Shoreline native nominated as Outstanding Student at Dominican in California

Meghan Nelson

Meghan Nelson, a Shoreline native and current Business and Political Science double major who attended Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy High School. has been nominated for Outstanding Student at Dominican University of California. 

The final selection will be announced at Dominican's Commencement ceremonies this Saturday, May 16.

Meghan didn't ease into her senior year at Dominican. After returning from a study abroad experience in Austria during the fall semester, she finished her thesis – Understanding the Relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and Political Risk— which was two years in the making and presented it at the Pi Sigma Alpha National Honor Society Conference in Washington, D.C.

The double major is carrying 20 units in her final semester and will complete between 130-140 units in her four years at Dominican, graduating Summa Cum Laude.

In addition, Meghan, a first generation college student, was president of Dominican’s Accounting and Finance Association, represented the University in the Deloitte Tax Competition, completed internships with Avani Media and U.S. Capital Partners in San Francisco, received a scholarship from the Financial Women of San Francisco (FWSF) and participated in the Honors Ethics Service-Learning program where she was a student leader at both Marin County Community School (MCCS) and the Education Dedicated to Justice and Equity (EDJE) program.