North Bay Business Journal

Education: Marin foundation commits $2 million to elementary schools

Marin Community Foundation is making grants of nearly $2 million to support efforts in eight elementary schools across the county.
“The foundation realizes that the earliest years of education, starting in preschool and continuing through the third grade, set the stage for life-long success, both in school and beyond,” said Thomas Peters, the foundation’s president. “Research [...]

Colleges forge partnerships, reach out to students

NORTH BAY — North Bay universities increasingly are finding ways to partner with community businesses to better their programs and navigate the economic downturn.

Business Journal profile: Dr. Joseph Fink

SAN RAFAEL — In 1988, a young college president was hired to come on board at the 600-student campus of Dominican University in San Rafael.

Dominican President Joseph Fink to retire in 2011

SAN RAFAEL — Dr. Joseph Fink, president of Dominican University of California for the past 21 years, will retire from his position effective June 30, 2011.

Dr. Fink has led the transformation of Dominican University from a small college of 650 students into a university of more than 2,000 students.

Dominican University receives $1 million to study Sudden Oak Death

SAN RAFAEL – Dominican University of California is receiving a $989,798 grant from the 2008 Farm Bill to establish the National Ornamentals Research Site at Dominican University.

Scientists from the national and international research community will conduct studies focused on understanding and controlling Phytophthora ramorum, the plant pathogen known to cause Sudden Oak Death and ramorum blight on nursery stock.

The research site will be the first in the United States dedicated to the study of diseases of ornamental plants in a simulated nursery setting.

BioMarin latest partner on Dominican master’s

BioMarin Pharmaceutical and Dominican University have partnered to offer research-based master’s of science degrees administered by the college.

Education: College of Marin dental program gets grant

College of Marin has received a $106,500 workforce grant for its dental assistant program.

Public officials benefitting from college programs on sustainability

NORTH BAY – The city of San Rafael has launched a Climate Change Action Plan with the goal of reducing greenhouse emissions 25 percent by the year 2020, and a leader of that program tapped a local university to learn how to create it.
City of San Rafael Community Development Director Bob Brown went through Dominican [...]

Who’s Who in Education

NORTH BAY – In order to have cutting-edge ideas in business today, a community needs innovative leaders in education. In the North Bay, there is an abundance of people dedicating their lives to developing the leaders of tomorrow. From superintendents, to business school deans, to principals dedicated to giving the most opportunity to high schoolers, this special report highlights some of those committed individuals in the community making an outstanding difference.

Accounting standards shift creates stir

The Securities and Exchange Commission has published a roadmap for the change from the rules-based American Generally Accepted Accounting Principals, or GAAP, to the principles-based International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS, and has the document open for comment.