Going Mobile
Alumni - Summer 2010Andrew Shelley wasn’t happy with life. His nine-to-five job as an electrical engineer was more cage than career, one he’d fallen into only because it was what his dad and grandfather had done. Ever since he’… Read More
Summer 2010 Class Notes
Alumni - Summer 20101950s
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JAMES MARINOS (JD) was allowed by the state bar to take the bar exam while still a student at USD’s School of Law. He passed in 1957 and was sworn in as a lawyer. James … Read More
It’s All About Dignity
Alumni - Summer 2010FOR ILEA DORSEY, DOING GOOD IN THE WORLD IS JUST GOOD BUSINESS
When Ilea Dorsey decided to follow her heart, she thought it would lead her to a fulfilling career. She didn’t know it would lead her … Read More
Not Just Free Money
Student Success - Summer 2010CAL GRANTS HELP USD UNDERGRADUATES — AND VICE VERSA
All you really need to know about advocacy you learned in kindergarten: Play fair. Respect each other. Say “please” and “thank you.”
Those themes resonated in the halls … Read More
Culture Comes Alive
Student Success - Summer 2010IMMERSION TRIPS LEAVE STUDENTS WITH INDELIBLE IMPRESSIONS
Education never takes a holiday. Just ask Aleksandra Wojtalewicz. She knew her world had changed when a routine stop at the store left the international relations graduate student shaken. She’d … Read More
Banking on Creativity
Academic Excellence, News - Summer 2010NEW LAW SCHOOL CENTER TAKES ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Once a classic manufacturing system — steel, rubber and cars — the United States economy has undergone a sea change over the last half-century, morphing into an ever-evolving, enterprising marketplace of … Read More
His Confidence is Contagious
Athletics - Summer 2010KY SNYDER AIMS FOR EXCELLENCE
If décor says anything about a person, Ky Snyder’s framed copy of Vince Lombardi’s “What it takes to be number one” speaks volumes: “Winning is not a sometime thing; it’… Read More
The Campus Connection
Alumni, News - Summer 2010BERT DEGHERI ’61 BELIEVES THAT ALONG WITH OPPORTUNITY COMES A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY
He walks with purpose through the courtyard, gray hair brushed back, smiling a greeting. As pleasantries are exchanged, so too is an immediate sense of trust.
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At the Intersection of Combat and Compassion
Alumni - Summer 2010The chill of a February morning lingers over Alcalá Park as a small army quietly assembles in the fading night. It’s 5:30 a.m., a time of day most college students know only as a vicious rumor, yet dozens of … Read More
Field Notes
Alumni - Summer 2010REALITY TV’S GOT NOTHING ON MARIA KELLY
Sometimes I see the people on ‘Survivor’ and I think, ‘They’re not really roughing it,’” says Maria Kelly ‘03, laughing. “They might be getting bitten by bugs and freaking out, … Read More
Happily Ever After
Alumni - Summer 2010SATIN, TULLE, AND JUST A SHIMMER OF FAIRY DUST: THAT’S THE PROMISE MADE TO GIRLS SERVED BY THE PRINCESS PROJECT
Apparently, Cinderella was an amateur. One ball, one dress, one pair of glass slippers? Piece of cake. … Read More
The Kids Aren’t All Right
Alumni, Student Success - Summer 2010FOR THREE DECADES, THE CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY INSTITUTE HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF OUR YOUNGEST CITIZENS
Not all superheroes wear capes. Some sport professorial tweed and brown leather loafers. Professor Robert Fellmeth appears mild-mannered enough with … Read More
