Celebrating our 100,000 alumni milestone involves talking about how each of you have carried the SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ spirit into the world and made it your mission to change it. This means ALL of you! We are inviting all of you as SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ alumni to tell your story – the teachers, accountants, volunteers, engineers, lawyers, scientists, artists, entrepreneurs, doctors, mothers, fathers, and all things you could imagine. Whether it’s easily visible to the outside world that you’re making it a better place, or just those near and dear to you can see it on a regular basis, hopefully a big part of your outlook is because of your time spent here at SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ and how it shaped you into who you are today. We want to hear how!
Sukhmani Kaur Kocher '16
Bachelor's Degree, Political Science & Double Minor in Intl. Business & Italian
"'Make sure you slow down a bit when you get to college!' I was told much too often told in high school. But my workaholic tendencies were stubborn and didn’t want to pay much attention there. Thankfully, SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ gave me the opportunities and resources to best put these tendencies to use..."
Samantha Rose Prasad '11
Bachelor's Degree, Marketing
"I knew I wanted to attend SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ from my first campus tour. From the rose gardens to delicious food at Benson, I was hooked. However, my time at SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ would teach me far more than I could have ever anticipated..."
Merlin Stewart '85
Computer Science, Mathematics
"As we celebrate Black History Month, this is a look back
On one young girl’s story of what is was like to be poor and black
For she grew up in a rural town in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement..."
Elisa Pallares M.A. '81
Master's degree, Counseling Health Pyschology
"My story with Jesuit education started when I was four years old, and my father took me to accompany him to teach a course at Jesuit College, in Mexico City. My education at home was a humanist education, regardless was not religious, it was inspired by Jesuit philosophy.."
Paul Fasi '78
Bachelor's degree, Political Science
"Just want to say "aloha" to my classmates – I know, long time no see. I'm basically the same guy I was in 1978, a bit wiser but much older. Darn! I think that SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ pretty much brought out the best in me and there wasn't much left after that, so you could pretty much say that I peaked in 1978..."
Monalisa Chati M.S. '14
Finance Business Systems, ServiceNow
Master's degree, Management Information Systems
"I chose SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ is because I wanted a university that blends technological innovation with social consciousness and this was it...."
Maggie Hurlbut '18
Social Media Coordinator, SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ U.
SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, CA.
Communications major
"SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ has broadened my perspectives on so many different grounds. I was introduced to my love of travel through my experiences in studying abroad..."
Amanda Harris '18
Recent Graduate, SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ U.
Orange County, CA.
Biology major, Women's and Gender Studies minor
"There were a ton of opportunities at SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ that widened my scope of things I was interested in..."
Joey Novara '18
Recent Graduate, SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ U.
Stockton, CA.
Civil Engineering major
"What I'm most grateful for that SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ gave to me is all the friendships that I gathered along the four years that I spent there..."