The O'Hara Institute is a residential program, and participants are required to live on campus. Activities are scheduled for most weekends and, although not required, participation is strongly encouraged. Transportation and admission charges are provided by the Institute. UD's on-campus health center, gymnasium and swimming pool are open during the summer.
The maximum number of freshman students is twenty. Typically, about half the students come from Texas, with the other half coming from all over the U.S.
The selection of activities changes from year to year. In the past, some of the activities have included a baseball game, bowling, Shakespeare Theater of Dallas, Beauty and the Beast stage musical, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science and the Dallas Zoo.
The University of Dallas will celebrate the extraordinary achievements of four alumni with its 2019 Distinguished Alumni Awards. Award recipients Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, MTS '00, Laura Felis Quinn, BS '86 MBA '18, Judy Kelly, BA '63, and John Parker, BA '83 MBA '89, will be honored for their contributions to their professions, communities and the University of Dallas.
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+ Read MoreSteve T. Landregan, MA '73, a longtime generous benefactor of the University of Dallas, passed away on Nov. 25. Embodying the university's dedication to the pursuit of wisdom, truth and virtue, Landregan lived out UD's commitment to the "renewal of Catholic theology in fidelity to the church and in constructive dialogue with the modern world."
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