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Transformation

Pre s ident’s Repor t 2012–2013

Santa Cl ar a Universit y

Building a more just, humane, and sustainable world

HIGHLIGHTS

Table o f Content s

On the Ca mpus 2How Santa Clara University is reimagining the classroom

In the COmmunIt y 10A center of ideas and service, Santa Clara University makes a profound impact in the Bay Area

In the WOrld 18A just, humane, and sustainable world—this is Santa Clara University’s ultimate vision

hIghlIghts 26Recognizing the year in grants, awards, and achievements of the SCU community

FInanCIal InFOrm atIOn 36The fiscal year in summary, including fundraising and endowment performance

unIversIt y gOvernanCe 41

Transformation is at the heart of Jesuit philosophy. Transformations, however, are seldom sudden, and they are usually the result of hard, carefully planned work. Yes, Ignatius of Loyola had a spiritual conversion while in Spain, but bringing the Jesuit Order into being took a lifetime of arduous planning and resolute work.

At Santa Clara University we pursue an ideal of creating a better world through a search for truth and for the Author of Truth and the Source of Beauty who animates us. With the search comes transformation, and with transformation comes personal and collective growth.

Today, a great deal of such work toward transformation—on individual as well as institutional levels—is underway at Santa Clara University. For example, we are transforming our teaching with the use of technology in new classroom configurations, online courses, apps, and e-books. We are also making physical changes, transforming the heart of campus by converting Palm Drive into a new pedestrian mall and highlighting the Mission Church as the center of the University. Most importantly, we are transforming our students, cultivating in them the skills and the will to be change agents—leaders with a passion to transform their world into one that is more just, more humane, and more sustainable.

The examples of transformation and dynamic education in this report tell the stories of how our common mission comes alive in our students and in our community. You will read how the SCU faculty is using computer games to deepen students’ empathy while also teaching them research skills. You will see how the campus community is shrinking its carbon footprint and, in the process, teaching students to be better stewards of their world. You will learn how we have created a nucleus of faculty members who not only are collaborating on biosciences research projects, but also bringing these projects into the classrooms at SCU and area high schools. You will see how our new Academy of Blended Learning is forging stronger relationships with our local Diocese and helping K–12 teachers incorporate technology tools into their teaching. And you will read about how our emphasis on social entrepreneurship is changing the face of study abroad for our Global Fellows and Food and Agribusiness students. Ignatius of Loyola would be proud of such innovation that opens minds, changes hearts, and benefits the world.

I hope you will find this report—and its stories of transformation at Santa Clara—a truly inspirational reflection of our mission. As Peter Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., said, “The real measure of our Jesuit universities lies in who our students become.”

Best wishes,

Michael E. Engh, S.J. President

Pre s ident’s Repor t 2012–2013 1

A letter from the president

IndICatOrs OF student suCCess

In Santa Clara’s classrooms, laboratories, and residence halls, students are thinking analytically, working effectively with others, and deepening their spirituality.

S a n ta C l a r a U n i v e r S i t y

Pres ident’s Repor t 2012–2013

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IndICatOrs OF student suCCessOn the Campus

puttIng teCh tO the test

puttIng teCh IntO teaChIng

Josef Hellebrandt, associate professor of Spanish, and Marina Hsieh, senior fellow in the law school, attend a faculty seminar on technology and teaching innovation.


Innovative teaching can be as complex as developing an e-textbook on algorithms or as simple as putting wheels on a student’s chair.

Both ideas have been introduced at Santa Clara University through a consortium of faculty members whose aim is to examine and test the usefulness of technology and new teaching practices on campus. A pilot program, the Faculty Collaborative for

Teaching Innovation approaches new ideas by first asking how they might enrich a student’s learning experience and promote the values of a Jesuit university.

“In higher education, especially during the last couple of years, there has been a rapid acceleration of interest in technology and online learning,” explained Diane Jonte-Pace, senior vice provost for academic affairs and a Collaborative leader. “We wanted to think carefully about our academic goals and commitments to such things as global outreach, social justice, and sustainability before jumping in; we wanted to ask ourselves what would help bring better, deeper, more engaged learning to our students.”

Since it was launched just over a year ago, the interdisciplinary Collaborative has come up with a number of interesting ways to experiment with high—and sometimes low—technology.

Under the Collaborative umbrellaAlready, several projects are underway. One involves 60 LEAD Scholars, first-generation college students at SCU, who received iPads from the Collaborative.

“We invited faculty and students to experiment and to reflect on how using mobile devices might allow them new ways to facilitate student learning, to connect to course materials and each other, and to reflect on their own learning,” explained Eileen Elrod, associate vice provost for faculty development and co-chair of the Collaborative.

Early surveys show positive responses, according to Elrod, and end-of-year assessments will add insights on the effectiveness of the project.

Other students and faculty are finding the simple idea of moveable furniture to be a significant aid in promoting independent, critical thinking. “Collaborative Classrooms” in Varsi and Graham halls feature wheeled chairs with flat tablet desktops, cup holders, and backpack racks. “With the push

of a heel, these node chairs can be moved into any type of configuration,” explained Jonte-Pace. “There is no back-of-the-class; everyone is in front, engaged and interacting with each other. The class becomes dynamic.”

Collaborative leaders report the special classrooms have earned favorable survey responses from faculty and students who say the flexible design contributes to a greater range of classroom activities. One undergraduate wrote: “The room was good for debate. Being able to see everyone spread out in a way that wasn’t in rows was a good way to facilitate a diverse conversation.” Varsi is also the location for another successful project, CAFÉ³, meaning Collaborative to Advance Faculty Exploration, Experimentation, Excellence. Up to three times weekly, teachers gather here for informal conversations and hands-on technology workshops led by colleagues that explore tools such as apps for note taking or facilitating research.

For yet another component of the pilot program, Collaborative leaders invite a few faculty “associates” to share their tech expertise. One associate is Nicholas Tran, a math and computer science professor. With other colleagues, Tran plans to develop an e-textbook on data structures/algorithms and a new keyboard design for touch devices.

Another Collaborative project involves working with the Jesuit Distance Education Network (JesuitNET) to help faculty develop online and hybrid courses reflecting the University’s Jesuit mission and identity. Faculty in education, pastoral ministries, and the Jesuit School of Theology are redesigning courses for online delivery, as are faculty who teach in the undergraduate summer session.

While most SCU instructors see technology as an effective teaching tool, not all are convinced it deserves a seat in every classroom. “We’ve got great professors here who like the traditional classroom model,” said Jonte-Pace. “It still works. There are lots of ways to teach and lots of ways to learn.” And, whether or not technology is present, she noted, the learning process at SCU “is always interactive.”

Electronic aids may enhance classroom teaching, but technology will never replace the student-professor relationship—that’s the vital element that will always be at the heart of the transformative educational experience at Santa Clara.

Faculty Collaborative for Teaching Innovation examines new notions

On the Campus


On the Campus

Imagine you are a journalist documenting the immediate aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. You’re filming aid workers as they distribute food to survivors, but the situation is turning chaotic. As a barrier falls and the crowd rushes forward, you see a woman on the ground being trampled. Would you put down your camera to help her? What if you knew you would lose your job when you returned

without footage?The computer game Inside the Haiti Earthquake

depicts this scenario and many others using documentary footage from the catastrophic, magnitude-7 quake. The game’s Canadian developers hope the experience will deepen players’ understanding of the disaster, but whether video games can create positive social change is an open question.

Looking closer at gamesIn a class called Games for Change, Santa Clara undergraduate researchers studied that very question. Over the course of a 10-week quarter, students worked with Christine Bachen, associate professor of communication, to design and conduct a study examining the effects of Inside the Haiti Earthquake. Students then presented their findings in a scholarly poster presentation.

The class is one of seven senior capstone courses offered in the Department of Communication. As a culminating experience, Games for Change brings together much of what students learned as communication majors. It’s a chance for students to apply the tools they’ve developed during their time at Santa Clara in the discovery of new knowledge. It’s also an opportunity to work alongside a professor on real-world research.

“For many years now, my colleagues and I have been including students in our research on this topic of how the Internet, games, and simulations can

promote civic engagement in young people,” Bachen says. “Many people make claims about gaming, but fewer people are systematically studying the impact of games in a rigorous way.”

Research participants were recruited from around the University, and each completed a pretest measuring their moral reasoning and global empathy. After playing through the computer game, participants were retested.

Working in pairs, students then analyzed the data, looking at specific research questions they carved out for themselves. For example, one team examined how empathy was affected by a player’s identification with game characters and flow—a state of deep immersion in the gaming experience.

The results of the research were encouraging. Though participants spent only about 30 minutes playing the simulation, the immersive, role-playing experience increased players’ senses of empathy and their interest in furthering their learning about conditions in Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake. And the experience of empathy guided players to make more ethical decisions.

Two groups from the class went on to present their findings at an undergraduate research conference hosted at Santa Clara in April. After presenting to a group of communication researchers and students from around the state, Santa Clara senior Tani Pozirekides talked about the experience.

“Doing this research really changed my perspective on the different uses there are for games. Video games could really be a tool for education,” she says. “Going to a Jesuit university, there’s a huge emphasis on social justice and understanding the world in a deeper sense, and I think that is reflected in our research.”

You can play the game for yourself at www.insidedisaster.com/experience/.

Undergraduate researchers ask if games can foster a better world


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Malarie Howard ’14 plays Inside the Haiti Earthquake, a game that communication students used to research the effects of gaming on participants’ empathy.

The 2012 National Survey of Student Engagement

How much has students’ college experience contributed to their learning and personal development? Here are the percentages of those who answered this question with “very much.”

Responding to the annual Survey of Recent Graduates, the class of 2012 was overwhelmingly pleased with their SCU experience:

89% of those working full time indicated that their SCU education provided good to excellent preparation for their careers

97% of those attending graduate school indicated that their SCU education provided them with good to excellent preparation for graduate study

90% indicated that their SCU education had provided them with good to excellent preparation for life after college

SCU education = high satisfaction

Leg up for LEAD students The LEAD (Leadership, Excellence, Academic Development) Scholars Program continues to build a strong community of first-generation college students. This program, administered by the University Honors Program, has helped students navigate the college experience and find success after graduation.


