Donna Carroll: Leading a Sanctuary Campus Through Multiple Pandemics

In this Center for Migrations On Air podcast, Dominican University President Donna Carroll discusses the university's history as an immigrant-serving institution and the challenges presented this year by COVID-19, protests against racism, and restrictionist immigration policies. She also shared the reasons behind the university's decision to adopt a Sanctuary Campus Covenant. 

"In many cases and in many communities, first-generation college students and students of color feel that they are valued less, that their experiences are perceived as less worthy. Their opportunities are narrowed by history and experience and one of the things that Dominican tries to do--imperfectly and always striving--is to create a sense of belonging and to let our students know that they are assets not only for the institution but, once they graduate, for this changing, interdependent, global world. They are not charity to the institution. In fact, the reverse is true. Their contributions, their deternination, their sense of purpose, their commitment to family and community are characteristics that strengthen the Dominican community at large and enrich our experiences," Carroll said in the podcast segment. 

You can listen to the podcast here.