Spring 2012 Class Notes

- Spring 2012

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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

Artist rendering of USD's Fowler Park

Play Ball

- Spring 2012

The 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

- Spring 2012

REDFINING 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

USD Alumni Patricia Dixon

From the Heart

- Spring 2012

PATRICIA 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

- Spring 2012

WOMEN’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

USD Golfer Alex Ching

Even Keeled

- Spring 2012

ALEX 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

Generation Next

- Spring 2012

THE 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

- Spring 2012

NEW 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

- Spring 2012

SCHOOL 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

- Spring 2012

MAKING 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

USD Professor Erik Fritsvold

The Dynamo

- Spring 2012

GETTING 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

- Spring 2012

JEFF 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