Dominican College (New York)

Dominican College also known as Dominican College of Blauvelt is an independent, four-year and master's-level liberal arts college, chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York and fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, with many programs holding additional specialized national accreditation. The 64-acre (260,000 m²) suburban campus is located in Orangeburg, New York just 17 miles (27 km) from New York City in Rockland County.

History

The college was founded in 1952 by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt as a teacher training school for religious sisters. Sister Mary Ann Sammon, the Founder, founded the institution with the intentions of building an orphanage. In 1957 the program was opened to lay students. In 1967 it became fully coeducational.^[1]

Campus

Dominican College Campus

Casey Hall

• Consists of offices and classrooms related to the Division of Arts and Sciences, Social Sciences, Business Administration, Teacher Education, and Computer Information Systems. Casey Hall also has the Onion Cafe and lounge, as well as three computer labs. The Academic Dean's office is also located in Casey Hall.

Cooke Hall

• Hall where the college's administrative offices are located, such as the President's office, human resources, financial aid, and the registrar.

Forkel Hall

• The Counseling Office and offices for some of the coaches can be found here. There are also classrooms located in Forkel Hall.

Granito Center

• Holds the campus's cafe as well as the Follett Higher Education Group college bookstore. The student health center is also located in Granito. The building serves as the focal point of the campus.

Hennessy Center

• Houses the gym, many of the athletic department offices, and an indoor track

Prusmack Center

• This building utilizes Green Technology and is designed to serve as a teaching and learning laboratory for students in nursing, physical therapy,occupational therapy and athletic training. It consists of seminar rooms, offices, computer rooms, laboratories, and a large lecture hall.

DePorres Hall

• Offices of the Admissions Director and staff are in this pleasant white building

St. Catherine's Annex

• Classrooms and some administrative offices such as payroll.

Residence Centers

Dominican College's Residence Centers offer rooms with many different configurations. Among the spaces available in the residence centers are computer labs, lounges, and meeting rooms. All dorm rooms are equipped with cable TV hookups and computer ports.

• Hertel Hall opened in 1996, ideal walking distances to the other buildings, has a computer lab along with many lounges.
• Rosary Hall, this 160-room Residence Center offers rooms with many different configurations, and contains lounges, meeting rooms and a game room. The Sullivan College Library in Rosary Hall provides approximately 88,645 volumes, 360 periodical titles, 50,568 full-text journals online and 52,650 full-text books online.
• Guzman Hall dedicated in the Fall of 2007, this 64,000-square-foot (5,900 m²) residential facility includes both 4-bedroom, 2-bath suites with a common living room and kitchenette, as well as 2-bedroom, 1-bath suites. Each suite has cable TV hookups and computer ports, plus air conditioning and individual thermostats.
• The college also offers housing at the nearby Holiday Inn, offering more space. Rooms at the Holiday Inn are in most cases triples.

Organization and administration

Dominican College is now co-educational and offers an array of degree programs along with a low student-to-faculty ratio of 15:1.

Academic profile

Majors and Minors

• Accounting
• Athletic Training
• Biology
• Business Administration
• Communication Studies
• Computer Information Systems
• Criminal Justice
• Economics
• English
• Ethnic Diversity Studies Minor
• Gender Studies Minor
• Health Services Administration
• History
• Humanities
• Hispanic Language and Culture
• Philosophy and Religion
• Liberal Arts Concentrations (with B.S.Ed.)
• American Studies
• Mathematics
• Natural Sciences
• Management
• Financial Management
• Human Resources Management
• International Management
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing Management
• Nursing
• Occupational Therapy
• Philosophy
• Physical Therapy
• Psychology
• Religion
• Social Sciences
• Criminal Justice
• Economics
• Political Science
• Sociology/Anthropology
• Social Work
• Teacher Education

Professional and Preprofessional Programs

• Athletic Training: accredited by CAATE
• Business: IACBE accredited undergraduate programs in:
  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Information Systems
  • Management (offering five areas of specialization)
• Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) program: IACBE accredited
  • Health Services Administration
• Educational Media
• Nursing: C.C.N.E. accredited upper-division and four-year generic program
• Graduate Nursing: C.C.N.E. accredited advanced practice Master’s program (Family Nurse Practitioner)
• Occupational Therapy: A.C.O.T.E. accredited entry-level Master’s program (B.S./M.S.)
• Physical Therapy: C.A.P.T.E. accredited Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program
• Social Work: C.S.W.E. accredited baccalaureate program
• Teacher Education: T.E.A.C. accredited certification programs in
  • Childhood Education
  • Adolescence Education
  • Childhood Education/Students with Disabilities
  • Adolescence Education/Students with Disabilities

Graduate Teacher Education

• Teacher of Students with Disabilities: (Early Childhood, Childhood, Middle Childhood, Adolescence)
• Teacher of Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired
• Instructional Technology

Certificate Programs

• Computer Information Systems; Computer Programming; Personal Computers

Student life

Sport

Official athletics logo.

Dominican College is a member of the Central Atlantic College Conference (CACC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Division II and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). Dominican College’s varsity teams have won 12 conference championships in the last five years, and the athletic program is recognized as one of the finest in the metropolitan area, among small colleges and is the home of the Dominican College Chargers who proudly display the school colors of red, black and white. The college offers scholarships to qualified student-athletes.

The Men's Soccer Team of Dominican College, New York has acquired the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Championship five times in the past ten years. In 2004-06, 2010 and the most recent title for the Chargers in 2012. Other men's varsity sports are baseball, basketball, golf and lacrosse. Women's varsity sports are basketball, cross-country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, track and field and volleyball.

References

External links

• Official website
• Official athletics website

Coordinates: 41°03′15″N 73°57′09″W / 41.054069°N 73.952537°W / 41.054069; -73.952537