Practically Real Life
Academic Excellence - Summer 2021VIRTUAL REALITY TOOLS FOR NURSING STUDENTS
A unique challenge has arisen during the COVID-19 pandemic: How to find a way to give nursing students training in hospitals and clinics in order to complete clinical requirements at … Read More
Generations of Generosity
Alumni - Summer 2021THE LEGACY OF THE J.D. POWER NAME AT USD
James David Power III revolutionized the auto industry when founding J.D. Power and Associates. He was third in a line of five generations of sons … Read More
Summer 2021 Class Notes
Alumni - Summer 20211960s
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MARY DUGAN (BA) reports that her Harlequin novels are still in world-wide publication even after 18 years. “Most recently, Sweden has reissued all of my books and Japan has published them in … Read More
Not Self, but Country
Alumni - Summer 2021THE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE U.S. NAVY’S SUPPLY CHAIN
With his understated demeanor and down- to-earth manner, it’s a bit hard to believe Rear Adm. Peter Stamatopoulos ‘88 (BBA) is in charge of the U.… Read More
On the Front Line
Alumni - Summer 2021COVID NURSE ANN LAWANI FIGHTS FOR HER PATIENTS
Ann Lawani ‘18 (MSN) is the kind of nurse you want caring for you when you’re sick. She’s compassionate, she’s knowledgeable and she understands the pain … Read More
Dare Mighty Things
Alumni - Summer 2021PLANETS ALIGN FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER AMANDA GATES
From sunny San Diego to the windswept Martian landscape, Amanda Gates ’16 (BS/BA) is charting her own path. A nuclear research engineer with the United States Department of Energy’s Idaho … Read More
Dressed for Success
Student Success - Summer 2021TORERO CLOSET PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE
A spacious meeting room on campus was transformed this spring into a well-organized clothing boutique, all due to the generosity of donors. Temporarily set up for students to visit … Read More
Opening Doors
Student Success - Summer 2021MACDONALD COMMUNITY SCHOLARS ON GIVING BACK
Each year, a new cohort of four first-year students become MacDonald Community Scholars. The scholarship’s founder, Scott MacDonald, launched this scholarship at USD in 2017, leading to recipients contributing hundreds … Read More
Help Just a Click Away
Student Success - Summer 2021TEAM NETWORKING PLATFORM KEEPS TOREROS CONNECTED
The University of San Diego’s Torero Employer and Alumni Mentors (TEAM) program is USD’s version of a LinkedIn-meets-Facebook platform.
TEAM provides a space for … Read More
The Future is Coming
Student Success - Summer 2021MAJOR GIFT TO SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOR FINANCE
This spring, the School of Business received a major gift toward the creation of a finance lab as part of the new Knauss Center for Business Education. The gift was … Read More
Superhero, Activate!
Student Success - Summer 2021CAILYN ANN TEAGUE IS IN A LEAGUE OF HER OWN
Sometimes there isn’t a roadmap forward. For Cailyn Ann Teague ’21 (BA), that’s not a barrier, but rather, an opportunity to chart her own path.
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Meeting of Minds
Alumni - Summer 2021A CONVERSATION WITH SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA ‘00 AND USD PRESIDENT JAMES T. HARRIS
There’s no denying that San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria ‘00 (BA) is breaking new ground as the city’s first person of … Read More
The Sisters Alksne
Academic Excellence, Alumni - Summer 2021A TALE OF TWO WOMEN WHO IMAGINED ONE FUTURE, BUT LIFE HAD OTHER PLANS
Childhood dreams are by turns predictable, fantastic and — on occasion — prophetic. As we imagine ourselves in the faraway world of being a … Read More
Unfailingly Generous
Alumni - Summer 2021FUND NAMED FOR LEGENDARY BASKETBALL COACH BERNIE BICKERSTAFF
At USD, as it did across the country and around the globe, George Floyd’s tragic death sparked a critical conversation, prompting a key question: How could USD — and the … Read More
Strengthening Community Safety
Academic Excellence, Student Success - Summer 2021TURNING PAIN AND TRAUMA INTO ACTION
When Marcus Friedman ’21 (JD) was invited to meet up with a group of friends from his undergraduate years in Las Vegas, he thought it sounded like great fun.
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