Airline’s flights going seasonal

Two weeks ago we reported Allegiant Air was going to seasonal flights from Dayton for one of its destinations in Florida.

It appears now all of the flights from Allegiant Air will only be seasonal from the Dayton International Airport.

A flight from Dayton to Punta Gorda will go on seasonal hiatus later this month, Allegiant spokeswoman Sonya Padgett told us last week. The last flight leaves Dayton on April 21, according to the airline’s booking website.

Two other routes to St. Petersburg and Orlando will go on seasonal hiatus later this year, Padgett said. Online bookings aren’t available past Sept. 3 for St. Petersburg/ Tampa and past Aug. 13 for Daytona Beach/Sanford.

“That’s what’s so frustrating. We spent two years building this service up and now they’re doing this. It doesn’t make sense other than if they don’t have enough airplanes,” Dayton’s airport director Terry Slaybaugh told us last week.

Allegiant is the only low-cost carrier remaining at the Dayton airport.

More internships available

Area college students have more chances for internships at Dayton area businesses than previous years.

The Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education announced last week that it is inching closer to its goal of increasing the number of internships in the region to 20,000 by the year 2020.

SOCHE launched the initiative, called 20by20, six years ago and the number of internships has already increased by around 46 percent.

The Dayton region has gone from offering around 11,066 internships in 2012 to around 16,187 today, according to SOCHE. That number is up by more than 1,000 almost a year ago and means SOCHE is just over 3,800 away from reaching its goal.

SOCHE’s member colleges, which include local schools such as Wright State University, the University of Dayton and Central State University, among others, represent around 200,000 students, according to the organization.

Young professionals get involved

Generation Dayton is looking for young professionals to volunteer during a day to fight hunger in the city.

Members of Generation Dayton will volunteer May 3 at non-profits that focus on this initiative, including House of Bread, St. Vincent de Paul, Dayton Food Bank, Daybreak, Homefull, Clothes That Work!, Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley, and Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley.

Volunteers will also have the opportunity to donate canned food and make care bags.

The event is open to members and non-members of Generation Dayton, a program of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce. For more information, go to DaytonChamber. org.

Tedx event planned

Registration is open for TEDxDaytonSalon | Innovation, which will be held on June 4 at the Steam Plant in downtown Dayton.

This is the second of three TEDxDaytonSalon events happening this year, which will continue the tradition of talks by local speakers and a half day program.

Eight speakers will explore different forms of innovation in their talks such as medical, science, technology, business, entrepreneurship, personal passion, virtual reality, and workforce development. Speakers include:

1. Beck Besecker, co-founder and CEO, Marxent

2. Andrew Cothrel, founder and president, Blue Marble Medical

3. Kelly Dolan, co-founder, Ingage Partners

4. Seth Hamman, director, Center for the Advancement of Cybersecurity at Cedarville University

5. Greg Loughnane, R&D consultant and adjunct instructor, University of Dayton

6. Charles Nick, president, The Wright Cup

7. Charlynda Scale, founder, Mutt’s Sauce LLC

8. Greg Simpson, SVP and Chief Technology Officer, Synchrony