Being a member of the Cabrini community means working toward excellence in academics, becoming a leader and, most importantly, fighting for social justice.
Four years ago, the Cabrini family opened its arms to our current president, Dr. Donald Taylor.
Taylor is the eighth president of the institution and the first male president.
In his time here, Taylor has helped Cabrini evolve from a college to a university in 2016.
After that evolution, Taylor introduced two doctoral programs (one in Educational Leadership and one in Organizational Development), instituted four dean-led schools within the University— the School of Education, the School of Business, Arts, and Media, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the School of Natural Sciences and Allied Health and implemented four centers in the university – one on immigration, a second on urban education, equity and improvement, a third on global learning and a fourth on domestic violence.
But some of his most outstanding contributions to the Cabrini community have been geared toward acts of social justice and diversity.
From encouraging students to write letters to their local government officials and protecting his students of DACA, Taylor stands to represent equality and diversity.
He is working to increase diversity and becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution through a partnership with National Hispanic Institute (NHI) and schools in South America.
With so much success behind him, Taylor has no signs of stopping.
He has released his “mission-driven, entrepreneurial” strategic plan: Cabrini 2020 Roadmap: Vision, Impact, Growth.
The ultimate goal of this plan is to strengthen the experience of Cabrini’s Catholic and liberal arts education for the diverse populations of undergraduate and graduate students, who are often the first in their family to attend college.
This plan includes increasing international awareness, strengthening infrastructure, cultivating the undergraduate and graduate programs and much more.
President Taylor brings culture to Cabrini that can neither be replaced nor imitated.
