Dominican University (Illinois)

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Dominican University
Motto: "Veritas et Caritas", meaning Truth and Charity
Established: 1901
Type: Private Dominican Catholic
Endowment: $18 million [1]
President: Donna M. Carroll
Faculty: 97 full time[2]
Students: 3,292 total students[3]
Location: River Forest, Illinois, USA
Campus: 30 acre campus located in River Forest, IL
Athletics: Dominican Stars
Website: www.dom.edu

Dominican University (DU) is a coeducational, comprehensive, Catholic institution of higher education and research in River Forest, Illinois. Affiliated with the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, it offers bachelor's and master's degrees and certificate programs. Dominican offers more than 50 majors in the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences and eighteen degrees in four graduate programs: library and information science, business, education, and social work. Dominican is well-known for its offerings of undergraduate programs in the arts and sciences as well as several graduate programs in practice-oriented disciplines such as business or education. [4] US News and World Report ranks Dominican in the top tier of Midwestern master's-level universities [5], and as a great school at a great price.

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[edit] History and Mission

Entrance Gate to Dominican University
Entrance Gate to Dominican University

The school began as St. Clara Academy in 1848, chartered by Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli in Sinsinawa, Wisconsin. It became a college in 1901 and moved to River Forest, Illinois, taking the name Rosary College in 1922 while under the leadership of Mother Samuel Coughlin of the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters. The present name of Dominican University was adopted in 1997 as part of a strategic plan by president Donna Carroll to reflect the school's Dominican heritage and its status as a more comprehensive university.[6]

The university operates under the following mission statement: "As a Sinsinawa Dominican-sponsored institution, Dominican University prepares students to pursue truth, to give compassionate service and to participate in the creation of a more just and humane world.[7]

[edit] Academics

Dominican University offers fifty undergraduate majors, and nine pre-professional programs. There is a twelve to one student faculty ratio at this University. Dominican offers five Graduate academic divisions, such as the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS), the Brennan School of Business, the School of Education, Graduate School of Social Work, and School of Leadership and Continuing Studies.

The GSLIS publishes a semi-annual, peer-reviewed online journal called World Libraries, a publication dedicated to "librarians and libraries in regions without associations or agencies to encourage scholarly communication and professional development." The publication of World Libraries is coordinated by students studying internet publishing.

[edit] Campus

Dominican University is located on a thirty acre wooded campus in suburban River Forest and just ten miles from downtown Chicago. The state-of-the-art Rebecca Crown Library has 300,000 materials in various formats and a fully equipped learning resource center. Other campus features include a language learning center, a computer technology center, an art gallery, a chapel, a student center, the Lund Auditorium, the Eloise Martin Recital Hall and the Stepan Bookstore. [8] There are four residence halls at Dominican University, Aquinas Hall, Coughlin Hall, Centennial Hall, and Power Hall. 42% of all undergraduates live on campus. Most incoming first-year students live in double rooms in Centennial or Coughlin halls. [9] Centennial is the newest residence hall, which opened in 2004. [10]

[edit] Parmer Hall

In 2007, Dominican University began a new building designed to incorporate the university's gothic identity. This $38 million dollar facility is used for science and education classes. This building follows the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design criteria to minimize environmental impact. This building joins Centennial Hall, a residence hall, and a 550-car parking pavillion among recent campus additions.

[edit] Student life

Dominican has multiple campus organizations that students join after being admitted to the University. They range from cultural groups, to department clubs, honor societies, and special interest groups. [11] Dominican University was one of the first two universities in the country to offer study abroad programs for undergraduates. [12]

[edit] Athletics and Sports

The Dominican University Stars compete at NCAA Division III in the Northern Athletics Conference. Sports include basketball, soccer, cross country, tennis, baseball, and softball. Prior to 1997, the athletic teams of Rosary College were known as the Rosary Beads.[13]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.collegesofdistinction.com/collegetemplates/fastfacts.asp?cid=388 Accessed 2008-03-28
  2. ^ http://www.collegesofdistinction.com/collegetemplates/fastfacts.asp?cid=388 Accessed 2008-03-28
  3. ^ http://www.collegesofdistinction.com/collegetemplates/fastfacts.asp?cid=388 Accessed 2008-03-28
  4. ^ http://www.dom.edu/academics/ Accessed 2007-11-20
  5. ^ http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1univmas_mw_brief.php Accessed 2008-03-28
  6. ^ http://www.dom.edu/about/Mission-History/ Accessed 2007-11-20
  7. ^ http://www.dom.edu/about/Mission-History/ Accessed 2007-11-20
  8. ^ http://www.ican.dom.edu/abitaboutdu/parentFAQ.htm#q2 Accessed 2008-03-28
  9. ^ http://www.ican.dom.edu/pdfs/2008-2009_Housing_Application.pdf Accessed 2008-03-28
  10. ^ http://www.ican.dom.edu/livingoncampus/centennial.htm Accessed 2008-03-28
  11. ^ http://www.ican.dom.edu/gettinginvolved/index.htm Accessed 2008-03-28
  12. ^ http://www.collegesofdistinction.com/collegetemplates/fastfacts.asp?cid=388 Accessed 2008-03-28
  13. ^ http://dustars.cstv.com/ Accessed 2008-03-28

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