Fall 2015 Class Notes
Alumni - Fall 20151960s
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PATRICK BARRY (BS) is helping to organize the 50th reunion for USD’s Class of 1965, to be held Oct. 16-18, 2015.
JO KOZICKI FRITSCHEL (BA) received the Volunteer of the Year award from the Cuyamaca … Read More
Built from Scrap
Alumni - Fall 2015JAVIER GUERRERO ’95 BELIEVES IN ACCESS FOR ALL
Javier Guerrero ’95 (BA) quickly combs his fingers through the sand, revealing the tip of a duck-billed dinosaur as he glances over his shoulder at the glass doors leading out to Base … Read More
Hail to the Chief
News - Fall 2015A conversation with President James T. Harris III, DEd
With great excitement, the University of San Diego community welcomed President James T. Harris III, DEd upon his arrival to campus in August. An upcoming series of inaugural activities … Read More
Meet President Harris
News - Fall 2015Silver Spoon? Nope.
“I remember when my dad received a raise to a dollar an hour. It was a big deal to make one dollar an hour. I also remember the time that he sold his car for $200 and … Read More
Getting His Feet Wet
News - Fall 2015On just his second day on the job, USD’s new president paddled like a pro
There’s a game that the USD Outdoor Adventures team likes to play while en route to outings, particularly when people are … Read More
Meet Lamont Smith
Athletics - Fall 2015AGE: 40
HOMETOWN: Colony, Texas
BONA FIDES: After finishing his playing career at USD in 1999, Lamont Smith began a 16-year run as an assistant coach, with stops at St. Louis University, Saint Mary’s, Santa Clara, Arizona … Read More
All the Right Moves
Athletics, Student Success - Fall 2015CORNERBACK DEVYN BRYANT WANTS TO CHANGE THE WORLD
Junior University of San Diego cornerback Devyn Bryant is a mechanical engineering major. He selected the specialty, in part, because his mother is a researcher for a pharmaceutical company and … Read More
Making Rules of Law
Alumni - Fall 2015Training lawyers in new judicial reforms
The Justice in Mexico Project has played a key role in helping to implement and enhance judicial sector reform in Mexico since 2009. The freestanding program — which resides in USD’s departments of … Read More
On-the-Job Training
Student Success - Fall 2015Summer internships help students explore potential career paths
Juliana Mascari’s summer volunteer engagement internship with the United Way of San Diego included setting up a community event in City Heights and Vista, Calif. Featuring book distribution and … Read More
Beyster Institute Opening Celebrated
News - Fall 2015The opening of the new Betty and Bob Beyster Institute for Nursing Research, Advanced Practice, and Simulation was celebrated with a ribbon cutting on Sept. 1, 2015. A lead gift of $8 million from Betty Beyster and the late Dr. Robert Beyster, founder … Read More
Taking Care of Home
Academic Excellence - Fall 2015PROTECTING THE EARTH REFLECTS POPE’S POWERFUL MESSAGE
Pope Francis made a bold statement on the environment in his June encyclical, Laudato Si, with a message that not only validated the sustainability movement at USD, but … Read More
Pizza With Padre
Faith In Action - Fall 2015PRIEST INTEGRATES FAITH INTO ROUTINES OF STUDENT-ATHLETES
Father Martin Latiff is so soft-spoken, you have to lean in to hear every word. It’s not a voice one might associate with the cacophony of sports, where athletes shout … Read More
By Leaps and Bounds
Athletics, Student Success - Fall 2015THINGS ARE HEATING UP FOR POWERHOUSE LAUREN SCHAD
There are sounds distinctive to sports. When bat squarely meets baseball, crack echoes throughout the ballpark. Swish is for basketball, a shot from deep distance that … Read More
Confidence Builders
Academic Excellence - Fall 2015A YEAR IN, STEM COHORT IS COMMITTED TO WORKING TOGETHER
Last fall, the University of San Diego began an ambitious effort to increase the number of women faculty in science, and become a national model for undergraduate institutions … Read More
