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  My Dominican Home

  Allison Kustic

  Allison Kustic (class of 2021) talks about her experience as a Dominican student. Allison discusses her involvement in Political Science program, with the Political Science Association, the Debate Club, Penguin Radio, internships, and so much more.

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  See How We Grew:Buildings and Properties: 1890-1979 (Part I)

  Joan Hanna

  Sister Joan Hanna, O.P. shares her knowledge about history of the Dominican Sisters and their coming to California. She continues with history of the campus and it's buildings.

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  My Dominican Story

  Giulia Welch

  Giulia Welch talks about how she came to Dominican 13 years ago and following her calling to teach. She talks about her personal relationships with the Dominican Sisters and students through her work with as the Director of Student Leadership Initiatives, and working Toastmasters and the Global Ambassadors programs.

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  My Dominican Experience

  Mia Lopez

  Mia Lopez, Class of 2020, shares her experience as an undergraduate student at Dominican University of California by recounting the most memorable moments year by year.

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  My Journey with the ​Dominican Sisters of San Rafael

  Bob Haberman

  Father Bob, D. Min., has been at the University for over 30 years. He has done a variety of roles and has had the opportunity to interact with over 20 Dominican sisters of San Rafael. Father Bob shares his story of working with the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael.

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  Oct.30

  Lynn Sondag

  today we come to tell our story through the experience of Lynn Sondag.

  Lynn is an associate professor in the school of liberal arts and education. She received her Masters in Fine Arts from California College of the Arts. Lynn starting teaching at Dominican in 2002. She believes that students learn from a dynamic range of individual and collaborative exchanges between artists, artwork, and audience, in order to discover personal and alternative points of view. One of the audiences that she has encountered here are the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael and their Dominican story.

  Lynn shares her personal story and how her path led from the American Midwest to San Francisco and Dominican University of California. She reflects on the Dominican values of Study, Reflection, Community, and Service and how her artistic practice fit with those values.

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  Family

  Mark Jaime

  Mark has spent most of his career in higher education. Begin in Student Life, and then serving as the Director of Housing and Student Activities at Dominican in 1986 and 1987. Mark rejoined Dominican in the fall of 2004 as the Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Fund and currently serves as the Associate Director of Alumni Relations.

  Mark tells his story of growing up in Sacramento and the importance of family. He shares how his path was leading him to culinary school and the food industry, when he made a sudden turn into working into Student Life and ended up at Dominican University of California.

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  Roots for Life

  Margaret Dierner

  Sister Margaret Diener, a member of the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael and currently the Director of Santa Sabina Center, the Dominican Sisters' retreat center adjacent to Edgehill Mansion.

  Sr. Margaret is also a Dominican alumna, former faculty member and current member of the board of Dominican's board of trustees.

  Sr. Margaret has named her reflection, "Roots for Life". What she knows is that her roots were and continue to be family, farm, faith and education - these inspired and sustain her commitment to what we celebrate today as Dominican values.

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  My First Generation Experience

  Briana Chavez

  Briana Chavez of the Class of 2019 talks about her experience at Dominican through the lens of a first generation college student majoring in biology. Briana discusses her love of research, her time studying abroad in Spain, and her growth as a leader.

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  If you can dream it, you can make it happen

  Stuart Horne

  Stuart has been teaching Internet radio for Dominican's Communications program since he served as one of the founders of the successful radio.dominican.edu - also known as Penguin Radio. He has been the radio voice of the penguins for 20 years.

  Additionally, Stuart has more than thirty years’ experience in sound recording, having worked with top musicians in the recording industry. But one of his most treasured moments at Dominican was in 2012 when he was voted Teacher of the Year!

  In this talk Stuart talks about his relationship with Dominican University of California and intertwines it with his passion for music and recording.