Watch: Ethnic Studies Professor Alberto Pulido
Academic Excellence, videos - Summer 2013Forming connections with cultures familiar and diverse equips Ethnic Studies Professor Alberto Pulido’s students with the wisdom and perspective to transform their lives by being a real part of their community.
“USD has really made … Read More
Summer 2013 Class Notes
Alumni - Summer 20131960s
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MARY JO (RINK) GRAHAM, who attended USD from 1956 to 1957, recently relocated to Larkspur, Calif., to be near her daughter’s family in San Anselmo. “It’s like … Read More
Watch: Ophelia Augustine ’13
Student Success, videos - Summer 2013Ophelia Augustine ’13 says her journey at the University of San Diego truly started when people reached out to help her and, in turn, showed her how to make a tangible difference in the world.
“When I … Read More
Watch: Sister Virginia Rodee ’57, ’74 (MA)
Faith In Action, videos - Summer 2013Sister Virginia Rodee ’57, ’74 (MA), Assistant Vice President for Mission and Ministry, firmly believes that God wants people to be happy so their gifts can come to life.
“I started here as a student in 1953 … Read More
Meet the Elite Fleet
Student Success - Summer 2013THE ALCALÁ CLUB’S STUDENT AMBASSADORS REPRESENT USD
Kirk Leopoldo had barely arrived on campus when he decided to join the Alcalá Club — if he could. After all, one of the things he liked most about the group … Read More
Making It Happen
Athletics - Summer 2013RICH HILL REFLECTS ON HIS SUCCESSFUL RUN AT THE HELM OF USD BASEBALL
Head Baseball Coach Rich Hill has built the Toreros into one of the most successful Division I programs on the West Coast. Since taking … Read More
First Person, Singular
Alumni, Student Success - Summer 2013Their faces glow, lit from within with an infectious energy, infusing each word as if time might run out before their story can be shared. Each of the seven is, in their own unique yet universal … Read More
Living in “The Moment”
Alumni, Athletics - Summer 2013A REALITY TV STINT HAS VINCE MOSIO FOCUSED ON WHAT MATTERS MOST
Growing up, Vince Moiso loved fall Saturdays. The way he saw it, Sunday through Friday was just a means to an end; a tolerable inconvenience that … Read More
Resetting the Stage
Alumni - Summer 2013EMPOWERING TEACHERS SO THAT KIDS WIND UP WINNING
Just imagine what schools would be like if teachers were in charge.
Parents may assume that teachers are already, in fact, calling all the shots, but Kim Farris-Berg ’98 (… Read More
The Good Fight
Alumni - Summer 2013CONGRESSMAN JUAN VARGAS IS ON A MISSION
It’s another busy day for Congressman Juan Vargas ‘83, newly elected Democrat representing California’s 51st district. Now splitting his time between San Diego and Washington, D.C., and juggling his … Read More
Sparking the Voice
Alumni - Summer 2013RETURN OF THE ACCIDENTAL OPERA STAR
When Anooshah Golesorkhi strides on stage, cloaked in a wine-colored robe and golden headband, his entrance is dramatic in the extreme. He embodies rage as he sings, “I will crush him and … Read More
Building Momentum
Alumni - Summer 2013OUTGOING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT UNDERSCORES THE VALUE OF GIVING BACK
It seems like only yesterday when I assumed the presidency of USD’s Alumni Association Board … and yet here I am, two short years later, reflecting on what … Read More
Starry Starry Night
Alumni - Summer 2013LUMINARIES GATHER TO APPLAUD NINE REMARKABLE ALUMNI
The University of San Diego celebrated the lives and accomplishments of nine amazing alumni during the 2013 Alumni Honors celebration, which took place in the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & … Read More
The Life Aquatic
Athletics - Summer 2013SWIMMER KEENAN LINEBACK GOES THE DISTANCE
It’s a bright and breezy early spring afternoon by the pool at the USD Sports Center, and Torero swimming sensation Keenan Lineback looks for all the world like a fish out … Read More
Big Addition for Math
Academic Excellence, Student Success - Summer 2013FLETCHER JONES FOUNDATION AWARDS $1 MILLION GRANT TO USD
The University of San Diego has received a $1 million grant from the Fletcher Jones Foundation to fund the Fletcher Jones Foundation Endowed Chair in Applied Mathematics.
The endowed … Read More