60%45%

66%54%

Thinking critically and analytically

44%36%

49%42%

Writing clearly and effectively

Acquiring a broad general

education

55%40%

62%47%

Analyzing quantitative problems

42%34%

55%42%

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“In my freshman year, I experienced homesickness and depression. LEAD offered me different resources to

overcome my anxiety. Now, I am involved in on-campus clubs,

have an audit internship with Ernst & Young, and plan to attend graduate school through the EY Scholars Program.”Claudia GarCia ’14

SCU FreshmenNSSE 2012

SCU SeniorsNSSE 2012


On the Campus

How NSSE works:NSSE asks students to rate on a five-point scale how well their education developed a variety of skills and abilities.

freshmen and seniors polled nationwide

300,000

“The LEAD program provided a family, a network of others who had similar backgrounds. As a result, I learned how to access

the resources available to me and seek support and guidance as

needed. I recently completed my master’s in public policy at U.C. Berkeley and plan to work in community development.” KazImIr Brown ’11


35%29%

44%42%

Acquiring job- or work-related

knowledge and skills

Working effectively with

others

44%35%

57%45%

Understanding people of other

racial and ethnic backgrounds

26%24%

34%26%

Developing a personal code of values and ethics

35%27%

48%32%

Contributing to the welfare of

their community

31%20%

39%23%

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Demonstrating satisfaction

LEaD Scholars

SCU Freshman Class

U.S. News & World Report estimates

that approximately 66% of the nation’s

college students return between

their freshman and sophomore years.

Santa Clara University has always

been distinguished by a high freshman retention rate—the percentage of first-year students who

return to campus in the following fall.

95%at SCU

66%Nationally

“The LEAD Scholars Program opened lines of communication regarding the first-generation college

student experience. Of all the benefits of LEAD, my

relationship with faculty contributed most to where I am today. Currently, I’m pursuing a doctorate in biology at U.C.S.F. and hope to teach biology at the college level.” FErnanDo mEza GUTIErrEz ’11

F i R S T - Y E A R R E T E N T i o N

2012 98.3% 95.1%

2011 96.6% 95.2%

2010 96.5% 94.1%

2009 96.2% 92.6%


First-Year retention rate

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the Silicon valley is a place of great wealth and innovation, which at times obscures problems within various underserved areas. the community that surrounds Santa Clara also is a classroom where our students acquire job-related skills and contribute to the welfare of the area.




P r e S i d e n T ’ S r e P o r T 2 0 1 2 – 2 0 1 3 11

What’s next FOr BIOsCIenCes?


The Advanced Biosciences initiative has provided funds to bring state-of-the-art imaging equipment to campus. This advanced microscope is used to monitor the performance of a small, implantable medical device that allows for safe drug delivery, which is being made in the lab of Assistant Professor for Bioengineering Ashley Kim.

The anti-aging lotion that many people slather on their skin before bedtime may be causing some wrinkles for the environment and for human health. Within that jar of ointment are tiny pieces of silver, about 1/1,000th the size of a strand of hair. Eventually, these silver nanoparticles make

their way into the environment. The question of how they then go on to impact our health is part of an investigation underway at Santa Clara University.

Conducted by Korin Wheeler, a professor in the chemistry and biochemistry department, the research project is supported by a grant from the University’s Advanced Biosciences Initiative (ABI)—launched in 2011 to broaden SCU’s undergraduate bioscience and bioengineering programs.

Faculty research grants are one element of the ABI. Leaders of the initiative also host an annual Biosciences Symposium, foster Silicon Valley bioscience partnerships, and sponsor workshops for SCU instructors and for middle and high school teachers throughout Santa Clara County.

Support for the biology boomSince the 1990s, the field of biosciences has steadily gained influence, and the 21st century is often called “The Century of Biology.” Amy Shachter, associate provost for research and faculty affairs, believes the designation is fitting. “We’re seeing a reflection of that in our student enrollment numbers,” she explained. “Biology, chemistry, and bioengineering majors are growing exponentially—it’s a national trend, too.” When SCU added a biochemistry major about five years ago, she said department enrollment figures doubled.

“We now have a nucleus of faculty members with expertise in the biosciences who are working collectively on projects and research,” said Shachter. The ABI boosts those faculty efforts with three or four grants of $12,000 each year. Selected projects, such as Wheeler’s, must be collaborative, interdisciplinary, and involve at least one microscopic method.

Another grant recipient, Ashley Kim, is a bioengineering professor and director of the Biological Microtechnology Laboratory. She and her team of students have developed a new type of implantable pump for delivering volumes of drugs that can’t be given through conventional means. Such pumps are used to supply a flow of insulin to diabetics or chemotherapeutic agents to cancer patients. The micro-pump provides cyclical dispensing of drug fluids, offering lower power consumption, precise flow rates, and higher reliability.

Seed money for the ABI came from a $250,000 grant provided by the W.M. Keck Foundation. An additional $500,000—mainly used to purchase five analytical laboratory instruments—was made available by the Fletcher Jones Foundation.

“The instruments have a lifespan of about 10 to 15 years,” according to Shachter. “They’re important tools in helping us answer scientific questions.”

Faculty and students often are able to use additional cutting-edge equipment through partnerships they develop off-campus with Bay Area research centers. Integrating community industries with their projects is another condition of receiving a grant. In Wheeler’s case, the benefits of this requirement were significant. “The team used a powerful microscope at NASA-Ames in order to take pictures of the nanoparticles in reaction with proteins,” she reported. “Students gained access to state-of-the-art instrumentation and insight into the collaborative nature of modern science.”

Shachter said increased demand for precision scientific equipment has made it more affordable for more people. In fact, some high-performance research tools today have become almost commonplace. “There’s an explosion of information and knowledge about biology now … as we’re able to advance technologically, we begin to answer complex questions that can be solved with a desktop computer,” she noted. “We can sequence DNA with a piece of equipment that I can keep on my desk; we couldn’t do that 10 years ago.”

advanced Biosciences Initiative fuels laboratory explorations

In the Community


In the Community

Last year, when administrators from the Diocese of San Jose began a school revitalization plan, they found a partner less than three miles away.

“We were delighted when the Diocese approached us about a possible collaboration,” said Pedro Hernández-Ramos, then chair of the Department

of Education at Santa Clara University. “It builds on everything we’ve been doing for so many years.”

SCU’s relationship with the Diocese is fortified by professional development courses regularly offered to elementary school teachers. Now the newest joint project—the Academy of Blended Learning—adds another dimension to the alliance.

The project is one element of the Diocese’s St. Katharine Drexel School Initiative, an effort to revitalize local Catholic schools. The Academy, operated by SCU, was designed to boost academic success in participating schools with a yearlong training program for Diocese teachers and administrators.

“This partnership is essential because we want our teachers to be professionally prepared,” said Kathy Almazol, superintendent of schools for the Diocese. The association with SCU “demonstrates the Diocese of San Jose’s commitment and intention about professional development for our teachers within a 21st-century initiative.”

Blended learning refers to a method that combines face-to-face teaching with the use of technology tools. The concept can make student learning more flexible, lasting, and personalized. After going through the Academy training—and earning Certificates in Blending Learning from SCU—teachers at seven Diocese schools will implement blending learning in their classrooms this year.

Fast forward Steve Johnson, Department of Education lecturer, serves as director of the Academy. He said by necessity the new partnership got off to a speedy start. In January 2013, within a month of hearing about the revitalization effort, University and Diocese officials met to map out a plan for the Academy. Already on the table was a grant from the Sobrato Family Foundation—which includes SCU trustees John A. and John M. Sobrato—to fund teacher participation. “Still,” said Johnson, “there were over 100 decisions that had to be made very quickly if we were to start the program in the spring.”

By May, a comprehensive program was in place when the Academy’s first 100 participants began registering. “We worked quickly because you just do it if you have to,” explained Johnson, who was key in developing 30 complex “learning packages” at the heart of the Academy training. “The Diocese is a priority partner for SCU; we wanted to make this happen in short order.”

Nicholas Ladany, dean of the School of Education and Counseling Psychology, attributed the University’s swift action to “a combination of our talented faculty, our passionate commitment to social justice, and an agile culture we are creating to address needs identified in the educational market.”

Considering the scope of the Academy, such nimbleness is impressive. Each learning package contains a library of information and tools, including online presentations and activities for classroom integration. Johnson, who tapped Apple employees and other industry workers to advise teachers, said all learning units are consistent with national educational technology standards for educators.

By the time they complete the Academy, teachers are able to set up and use mobile and laptop devices; demonstrate some 30 essential applications; propose a blended learning environment for their classrooms and lead a tour; and collaborate online with peers.

Hernández-Ramos said SCU is committed to the Academy because it reflects University values. “It’s a great example of our willingness to engage with key partners to support their work while advancing our mission to be of service to others, contributing our intellectual capital and human resources to advance our shared goals.”

SCU–Diocese partnership jumpstarts academy of Blended Learning

academy is for parents, tooBeyond creating an extensive training program for Catholic school teachers, the Academy of Blended Learning will open its virtual doors to 400 parents of students in the San Jose Diocese’s participating schools.

Taught by a team of SCU faculty members, an online course called Parenting a Digital Generation will advise parents on how to participate in their students’ education and will address complex issues about the impact of technology on child growth and development. Along with offering information about the concept of blended learning, the course also will explore the advantages and challenges of technology and its impacts on parenting.

The mini MooC (massive open online course), sponsored by the School of Education and Counseling Psychology, will begin in January and run through March. Parents can complete the course’s learning modules on their own schedules. While no credit is given for the class, it was developed with a system of internal badges that track the progress of participants.

Following its completion, the online course will be evaluated, revised, and prepared for possible distribution by SCU on a national level.


empOWerIng teaChers at all levels


St. Clare School Principal Madeline Rader discusses iPad use in the classroom with Erin Straw, a St. Clare kindergarten teacher, as part of the Academy of Blended Learning.


