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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Actress Sharon Stone Added To ILS Virtual Spring Lecture Series
Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning actress Sharon Stone has been added to the virtual Spring 2021 Leadership Lecture Series presented by Dominican University of California in partnership with Book...
Commencement 2021 To Feature Drive-Through Send-Off, Formal Virtual Ceremony
Dominican University of California will kick off Commencement 2021 by hosting a series of on-campus drive-through celebrations on May 5 for all graduating students. Because of restrictions imposed by...
Popular Sports Psych Class Motivates, Inspires Students
When a sports psychology class was re-introduced this spring semester at Dominican University of California it was perfect for psychology major Catherine Johnson ‘21. She knew the new instructor Dr...
School of Liberal Arts and Education
Honors Student Transfers Into Multiple Leadership Roles
After transferring to Dominican University of California from Santa Rosa Junior College in the middle of the pandemic, Jacquelyn Torres ’22 hit the ground running, connecting with faculty mentors...
Inspired Reporter Evolves Into Weekend Anchor On Television
Civil rights hero Dr. Melba Pattillo Beals, Chair Emeritus of the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Dominican University of California, inspired and encouraged Amanda Aguilar ’13 to...
MFA Student Headlines Writing For Health and Healing Retreat
In her dual role as a student in the Low Residency Creative Writing MFA program at Dominican University of California and senior communications officer for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Beth...
History Students Partner With Call Of The Sea To Support Project
Christina Pathoumthong ’22 attended high school in Lafayette, only 20 miles outside San Francisco. But, when it came to studying history, her high school curriculum focused primarily on World History...
School of Health and Natural Sciences
Alum's Journey Comes Full Circle Before Med School
After graduating with a master’s degree in physiology from the University of Cincinnati and overcoming a bout with COVID-19, Cameron Almeida ’18 now has a job to finish before starting med school at...
Dominican in National Top Ten for Post-Grad Salaries
Dominican University of California joins Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale and Stanford as among the nation’s top 10 schools for post-graduate salaries, according to new college...
First Gen Success Story: Fernanda
First-generation college students – those who are the first in their immediate family to attend college – now comprise more than one-quarter of Dominican University of California undergraduates. Each...
First Gen Success Story: Angelica
First-generation college students – those who are the first in their immediate family to attend college – now comprise more than one-quarter of Dominican University of California undergraduates. Each...
Barowsky School of Business
Leadership Opportunities Moved Student To Pursue Grad School
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...
Dominican in National Top Ten for Post-Grad Salaries
Dominican University of California joins Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale and Stanford as among the nation’s top 10 schools for post-graduate salaries, according to new college...
New MS In Accounting Program Launches This Summer
Dominican University of California’s Barowsky School of Business (BSB) is expanding its portfolio of graduate and professional programs to prepare students for careers in the rapidly evolving...
Leap Of Faith Leads MSBA Student To Dream Job
After earning her undergraduate degree in psychology, Alison Wilcox ’20 went straight to grad school – just not in a direction she had originally planned. Alison admits that enrolling in Dominican...
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Dominican hailed – along with Harvard, MIT, Yale, Stanford – by @NBBJ as being on list of schools for post-graduate salaries, according to new college rankings based on early-career salary data from Dept. of Education #CollegeSearch #MarinCounty #ThisIsDUC bit.ly/2Pd7qmX