniel Fitzpatrick, currently a student in UD’s Classical Education Graduate Program, recently published an essay in Crisis Magazine titled “Out, Out!—Violence, Obscenity, and the Recovery of Language.”

In the piece, Fitzpatrick reflects on the moral and cultural importance of language, arguing that the recovery of words is closely tied to the recovery of virtue, imagination and Christian culture. His essay also points to the enduring value of the Trivium grammar, logic and rhetoric at the heart of classical education.

We are proud to see UD alumni and students contributing thoughtfully to important conversations about language, formation and the renewal of culture.

Read the article here: https://hubs.ly/Q04gHTzk0

Out, Out!—Violence, Obscenity, and the Recovery of Language When we desensitize ourselves to bad language as a culture, we risk becoming a more violent culture.

We are honored to welcome His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan Archbishop Emeritus of New York, as the commencement speaker for the Class of 2026. Cardinal Dolan will also receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.

Commencement 2026 begins at 9 a.m. on May 16 at Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas. Find more details: https://hubs.ly/Q04gvhl70

This in-person event is reserved exclusively for graduates and their guests. Can't join us in person? Watch the livestream link: https://hubs.ly/Q04gvhcS0