Innocence Project restores justice and lives

Exoneration of George Souliotes

In January 1997, a rental property owned by Souliotes burned down and three people died. Souliotes was charged then convicted of

arson and triple murder in the tragedy and, now 72 years old, has served 16 years of three life sentences without possibility of parole. On April 12, 2013, a California federal district court judge found Souliotes had received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial, reversed his conviction, and ordered him freed unless the state began to retry him within 90 days. That ruling came a year after NCIP and pro bono attorneys from the law firm of Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe persuaded the judge of Souliotes’ actual innocence, successfully demonstrating that his conviction was based on faulty fire science and that no reasonable juror today would convict him. On July 3, Souliotes was freed when lead pro bono trial counsel Jim Brosnahan of Morrison & Foerster successfully negotiated an agreement with the district attorney that exonerated him of the arson and triple murder.Served 16 years of his three life sentences without parole

Exoneration of Johnny williams

On March 8, 2013 a judge overturned Williams’ wrongful conviction after DNA evidence proved his

innocence. He was convicted of lewd conduct and attempted rape against a 9-year-old girl because the suspect called himself “Johnny” and Williams was the girl’s neighbor. Forensic tests at the time of the assault were unable to confirm biological evidence, and no DNA testing was performed. Williams wrote to NCIP asking for help on the case to prove his innocence. NCIP and its DNA Project worked with the Alameda County District Attorney to retest the girl’s clothes and found enough biological material to yield a complete male DNA profile that conclusively proved Williams’ innocence. Served his entire 14 years

Exoneration of ronald ross

Ross was found guilty of premeditated attempted murder after a shooting that occurred near

his mother’s home in Oakland. Ross did not know the victim but was drawn into the investigation when police included his picture in a photo lineup shown to witnesses. Investigators failed to pursue a man originally identified by the victim as the shooter. After more than four years of investigation by NCIP, the law firm Keker & Van Nest, and Investigator Keith McArthur, evidence of false testimony by key trial witnesses was uncovered along with evidence of innocence from several new witnesses. Ross was exonerated and freed.Served six years of his 25-year prison sentence

This past year turned out to be one of the most successful for Santa Clara Law’s Northern California Innocence Project. Founded in 2001, the NCIP works to exonerate innocent prisoners while addressing the causes and consequences of wrongful convictions. In all, NCIP has exonerated 17 falsely imprisoned people—this includes a remarkable 2013, which saw three wrongful convictions overturned.

IndIC atOr s OF lOC a l ImpaCt


In the Community

The trend:Younger interns and more recruiter interest Typically seen as the domain of upperclassmen, more and more freshmen and sophomores are getting an early jump on their careers. Not only has the number of students seeking advice from the Career Center more than tripled, but so has the interest in company recruiters looking for Santa Clara undergraduate students.

The de Saisset Museum produces an e-book on California history

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Visitors to the de Saisset Museum will now experience California history in a whole new way. With a $10,000 matching grant from

the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) the museum published a multi-touch electronic book that serves as a gallery guide for the permanent California History exhibit and Mission Santa Clara de Asís.

Created with Apple’s iBooks Author software, the e-book, titled Moving Forward: Santa Clara’s Story of Transformation, is available as a free download on the museum’s website and on iTunes. It engages a variety of visual media, ranging from still images to video clips, and interactive graphics, in an effort to enhance the educational experience for students, museum visitors, and lifelong learners.

The de Saisset Museum runs an active education outreach program focused on the history of Santa Clara Valley. The NEA grant also enabled the museum to complete a 13-week docent training on California

history, which included hands-on workshops, practical sessions, and six public lectures.

In an effort to enhance its offerings and to provide added resources to students, teachers, and the community, de Saisset created the California History Curriculum Guide, which features the culture and traditions of native California, specifically the making of miniature tule boats and traditional native games. The printed guide was distributed to area schools at no cost in spring 2013 and is incorporated into the e-book.

The museum also received a donation of $5,000 to support the purchase of 10 iPads, five of which are installed within the permanent California history galleries. These iPads allow visitors in the museum’s galleries to access the new e-book as they walk through the exhibitions. The museum recently received a matching grant of $7,920 from the Arts Council Silicon Valley that helped support the rollout of the e-book and the installation of the iPads in the galleries.

The e-book is an especially valuable tool for the annual droves of fourth graders who visit the campus and museum to research and prepare for mission-building projects.

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venturing out into the world enables Santa Clara students to develop relationships with people they otherwise would not encounter. In this way, the reality of “the other” is not only better understood but more deeply felt.




entrepreneurshIp gOes glOBal


Solar Sister provides solar lighting in rural Ugandan villages.

Some 25 percent of the global population lives in energy poverty, a majority of whom are women and girls living in the developing world. Without access to clean and affordable energy, and using only kerosene for lighting, they encounter numerous health and safety risks.

Solar Sister, an enterprise of African women who sell solar lighting technologies in rural villages, works to eradicate energy poverty. Women not only escape energy poverty but also establish their independence by earning an income.

The 2012 GSB Fellowship (see box, right) allowed Kirsten Petersen ’13, electrical engineering; Misa Mascovich ’13, communication; and Tori Yundt ’13, political science, to investigate solutions to energy poverty with Solar Sister.

“Spending six weeks in Uganda with the women of Solar Sister broadened my perspective on what it means to be a socially conscious engineer,” said Petersen, who was inspired by the experience to devote her engineering senior design project to innovation in solar lighting technologies in Uganda.

The fellows completed several videos and instructional materials to promote the mission of Solar Sister. The 2012 team soon learned that the technology is but one component of the complex web of off-grid electrification—the distribution, the training, the location, the people—that influences the design and adoption of solar solutions.

In August, the interdisciplinary team of students returned from Uganda, where they continued to advance solar energy products. These fellows conducted research with Solar Sister saleswomen to document the social and economic benefits of solar energy as an alternative to kerosene.

Petersen mentored the 2013 Solar Sister team for their visit to Uganda. “This firsthand experience was invaluable for my own studies of renewable energy, both here in Silicon Valley and in the developing world,” said Petersen. “This visit was the catalyst for what would grow to be a technical network much bigger than my single contribution and eventual senior design.”

Global Social Benefit Fellows take an enlightening path to social entrepreneurship

In the World

Introducing the GSBI® model to Jesuit universities worldwideAfter more than a decade of incubating social enterprises, Santa Clara University has now begun to spread its proven model at other Jesuit universities around the globe through the GSBi Network. Partners such as the ESADE Business School in Barcelona have spent time at Santa Clara’s Global Social Benefit institute to learn the inner workings of the programs and use them as models. Working with social enterprises in this way was so successful in Barcelona that ESADE is now bringing the experience to Mexico and Peru.

The GSB FellowshipThe Global Social Benefit Fellowship was introduced in 2012, following a $2 million gift from the RNN 99 Foundation through trustees emeriti Ann Bowers and Barry Fernald in honor of Paul Locatelli, S.J. The fellowship provides a comprehensive program of mentored, field-based study and action research projects for undergraduate juniors within the Global Social Benefit incubator (GSBi®) Network. Beginning in spring quarter, the fellowship is a demanding experience that requires a time-intensive, nine-month commitment and emphasizes leadership development, personal growth, and reflection on one’s vocation. in all, the fellowship gives talented students both insight into the possibilities of social entrepreneurship and an opportunity to make an impact by sharing their skills with the GSBi Network.

SprInG qUarTEr: Fellows enroll in ELSJ 134: Social Entrepreneurship Seminar to prepare for fieldwork in the summer.

JUnE–aUGUST: Fellows embark on a six-week field placement with a social enterprise. Their work alongside social entrepreneurs will serve as the basis for students’ action research projects.

aUGUST: Upon return to Santa Clara, fellows participate at the annual GSBi Accelerator, an important component of the GSBi program that helps social entrepreneurs secure funding from investors.

FaLL qUarTEr: Fellows enroll in ELSJ 135: Research in Social Entrepreneurship, which provides a reflective experience as they complete their action research projects and deliver them to the social enterprises. in doing so, fellows provide a service to the social entrepreneur and apply the experience to their own vocational paths.


In The World

As a dozen students prepare for their September trip to Myanmar—the fourth Food and Agribusiness Institute (FAI) immersion trip since 2009—they are learning about the culture and customs of the area. But during the course of the trip, they likely will also learn

something about themselves and the role they can play in alleviating some of the challenges facing developing countries.

Before their departure, the students studied Myanmar through the lens of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals, eight objectives designed to focus global efforts on meeting the needs of the world’s poorest people, ranging from eradicating extreme hunger to ensuring environmental sustainability. The coursework and the trip itself “give students a sense of what other people’s lives are like and what sort of contributions they might be able to make in the future,” notes Erika French-Arnold, assistant director of the Food and Agribusiness Institute, part of the Leavey School of Business.

One of the most powerful components of each immersion trip is the home-stay, says Greg Baker, director of the Food and Agribusiness Institute. “It’s impossible just by visiting to understand completely what life is like in a developing country,” he says. “But when you go there and you walk with the local people to get water from the well and carry it back, or when you take a bucket shower, or go to work with them— it’s a very rich experience. It can be transformative.”

For Amber Park ’12, the 2011 FAI trip to Costa Rica and Nicaragua “opened my eyes to a bigger world.” Park currently works as a customer service and operations assistant in Boston, Mass., for the humanitarian and direct relief organization Oxfam America.

“For me, the immersion trip came at a really great time in my life when I was starting to ask those questions about what life means. What is going to fulfill me? What does humanity mean to me? I was starting to recognize that I wanted my life to be more than just about me,” she recalls. “It made me feel even more aligned with Oxfam’s mission because I had that abroad experience.”

Sarah Madden’s trip to Ghana with the Institute in 2012 shaped her life and career plans as well. “When I got back to the United States, I felt like not only had I seen another beautiful country, but that I had picked a path—agriculture—for how I wanted to focus my education and career,” Madden says. “It energized me.”

After graduation Madden, a sophomore in economics, hopes to work in international agricultural development to “uplift developing communities and countries through the use of agriculture.” Currently, she is working through the FAI’s community-based internship program to help Second Harvest Food Bank distribute a Feeding America survey of meal and grocery programs in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. She has also started a club with two other friends called BT Gap (Bridging the Gap, Alleviating Poverty) to raise awareness on campus of the causes of poverty. “Now that I have something that I’m really passionate about,” she says, “I’m running with it.”

The Food and agribusiness Institute cultural immersion trips


Global tradeSince 2007, the School of Business has added a dynamic immersion component for students. in addition to the FAi immersion trips, students have learned about sustainable energy in Spain and the connections between China and the Silicon Valley while studying in China. Numerous opportunities exist for business students to expand their knowledge and experience on a global level.

Number of business students participating in immersion trips 2007–2013

Brazil 69

Chile 34

China 133

England 16

France 19

Germany 11

India 20

Korea/Singapore/ Vietnam 29

New Zealand 34

Spain 11

Switzerland 56

Turkey 23

ImmersIng themselves In pOssIBIlItIes


Nicholas Xydes ’13 working with a nonprofit organization in Nicaragua to plant seeds so that residents would have a local food supply in the neighborhood of Camilo ortega on the outskirts of Managua. Nine undergraduate students participated in this 2011 immersion program sponsored by the Food and Agribusiness institute in support of the Food, Hunger, Poverty, Environment curriculum pathway.

