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2014

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Dominican University of California

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Students Gather Exit Poll Research On Election Day, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee Nov 2014

Students Gather Exit Poll Research On Election Day, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

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The Dominican students, using a specially designed I-Pad application, asked voters a series of questions focused on voting preferences and key issues that influenced their vote. The students were stationed outside three Marin County precincts from 8 a.m. until polls closed.


Ot Students Present Research At State Conference, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee Oct 2014

Ot Students Present Research At State Conference, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

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More than 200 students are enrolled in Dominican’s occupational therapy program, which offers an accelerated five-year, bachelors to master’s program, as well as an MS degree for students who have already earned a bachelor's degree in another academic area and are entering at the graduate level. Students learn how to research, design community-based programs, develop management and leadership skills, and implement occupationally focused education for wellness and health promotion


Students Participate In Global Learning Course In Mexico, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee Jun 2014

Students Participate In Global Learning Course In Mexico, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

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The Global Learning program offered Dominican students opportunities to observe and experience Mexican health care from a clinical perspective. It also included lectures five days per week from leading medical researchers in the areas of Public Health, Gerontology, Epidemiology/HIV-AIDS and Rehabilitation


Chemistry Major Begins Fellowship To Nicaragua, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee Jun 2014

Chemistry Major Begins Fellowship To Nicaragua, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

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Hernandez, an Honors student, is the first Dominican undergraduate to receive this fellowship and one of only a few non-UC Berkeley students to be accepted into the program. The award, she said, will help her decide whether she will pursue a research-based career or medical-based career in the future. It also continues to validate her decision to attend Dominican where she is also pursuing a minor in mathematics.


Students, Faculty Collaborate On Community Research, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee Jun 2014

Students, Faculty Collaborate On Community Research, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

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The residents recently presented their research findings, priority recommendations, and strategies for promoting community development and revitalization during a meeting with local agencies and officials at Dominican.


Inaugural "Mba Boot Camp" Greets 40 Grad Students, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee May 2014

Inaugural "Mba Boot Camp" Greets 40 Grad Students, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

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The three-day student orientation featured exercises in live business cases, sessions for preparation on business presentations and consulting practices, and a leadership and special team-building project – “Fast and Furious” – on the Alemany Library lawn using plastic model cars.


Alumna Presents At Art History Research Symposium, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee Apr 2014

Alumna Presents At Art History Research Symposium, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

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Hoytt, who works as a flight paramedic for REACH helicopters out of Concord and Lakeport, presented “Hildegard of Bingen in Her Time and Today,” a paper she wrote in a medieval art history class taught by Dr. Leslie Ross, professor and chair of Art History at Dominican. Dr. Ross, who will be a guest lecturer in Koret Auditorium on Friday, April 25, asked Hoytt to present her paper at the symposium in San Francisco


Ot Students Partner With First Responders For Research Study, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee Feb 2014

Ot Students Partner With First Responders For Research Study, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

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For the past 18 months, Anita Hin, Monica Fernandez and Chelsea Prado met with first responders and focus groups and coded and analyzed data from fall incident reports. They also worked with an evaluation consultant who was hired by the Novato Fire Department supported by a grant through the County of Marin Mental Health Services Act to look at the link between depression and falls. Falls are the number one call that firefighters respond to, and the numbers are expected to rise with an increase in the elderly population.