DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

:''For other colleges with the same name, see Dominican College''
'Dominican University of California' is an independent university of Catholic heritage located 12 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California. Founded in 1890 by the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, Dominican enjoys a century-long reputation for excellence in scholarship, research, and community outreach. The University offers more than 60 programs of study that reflect the diversity and creativity of the faculty and students. With almost 2,000 graduate and undergraduate students and a student to faculty ratio of 11:1, Dominican is able to successfully blend personal direction associated with smaller schools with the academic resources of a larger university.
Dominican’s focus on interdisciplinary studies provides a challenging academic environment. In the sciences, the University excels at involving undergraduates in sophisticated research projects that enable students to present at national academic conferences and publish alongside their faculty mentors in peer- reviewed journals. In the humanities, students can combine dance and musical performance with the study of philosophy, literature, world cultures, and religion. Dominican also offers strong undergraduate professional programs in business, education, and nursing, in addition to graduate offerings in these disciplines as well as counseling psychology and occupational therapy. U.S. News & World Report ranks Dominican University of California in the top tier of "Western Universities - Master's."
Approximately 40 percent of undergraduate students are of ALANA heritage (African American, Latino, Asian American or Native American); of the total student body, 23 percent are men and 77 percent are women. Students come from across the United States, although primarily from the Bay Area and Northern California, and from 21 foreign countries, including Brazil, China, Ireland, Japan, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey.
More than 70 percent of students attending Dominican receive financial aid. The University offers a four-year guarantee: any student who carries a full course load and meets all the requirements for eight consecutive semesters will graduate in four years or spend a fifth year at Dominican tuition-free.

Contents

Athletics

Honors Program

Leadership and Internships

University additions

References

External links

Athletics

Since opening the state-of-the-art Conlan Recreation Center in 2000, Dominican has enjoyed tremendous success in athletics. In 2006, the men’s basketball team won the California Pacific Conference for the fourth straight season, a first in Cal Pac history. The men’s soccer team captured the Cal Pac Conference in 2005 after an undefeated season. Dominican also offers lacrosse, volleyball, softball, golf, and tennis.

Honors Program

Dominican offers an Honors Program for especially talented, highly motivated students who want to create a challenging academic experience for themselves. Honors students can expand their work in a course by doing a special project, explore a topic through Honors Seminars, or pursue independent study and research under the guidance of a faculty advisor.

Leadership and Internships

Each year a Dominican student is selected to participate in the Panetta Institute Congressional Internship Program. This student leader spends the fall semester working in Washington, D.C.
In 2006, the U.S. Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce relocated its North Bay U.S. Export Assistance Center to Dominican.
Internships are available through the University's Career Services Office. The center also offers workshops and individual counseling on career and job search strategies, résumé writing and interviewing skills.
International opportunities are offered through Dominican's Office of International Student Services (OISS). The OISS provides students with opportunities to live and learn in foreign countries while earning academic credit, though the University's Study Abroad Program. The ELS Language Centers program located on the Dominican campus is a world-class language center.
Dominican also offers an MBA in Strategic Leadership, attracting a wide diversity of students from around the world.

University additions

Dominican University Alonzo King's LINES Ballet School will offer a joint educational program beginning in fall 2006. The BFA in dance program will combine Dominican's liberal arts education with the dance training of King's Ballet School. Classes will be held in San Rafael and in downtown San Francisco.
In 2007, Dominican opened a 35,000 square foot Science Center, which enabled the University to expand its biomedical research program and continue to train students for careers as doctors and research scientists.
A new "Green MBA" program (moved from the New College of California) will be instituted at Dominican beginning fall 2007.[1]

References

★ History page at Dominican University website, gives former name of institution

★ About Dominican page at Dominican University website

External links

★ Dominican University of California

★ Green MBA