火爆社区

Dominican University provides undergraduates with a 鈥渟trong sense of community鈥� in a 鈥渧ery welcoming and helpful鈥� environment. The school鈥檚 hallmark small classes offer 鈥渕ore personalized learning鈥� and help students 鈥渘ot only grow academically, but also personally.鈥� To go along with that, professors at Dominican 鈥済enuinely try to get to know each student.鈥� As one undergrad explains, 鈥淵ou do not feel like a number in a classroom.鈥� Professors here are heralded as 鈥渁mazing,鈥� 鈥渃aring,鈥� and 鈥渟plendid鈥� educators who tend to be 鈥渆ngaging, passionate, and supportive.鈥� Coupled with that, they work hard to ensure 鈥渃lasses are meaningful and make you want to learn more.鈥� In other words, the faculty makes it known they 鈥渨ant their students to succeed.鈥� As one student sums up, 鈥淢y overall academic experience has been wonderful; I've enjoyed my course work and I feel prepared to go out into the working world.鈥�

Although it is a Catholic institution, many students assure us that the school is 鈥渋nclusive,鈥� 鈥渙pen, and respectful to other religions and cultures.鈥� They proudly proclaim that their peers are 鈥渧ery diverse,鈥� noting that you鈥檒l find 鈥渁 broad range of ethnicities and races鈥� as well as people with many different 鈥渟ocial backgrounds and sexual [identities].鈥� This is a community in which you 鈥渘ever have to travel very far in order to see a friendly face.鈥� Plus, they are always 鈥渨illing to lend a hand鈥� to their peers. As one student explains, 鈥淓veryone at Dominican is super nice and 鈥� they say hello to you in the hallway [or] open doors for you.鈥� One student reassures that those at Dominican 鈥渁re especially interested in 鈥� the mission to create a more just and humane world.鈥� But perhaps most importantly, 鈥渢he majority are hard workers and want to excel in their studies.鈥� The final word goes to one happy student who concludes, 鈥淥nce you step foot on campus, you feel our motto of 鈥楲ove and Truth鈥� come alive with each smiling face.鈥�

Because Dominican is 鈥渓argely a commuter school,鈥� there鈥檚 a sense that 鈥渟tudents mainly 鈥� come for classes鈥� and then leave campus. Some disagree, noting that you can always find 鈥渆vents and activities during the day.鈥� In fact, Dominican undergrads have the opportunity to participate in 鈥渙ne of our seventy-seven different clubs and organizations,鈥� and events range from 鈥渟cavenger hunts [and] game nights鈥� to 鈥淏agel Day and bingo.鈥� Additionally, 鈥渢he performing arts center 鈥� puts on a really good show, and tickets are very affordable.鈥� And on those rare nights when nothing鈥檚 going on, or for those who prefer to look for off-campus entertainment, Dominican is within close proximity of Chicago, which is so 鈥渆asily accessible鈥� that there鈥檚 even a free shuttle service that 鈥渞uns 24/7 so it can pick you up and take you back to school.鈥