Spring 2012 Class Notes
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ROBERT WOHL (JD) is the co-author of Navigating Organizations Through the 21st Century — A Metaphor for Leadership with Louis J. Wolter, a former Drake University professor. In addition to significant leadership roles in San Diego and … Read More
Play Ball
Athletics - Spring 2012The unveiling of Fowler Park, USD’s state-of-the-art baseball facility named in honor of Ron and Alexis Fowler’s generosity, was announced on Jan. 28 by President Mary E. Lyons, PhD, and Executive Director of Athletics Ky Snyder. The facility will … Read More
Born Again
Alumni - Spring 2012REDFINING A WAY OF LIFE IN INDIA
The images are haunting: a young boy bent over pictures of his sister who had been brutally assaulted; a man, head swathed in bandages from a beating he endured. His crime? … Read More
Above and Beyond
Alumni, Student Success - Spring 2012ON THE FRONT LINE OF SURGICAL CARE
If you were to take a stroll across Alcalá Park and ask students about their role models, you’d likely get answers as eclectic as the people who provided them. And … Read More
From the Heart
Alumni - Spring 2012PATRICIA DIXON EMBODIES CHANGE
Patricia Dixon knows many ways to say hello. Among them are, “Suláaqaxam! Súlulyexem! Páxam! Haáwka!” Those greetings in four Native American languages — Luiseño, Cupiño, Cahuilla and Kumeyaay — welcome … Read More
Goal Oriented
Athletics - Spring 2012WOMEN’S SOCCER CAPTURES FIRST WEST COAST CONFERENCE TITLE
Natalie Garcia’s soccer résumé is something to behold. She excelled in one of the nation’s preeminent youth soccer organizations, the San Diego Surf Soccer Club, was … Read More
Even Keeled
Athletics - Spring 2012ALEX CHING LIKES TO PLAY IT COOL, BOTH ON AND OFF THE GOLF COURSE
Growing up in a tropical paradise like the South Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, certainly doesn’t earn Alex Ching any sympathy points from his … Read More
Compare and Contrast
Academic Excellence, Student Success - Spring 2012COUNSELING METHODS VARY WILDLY BETWEEN VERONA AND SAN DIEGO
Fair Verona, an ancient town renowned as the fictional setting of tragic teenage love, is approximately 6,141 miles from the University of San Diego.
Though half a world … Read More
Going Global
Academic Excellence, Student Success - Spring 2012USD BEST IN THE NATION FOR UNDERGRADUATE PARTICIPATION IN STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS
Whether studying the origin of USD campus buildings in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, immersing themselves in the vibrant culture of Florence, Italy or exploring the storied … Read More
Generation Next
Alumni - Spring 2012THE FUTURE IS NOW FOR MILLENNIALS
She just might be the quintessential millennial. Perfectly poised, impeccably groomed and remarkably self-assured, 21-year-old Jennifer Scharre looks like the poster child for what’s sometimes been called Generation Next; the crop … Read More
Forward Movement
Academic Excellence - Spring 2012NEW DEANS BRING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT TO USD
On a Sunday afternoon last March, sandwiched be-tween a family vacation and a week of meetings in Boston for his law firm, Stephen Ferruolo interviewed with the search committee for … Read More
The Elucidator
Academic Excellence - Spring 2012SCHOOL OF BUSINESS PROFESSOR SHREESH DESHPANDE IS A MASTER OF STEP-BY-STEP PRECISION.
Mergers and acquisitions, capital budgeting, bond and stock valuation, leverage. The vocabulary of corporate finance is enough to confound the average person. But University of San … Read More
The Enthusiast
Academic Excellence - Spring 2012MAKING DIFFICULT CONCEPTS RELATABLE IS ALL IN A DAY’S WORK FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR DEL DICKSON
Step into Professor Del Dickson’s office, and you immediately get a sense of what makes him happy. A bicycle balances … Read More
The Dynamo
Academic Excellence - Spring 2012GETTING STUDENTS FIRED UP ABOUT THEIR FIELD IS WHAT PROFESSOR ERIK FRITSVOLD IS ALL ABOUT.
Erik Fritsvold is psyched, as usual. And judging by the way he stokes the classroom discussion from a spark to an ember to … Read More
The Crusader
Alumni - Spring 2012JEFF McATEE LEAVES NO STONE UNTURNED IN HIS PURSUIT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMINALS.
For someone who spends his days documenting the nefarious activities of some of the world’s most notorious environmental criminals, Jeff McAtee sure seems to have … Read More
