In the News: Serving Latine Students in the Midwest

Dominican University’s status as a premier Catholic Hispanic-Serving Institution is celebrated in a piece published by the U.S. Department of Education.

Dominican University: Serving Latine Students in the Midwest was published Oct. 14, 2022 on Homeroom, the official blog of the Department of the Education. Written by Verónica Gutiérrez MBA ’22 and Marcela Reales Visbal, activity director of Dominican’s Tile V, Part B grant and an adjunct instructor of Spanish, the piece looks at how the university offers Latine students the resources to help them succeed. Federal grants expanding academic offerings, support services, and career and financial preparedness are highlighted.

“When I came to Dominican there was an overall focus on the well-being of the students,” Gutiérrez says in the article. “It felt like a lot of the faculty, such as Professor of Management Molly Burke, were generally very interested and concerned about how the students were doing, offering academic support and connecting us with people and resources.”

Gutiérrez also credits Dominican’s Financial Literacy Program, led by Ramiro Atristaín Carrión, for using the concepts she learned to graduate with her degree debt-free. Gutiérrez was a graduate assistant for the program, involved in its development and implementation.

Read the entire piece at blog.ed.gov.

(Pictured: Verónica Gutiérrez)