Casa Dominicana was founded during the fall of 1992. The Dominican student had grown in numbers. The need to form an organization that would represent their culture motivated Dominican Student on campus to establish Casa Dominicana. On October 5th 1993 Casa Dominicana became a Registered Student Organization (RSO) at the University. Since its recognition, Casa Dominicana has tripled its membership. It has earned great respect from the community in general and the administrative departments here on campus for it's cultural, educational, and recreational events. Casa Dominicana hopes to expand its membership in the years to come. Our goals are to continue to provide an environment where everyone is welcome to learn and appreciate the Dominican culture, history and customs Casa Dominicana is open to all who are interested in learning Dominican Culture and History. Membership will be restricted to those who abide by the Regulations and the purpose of this organization. NO discrimination on the basis of race, nationality, creed, sex, color, age, or sexual orientation will be permitted. Programing Casa Dominicana is responsible for providing educational, cultural, political and social programming concerning Dominicans.Lectures, dances, movies, dance lessons and cultural events are a few of the programs sponsored by Casa Dominicana. We also sponsor collaboration with other RSO and Agencies on campus like HASA, Boricuas Unidos, CVSA, the Native American Students Association, BCP, LACC and the Scholars of the 21st Century. Our major events include the annual Haitian- Dominican Cultural Gala (Hasa/Casa), and the Dominican Independence celebration. The event includes a historical overview of the Dominican Independence a performance by a a Band and folk dancing performance by Casa Domincana's own dance group "CAYENA". Cayena is the name of their Merengue dance group. Cayena is the national flower and Merengue iis the national dance of the Dominican Republic. Phone: (413) 545-0054 Office: 2nd floor-Student Union Bldg.