Chicago resident Nicolette Cisarik receives Dominican's Outstanding Service Leadership Award

RIVER FOREST, IL (05/03/2011)(readMedia)-- Nicolette Cisarik, a resident of Chicago, recently received the Outstanding Service Leadership Award from Dominican University for her extraordinary service on campus and in the larger community.

Cisarik has used her creative photographic skills in service to West Suburban PADS by compassionately depicting the faces and lives of homeless people. She has conducted a community-based research project with Circle Urban Ministries on the benefits of after-school arts education. Cisarik also volunteered at Su Casa Catholic Worker House on the Southside of Chicago. She has also served meals at the Inspiration Café during the summer. On campus, she has participated in Alternative Spring Breaks, Student Leadership and Ministry, and the annual protest of the School of the Americas in Ft. Benning, GA.

Founded in 1901, Dominican University is a comprehensive, coeducational Catholic institution offering bachelor's degrees through the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences and master's degrees through the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the Brennan School of Business, the School of Education, and the Graduate School of Social Work. The university also offers a doctoral degree in library and information science. In the 2011 issue of America's Best Colleges, U.S. News & World Report ranked Dominican University in the top 20 of Midwest master's level universities. The magazine also ranked Dominican as one of three Great Schools at a Great Price in Illinois.