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When Santa Clara University hosted its first-ever massive open online course (MOOC) in February 2013, there was more than one element of experimentation to the endeavor. Not only was this the first MOOC at

the University, but SCU would be going in a different direction by offering the first MOOC on business ethics. Kirk o. Hanson, executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at SCU, taught Business Ethics for the Real World.

Hanson’s course explored the role of ethics in business and offered practical advice on making decisions in the workplace. The course was the first of several being planned at SCU. Future MOOCs will continue to feature areas of SCU’s special expertise, including social entrepreneurship.

“We look forward to pioneering the MOOC concept both for Santa Clara and for the topic of business ethics,” said Hanson. “We can give the public a feel for the quality of education Santa Clara University students receive every day.”

The course was designed for professional development, and among the students from 25 different countries were a CPA, a lawyer specializing in intellectual property, the CEO of a mortgage and real estate company, multiple consultants, an ethics officer, and several people teaching business or business ethics. By all accounts, the experiment was a success. Not only will the course be repeated on canvas.net this fall and winter, but two new modules on business ethics are in the works for 2014.

Top 5 majors: finance psychology marketing communication economics

Top 5 destinations: England Spain ItalyDenmarkEl Salvador

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50 years of journeys, adventures, and globetrotting In 2013, SCU will celebrate the 50th anniversary of study abroad. Over this time, students have traveled the world, finding inspiration and life-changing experiences. The 2013–14 study abroad year promises to continue this tradition, with nearly 500 students applying for the program.

2013–14 Study abroad program by the numbers:

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said they would recommend the course for someone in the business community89%

What students said:

“The course caused me to think more clearly about and identify my own business ethics. it provided both a methodology to apply to the difficult ethics decisions as well as a model to use in incorporating a simple ethics analysis in day-to-day decisions.”

“My favorite part of the course was working through the cases and being able to see the other participant responses from their diverse perspectives. The diversity of participants was great.”

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A senior design project to transform water for the developing world

Clean water in the United States is just a tap away, but in the developing world, drinking water is often contaminated. One of the

most widespread pollutants is arsenic, a problem that has been estimated to affect well over 100 million people globally. Arsenic poisoning has been associated with a variety of ailments and can result in death.

The enormity of the problem caused mary reynolds ’13 and Kyle perricone ’13 to choose an Engineering Senior Design Project that provided a solution. They helped design a simple sensor that when attached to a smartphone could provide an instant reading of the arsenic levels in a water sample.

“The U.S. has expensive, nonportable detection methods,” says Reynolds. “Our goal is to make an affordable and transportable method.”

For Perricone the project blended “engineering with the Jesuit values that are integrated with all the University’s courses.”

This project has been an ongoing effort, started by Professor Unyoung (Ashley) Kim, and has received contributions from several

students. For their part, over the past year Reynolds and Perricone helped design a low-cost sensor that was able to measure arsenic levels in parts per billion.

The sensor came to life in the School of Engineering Frugal Innovation Lab, a col-laborative space for students and faculty to work with industry partners and NGOs to research and implement new technologies, products, and services for consumers in emerging markets.

Perricone and Reynolds worked with graduate electrical and computer engineering students who were designing the microprocessor that will connect the sensor to a smartphone, and the phone app that will allow people to see test results.

It was this spirit of collaboration and the freedom to pursue such a meaningful project that resonated most. “The experience develops your entrepreneurial spirit,” says Perricone.

“Both of us got into the bioengineering field to do something that would impact health,” says Reynolds. “It’s such a primary and important thing in people’s lives.”


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2013 2012 2011

Undergrad Grad Undergrad Grad Undergrad Grad

Gender

Male 2,724 1,755 2,634 1,822 2,546 2,000

Female 2,711 1,580 2,616 1,447 2,683 1,571

Ethnicity

Caucasian 2,611 1,206 2,443 1,199 2,281 1,320

Asian 850 1,249 781 1,161 795 1,255

Hispanic 982 305 954 265 980 245

African American 166 69 164 67 175 69

Native American 7 4 10 5 7 10

Pacific islander 13 15 15 14 23 22

Race and Ethnicity 444 421 541 499 684 602 Unknown

Two or More non- 362 66 342 59 284 48 Hispanic Races or Ethnicities

Total 5,435 3,335 5,250 3,269 5,229 3,571

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Rankings roundupWhat they’re saying about SCU Forbes

Forbes Magazine puts SCU at No. 72 among top universities nationally. They rate, among other factors: post-graduate success, student satisfaction, and four-year graduation rate. Eighty percent of SCU students graduate within four years, well above the national graduation rate of 53 percent.

U.S. news Santa Clara is once again the No. 2 master’s university in the West on the U.S. News & World Report list. A big jump comes for the undergraduate engineering program, lauded as No. 14 in the country.

princeton review likes SCU againThe Princeton Review again included Santa Clara on its comprehensive list of the top colleges in the U.S. Roughly 15 percent of the country’s 2,000 colleges and universities make it on the list, with SCU achieving special distinction as one of the best universities in the western region.

The alumni Factor New to the rankings compendia is The Alumni Factor, which last year surveyed 42,000 college graduates from across the country to quantify the college experience (intellectual, social, spiritual development), overall happiness with the school (including alumni giving), job opportunities, and financial success. Those put SCU as the No. 3 Jesuit university in the country and No. 43 out of 177 schools listed. Their takeaway: SCU is “an excellent school that is emerging on the national scene and will rapidly grow in popularity and notoriety.”

Class of 2017 profileApplications: 14,980

Accepted: 7,456

Enrolled: 1,291

Male: 49%

Female: 51%

Arts & Sciences: 60.2%

Business: 23.1%

Engineering: 16.7%

Out of state: 38.4%

International: 3.4%

Public high schools: 51.8%

Jesuit high schools: 12.6%

Other Catholic high schools: 20.4%

GPA: 3.66

SAT (reading and math): 1283

ACT (comprehensive): 28.9

Leadership changes

New vice president for university relations

James Lyons, recently named vice president for university relations, will guide Santa Clara Univer-

sity’s fundraising, government relations, alumni relations, and marketing and communica-tions activities. With nearly 30 years of experience in higher-education leadership posi-tions, Lyons most recently was the vice president for university relations at the University of Portland, where he led that institution’s largest fundraising campaign—the $175 million Rise Campaign. Lyons also has held leadership positions in admissions and enrollment at Sonoma State University and Seattle University.

New law school dean named Lisa Kloppenberg joined the School of Law as the new dean, after serving 10 years as dean of the law school at the University of

Dayton, the largest private university in Ohio and one of the 10 largest Catholic

universities in the country. As the first female law dean in Ohio, she helped oversee the law school’s evolution to a higher-profile, better-endowed program with a nationally recognized two-year accelerated degree option and a focus on professional preparation.

New degrees Leavey School of Business began offering two new Master of Science degrees starting summer 2013: the m.S. in Finance, and the m.S. in Entrepreneurship.

School of Engineering began offering an m.S. in Bioengineering, as of fall 2012.

School of Education and Counseling Psychology added a new degree for 2012–13, m.a. in Teaching + Teaching Credential. SCU

New trustees Three new trustees have been elected to three-year terms, while Kirk C. Syme became an ex officio member in his new role as chair of the Board of Regents.

rachel manfre ’09 was elected as a recent-student graduate to the Board of Trustees. Manfre received her B.A. in communication in 2009. She is a second-generation Bronco.

Steve Sordello ’92, mBa ’01 is currently senior vice president and chief financial officer at LinkedIn, where he oversees finance, business operations, facilities and corporate development.

richard D. Haughey ’72 is a recognized leader in environmental services and engineering at Golder Associates, a global

consulting, design, and construction company.

Kirk C. Syme ’80, ex officio, founded Woodstock Development in 1995 as a company that develops, owns, and manages commercial properties in the Bay Area. SCU


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million-dollar returnsThis year, Affordable College Online released a list of the 46 private universities with a documented million-dollar return on investment (ROI). Using data from the Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System, the National Center for Education Statistics, the Carnegie Foundation, and PayScale.com, AC Online ranked these colleges by ROI, placing Santa Clara University as the No. 10 university nationwide and the top Catholic university on the list.

more bang for buckKiplinger’s Best Values in Private Colleges 2012 puts SCU at No. 33 in the country. That’s culled from some 600 candidates, looking at factors that include graduation rates, cost and financial aid, and academic support. Similarly, employee salary data collection compa-ny PayScale asked: Does college pay off long-term? Affirmative—with SCU in the top 30 (out of more than 1,200 schools) when they calculate what you pay vs. what you earn in the years to come. For mid-career salaries, SCU scores even higher, at No. 17.

presidential recognition for service Santa Clara students devoted 133,000 hours to service during the 2011–2012 school year. That put the University on the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, a national award for schools that excel in “placing students on a lifelong path of civic engagement by engaging them in meaningful service that achieves measurable results in the community.” This makes seven years running SCU has been recognized.

Ip and entrepreneursU.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools 2014 puts SCU Law School’s intellectual property program at No. 3 in the country and SCU’s graduate business specialty in entrepreneurship at No. 13. The connections between SCU and Silicon Valley businesses (and that entrepreneurial spirit) are key. The part-time MBA program, geared to working professionals, rose to No. 24 in the guide.

Undergraduate business excels Bloomberg Businessweek ranked Santa Clara’s undergraduate business school as No. 4 in the coun-try for macroeconomics. This places SCU one spot ahead of UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and behind New York University’s Stern School of Business. Businessweek used student responses to rank the schools. overall, the Leavey School of Business is ranked No. 38 for under-graduate education. SCU

Anniversaries, milestonesThe markkula Center for applied Ethics marked its 25th anniversary with a special dinner on campus, where it honored four couples and an individual who have had a significant impact on the center. The first Moral Compass Awards were presented to Linda and A.C. “Mike” Markkula; Mary Ellen and Mike Fox Sr.; Joan Hackworth and her late husband Michael Hackworth; Andrew and Beverly Honzel; and Donald C. Dodson.

