February 2010, Issue 6

With the semester beginning, the opportunity to continue on recent academic success has arrived for our students.  For those who need to reestablish themselves in the classroom, this is an ideal time to connect with their academic advisors and/or faculty and find out what factors contributed to their not achieving their goals in the fall in order to reset their paths in the right direction.  Academic Advisors are available to all undergraduate students if they need advising on their course load or if they need to add or drop a course.

Dominican University's Albertus Magnus Society will present a lecture titled "Sleep, Dreaming, and Human Health" by Dr. Kelly Bulkeley, visiting scholar at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, on Thursday, February 11 at 7:00 p.m. The lecture will be held in Priory Campus Room 263, 7200 W. Division Street, River Forest. The event is free and open to the public.

Dominican University's O'Connor Art Gallery will present Recent Work by Helen Maurene Cooper and Maria Gaspar with an opening reception on Wednesday, January 20 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. In addition, the artists will give a talk at 3:00 p.m. on January 20. The exhibition will continue through Saturday, February 27.

As members of the Illinois Small College Placement Association (ISCPA), Career Development is co-sponsoring two major job fairs this month. The CareerFest job fair brings together students and alumni with recruiters in business, government, and the non-profit sector seeking to fill a variety of full time and internship opportunities. CareerFest will be held on Friday, February 5. Pre-registration for this event has ended, but students may still register at the door on the day of the event. Secondly, TeacherFest, which takes place on Thursday, February, 18 connects quality teacher candidates with school districts throughout the state of Illinois. Pre-registration is underway for TeacherFest. Have your student stop by Career Development for more information. Both of these events are held at Drury Lane Theater in Oakbrook Terrace. For more information on these, and all of our other events, please visit our website: www.careers.dom.edu. Also, remind your students that our services are available to them even after graduation!"

The start of the spring semester has been quite busy for all of us in the residence halls. We were happy to welcome back returning residents, and to welcome a number of new students as well. Over the past month, our Resident Assistants (RAs) have been busy at work holding floor meetings and implementing social and educational programs for our students. Their efforts really help with the development of community here at Dominican.