Nicholas Nguyen has always wanted to give back. “My family emigrated from Vietnam. Because of the help they were given in this country, I have always wanted to give back,” he said. He will soon get the chance to do just that. After working with several non-profit organizations in the DFW area, Nicholas will soon head to Ecuador for an assignment with the Peace Corps.
“People talk about their calling,” Nguyen said. "And I have always felt that it was my calling to help others.” He credits his experience at UD with developing his interest in international non-profit work. “Concentrating in Human Sciences in the Contemporary World,” he said, “opened my eyes to how different cultures interact and sparked a desire in me to understand the world from different perspectives. Learning about the Western tradition at UD made me interested looking at the world from the opposite side.” During his time at UD, Nguyen volunteered in a variety of areas, including during his visit to Rome. “Volunteering helps you understand a foreign country on a day-to- day basis.” Nguyen tutored small children and helped in a soup kitchen as part of the Marino Volunteer Program in Rome. “I had been thinking about international work, but going to Rome convinced me that volunteering abroad is my future,” he said.
UD students not only read St. Augustine's Confessions in Rome, traveling to Ostia to marvel at the place in which, according to Book IX, St. Augustine and his mother, St. Monica, had a joint mystical vision of God -- they also travel 4.4 miles from the Irving campus to read the text with residents of South Irving.
+ Read MoreAs you know if you’ve read even some of our first UD Reads book, "All the Light We Cannot See," it’s possible to build a radio from random, scavenged parts, as long as you can find the necessary random, scavenged parts, as Werner does in the book. This is also essentially what Assistant Professor and Department Chair of Physics Jacob Moldenhauer did as well: He scavenged parts from the Physics Department, and built a radio.
+ Read MoreThe University of Dallas Board of Trustees announced today that it has unanimously selected Thomas S. Hibbs, Ph.D., BA '82 MA '83, to serve as the university's ninth president. The first alumnus of UD to be president, Hibbs has served as dean of the Honors College and distinguished professor of ethics and culture at Baylor University since 2003.
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