The program Instituto Hispano, or Hispanic Institute, held at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara celebrated its 25th year in 2013. The intensive program is for Catholic leaders, primarily laity, who minister to or lead the growing number of Hispanic and Spanish-speaking Catholics across the U.S.

Santa Clara Review, the student-edited literary magazine, marked its 100th volume in 2013. The release party for volume 100, issue 1, included a reading from California Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera. The publication also launched a free iPad app (Production Editor alexander molloy ’13) and had its 100th volume digitally released. SCU

Student awards william Usdin ’13, English major, was awarded an English Teaching Assistantship grant through the U.S. Fulbright Student Program and will teach in Taiwan in a program that will allow him to continue to develop his skills as an educator in a culturally dynamic environment.

alyssa Tomasello ’13, communication, president of the Retail Studies Student Association, was awarded the Fall 2012 R.M. Greenly Scholarship from the National Retail Foundation in the amount of $5,000.

Guadalupe Yanez ’13, ethnic studies and political science, was a 2012 scholarship recipient ($1,500) from the Chicana Latina Foundation, whose mission is to empower Chicanas and Latinas through personal, educational, and professional advancement.

For the second year in a row, The Advocate, the official newspaper for Santa Clara University School of Law, has been recognized as the nation’s best law school newspaper by the American Bar Association Student Division.

Santa Clara MBA students michael Billikopf, Tina Cosentino, alvin Chen, ngoc Dao ngo, and zach wise won first place in the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) Student Case Competition in Atlanta. The SCU students were part of 22 teams competing from universities across the globe; each team was given eight hours to analyze a case evaluating growth opportunities for the Italian tomato processing firm Mutti and provide a solution to the business problem. SCU

Glen Bradley ’16, business, has received a Fulbright Award for the Nottingham Trent Summer Institute in Creativity, Culture, History, and Heritage.

Jesse Caemmerer ’14, political science, received the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for undergraduate study abroad in Beijing, in the Beijing/Loyola University of Chicago program.

Political science major Emily Hawley ’13 received a Fulbright Award and

will travel to Jordan to study the tribal influence in top-down democratic reforms, where she plans to examine the role of Jordanian tribes in promoting or slowing the democratic reforms promised by King Abdullah II, a topic that has been under-researched in Jordan despite its potential significance.

Ben Demaree ’14 was an honorable mention for the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, a prestigious national award for college sophomores and juniors in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Demaree proposed a research project to develop a low-cost electrochemical device

for the rapid and accurate measurement of arsenic levels in water in the developing world.

John Judnich ’13, computer engineering, received Honorable Mention for the

Computing Research Association’s Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award 2013, a national award with most recipients being from top research R1 universities.

Karina Lerma ’15, marketing, received the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for undergraduate study abroad in Brazil, in the Sao Paulo-Business and Culture/CIEE program.

Political science and environ-mental science major aven Satre-meloy ’13 was awarded an English Teaching Assistantship grant through the U.S. Fulbright Student Program. This grant will support travel to Turkey for a year starting in the fall, where he will teach English and American culture to university students in Turkey and conduct research on Turkish peoples’ experiences as Muslims living in secular, democratic state where a religiously conservative party is currently in power.

SCU sophomore nancy orocio celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula (BGCP) with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Orocio is an alumna of the BGCP school-site program called The Center for a New Generation, founded 20 years ago by Dr. Rice and Sand Hill Foundation’s Susan Ford Dorsey.


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maria Castañeda-Liles, religious studies, won the First Book Grant from the Louisville Institute to complete her book project, tentatively titled Catholic Devotionalism, Body Politics, and Lived Religion among Mexican-origin Women. The award frees Castañeda-Liles from teaching and administrative responsibilities for the 2013–14 academic year to focus on her scholarship. The Louisville Institute’s First Book Grant Program seeks to assist junior, nontenured religion scholars of color to complete a major research and book project, focusing on some issue pertaining to North American Christianity.

Colleen Chien, law, was awarded the Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty Yamamoto Emerging Scholar Award.

Elizabeth Drescher, religious studies, received a journalism fellowship on the Social Science Research Council’s New Directions in the Study of Prayer Project, which is funded by the

Faculty awards

Templeton Foundation. The $31,800 reward will allow her to study the prayer practices of the religiously unaffiliated, and the research will inform her forthcoming book, Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of America’s Nones (Oxford University Press, 2014), supported, in part, by the Markkula Center.

ron Hansen, English, was named 2013 Evil Companions Literary Award Winner, awarded by the Friends Foundation of the Denver Public Library, paying homage to a group of Denver writers who met in the 1950s and ’60s to drink and discuss writing, and dubbed themselves the Evil Companions.

Sam Hernandez and Donald Fritz, art and art history, were honored as 2013 artist laureates by the Arts Council Silicon Valley.

Carrie pan and meir Statman, finance, were recipients of Investment Management Consultant’s Association 2013 Edward D. Baker III Journal Award. They were recognized for “Questionnaires of Risk Tolerance, Regret, Overconfidence, and Other Investor Propensities,” which appeared in the 2012, No. 1 issue of the Journal of Investment Consulting. The Baker Award honors the author(s) of an original article that represents the best writing for the previous year

germane to the investment management consulting and/or private wealth management professions.

patricia plude, music, received The Northern California Association of Phi Beta Kappa 2013 Teaching Excellence Award.

The Association of International Education Administrators has selected Susan popko, global engagement, as one of its three AIEA Presidential Fellows for 2012–13. Presidential Fellowships involve mentorship of emerging leaders in the field of international education. SCU

Linda T. alepin, business, received the Eleanor Roosevelt Fund Award from the American Association of University Women for her work with the Global Women’s Leadership Network.

Robert Finocchio attends Rome meeting on Jesuit universitiesThe chair of Santa Clara’s Board of Trustees, Bob Finocchio ’73, was invited to Rome by Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., the Superior General of the Society of Jesus. For two days, Finocchio and representative presidents, provosts, and board chairs discussed with Fr. Nicolás the model of Jesuit higher education in the United States. Unlike Jesuit institutions in other countries, the 28 American Jesuit universities are not owned by the Jesuits but by boards of trustees who operate them as a public trust. The conversation covered academic life and Jesuit mission, campus culture, Jesuit presence, service to the local church, and service and solidarity with the disadvantaged. Fr. Nicolás gave an address in Chicago at the October 2013 meeting of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. SCU

margaret m. russell, law, has been awarded a Fulbright research award for six months in Tanzania in 2014. She will work primarily in Dar es Salaam with the Tanzanian Women Judges Association and the International Association of Women Judges. Her research

project is to document the development of Tanzania– jurisprudence on gender rights and children’s rights.


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Faculty booksBrown, phyllis r. and Stephen L. Wailes (editors). A Companion to Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (fl. 960). Brill (2012). English

Bubula-phillips, Irene and Carla Larese Riga. Ciao!, 8th edition. Cengage Learning (2013).Modern Languages and Literatures

Carmody, Denise. Ways to the Center: An Introduction to World Religions, 7th edition. Wadsworth Publishing (2013).Religious Studies

Chang, Juliana. Inhuman Citizenship: Traumatic Enjoyment and Asian American Literature. University of Minnesota Press (2012).English

Clemm, alex. Network-Embedded Management and Applications: Understanding Programmable Networking Infrastructure

(Internet publication). Springer (2012).Engineering (Computer Science and Engineering)

Clinton, alan. Intuitions in Literature, Technology, and Politics: Parabilities. Palgrave Macmillan (2012).English

Crowley, paul, S.J. Robert McAfee Brown: Spiritual & Prophetic Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters). Orbis Books (2013).Religious Studies / JST

de maria, Blake (editor, author) and Mary Frank (editor). Reflections on Renaissance Venice: A Celebration of Patricia Fortini Brown. 5 Continents (2013).Art and Art History

Diamond, Stephen F. Rights and Revolution: The Rise and Fall of Nicaragua’s Sandinista Movement. Vandeplas Publishing (2013).School of Law

Ellingson, Laura. Where the Aunts Are: Family, Feminism, and Kinship in Popular Culture. Baylor University Press (2013).Communication

Farrell, Thomas J., and paul a. Soukup (editors). Of Ong and Media Ecology: Essays in Communication, Composition, and Literary Studies. Hampton Press (2012).University Library (Farrell is Digital initiatives Librarian) and Communication (Soukup)

Garcia, alma (editor). Contested Images: Women of Color in Popular Culture. AltaMira Press (2012).Sociology / Latin American Studies Program

Goldman, Eric and Rebecca Tushnet. Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases and Materials (ebook). Digital Commons (2012).School of Law (Goldman is director of High Tech Law institute)

Gray, David. The Cakrasamvara Tantra (The Discourses of Sri Heruka). The American Institue of Buddhist Studies (2012).Religious Studies

Hansen, ron. She Loves Me Not: New and Selected Stories. Scribner (2012).English

Hazard, anthony q., Jr. Postwar Anti-racism: The United States, UNESCO, and “Race,” 1945–1968. Palgrave Macmillan (2012).

Ethnic Studies

Heyer, Kristin. Kinship Across Borders: A Christian Ethic of Immigration. Georgetown University Press (2012).Religious Studies

Kreitzberg, Ellen, Howe, Scott, and Linda Carter. Understanding Capital Punishment. LexisNexis (2012).School of Law

macintosh, Kerry Lynn. Human Cloning: Four Fallacies and Their Legal Consequences. Cambridge University Press (2012).

