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It was love at first sight for nursing major Ynez Rodriguez ’20 when she stepped foot on the Dominican campus. She decided then and there this close-knit community in Northern California was just the right fit for someone wanting to experience life beyond Southern California.

Former Secretary of State John Kerry, actress Sally Field, presidential historian Michael Beschloss, and politician Julian Castro will appear at Dominican University of California in the Fall 2018 Leadership Lecture Series.

The news last fall that Monica Barry ’20, a double major in English and History, had been selected to study at the University of Oxford brought tears to her eyes.

Dominican’s broadcasting partnership with the San Rafael Pacifics baseball team has been a big hit for students in the Department of Communications and Media Studies, providing valuable hands-on experiences for students preparing for careers as broadcasters.

High school students and parents, check out Dominican University of California this summer!

Newly promoted at LinkedIn, where he began working as an intern between his junior and senior year, Jake Bernstein ’15 continues to draw on the skills he developed at Dominican.

March 11, 2018

Thirteen Dominican Occupational Therapy students spent this summer in Mexico participating in a four-week program that combined intensive Spanish language instruction with community fieldwork.

As summer jobs go, Forrest Hunt ’20 feels like he has hit a home run.

Before Eric Poon joined the innovative Reimagining Citizenship program through Dominican and the City of Novato, he volunteered for a three-month service trip to Mexico, Peru, and Argentina and was inspired to help others.

Incredible doesn’t even begin to describe Kelly Bonbright’s journey from Dominican to Hollywood.

Emanuel “Manny” Cifuentes-Machado ’19 has received so many leadership opportunities and positive experiences at Dominican that the business and communications double major has decided to give back.

Whether she was attending business classes, working with friends in the Barowsky Students’ Association or speaking to perfect strangers in Toastmasters, Olga Kolin ’19 never imagined that the skills and confidence she gained at Dominican would lead her to speak on a big stage in front of thousands at the Miss California pageant.

It was not until her senior year at Benicia High School that nursing major Elena Brown ’20 became active in student government. She wished that she had started earlier.

Kara New ’18 is feeling like she is on top of the sports world right now.

As the recipient of the Veritas Cup, Erin McKay ’18 is appreciated and acknowledged to be a great friend of the senior class.

Supportive relationships with teachers, advisors, and other staff members help students to develop hope, a key factor that impacts a student’s ability to persist and succeed in college, according to a new study published this month by researchers from Dominican University of California and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

When Alexa LoGiudice, then a senior at Sacramento’s St. Francis High School, first visited Dominican, she immediately knew the fit was right.

The recognition and support Anthony Sassano ’18 has experienced at Dominican has ranged from the President of the University to the President of the NCAA.

Stressing the power of relationship building, award-winning actor John Lithgow and his spouse, economic historian Mary Yeager, delivered the keynote address as Dominican celebrated Commencement 2018 on May 12 by conferring degrees on 479 students, including 326 undergraduates and 153 graduates.

When David Nguyen ‘18 and Josh Rosenberg ’18 competed against each other in soccer for rival high schools in Hawaii, they had no idea they would carry the Aloha spirit to Dominican and become friends with the same aspirations to attend law school.

The National Ornamentals Research Site at Dominican University of California (NORS-DUC) has been awarded a $513,000 federal grant to continue studies focused on eliminating quarantined diseases of nursery plants in order to safeguard plant health and the environment.

Whenever Skip Kniesche ’91 receives an application and resume from a Dominican student, he automatically places it on the top of a stack of teaching candidates on his desk at A.E. Kent Middle School.

As the senior class in the Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA Program prepared for its final performances April 27-28 in Angelico Concert Hall, Erin McKay ’18 was reflecting on her decision to attend Dominican University of California.

Cheyenne Sykes ’20 and Mariah Ashby ’19 were in Montgomery, Alabama where they were invited to attend the two-day grand opening of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration on April 26-27.

Dominican University of California Athletics and the Penguins women's soccer program hosted a North Bay Fire Relief benefit quintuple header featuring other Bay Area college teams on Sunday, April 22, at Kennelly Field in the John Allen Sports Complex on the Dominican campus.

