Articles by Fernanda Arellano

Micheal Del Genio   Regan Coxon, a former All-American soccer player, is on a path of personal redemption and soccer glory after recovering from a season-ending injury on the field early in the 2023 season.   On […]

Sierra Rioux  Last spring, fashion student Ezmerelda Perez went to Paris for a semester, and the experience changed her.  Since she first applied to Dominican, Perez had her eyes on the Paris study abroad program.   […]

By Joseph Zuniga  While most Dominican students were stressing over midterms this past week, sophomore Damian Pereson-Estrada was outside on the sidewalks of Elmwood Park petitioning signatures for his campaign to join the school board, […]

By Katy Coakley  Scott Wolniak, painter and instructional professor at the University of Chicago, has now released his new exhibition, Aggregations, with plenty of colorful paintings for guests to see.  The exhibit opened on Oct. 23 in the O’Connor Art Gallery and included paintings made through layers of abstract drawing, color […]

By Bianca Dinkha   They were once aspiring fashion students working diligently in the fashion lab.  Now, they step out as skilled alumni fashion designers unveiling their creations on the runway for Chicago Fashion Week.   The […]

By Ennya Chavez  Colorful Colombian dancers and a wide range of tasty Latin American foods helped more than 200 students celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month earlier this October at the second-annual Taste of Cultura Fest in […]

By Angelica Carrillo On Indigenous Peoples Day, Rivera, the inaugural director of the Office of Hispanic Serving Initiatives at Dominican University, shared her profound journey of reconnecting with her Taíno roots. The event, attended by […]

Welcome back! For this episode, Betsy will discuss motivation tips and how to stay resilient. Host: Betsy Carreño Bcarreno@my.dom.edu  Music by: Ellie Heider lheider@my.dom.edu Edited by: Fernanda Arellano farellano@my.dom.edu

Hello and Welcome back to another episode of DU Locker Room Talks as we are joined by two of the men from our men’s basketball team! (Andre Bennett & Danny Nennig), we talk about life, […]

Hello & Welcome back to another episode of DU Locker Room Talks, this week your host Mia Ruiz is joined by Aya Deiri & Kaitlyn Milison from our Women’s basketball team here at Dominican University. This […]

By Katy Coakley  Hosted by the Office of Career Programs and Employer Relations, the Career Fair allows students to meet with employers from different organizations like One Earth and Sassetti to discuss interesting internships.  The […]

 By Ralph Parcon  As my group and I went off on a scavenger hunt around the school, I shouted, “Let’s Go!”  However, this was not any ordinary scavenger hunt, but it was one meant to […]

By Bianca Dinkha and Fernanda Arellano  The Dominican Star Staff attended an information session hosted by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) on “Combatting AI Misinformation in the 2024 Election.”   The staff became student […]