School of Law

malone, michael. The Guardian of All Things: The Epic Story of Human Memory. St. Martin’s Press (2012).English

montfort, Catherine r. (editor). Les femmes et la lecture. Western Publishers (2012).Modern Languages and Literatures

morganstern, ralph. Continuous Probability: Lecture Slide Notes. CreateSpace(2013).Applied Mathematics

morganstern, ralph. Discrete Probability: Lecture Slide Notes. CreateSpace (2013).Applied Mathematics

myers, Tim. Dear Beast Loveliness. BlazeVOX (2012) and Glad to Be Dad: A Call to Fatherhood (ebook). Familius (2012).English

peng, Kern. Equipment Management in the Post-Mainte-nance Era: A New Alternative to Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). CRC Press (2012).Engineering (Kern is Engineering Management and Leadership Adjunct Prof.)

pinault, David. Museum of Seraphs in Torment: An Egyptological Fantasy Thriller. CreateSpace (2013). Religious Studies

plante, Thomas G. (editor). Religion, Spirituality, and Positive Psychology: Understanding the Psychological Fruits of Faith. Praeger (2012).Psychology

pleins, David. The Evolving God: Charles Darwin on the Naturalness of Religion. Bloomsbury (2013).Religious Studies

posner, Barry and James m. Kouzes. The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations. Jossey-Bass (2012).Business (Posner is Accolti Prof. of Leadership, and Kouzes is Dean’s Executive Fellow of Leadership)

riviello, Tonia. Global Perspectives on Italian Literature, Cinema, and Culture. Edisud Salerno (2012).Modern Languages and Literatures


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Stetson-rodriguez, marian. Success in Global Teams. XanEdu Publishing, Inc. (2013).Engineering

Uelmen, Gerald and Jacqueline Braitman. Justice Stanley Mosk: A Life at the Center of California Politics and Justice. McFarland (2012).School of Law

Unger, nancy. Beyond Nature’s Housekeepers: American Women in Environmental History. Oxford University Press (2012).History

warner, Keith Douglass, o.F.m. Knowledge for Love: Franciscan Science as the Pursuit of Wisdom. Franciscan Institute Publications (2012).Center for Science, Technology, and Society

wildman, Stephanie m. with Martha R. Mahoney, and John O. Calmore. Cases and Materials on Social Justice: Professionals, Communities, and Law, 2nd edition. West (2013).School of Law

Young, Gordon. Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City. University of California Press (2013).Communication

white, Fred. Where Do You Get Your Ideas? A Writer’s Guide to Transforming Notions into Narratives. Writer’s Digest Books (2012).English SCU

aldo Billingslea, theatre and dance, performed in Othello in the Marin Theatre Company. He also performed in California Shakespeare Theater’s Spunk.

Derek Duarte, theatre and dance, was responsible for a number of lighting designs for professional companies around Northern California. He created lighting for a variety of productions ranging from modern dance to an outdoor production of Romeo and Juliet set in 1949 for Pacific Rep in Carmel.

Jonathan Fung, communi-cation, co-wrote, produced, and directed the film Hark, which draws attention to the harsh reality of human trafficking. The film is about a man confronted with a moral dilemma to save his own life or risk the life of another.

pancho Jiménez, art and art history, exhibited at the Chico Art Center a series of heads and busts that explore the possibilities of portraiture. Sculpted without features, these heads and bodies suggested diverse psychological states.

ryan reynolds, art and art history, held a solo exhibit, Continuum (ArtZone 461, 2012); a two-person show, Shifting Landscapes: Ryan Reynolds and Chelsea James (Bakersfield Museum of Art, 2012); and received a $12,000 commission from the Alameda County Arts Commission to create three large-scale oil paintings of the county: Garin, Highland, and Coyote Hills (Highland Hospital, 2012). SCU

Kathy aoki, art and art history, completed an interactive art installation, Political Paper Dolls (Wearing the Issues on Their Sleeves), commissioned by the San Jose Museum of Art for the exhibition “Renegade Humor.”

Her work was also recently exhibited at Chico State’s art gallery. She held artist residencies in Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojácar, Spain, and in Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium. Aoki was also commissioned to create installations at the Palo Alto Art Center.

Kirk Glaser, English, celebrated publication of New California Writing 2013, Heyday/California Legacy, which he co-edited, at a reading at the California Historical Society in San Francisco. Juan Velasco, English and modern languages, a contributor, read his poem as well. Glaser was invited to participate in the Fourth Annual Poetry Invitational at the San Jose Museum of Art, where he read two ekphrastic poems based on the current collection/works by Eric Fischl.

The national television channel FX is planning a six-hour miniseries based on ron Hansen’s (English) first novel, Desperadoes, with actor Ed Harris directing and starring as Emmett Dalton as he was in his 60s. Harris’s own wife, Amy Madegan, will play Emmett’s wife Julia.

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Thane Kreiner, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, received a multi-year grant in the amount of $450,000 to support Applied Materials’ Collaborative on Clean Energy for the Underserved. He also received $193,031 from the Argidius Foundation for “Demand-Dividend Investment Vehicle: Modeling, Testing, and Mobilizing a New Capital Investment Instrument to Early-Phased Entrepreneurs.” In addition, the Skoll Foundation awarded $250,000 to support the Global Social Benefit Institute (GSBI), and the eBay Foundation awarded $100,000 to help the GSBI launch an accelerator aimed at scaling social enterprises.

Betty Young, physics, received a $424,372 grant from the University of California Berkeley and the National Science Foundation for “R&D Toward SuperCDMS at SNOLAB.” The grant supports her work as an experimental physicist on the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment, operating in a former mine in Minnesota. These grants

help support two current SCU undergraduate physics majors in laboratory efforts.

The Henry Luce Foundation has approved a four-year grant of $375,000 to the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University to support a pilot program for Catholic women in China, India, and Vietnam as agents of social change. The program is titled Women of Wisdom & Action: Leadership & the Church of Tomorrow.

The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded $272,968 to Justen whittall ’96, biology, to fund Reintroduction of the Metcalf Canyon Jewelflower at Tulare Hill in Southern Santa Clara County. The purpose of this project is to establish and reintroduce a new, self-sustaining population of the federally endangered species at three sites on Tulare Hill, and to supplement an existing population of Jewelflower at Motorcycle County Park in Santa Clara County.

Virginia matzek, environmental studies and sciences, received a $146,106

grant from the USDA to study carbon credits in restored forests. The grant will pay for up to six Santa Clara students to gain valuable research experience and shed light on whether native forest plantings are a viable economic strategy for farmers who may be threatened by increased flooding related to climate change.

Gangshu Cai, operations management and information systems, was funded by two grants totaling approximately $120,000, awarded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for his collaborative research on “Multichannel Analysis” and “Finance Equilibrium and Decisions in the Supply Chain with Capital Constraints” He also received funding of $52,826 from the National Science Foundation to support the multi-year grant “Collaborative Research on Studies of Multichannel Opaque Service Enterprise” to conduct an in-depth study of multichannel opaque service enterprises, which have uncertain demand and supply.

Tim Hight, mechanical engineering, has received $100,000 from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and U.S. Dept. of Energy to support “Solar Decathlon 2013: Solar Home 3.0.” This is the first phase of funding of an anticipated two-phase grant for SCU’s participation in the 2013 Solar Decathlon.

Hohyun Lee, mechanical engineering, has received $94,982 from the San Diego State University Research Foundation to fund the “Solar Thermoelectric Energy for Residential Scale Combined Heat and Electricity” project. This effort aims to provide heat and electricity to a single-family home from concentrated solar energy using thermoelectric modules.

nam Ling, computer science and engineering, received a $90,000 grant from Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., to fund the “Depth and Mode Coding for HEVC-3D” project. He will research 3D extension for high efficiency video coding.

Drazen Fabris, mechanical engineering, received $89,023 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to support “Passive Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell (PUReFC) for Energy Storage in Off-Grid Locations.”

ahmed amer, computer engineering, received $75,000 from Wells Fargo to fund BluePlug. This innovative project adapts distributed networking technologies for the smart grid, enabling appliances like electronic vehicle chargers to self-schedule based on input from consumers and energy suppliers.

radha Basu, ashley Kim, Shoba Krishnan, and Silvia Figueira, engineering, were awarded $50,000 from Hewlett-Packard in support of the Frugal Innovation Lab (FIL) and a project to design and prototype a low-cost water monitoring device that allows for onsite, accurate testing to improve water quality in the developing world. Basu (FIL) and the GSBI also received $75,000 from Cisco in order to develop an open-source program for social entrepreneurs in the field to develop and implement mobile solutions into their operations.

Farid Senzai, political science, received $49,130 additional funding from San Jose State Research Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education to support “Consortium for Middle Eastern Studies.” SCU

Santa Clara University School of Law has received a $500,000 gift, to support a scholarship, from the law firm of Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor, & Zafman LLP to honor their deceased partner, Ed Taylor. Taylor was a member of the Dean’s High Tech Advisory Council, taught patent law courses for many years, and hosted many events for admitted students at the law firm offices. The scholarship will provide

financial assistance to law students who have a strong interest in intellectual property law practice and have undergraduate or graduate degrees in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or related fields. The endowed scholarship fund will support up to three students a year, one in each year of study at the law school.


Highlights

External grants

Alumni contribute to PBS documentaryWriter and journalist Mike Malone ’75, MBa ’77, was interviewed for a PBS documentary titled Silicon Valley, which aired on the American Experience series and included trustee emerita ann S. Bowers Hon. ’00 and former trustee regis McKenna Hon. ’02. The documentary tells the story of the pioneering scientists who transformed rural Santa Clara Valley into the hub of technological ingenuity we now know as Silicon Valley. The film spotlights the creativity of the young men who founded Fairchild Semiconductor and in particular the brilliant, charismatic young physicist Robert Noyce. SCU

President’s Speaker Series 2012–13reza aslan ’95, a writer, scholar of religions, media entrepreneur, and one of the most articulate and candid political commentators on Islamic issues, addressed “The Promise and Perils of the Arab Spring” in SCU’s 2012–13 President’s Speaker Series. Aslan is the author of the international bestsellers

No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.

David Kessler, m.D., pediatrician, author, former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and advocate for public health, discussed issues related to his book, The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite. This event was also made possible by The Gerald and Sally DeNardo Lectureship.

amy Tan, bestselling author of seven novels, co-producer and co-screenwriter of the film version of The Joy Luck Club, explored how she became a writer in her talk, “The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life.”SCU

Disabled Chinese activist wins Alexander Law PrizeChinese civil-rights activist and attorney Chen Guangcheng, who protested abuses including alleged forced abortions in his homeland, was awarded the 2013 Katharine and George Alexander Law Prize from Santa Clara University School of Law. The award is presented to top lawyers who have used their legal careers to help alleviate injustice and inequity. Known as the “barefoot lawyer” and self-taught in law, Guangcheng has advocated for more than 20 years for women’s rights, rights for the disabled, land rights, and constitutional law and the rule of law in rural areas of China. He lost his sight at the age of six months because of a fever that destroyed his optical nerves. SCU

Distinguished guests speak at 2013 commencements

Undergraduate Class: Leon panetta ’60, J.D. ’63, former U.S. Secretary of Defense

Graduate Class: Pamela Eibeck, president, University of the Pacific

Law School: David Drummond ’85, chief legal officer, Google

Jesuit School of Theology: Sr. Dianne Bergant, CSA, biblical scholar


Highlights

Santa Clara University earned The Environmental Innovator Award from Silicon Valley Power (the City of Santa Clara’s municipal electric utility) for innovative and effective approaches to utilizing renewable power and implementing energy efficiency measures. The award recognized SCU’s implementation of a combination of efficiency measures, thermal energy, and solar and green power to move closer to its goal of becoming climate neutral by the end of 2015. In four years, the University has reduced its electricity consumption by more than 10 percent, despite a growing campus population and infrastructure.

