We are delighted to welcome our new Fall 2009 class! This semester we are joined by 23 new students: 13 lay and 10 religious. As always, they come from many different backgrounds and have many interesting stories!
Most of our new students are Californians, but others come from New York, Georgia, Virginia, and Washington as well as India, South Korea, Vietnam, Tonga, Samoa, and the Philippines. Some are young people who applied straight from their undergraduate schools, and others have been working or serving in active ministry for many years.
Their undergraduate backgrounds are diverse, with degrees in Liberal Arts, Finance, Engineering, Philosophy, Religion, Nursing, Medicine, English, Political Science, Education, Anthropology, and Economics. They come from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Santa Clara University, Pepperdine University, Dartmouth University, Thomas Aquinas College, St. Mary’s College of California, Dominican University of California, the University of San Francisco, Fordham University, the University of Georgia, Boston College, George Mason University, Gonzaga University, Humboldt State University, Australia Catholic University, and Far Eastern University (Manila).
Among our lay students is a Navy veteran and electrician, an engineer, a medical doctor, two teachers, and an artist. Our religious students are brothers, priests and sisters from the Dominicans and Salesians, and a Marian sister from Mount St. Michael in Spokane, WA. We welcome all of our new students and wish them all the best as they begin their programs!
We are now accepting applications for the Spring and Fall semesters of 2010! Most of our students learn about DSPT through word of mouth, so please tell your friends about us and encourage them to consider a degree in philosophy or theology. We have brochures and posters for you to place in your parish, school or place of business. For more information, contact the Admissions Office at (510) 883-2073 or by email at admissions@dspt.edu.
