Mission in Action
Alumni - Spring 2011COMMUNITY SERVICE-LEARNING STAFF INSPIRE BY DOING
To most, it would just be a quick freeway jaunt to grab a bite. But for Chris Nayve and John Loggins, the 10-minute drive from the USD campus to Las Cuatro Milpas … Read More
That Pioneering Spirit
Alumni - Spring 2011CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF EXCEPTIONAL STATESMAN DAVE COX ’61
Daylight is fading on a brisk November day as McKenzie “Ken” Cook ’60 drives down a country road near the small mountain town of Welches, Ore. McKenzie Farms – Cook’s massive … Read More
Find A Need and Fill It
Alumni - Spring 2011KEEPING YOUNG ALUMNI CONNECTED
One size doesn’t fit all. When Rhett Buttle, 25, joined the Alumni Association board last year, he wanted to find a way to connect young alumni like himself back to the university. Nearly 25 percent … Read More
Spring 2011 Class Notes
Alumni - Spring 20111960s
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LARRY CAMPBELL (JD) was appointed to a three-year term as trustee for the Former Agents of
the FBI Foundation, which provides financial grants, assistance and scholarships to members of the extended FBI family and the … Read More
Distinctly Different
Athletics - Spring 2011BASEBALL DETERMINED TO SHINE IN 2011
Baseball, in many ways, is like life. Comprised of a collection of little moments over the course of a nine-inning game, each pitch has the potential to be the defining moment. Even when … Read More
Peace, Brother
Alumni, Athletics - Spring 2011IN LACROSSE AND IN LIFE, DAVE WODYNSKI’S INDELIBLE LEGACY
It’s Homecoming Weekend 2010, and members of the USD Men’s Lacrosse alumni squad are arriving at Manchester Field in a steady stream, shouting greetings, exchanging hearty hugs … Read More
Making the Grade
Student Success - Spring 2011STUDENT SATISFACTION IS THE KEY TO RETENTION AT USD
With our nation’s economy continuing its pendulum swing between recession and recovery, it’s no wonder that today’s college students are concerned about how much weight their … Read More
Of Mass and Masculinity
Faith In Action - Spring 2011FOR MALE PRAYER GROUPS, THERE’S STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
It starts like most guy gatherings do. There are head bobs and high-fives followed by a heaping helping of familiar salutations like “What’s up man?” or “Hey dude, … Read More
Do the Right Thing
Alumni - Spring 2011GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND IS JUST THE WAY SAM ATTISHA ROLLS
Working for the common good is a familiar enough concept. But Sam Attisha wants to figure out how we can do better when it comes to doing … Read More
Life Well Lived
Alumni, Faith In Action - Spring 2011BELOVED EDUCATOR SISTER HELEN LORCH
Sister Helen Lorch accomplished much in her 100 years of life, including being a wife, mother and community volunteer, but she is best remembered by University of San Diego alumni as a beloved nun … Read More
Compassion, Care, Community
Student Success - Spring 2011USD MEDICAL BRIGADE BRINGS HEALTH AND HOPE TO THOSE IN NEED
Above all else, James Walston remembers their faces: smiling, innocent and inquisitive, in spite of the harsh realities of life in a third-world orphanage.
There, … Read More
A Living Laboratory
Academic Excellence - Spring 2011GALLERY AND STUDIO ROOM DEDICATED TO PRINT SETS THE UNIVERSITY APART
Just inside the front entrance of Founders Hall is an innovative laboratory, one equipped with Rembrandts and Goyas rather than Bunsen burners and beakers. Here, in the … Read More
The World Is Our Business
Student Success - Spring 2011USD’S ENTREPRENEURS AIM FOR THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE: PEOPLE, PLANET, PROFIT
Sometimes great ideas change the world. Sometimes great people make a reverberating impact through sheer talent and determination. And sometimes all it takes is the ability … Read More
Political Capital
Alumni - Spring 2011INCOMING MAYOR CARLOS BUSTAMANTE TAKES THE REIGNS IN TIJUANA
A dark underground parking lot is lined with row after endless row of cars. Men and women flow in and out of the elevator, followed by their ear-bud sporting, … Read More