Sustainability awardsSCU was included in “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2013 Edition,” which profiles institutions of higher education that demonstrate notable commitments to sustainability in their academic offerings, campus infrastructure, activities, and career preparation.

Santa Clara was named the Individual Conference Champion in the EPA’s Green Power Partnership, in which the University was recognized for having the largest individual green power purchase among all the schools within the West Coast Conference. SCU

Tipping Point

In 2012, SCU reached a waste diversion rate of 51%, making this the first year in the University’s history that more waste was recycled and composted than sent to a landfill. Leading the way was a huge jump in composting, as the campus went from 91 tons of composted waste in 2011 to 541 tons in 2013.

Solar Decathlon 2013For the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013, oct. 3–13, in irvine, Calif., the SCU team built Radiant House and finished in 11th place in the international competition. The team received a $50,000 grant from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and U.S. Dept. of Energy. The team used Google Hangouts to educate elementary school classes about the renewable energy and sustainable building design. SCU

reduction in electricity consumption per campus user

reduction in total electricity consumption, in spite of campus and population growth

17%reduction in electricity consumption per square foot of campus building space

15% 11%

Shrinking the campus’ carbon footprint

Between 2008 and 2012

From 2008 to 2012 SCU has made significant strides in campus sustainability. SCU is using less electricity thanks to both efficiency and the spread of a culture of energy savings. These improvements show progress toward the ultimate goal of carbon neutrality.


Highlights

STUDEnT aTHLETES: ashley armstrong (w. basketball) named class valedictorian; cumulative GPA for student athletes was 3.1 for the year. In 19 of the past 20 quarters, student athletes have earned a 3.0 or higher.

BaSEBaLL: Justin Viele, a four-year starting shortstop, was selected in the MLB draft, making this the fourth consecutive year a Bronco has been drafted.

w. BaSKETBaLL: Senior meagan Fulps selected to play internationally with the NetScouts Basketball All-Star Team.

w. CroSS CoUnTrY/TraCK: Posted the highest cumulative GPA among all varsity sports with 3.509.

m. GoLF: Freshman Gio Gandionco earned a top 20 finish at the WCC championship.

w. GoLF: Freshman ashley noda tied for 10th at the WCC championship as the team placed fourth in the conference.

w. rowInG: Carina Brocato, junior, and margaret mendenhall, sophomore, both were named to the WCC all-conference team.

m. SoCCEr: Senior Erick Hurtado ended an impressive run at Santa Clara as the No. 5 draft pick for MLS, being named the WCC player of the year and finishing his Bronco career as SCU’s third-leading scorer.

w. SoCCEr: Junior Julie Johnston was named a member of the U.S. National Team’s roster and the U.S. young female athlete of the year.

SoFTBaLL: Hosted first home game at newly built field on Feb. 9.

m. TEnnIS: Senior Tom pham became the Broncos’ all-time singles wins record-holder (82–28 overall).

w. TEnnIS: Junior Katie Le, finished the season ranked No. 26 and reached the NCAA postseason singles tournament for the second consecutive year.

VoLLEYBaLL: Earned the school’s 14th NCAA tournament appearance and ended the season at 20–12.

m. waTEr poLo: Maintained a top 20 national ranking throughout the regular season and had seven student-athletes named to the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches all-academic list.

w. waTEr poLo: Finished third in the Western Water Polo Association Championships to end the season at 16–17, a six-win improvement over the previous year. SCU

Kevin oliver, a Cross Country runner who graduated summa cum laude, was named to the Academic All-American Second Team. Oliver is the fourth Bronco in seven years to be named an Academic All-American and was the only athlete from the WCC to achieve this national honor. Having received degrees in Economics and Political Science, Oliver now plans to attend law school at the University of Chicago next fall. At SCU, Oliver broke a 28-year school record for the 10,000-meter race by 61 seconds. SCU

Men’s basketball wraps a historic season with title

The Broncos capped off a 26-win season (just one shy of the school record) with the team’s second postseason title in three years. Santa Clara defeated George Mason in the final round of the College Basketball Invitational to claim the championship. Senior Kevin Foster scored 24 points in the deciding match and was named tournament MVP. His final field goal as a Bronco would be the game-deciding three, a basket that put his career-total for three pointers at

431, No. 4 all-time in NCAA history.Foster had a record-setting swan season, as the senior

guard finished his career as SCU’s all-time leading scorer, and the highest scorer in Bay Area collegiate history. Fellow seniors raymond Cowels III, Kyle perricone, and marc Trasolini helped lead the Broncos to the NCAA’s biggest one-season turnaround, winning 22 more games than the previous season, and setting 22 school and NCAA records along the way. Trasolini and Foster were also named to the All-WCC team. SCU

Athletic accoladesRunner demonstrates academic and athletic excellence


Highlights


FInanCIal InFOrmatIOn

New milestone in student giving50 percent of seniors made a gift to the University this yearSome of the most enthusiastic supporters of Santa Clara University can be found right on campus. The class of 2013 set a new bar for senior giving this year when just over half of graduating Broncos made a gift to SCU.

Student enthusiasm for philanthropy at SCU also shone during a new campus event. This April, students gathered on campus to celebrate Santa Clara’s history of philanthropy during “Sprinksgiving.”

“The goal of Sprinksgiving is to make time for being thankful to our donors,” said Brenda alba, a member of the Santa Clara Student Philanthropy Committee. “We want to show that we appreciate how generous they are.”

The day of the event, an enormous thank you card was placed in front of the Harrington Learning Commons, Sobrato Technology Center, and Orradre Library, which quickly filled with student signatures and messages to donors. Students shrunk their handwriting and craned their necks to find an open space.

With the growing support from students for SCU, it won’t be long before today’s students are on the receiving end of the heartfelt thanks of tomorrow’s Broncos.

Senior gift participationHalf of the senior class made a gift to SCU, the fourth consecutive year of increased student giving.

2010 2011 2012 2013

22% 35% 41% 50%

State of Giving:Both students and alumni show big support for SCUThis was a year of milestones for Santa Clara University fundraising. Undergraduate alumni secured the University’s first major participation grant, a $1 million challenge from the Leavey Foundation. For the first time in recent memory, more than half of the senior class made a gift to SCU. The percentage of alumni giving back to Santa Clara passed 25 percent for the first time in more than a decade.

As these growing trends indicate, there is an enthusiasm and level of support for the University and its mission that is unmatched in SCU’s recent history.

Help from the benchThe Bronco Bench Foundation celebrates 50 years of supporting Santa Clara student-athletesFounded in 1962, the Bronco Bench Foundation supports SCU’s student-athletes from all 19 varsity sports with scholarship opportunities. The Bronco Bench strives to ensure every student excels both athletically and academically.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary, the Bronco Bench held the first annual Red and White Gala on May 4, 2013. The event brought together members of the foundation with current and former Broncos in a celebration of SCU athletics, past and present.

Here are some of the foundation’s highlights:

$45 million has been raised over the past 50 years

$25 million is current endowment

$1.5 million of scholarships are awarded annually, accounting for 30% of all athletic scholarships

1,398 donors gave to the Bronco Bench last year.


FInanCIal InFOrmatIOnSanta Clara University up to the challengerecord numbers of alumni power SCU to meet the Leavey ChallengeIn what was a yearlong effort from SCU’s undergraduate alumni, Santa Clara University reached a new milestone in giving. For the first time in the University’s history, more than 9,000 alumni made a gift. This goal was made even more special by the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation, which donated $1 million to the Santa Clara Fund for hitting this target.

“The Leavey Foundation hopes that this successful response to its Challenge serves as an igniter causing alumni to increase their giving participation rate year after year,” said Louis Castruccio ’60, an SCU trustee and board member of the Leavey Foundation. “This will bring not only added financial support, but perhaps more importantly, the many other benefits flowing from broad, strong, and persevering alumni financial support.”

The final tally of alumni gifts reached 9,739, which raised total alumni giving to 25.1 percent, the fourth consecutive year of growth and a remarkable turnaround from the 2008–09 mark of 15.57 percent.

The $1 million gift from the Leavey Foundation will be directed to the Santa Clara Fund, which supports current students through a variety of channels. The majority of the Fund is reserved for scholarships, while study abroad, student research, and student-led projects also receive support.

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SCU Alumni-Giving Participation

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impact of GivingThis year Santa Clara raised over $40 million that went directly to supporting the University. Deserving students received scholarships, important academic programs expanded, and the ongoing academic mission of SCU continued to thrive.

Sharing the loadSCU’s community of professors and alumni support the research of a transfer studentWhen michaela nava ’13 transferred to Santa Clara as a junior, she was hoping to find a more personalized civil engineering curriculum than at the much larger university where she initially enrolled.

That move changed the course of her education. For the last year, she has been researching the effectiveness of short, cold-formed steel shear walls to resist earthquake loads. Her research could lead to a cost-effective way to minimize earthquake damage in today’s buildings with lots of large windows and little space for longer shear walls.

She conducts her experiments at the Santa Clara University Civil Engineering Annex Laboratory, a cooperative venture between SCU and California Expanded Metal Company (CEMCO), housed at the steel framing and metal lath manufacturer’s Pittsburg facility, about an hour from campus. Because of this unique partnership, Nava benefits from the advice of CEMCO employees such as Georgi Hall ’96, m.S. ’98, director of engineering, as well as that of SCU professors like reynaud Serrette, who taught her structural steel class.

“I don’t think I would’ve had the same opportunity at the other school, at least not as an undergraduate,” she explains. “Teachers didn’t really get to know their students there like they do here.” Without the encouragement of Serrette, Nava speculates, she doesn’t think she would have applied for the Clare Boothe Luce scholarship, which funded her research.

Nava says her research “definitely wouldn’t have been possible without this funding. I used the money to buy all of my materials.”

Although she has another year before she finishes her master’s degree, she feels confident that when she does go out into industry, “this research opportunity makes me more marketable because not that many engineers are very familiar with designing with cold-formed steel.”

