Health Care Hotshots
Alumni - Summer 2019THREE STARS FROM USD’S SCHOOL OF NURSING SHINE
The Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science consistently ranks among the top programs in the nation, in large part due to its stellar graduate nursing training … Read More
Impacting the World
Academic Excellence, Faith In Action - Summer 2019KROC SCHOOL ESTABLISHES NEW PEACEBUILDING INITIATIVE
Milt Lauenstein has long sought world peace. He’s done his part by launching and supporting peacebuilding endeavors, including the Purdue Peace Project, which has successfully supported locally led peacebuilding … Read More
Beyond the Wall: A Better Life
Faith In Action - Summer 2019HEALTH SCREENING CRUCIAL FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS AWAITING HEARINGS
On a rainy Saturday afternoon in San Diego’s Normal Heights, a church courtyard is empty but for puddles and a rotating digital sign that offers up notices … Read More
Beyond the Wall: Under the Same Sun
Student Success - Summer 2019LATINX STUDENTS EXPLORE IDENTITY AND FAITH ACROSS THE BORDER
Twenty-four miles separate Alcalá Park from San Diego’s sister city, Tijuana. To many, the border represents rigid separation, but in the world’s fourth largest binational … Read More
Beyond the Wall: Coming and Going
Student Success - Summer 2019MAKING SENSE OF A COMPLICATED REALITY IS KEY FOR STUDENTS
“Politically, I don’t want to get into, ‘Do we need a wall or don’t we need a wall?’” says Alan Lerchbacker. “The real issue … Read More
All in the Family
Athletics - Summer 2019FORMER TOREROS FORM AN NBA BROTHERHOOD
If you’re looking for the definition of stellar success in NBA leadership, a group of eight Toreros are at the front of the pack.
Bernie … Read More
Beyond the Wall: Reframing the Issue
Alumni - Summer 2019COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AND MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE
“Growing up in a border town gave me direct experience in understanding the very many different issues that exist along the border,” says Maria Silva ‘12 (BA). … Read More
Getting Messy
Alumni, videos - Summer 2019ZEN AND THE SERENDIPITOUS ART OF FINDING YOUR BLISS
There’s a coziness factor that’s unmistakable. On this particular afternoon, it’s evoked by the pleasing smell of burning wood and the sense that there … Read More
Making a Difference
Academic Excellence - Summer 2019FOWLER GIFT WILL INSPIRE A GENERATION OF STUDENTS
Former USD Board of Trustees Chair Ron Fowler and his wife, Alexis, recently gave $2.6 million to USD to promote entrepreneurship endeavors through a new partnership between the University … Read More
Sharing Faith and Service
Faith In Action - Summer 2019FRANCISCAN SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY RELOCATES TO USD
This summer, the Franciscan School of Theology (FST) will relocate to the University of San Diego campus from its current home in Oceanside, California. The graduate-level school has a … Read More
Getting to Know … Addie Picha
Athletics - Summer 2019AGE: 22
HOMETOWN: Puyallup, Washington
CREDENTIALS: USD Volleyball’s two-time All-WCC middle blocker was selected to the U.S. Women’s Collegiate National Team and was an AVCA All-America honorable mention as a junior. As a senior … Read More
Beyond the Wall: Esprit de Corps
Faith In Action, videos - Summer 2019EXPLORING OUR SHARED HUMANITY THROUGH THE POWER OF SONG
Music is magical. As divisive rhetoric about the border inundates the news, music enables us to engage on a deeper level and to create solidarity — even when … Read More
Beyond the Wall: Guardians at the Gate
Alumni - Summer 2019FINDING BALANCE AND EMPATHY ON A DEEPLY PERSONAL LEVEL
There is no such thing as a typical workday on the U.S./Mexico border. “It’s always a different scenario,” says Jazzma Rainey ’16 (MS). She would … Read More
Meet Jake Millgard ’16
Alumni - Summer 2019A graduate of The Old Globe USD Graduate Acting MFA Program, Jake hails from Spokane, Washington. He knew his career path early on: “It was either going to be baseball or acting.” But in sixth grade it all … Read More
Attitude of Gratitude
Student Success - Summer 2019CELEBRATING USD’S 32ND ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP APPRECIATION LUNCHEON
Ritamarie Smedile, BSN, MSN-ENL ’20, RN, a graduate student in the Hahn School of Nursing’s executive nurse leadership program, is a true Changemaker.
She … Read More
