Please Don’t Pet the Lemurs
Academic Excellence - Fall 2019Who among us hasn’t whiled away a few moments on social media to watch online videos of adorable animals, and perhaps think, “I want one of those!”
That’s just what happened in 2016, when a video of … Read More
Meet the New Alumni Board President
Alumni - Fall 2019DEAR TOREROS:
It is my privilege to begin our 2019-2020 fiscal year as the president of the USD Alumni Association Board, which serves more than 70,000 USD alumni.
We are fortunate to have … Read More
These Precious Things
Alumni - Fall 2019ALUMNA TAKES GOOD CARE OF HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS
When Melanie Dellas ’13 (MA) decided to go back to school, she was parenting two young sons on her own after a divorce. A writer and a business owner, Dellas … Read More
More Than Enough
Alumni - Fall 2019KAREN STEFANO TRANSFORMS TRAUMA INTO TRIUMPH
If you could bottle the very essence of San Diego, it would look, feel and sound a lot like this particular Friday evening. Beams of sunlight pierce through fluffy clouds … Read More
Fall 2019 Class Notes
Alumni - Fall 2019[1956]
MARILYNN (MAYER) NEVILLE (BA) writes, “Hello out there to the great Class of ’56. We were the first to matriculate at USD for all four years. Our names are somewhere in a cornerstone —or was it a time … Read More
A Classical Approach
Academic Excellence - Fall 2019HUMANITIES CENTER GIFT FUNDS ENDOWED DIRECTORSHIP
For the second time in only three short years, Carol Vassiliadis (pictured), who is parent to a USD alumna, has given the College of Arts and Sciences a generous contribution … Read More
Citizen of the World
Alumni - Fall 2019PRACTICING SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
As the United States and the Soviet Union gritted their teeth through the Cold War, Maria Teresa (Carrasco) Pietrok ’66 (BA) was creating smiles behind the Iron Curtain, the onetime … Read More
Fun for a Cause
Student Success - Fall 2019FABULOUS TORERO CASINO NIGHT A SUREFIRE WINNER
Vegas glitz comes to Alcalá Park this fall during the second annual Fabulous Torero Casino Night, which takes place on Oct. 4 during Homecoming and Family Weekend. Proceeds directly support … Read More
Boosting School Spirit
Athletics - Fall 2019LEADING THE CHARGE OF GETTING STUDENTS TO GAMES
The University of San Diego has it all. Breathtaking views, a pristine campus, rigorous academics and even a handful of consistently competitive Division I sports teams.
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To Inspire and Delight
Faith In Action - Fall 2019UNIVERSITY MINISTRY CENTER CELEBRATES FAITH
The University of San Diego’s new 15,000-square-foot University Ministry Center opens this fall, with a mission to provide a consolidated center for serving the spiritual development of students.
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Eminently Reasonable
Academic Excellence - Fall 2019POLITICAL SCIENCE PODCAST A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
Civil discourse in the current hyperpolarized political American landscape seems like a distant dream. But three USD political science professors are doing their part to make America informed … Read More
A True Sense of Family
Student Success - Fall 2019Father Greg Boyle speaks highly of “mutuality” in his 2017 book, Barking to the Choir. In brief, Boyle praises this virtue for its ability to create respect and love within a community and, in particular, between its members. Through … Read More
The Power of Stories
Academic Excellence - Fall 2019MOMO BERTRAND ’19 IS CHANGING THE NARRATIVE
Around the dinner table, my mom would tell me all these stories,” Momo Bertrand says, eyes twinkling at the childhood memory. “I know some of them were not true.”
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Lifelong Lessons
Academic Excellence, Alumni - Fall 2019LAW SCHOOL CLINIC SERVES UP VITAL EXPERIENCE
There are the lessons you learn in school and the lessons you learn in the real world. Kayla Watson ’19 (JD) was able to learn a real-world certainty before leaving … Read More
Getting to Know … Ryan Keckley
Athletics - Fall 2019CREDENTIALS: In his fourth season as men’s head tennis coach this spring, Keckley’s team won its sixth consecutive West Coast Conference Tournament Championship, beat Minnesota in the first round of the NCAA tournament before losing to … Read More