Total cash received:$40,386,425


Financial Infor m ation

Fundraising 2012–13 $ millions Scholarships

$12

Athletics $1.3

Annual fund $4

Academic programs and funds $3.9

other $6.5

Need and merit based financial aid

$8.3

Capital projects

$2.9Centers

endowment $1.2

Gifts of $100 and less added up to $963,651

A record $8 million bequest makes a big difference for SCU studentsEmma Anderson lived to be 92, passing away on March 31, 2012. She was a lifelong resident of Santa Clara, who was devoted to SCU’s Catala Club, an organization for women to help further Santa Clara University’s educational mission.

After she passed away she left a major bequest to SCU that totaled more than $8 million, in addition to an earlier gift annuity she made to SCU. Her generous gifts founded the Emma Shane Anderson Endowed Scholarship Fund. As a business owner, community member, and finally a major benefactor, Emma Anderson not only left an indelible impact on her hometown, but also ensured that others would have the same opportunity to make a difference in the world.

Home is where the mind isa grant fuels an undergraduate’s research on memory and the elderly Not many college students take an interest in the memory challenges of the elderly. Even fewer decide to focus their careers on helping senior citizens maximize their cognitive potential. But the idea was intriguing enough to Katherine Bercovitz ’13 that she used funds from her Gerald and Sally DeNardo Research Scholar Award to study memory in

older adults. Her results showed

that familiar features in their surroundings—environmental context clues—maximized elderly participants’ performance on memory tasks. That information could transform the lives of senior citizens. “Specifically I see it being applied to the nursing home setting,” Bercovitz says. “Something as simple as making their new environment similar to their former setting could really make the transition easier for individuals by helping their memory.”

Bercovitz took a very holistic approach to the participants in her study, notes patti Simone. She and matt Bell, both associate professors in psychology, served as Bercovitz’s advisors. “They weren’t just subjects to her,” Simone says. Bercovitz spent extra time with the study participants after the project, chatting with them, answering their questions, and providing additional handouts to them on memory.

That caring demeanor combined with her rigorous investigation contributed to Bercovitz winning the Gerald and Sally DeNardo Senior Prize in Science Research as well, which is awarded to a graduating senior pursuing a career in the health sciences who will “use their extraordinary intellectual gifts to fashion a more humane, just, and sustainable world.” Bercovitz was also this year’s St. Clare Medal recipient, which is given to the female graduate judged outstanding in academic performance, personal character, and constructive contribution to the University by the faculty and the provost.

SCU’s first cohort of Johnson Leadership FellowsThe Johnson Scholars Program engages talented and inspired students who will form the next generation of ethical leaders, which is an essential component of Santa Clara University’s mission. Johnson Scholars are exceptional, high-achieving students who receive an outstanding opportunity to develop leadership skills, knowledge, and the commitment required to help build a better world. The program is an integral part of a rigorous, honors-level undergraduate education—but with the privileges and challenges associated with joining a distinctive community of scholars.

Each year, 10 exemplary incoming freshmen are selected as Johnson Scholars and receive a comprehensive merit award that includes full coverage of tuition, room, and board. These awards are renewable annually for up to four years. The Johnson Scholars Program is funded by a generous gift from Rupert and Maryellie Johnson.

After Johnson Scholars have completed their second year at Santa Clara, they are eligible to become a Johnson Leadership Fellow by applying for a one-time summer stipend to fund a self-defined leadership experience, such as an internship, independent research, or immersion travel.

In the first year of the Johnson Scholars Program, 10 incoming freshman have been selected for the scholarship and seven rising sophomores and juniors were awarded stipends, up to $7,500 each, for the summer of 2013. Listed below are the program’s Johnson Leadership Fellows and their summer projects.

Denise Castillo Chavez ’14, sociology and ethnic studies (urban education minor)Starfish International, education and empowerment program for girls and young women in Gambia, Africa

ramsey Fisher ’15, political science, economics, historyResearch Assistant with the Northern California Innocence Project

Lauren Germany ’14, biology (public health minor)Genetic Analysis of MAP65-6 and -7 in Microtubule Organization and Cell Growth

Jared Hara ’14, bioengineering and economicsChemical Induction and microPET Screening of Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT) Activation

Erik mcadams ’14, civil engineering (Spanish minor)Analyzing Rural Houses in Ecuador

allison mcnamara ’15, anthropology and environmental studies (classical studies minor)A Comparative Analysis of Positional Behavior and Tail Use in Juvenile and Adult Cebus Capucinus

Emily robinson ’14, biochemistry (public health minor)Genetic Basis of Stress Tolerance in Natural Populations of Yeast

Members of the DeNardo Lectureship Committee with the award-winning Katherine Bercovitz ’13, from left to right: Dan DeNardo; Associate Professor of Psychology Patti Simone; Bercovitz; and Associate Director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and Senior Lecturer for Religious Studies Margaret McLean



revenue $ millions

Sales and services of auxiliary enterprises

$34.4Private gifts, grants,

and contracts $19.1

Endowment income $26.3

Total revenue $382.4

Tuition and fees $288.5

other sources $14.1

Review of the Fiscal Year The University reached a new milestone, as the endowment crossed the $750 million mark, ending the fiscal year at more than $760 million, the highest total in Santa Clara’s history.

SCU’s primary source of revenue is tuition and fees from current students. Gifts to the endowment or capital projects are not used for operations and not included in the charts for revenue or expenses.

Santa Clara University maintains a high level of fiscal responsibility and control that is overseen by the administration and managed by the University Finance Office, which is responsible for the accounting, budgeting, collection, and management of operational funds. The annual budget planning process is led by the University Budget Council with the support of the president and senior management. The budget planning process culminates in the development of a Five-Year Financial Operating Plan. The Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees has provided important advice as the University continues to manage a wide variety of investments.

Expenses $ millions

Capital reserves$23.8

Debt repayment$16.9

Financial aid$73.5

Library acquisitions$5.5

Student wages$5.3

operating expenses $75.1

Retained reserves$10.1

Faculty salaries $64.5

Staff salaries $65.0

Benefits $42.0

Total expenses$382.4

Reinvested funds $0.7

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University Board of Trustees 2013–14Robert J. Finocchio Jr., ChairMargaret M. Bradshaw, Vice ChairJon R. AboitizKristi Markkula BowersMichael J. CareyWilliam S. CarterLouis M. CastruccioHoward S. CharneyGerald T. Cobb, S.J.William T. Coleman IIIMichael E. Engh, S.J.*James P. Flaherty, S.J.Paul F. GentzkowRebecca M. GuerraSalvador O. GutierrezEllen M. HancockRichard D. HaugheyRichard J. JusticeJohn P. Koeplin, S.J.Timothy R. Lannon, S.J.William P. Leahy, S.J.Heidi Le Baron LeuppJohn C. LewisDonald L. LucasRachel Manfre Joseph M. McShane, S.J.Jeffrey A. MillerKapil K. NandaEdward A. PanelliElizabeth S. RafaelScott R. Santarosa, S.J.Stephen C. SchottRobert H. SmithJohn A. SobratoJohn M. SobratoLarry W. SonsiniSteven SordelloMary StevensGilbert Sunghera, S.J.Kirk C. Syme*William E. TerryCharmaine A. WarmenhovenAgnieszka WinklerMichael A. Zampelli, S.J.**Ex officio

Emeritus Board of Trustees MembersEdward M. AlvarezAnn S. BowersWinston H. ChenRupert JohnsonJennifer KonecnyLorry I. LokeyA. C. MarkkulaRichard MoleyJoseph T. NallyJohn M. OttoboniRobert W. PetersJohn B. PlaceWilliam Rewak, S.J.P. A. RidderTheresa SeidlerFrancis R. Smith, S.J.

University Governance

University AdministrationMichael E. Engh, S.J.President

William Rewak, S.J.Chancellor

Dennis JacobsProvost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

John OttoboniGeneral Counsel

Mike SextonVice President for Enrollment Management

James LyonsVice President for University Relations

Robert WarrenVice President for Administration and Finance

ContributorsArt DirectionLinda Degastaldi

PhotographyCharles BarryGregory BakerErika French-ArnoldJim GensheimerTori Yundt ’13

Project ManagerMargaret Avritt

WritersMargaret AvrittAllena BakerPatrick DutcherAnne FederwischJeff GireDonna KreyDona LeyVa

DesignCuttriss & Hambleton

University Board of RegentsKirk C. Syme, ChairPenelope S. AlexanderKathleen H. AndersonNathan Barrantes*Christopher D. BarryPatricia BoitanoJoseph BronsonRoger P. BrunelloRudi L. BrutocoChristi Coors FiceliJames M. CunhaKaren I. DalbyRaymond J. Davilla Jr.John L. Del SantoThalia DohertyGary J. FilizettiJulie A. FilizettiStephen A. FinnGregory Goethals, S.J.Joseph H. Gonyea IIIPhilip J. GrasserParis T. GreenwoodMichael E. HackMark D. HansonMary V. HaugheyLaurita J. HernandezCatherine T. Horan-WalkerKathy Nicholson HullTherese A. IvancovichSuzanne D. JacksonThomas F. KellyJay P. LeuppJames P. LoschPaul V. LunardiJeannie Mahan*Casey McGlynnR. Donald McNeilJohn J. McPheeMartin R. MeloneEmmanuel A. MendozaPeter MorinBrian Morton*Daniel S. MountPatrick L. NallyMaria Nash VaughnBryan S. NeiderKyle T. Y. OzawaJack PreviteAnamile QuispeMarc J. RebboahRichard Rolla* Byron A. ScordelisMargaret A. TaylorDavid M. ThompsonSusan ValerioteGregory VaughanJulie O. VeitChristopher J. Von Der AhePatrick J. YamAndrea Zurek*Ex officio

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Calculations based on the Environmental Paper Network and U.S. EPA’s Power Profiler. In addition, the paper has been Green Power certified by the manufacturer insuring that it has been manufactured with 100% certified renewable energy.

Paper Choice—Environmental Benefits StatementUsing postconsumer waste fiber

Pounds of Trees saved: Energy saved: Waste water Solid waste Greenhouse paper used: reduced: reduced: gasses reduced:

28,055 91 37 million BTU’s 41,547 gal. 2,634 lbs. 28,543 lbs. of CO2

Sustainability is a top priority as Santa Clara University strives for carbon neutrality by 2015. Learn more about SCU’s efforts at www.scu.edu/sustainability.

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