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Alumni, Faith In Action, Student Success - COVID-19TORERO COMMUNITY STORIES IN THE AGE OF COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting our community, our country, and our world in unprecedented ways. In these tumultuous times, the University of San Diego community has come together in innovative … Read More
Not Just Clowning Around
Academic Excellence, Student Success, videos - Summer 2020FAMED PROFESSOR GIVES MASTERCLASSES TO USD THEATRE STUDENTS
Theatre professor Christopher Bayes wants students to get their funny on.
In mid-February 2020 he came across the country from the Yale School of Drama to give a “clowning … Read More
Playing the Game
Academic Excellence, Alumni, Student Success - Spring 2020PAYING IT FORWARD TRANSCENDS POLITICS AS USUAL
From the outside, political life in Washington, D.C. seems as turbulent as it’s ever been. A washing machine filled with fiery rhetoric and partisan brawling set on permanent spin … Read More
Harvesting Stories
Academic Excellence, Alumni, Student Success - Spring 2020TRANSFORMING HARD SUBJECTS INTO COMPELLING FILMS
After 35 years at USD, Professor of Communication Studies Roger Pace has seen potential in unsure first-year students and watched them become confident seniors. He’s shared his love of independent film with … Read More
Starting to Click
Academic Excellence, Alumni, Student Success - Spring 2020FROM PRE-MED TO JET-SETTING PHOTOGRAPHER
It’s a career with a trajectory that resembles a comet streaking through the sky, but that arc makes perfect sense when you see Justin Chung’s photographs, which are both objectively gorgeous … Read More
Dispatches from Uganda: 2020 Edition
Academic Excellence, News, Student Success - Spring 2020INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION AND A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCE
A water quality research project in Uganda has the full attention of an interdisciplinary group — including USD faculty members, students, President James T. Harris and his wife, Mary — all of whom are … Read More
Fun for a Cause
Student Success - Fall 2019FABULOUS TORERO CASINO NIGHT A SUREFIRE WINNER
Vegas glitz comes to Alcalá Park this fall during the second annual Fabulous Torero Casino Night, which takes place on Oct. 4 during Homecoming and Family Weekend. Proceeds directly support … Read More
Meet Luke Garrett ’20
Student Success - Fall 2018To paraphrase Walt Whitman, this modern-day Renaissance man contains multitudes. Luke has just two more classes this fall before he earns his undergraduate degree with a somewhat surprising double major: physics and philosophy. From day one, the self-described “super extrovert” … Read More
A True Sense of Family
Student Success - Fall 2019Father Greg Boyle speaks highly of “mutuality” in his 2017 book, Barking to the Choir. In brief, Boyle praises this virtue for its ability to create respect and love within a community and, in particular, between its members. Through … Read More
Ready to Fly
Alumni, Student Success - Fall 2019THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY OF SHANE DAVIS ’19
The first job I ever had … ”
Shane Davis’ eyes narrow and his face grows solemn as he considers the question, trying to remember. Then the bright … Read More
Watch: Luke Garrett ’19
Student Success, videos - Fall 2019University of San Diego student Luke Garrett on making the most out of his USD experience. This is a sneak peek of a story that will appear in the Fall 2019 issue of USD Magazine.
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
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
Authenticity, Squared
Student Success - Spring 2019PARENT JOSEPH BRADLEY GOES THE EXTRA MILE FOR USD STUDENTS
Joseph M. Bradley has an impressive job title at Cisco, the multinational technology conglomerate: He is global vice president of the Digital and IoT (Internet of … Read More
