Voices of Santa Clara Podcast: Recent Episodes
Voices of Santa Clara
Voices of Santa Clara is a podcast that aims to educate, inspire, and connect the Santa Clara University community to live our values of competence, conscience, and compassion. Now hosted by Malachi Finn, Darius Johnson, and Antonio Magallanes, this podcast strives to further and expand the vision founded by Gavin Cosgrave by highlighting influential members of our community, providing a powerful message to our listeners, learning new perspectives from others, and simply having a good time.
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Today, we'll hear from Mr. Dylan Houle, who became the Executive Director of Career & Professional Development at the SCU Career Center about a year and a half ago. Dylan began his professional journey as an English teacher in the New York City area before transitioning into the field of career services. From assistant director roles at Pace University and USF to his most recent position at Menlo College as the executive director of internships and career services, Dylan consistently raises the bar for what it means to lead a career center.
You can further explore his insights through the podcast he hosts, titled 'Career Services Leadership in Higher Education’. Our conversation with Dylan covers a lot, we talk about past experiences and advice for students currently looking for a job or internship and what to do when you land an opportunity.
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Arturo: Going off of Barry Posner’s 5 practices of Exemplary Leadership, “effective leaders are to have an understanding of their own values”. We would love to hear about your values?
Bill: I'd have to talk a little bit first about their origins. My mom was a homemaker, formerly a teacher and my dad was a pastor in the Lutheran church. From early on, I remember a great sense of responsibility and fidelity to one's family, how to support one's family, how to encourage family bonds, and also challenge in an appropriate way. Another is a sense of responsibility to make things better than when you found them, it's a sense that you're entrusted with a certain amount of time, different people and different programs, and there's a responsibility that goes along with trying to improve all those things. Then maybe the third, fourth, and fifth that come from my own faith as a Christian, are faith, hope, and love.
Armando: We know you’re grounded in your wife and kids. What are the three most important lessons you want your kids to know before leaving the nest.
Bill: I want my kids to have this understanding of themselves as having the power and ability to create environments that are not just conducive to their own flourishing but to others in their community. Another lesson is to understand that they are loved even when the world is a place that may not feel like it's loving them back but it’s there if they create it. And back to my values, to try to make things better than how they found it.
Arturo: In the previous interview, you mentioned a quote from your parents, “be like a duck, smooth on the surface but underneath, scurrying like crazy”. What tactics do you recommend to students who are “scurrying like crazy” maybe without direction.
Bill: I’d like to use a new metaphor. “To see their life as a mountain with no top”. What I mean by that, is that life can be really exciting and fun if you focus more on the process and become less focused on specific outcomes. If there’s that hope and faith that things will turn out the way they're supposed to be. It's a lot of fun to be able to focus on what you're doing at the moment and what you can do today to make yourself the best possible version and what you can do tomorrow to continue that growth. Along with that metaphor is the idea that we need to rest, stop, and look around at what you've accomplished so far. See who's accompanying you on that climb and take a look at the beautiful scenery from different vantage points in life. Maybe look up the mountain and see which routes make the most sense to move forward to the next ledge.
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In this discussion, we had the pleasure of speaking with President Julie Sullivan as she walked us through instrumental moments throughout her life journey such as her upbringing in North Florida that sparked her passion for learning and planted the seed for her future as a teacher, how she made her decision to join SCU as our President, and her thoughts on strategic ways to build upon Santa Clara’s Jesuit reputation and pursuit of academic excellence.
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In this episode, Antonio, Darius, and Malachi provide tips and insight on networking as they recount silly memories as an early college student attempting to network, beginning the process of networking, best practices for preparing an informational interview agenda, common mistakes people make when attempting to network, and how networking has enhanced their job search experience.
In this episode, Sallyanne Tejan and Jaya Kapoor walk us through how they made the most out of their Santa Clara experience, socially. With stories reminiscing on their first time meeting over lunch after DMing on Facebook, their journey through Greek life, notorious darties within the SCU community, off-campus venues to visit, and hilarious memories from The Hut and Bronco Bars, you’ll get an inside look into how social SCU really is behind the scenes.
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In this episode, Darius, Antonio, and Malachi sit down to discuss how they secured internships at Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, and Google, respectively, during the summer of 2022. With topics such as the process of discovering internship opportunities, the highlights and lowlights of their recruitment experiences, and the value of performing research/preparing for interviews with intention, there are plenty of key takeaways that you can utilize as you head into your internship/full-time recruitment this Fall. Enjoy!
