Ticket to Ride
Academic Excellence - Summer 2014TORERO TOUR TO DELIVER USD’S VIBRANT CULTURE TO SIX CITIES
This is the true story of four busy people who decided to take a week out of their summer, climb on a bus and hit the road, … Read More
It’s Truly a Family Affair
Alumni, News - Summer 2014THE McDONNELL CLAN EMBODIES THREE GENERATIONS OF TORERO PRIDE
It was a different world back then. The gates to the San Diego College for Women were locked every weekday evening at twilight, nuns were housed with the students, … Read More
Treasured Tradition
Faith In Action - Summer 2014USD’S BELOVED FOUNDERS CHAPEL CELEBRATES MILESTONE BIRTHDAY
It didn’t take long for then-freshman Amy Gualtieri ’86 to understand that Founders Chapel was a sacred space.
“I can still remember how I was awestruck when I … Read More
Bringing Her “A” Game
Athletics, Student Success - Summer 2014AMY KAME LEAVES AN INDELIBLE IMPRINT ON USD BASKETBALL
The basketball left Amy Kame’s fingertips and arced through the air toward the hoop the same way it had done thousands of times before; seams rotating perfectly — just … Read More
From Yuck to Yum
Alumni - Summer 2014GETTING KIDS TO EAT VEGGIES DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A STRUGGLE
Getting kids to eat their vegetables can make for some inventive adult solutions: Make up cute names like “X-Ray Vision Carrots” and “Power Punch Broccoli.” Invent … Read More
You Are What You Eat
Alumni - Summer 2014THE PERFECT RECIPE FOR STUDENT SUCCESS
As he stood in front of his ninth-grade World History class, ready to begin the day’s discussion on Mayan culture, teacher Roberto Fierro ’04 could feel his anger building. An important exam … Read More
Independence Day
Alumni, Faith In Action - Summer 2014FINDING LIGHT IN THE AFTERMATH OF DOMESTIC ABUSE
It was the kind of attention that really made a girl feel special. He cared, right from the start. He cared about what she was wearing. He cared about where … Read More
What’s the Big Idea?
Alumni - Summer 2014It starts with a spark, an inkling, a glimpse of something just out of sight, hiding in the corners of the mind’s eye.
If you’re lucky, it’ll sneak up on you when you … Read More
Summer 2014 Class Notes
Alumni - Summer 20141960s
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MARY DUGAN (BA) is a grant writer for College and Community Fellowship, which sends formerly incarcerated women to college for bachelor’s and graduate degrees, and … Read More
An Attitude of Gratitude
Student Success - Summer 2014Students give thanks for scholarships at annual luncheon
The legacy of Daniel Burkett ’06 lives on. It lives on in the people who gathered at Table 41 for the 27th Annual Scholarship Luncheon in USD’s Hahn University Center. It … Read More
A Swell Life
Alumni, Student Success - Summer 2014Six decades of surf, sun and fun with USD’s oldest club sports program
The winds on an unseasonably cold San Diego spring morning are westerly and freshening, and that’s not a good thing for the ever-growing … Read More
