Premier Health and the University of Dayton, the two institutions behind the Fairgrounds to Future process, have strong traditions of service and giving back to the Dayton community. Get to know their missions, visions and values.
Premier Health
Mission
We will improve the health of the communities we serve with others who share our commitment to provide high quality, cost-competitive health services.
Vision
People will choose Premier Health over any health system in southwest Ohio. We will earn their choice, and grow our market leadership, by anticipating their needs and exceeding their expectations.
Values
- RESPECT each person’s dignity.
- Act with INTEGRITY to do the right thing in all aspects of our responsibilities.
- Serve with COMPASSION that embraces each individual’s concerns and hopes.
- Commit to EXCELLENCE as measured to the highest level of performance.
Our mission, vision and values drive our dedicated service to the community.
The University of Dayton
Mission
Our mission is simple, yet profound.
The University of Dayton is a top-tier Catholic research university with academic offerings from the undergraduate to the doctoral levels. We are a diverse community committed, in the Marianist tradition, to educating the whole person and linking learning and scholarship with leadership and service.
Core Beliefs
- The University of Dayton is a comprehensive university.
- The University of Dayton is a Catholic university.
- The University of Dayton is committed to the Marianist tradition.
Learn more at https://udayton.edu/about/mission-and-identity/index.php
For the Fairground’s spotlight would another project be more visible, more helpful to the economy of the City of Dayton, more of a relief to the Premier Health education needs, more explosive use of the community offerings for Health, Education, Entertainment and Sports stakeholders, important offices like Social Security, more open for research with challenges to those from the largest percentage of men and women in USA?
To borrow some stats: 2030: 72 million persons overs 65. 2x the size in 2000. 2035: 1 in 5 persons 65 or over. 2060: 98 million persons over 65. 2x the size in 2013. 2050: 2 billion persons age 60 or over. This is larger than children (ages 0 to 14).
What can we say about the “throwaway culture” of the global economy? Can we offer a service as a team of Premier Health and UD with Marianist touch: Schuster Center, Victoria theatre, Arcade, UD arena (sports & other programs), restaurants, gyms/physical exercise/therapy/research, transport, student internship, national/international speakers on research?
Elders can no longer be marginalized or made invisible.
Ideas culled from William Pilder’s retreat work with the “Chapter Three” in life: 60’s onward.