T. Shá Duncan Smith has over 18 years of experience developing and implementing strategic plans and initiatives to promote diverse, equitable and inclusive cultures for students, faculty and staff. She has taught courses on leading during racial crises, accountability, and incentivization for advancing equity goals at the University of Southern California Race & Equity Center Equity Institutes, where she is also senior strategist for their Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance. She was previously director of diversity and inclusion at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, and before that was intercultural programs manager for the University of Michigan’s Center for Global and Intercultural Study and coordinator of diversity initiatives and academic support for the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health.
After a long hiatus, the VOSC crew finally returns with an amazing guest, the new VP of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion here at SCU, T. Shá Duncan Smith. In this episode, we discuss how Shá’s childhood influenced her career path, key lessons she’s learned during her 12+ years at the University of Michigan, significant measures of success in the DEI space, the most fulfilling aspects of her career, the factors that led to her interest in SCU, and goals she would like to achieve at our university within the next 1-3 years.
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Molly “Mo” Tucker is a junior at SCU : student by day, radio general manager by night. KSCU is the only organization that is active 24/7, airing all the time, which means she’s constantly on her toes and ready to serve. She loves being part of an organization that cherishes all walks of love, life, and tastes of music. Her life is centered around exploration and living to the fullest - KSCU helps her do just that by meeting new people, exploring new music, and loving every second of it, which are just a few of the many perks of being her!
In this Going Clubbing episode, we invite the General Manager of KSCU, Molly “Mo” Tucker, to indulge in the value that KSCU brings to the SCU community, where her interest in radio management came from, the lessons/skills she’s learned by being in this leadership position, the application process to become a DJ, providing a platform for local artists, and cultivating a welcoming environment for KSCU members.
In the second installment of our Host Kickback series, we indulge in the overarching influence of social media. From social media’s effect on self-confidence, mental health, drug abuse, political advocacy, to even financial literacy, we highlight various ways in which social media has been a medium of information, for good or for worse.
Jim Miller currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer for Wayfair, an American e-commerce company that sells furniture and home-goods. He has spent his career scaling operations in executive roles at innovative tech companies such as Google, Amazon, Intel, and Cisco. Before joining Google, Jim Miller was the Executive Vice President of Sanmina, one of the world’s largest electronic manufacturing service providers, where he spearheaded their industrial, cleantech, multimedia, and automotive businesses. He now serves on the board of directors for multiple private companies and an advisory board member of the Retail Management Institute here at SCU. He received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University and his M.S. from MIT.
We invite the CTO of Wayfair, Jim Miller, to discuss the lessons he's learned from his time working for hyper growth companies such as Amazon, Google, and Intel, where his passion for technology blossomed, his role as a board member for various companies, character traits that make a great leader, fostering diversity in the workplace, and cultivating a memorable legacy.
Maria De La Lima is a Junior double majoring in Child Studies and Ethnic Studies. She is the Co-Chair for LSU.
Nathalie Medina (she/her/hers) is a sophomore majoring in Biology and Public Health with a Spanish minor. She is from San José, but her heart is from Chilchota, Michoacán, México. She is very close and involved with her culture which is why she loves saying that she is Michoacana with pride. Other than LSU, she is also active in Hermanas Unidas (Public Relations), Ballet Folklorico, Sigma Omega Nu, and the first-gen program at SCU, LEAD.
Tonight we’re Going Clubbing again and this time Antonio invites Maria De La Lima and Nathalie Medina to represent the Latinx Student Union! In this discussion they elaborate on the importance of inclusiveness of all Latin countries, promoting allyship within the MCC, having familias in LSU, the strong bond of concilio, maintaining engagement from LSU members in a virtual setting, fostering a safe space for people to express themselves, and highlighting the Latinx culture.
Ciara Moezidis is a senior from San Jose, CA, and is double majoring in political science and communication with an Arabic, Islamic, and Middle Eastern minor. She is quite active on her campus and is currently serving as the 2020-2021 Student Body President. During her time at SCU, she was a Community Facilitator, Co-Founder/Co-President of IGNITE SCU, and a member of the University Honors Program. She interned for Congressman Ro Khanna in Washington, D.C. through the Panetta Congressional Internship and volunteered in Cusco, Peru through the Jean Donovan Fellowship. In her free time, she enjoys coffee shop hopping, baking, salsa dancing, and learning new languages.
