Civic Action Fellowship
The State of California and a coalition of eight public and independent universities — led by Dominican University of California — are launching a statewide program that draws on public service as a...
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Sarah Gardner, executive director of Communications and Media Relations
- Bertrand Hall, Suite 102-J
- (415) 485-3239
- sarah.gardner@dominican.edu
- Communications & Media Relations
University News
Faculty Research: Global Public Health
Epidemiologist Dr. Brett Bayles, assistant professor in Dominican’s Global Public Health program, says the coronavirus outbreak comes as no surprise to the global public health community. “This was...
Dominican Ranks High Among U.S. Colleges
Dominican University of California ranks among the top 7 percent of 4,500 public, private, and for-profit colleges in the United States in a new report that calculates a degree’s long-term return on...
Colleges of Distinction
Dominican University of California has received national recognition for its engaged students, outstanding teaching, and successful outcomes by being named a 2019-2020 College of Distinction by a...
School of Liberal Arts and Education
Super Job
Technically speaking, Communication and Media Studies graduate Diane Farina ‘16 is on quite a roll at work. On Sunday, January 19, she was Video Playback Operator for the SAMMCO production crew...
History Lesson
As a double major in History and Visual Studies, Brennan Krebs ’23 sees the big picture when it comes to California’s recent wildfires, and Dr. Jordan Leiser’s history class provided the ideal...
Psychology Professor's Research Aimed at Health Behavior, Behavioral Freedom
Assistant psychology professor Dr. Benjamin Rosenberg’s extensive expertise and knowledge on health behavior is catching on in the media. This month, Dr. Rosenberg lent his expertise on scientific...
Movie Researcher
Dr. Veronica Hefner has two teaching passions: researching romantic comedies and mentoring her students. She’d like to bring them together. As associate professor and new chair in the Department of...
School of Health and Natural Sciences
Research and Rehearse
After combining his passion for science and music to earn his undergraduate degree in three years at Dominican, then spending the next eight months in the Biologics and Production department at...
Global Research
After spending last summer in the SSRP Amgen Scholars program at Stanford University studying coral reef organisms, Biology major Dimitrios Camacho ’19 will spend this summer as the first Dominican...
Dental School
Only three years after entering Dominican to pursue his dream of a career in medicine, Casey Bravo ’20 has been admitted into his first-choice dental school. Casey will attend the University of the...
High Demand
As demand continues to grow for physician assistants in the medical field, Dominican graduated its first cohort class of 23 from the competitive MS Physician Assistant Studies (MSPAS) program. More...
Barowsky School of Business
CEO with MBA
Heather Kernahan’s journey to being named CEO, North America of global communications agency Hotwire began about a decade ago in the Barowsky School of Business as an MBA student at Dominican, when...
Oxford Experience
For Jake Quast ’19 and Sophia Stetson ’19, studying at the University of Oxford led them to experiences, friends, and opportunities that have enhanced their already rich Dominican Experience. Both...
Social Psychology
Working as a high school teacher in an underserved community in the San Francisco Bay Area sparked Dr. Sarah Lee’s interest in studying minority groups’ barriers to upward mobility in the United...
MBA Connection
An internship Mark Chhabria began as an MBA student in the Barowsky School of Business evolved into a new career focused on developing sustainability programs throughout Marin County. Mark decided to...
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Dominican's full-time equivalent undergraduate and graduate class.
12 Miles to the Golden Gate Bridge
Dominican is located in the heart of the Bay Area.
3.6
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Average Incoming First-Year Student GPA
Events
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The #CivicActionFellowship will "help push #highereducation institutions, particularly four-year colleges, to 'reimagine' their role in their communities as technology and employers' expectations change nature of many jobs," @EdDiveHigherEd @HallieBusta bit.ly/39v9prn
Happy Launch Day! Check out our new cool Website!!! #NewWebsite #Launch #Colleges #CollegeSearch #VisitMarin #PenguinPride #ThisIsDUC dominican.edu https://t.co/x5sMebniM5
Thanks to our #ServiceLearning program and studio art, graphic design and visual studies students for contributing to "Marin City Counts" #Census awareness project featured in @abc7newsbayarea video #Census2020 #EveryoneCounts #Art #ThisIsDUC abc7ne.ws/2OP7ciV