Supportive relationships with relatives, community members, and educators can help to level the playing field for first-generation students, according to a new study by researchers from Dominican University of California and Johns Hopkins University.

For Reunion Weekend April 20-21, Jennifer Morrissey ’88 had a lot of catching up to do.

Eight Foreign Service Officers of the U.S. Department of Commerce were guest speakers at the “ACCESS ASIA: Healthcare and Life Sciences” business forum on April 19, in the Garden Room at Edgehill Mansion on the Dominican campus.

For her senior thesis Mujeres in Action, Samantha Hunt ’18 has applied the knowledge she gained from personal experiences in El Salvador; Tijuana; Washington, D.C.; and Uganda to research designed to bring awareness to female-led Civil Society Organizations and their plight to cause policy change.

As part of the Unity in Diversity spring schedule, civil rights leader Dr. Melba Beals, Chair Emeritus of Dominican's Department of Communications and Media Studies, delivered a keynote address on April 3 in Guzman Lecture Hall.

Sierra Najolia ’18 came to Dominican to study history and prepare for a career as a dentist. Half way through her freshman year she discovered that science was not her passion, so instead she followed her heart and pursued a career in the history field.

Dominican University of California is pleased to announce that the accomplished actor John Lithgow and his spouse, the eminent economic historian Mary Yeager will jointly deliver the keynote address at the University’s 2018 Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 12 at 10 a.m.

In a spring break trip to gain perspective of their role in protecting the environment on a global level, students in Professor Vania Coelho’s upper division BIO 3505 International Field Biology class recently visited the Patagonia region of Argentina.

Dominican University and Congressman Jared Huffman hosted a Student Summit on School Safety and Gun Violence Prevention on March 18. Bradley Thornton, a 2015 graduate of Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. participated in the event via Skype.

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 student in the UC Berkeley Minority Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT) fellowship program to conduct malaria research in Malawi.

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.

Dominican University of California and the City of Novato will host an information night for high school seniors and their parents for the new Reimagining Citizenship program on March 6 from 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Novato City Hall.

Dominican’s Global Public Health Department joined with Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance and The Spahr Center to co-host a Zero Discrimination Day film and panel discussion on March 1.

Kelsey Lardner’s experience as a Biological Sciences major and volleyball player at Dominican served her so well that she is in pursuit of her doctorate in Physical Therapy.

Dominican’s student-athletes continue to excel in the classroom. Since the University’s 2009 transition to NCAA Division II athletics, Dominican has led the Pacific West Conference in academic performance for seven out of the last eight years.

For Sayra Trejo ’18, a double major in Political Science and Communication/Media Studies, the opportunity to serve as a Panetta Institute Congressional intern during the fall semester was an ideal time for her to be in Washington, D.C.

The Marin General Hospital Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Denise Lucy, Founder and Executive Director of Dominican University of California’s Institute for Leadership Studies (ILS) and Professor of Business & Organizational Studies, as a new member of the hospital board.

Dr. Laura Greiss Hess, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy, traveled to Iran in December to present her research and clinical experience focused on working with children diagnosed with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.

The road to Rob Chase’s role as founder and president of NewGen Surgical traveled through Dominican in more ways than one.

The Fletcher Jones Foundation has awarded Dominican University of California a $600,000 grant to establish the Fletcher Jones Foundation Digital Learning Lab in the Archbishop Alemany Library, President Mary B. Marcy announced today.

When Victor David ’17 arrived at Dominican, he thought he would one day become a neurosurgeon. One class and one professor helped him change his mind – and follow his heart -- and sent Victor on his way to a new and exciting career.

Reporters from USA Today and the San Jose Mercury News talked with Dominican University political scientist Alison Howard about President Trump’s first State of the Union address. Howard and colleague Donna Hoffman, professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Northern Iowa, have spent more than a decade studying how presidents use the State of the Union address to communicate with the public and request legislation of Congress.

Dr. Ruth Ramsey has been appointed Dean of the School of Health and Natural Sciences (HNS) at Dominican University of California.

Dominican University President Mary B. Marcy has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) Board of Directors. President Marcy will serve a two-year term from January 2018 to January 2020.