Dominican Plans In-Person Instruction For Fall
Dominican University of California intends to return to primarily in-person instruction for the fall 2021 semester, President Mary B. Marcy announced this week. “As we look to fall 2021, we are...
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University News
New Sustainability Minor Announced For Earth Day
Earth Day is fast approaching and Dominican University of California has planned numerous events, activities, and a big announcement – the addition of a new sustainability studies minor beginning Fall...
Dominican Unveils Strategic Diversity Five-Year Plan
After a two-year planning process of listening to students, faculty and staff, analyzing institutional data, and meeting with campus constituents focused on difference and equity, Dominican University...
Roots Of Peace CEO Heidi Kühn Speaking In ILS Lecture Series
Heidi Kühn, Founder and CEO for Roots of Peace, will appear virtually in the Spring 2021 Leadership Lecture Series presented by Dominican University of California in partnership with Book Passage on...
School of Liberal Arts and Education
MBA Degree Pushes Alumna Over Top In Dominican Experience
Whether it was working with a nonprofit in Georgia or helping first-year students feel at home on the Dominican campus, Jannel Mariano B.S. '16, MBA '20 has always been invested in helping and serving...
Teacher of Color Scholarship Recipient Balances Work/Life
Itta González, a full-time graduate student at Dominican University of California who also teaches full-time at Lynwood Elementary where her two sons attend school, has had an incredibly busy life...
Diverse Communications Alumni Panel Connects With Students
In an effort to further help educate and inspire his 40 students during the pandemic, Dominican University of California professor Brad Van Alstyne organized a diverse panel of alumni from the...
How a Teacher Prep Program Can Help You Become a Teacher
If you are working as an instructional assistant, and would like to take the next step in your career, but haven’t earned your bachelor's degree (BA), there are affordable options to help you earn...
School of Health and Natural Sciences
Alum "Feels At Home" Pursuing Doctorate At Notre Dame
When selecting a PhD program, Alejandro Lopez-Ramirez ’14, MS ’20 was drawn to one university in particular – because it reminded him of Dominican. “One of the main reasons that drew me to the...
OT Major Creates Video For Scholarly & Creative Works Event
Drawn to Dominican University of California by its small class sizes and campus beauty, Julia Zasso studies Occupational Therapy yet discovered she has another talent. Julia has created the...
Students' Salamander Research Focuses On Impact From Wildfires
Though her goal is to attend dental school, biology major Hailey Cambria ’21 discovered recently that the chance to do fieldwork and study salamanders was something she could really sink her teeth...
"Vaccine Gives Me Control Over My Own Health, My Family’s Health"
With Marin County education workers now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, Dominican University of California epidemiologist Dr. Michaela George, assistant professor in the Global Public Health...
Barowsky School of Business
MBA Degree Pushes Alumna Over Top In Dominican Experience
Whether it was working with a nonprofit in Georgia or helping first-year students feel at home on the Dominican campus, Jannel Mariano B.S. '16, MBA '20 has always been invested in helping and serving...
Research Focuses On Economic Downturn And Racial Apathy
A Dominican University of California researcher who co-authored a 2018 paper that found an increase in racial animosity toward Black Americans during economic downturns says these findings highlight...
MBA Grad Among Dominican Scholar One Million Milestone
When Dean Lehr was earning an MBA degree at Dominican University of California in 2015, his master’s thesis required as much instinct as it did research. He was onto something. “The competition...
Leadership Opportunities Moved Student To Change Career Path
Coming from South San Francisco High School, Emanuel “Manny” Cifuentes-Machado ’19 instantly engaged in student life at Dominican University of California as a double major in Business Administration...
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With #EarthDay2021?src=hash" rel="noopener">#EarthDay2021 approaching next week Dominican announcing new Sustainability Studies minor starting Fall of 2021 #Sustainability #EarthDay #ThisIsDUC #PenguinPride #PenguinsforEarth bit.ly/3sna877 https://t.co/yLOSyZe399
Congrats to Education Studies major and Penguin student-athlete @claireshubin on a terrific interview with @CGProgram #ThisIsDUC #PenguinPride #PacWestGolf #NCAAD2 twitter.com/CGProgram/stat…
Thanks to our science partner @BuckInstitute for giving our MS students an avenue to inform all of us about #Covid_19 #vaccines twitter.com/BuckInstitute/…