In the next installment of our Going Clubbing series, Darius invites the student body President Ciara Moezidis to learn more about the Associated Student Government (ASG). In this discussion, they cover Ciara’s background, how she got involved with the organization, the impact of virtual learning on her senior year, the essence of ASG, her childhood, the experience as a student body President, the qualities that make a great leader, and much more!
Darrell Goss, Class of 2021, is a Psychology major with a Sociology minor from Los Angeles, California. As the President of the Stand-Up Comedy Club, he enjoys helping aspiring comedians to learn more about their craft and how they can provide laughter and thought provoking content to the audience of Santa Clara University.
Neil Nguyen, Class of 2021, is a Computer Science major from San Jose, California. As the Treasurer of the Stand-Up Comedy Club and an active performer on stage, Neil loves to “waste time and write jokes”. For Neil, hosting writing labs for the Stand Up Comedy Club is fulfilling because it enables him to guide members of the club that are willing to try out new things and to help them get out of their comfort zone.
Welcome to our Going Clubbing series, where we invite members from the clubs and organizations that we love on campus and those that we believe should be highlighted for their contributions to our college experience. In this installment, Malachi brings on Darrell Goss and Neil Nguyen to represent our beloved Stand Up Comedy Club! We discuss how Darrell and Neil started doing stand up comedy, their favorite stand up comics and the specials that inspired them to pursue comedy, the necessity of writing labs for up and coming comedians, memorable moments in the club, the impact that the club has had on our campus culture, collaborating with other schools, and their mission as executive members of the club. P.S. Malachi tells a joke in this episode… was it funny?
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In this pilot episode of our Kickback series, we delve deeper into who we are as the hosts to bridge the gap between us as the producers of the podcast and you, one of our greatly appreciated supporters. We discuss where we are from and how our childhood made us into who we are today, organizations that we are involved with on campus, what we are passionate about, what motivates us, the legacy we want to leave with the podcast, what we value in life, and our ideal Saturday.
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Erin Kimura-Walsh has overseen the LEAD Scholars Program at Santa Clara University since 2009 and is currently the Director of the program. Erin was an undergraduate student in English and Japanese at Santa Clara before earning an M.S. in Counseling from San Francisco State University and a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of California, Los Angeles. As the Director of LEAD, she engages in strategic planning while overseeing the day to day operations. She plans the long-term growth and development of the program such as programming, courses, fundraising, and strategic partnerships. She ensures the successful implementation of LEAD Week and college success activities throughout the year for first-generation college students. Furthermore, Dr. Kimura-Walsh teaches courses for the LEAD Scholars Program that focus on college success, leadership skills, diversity, and equity in higher education.
In this episode Antonio brings on the Director of the LEAD Scholars Program, Erin Kimura-Walsh, to speak on Erin’s experience during her time as a student at SCU, the difference between her experience and what she sees today, how the LEAD Scholars Program was created in 2003, the conceptualization of LEAD Week, academic and leadership growth opportunities in LEAD, the impact LEAD has had on its students, reimagining LEAD to maintain its effectiveness in a virtual setting, and the significance of peer mentorship in LEAD.
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Mariah Manzano is the CEO & Co-Founder of Opal, whose mission is to empower students through mentorship at any point in their career-search journey. She is also currently a Software Engineer at Cisco, former NASA Ames intern, and former Santa Clara University UX Project Manager. She’s a class of 2020 graduate from Santa Clara University with a degree in Web Design & Engineering and emphasis on Entrepreneurship.
She is particularly passionate about empowering underrepresented groups to pursue their dream careers because as a woman of color in tech, she recognizes the power of seeing someone you can identify with in a role you desire yourself. Or even in a role you never thought you could pursue. She believes that the realm of possibility exponentiates with even the slightest bit of encouragement and empowerment.
In this episode Darius invites a budding entrepreneur, Mariah Manzano, to discuss where her entrepreneurial mindset began, how her experience at Santa Clara University built upon this mentality, the creation of her business Opal and its mission, the necessary steps to transition from the idea stage to manifestation, how SCU can improve its entrepreneurial ecosystem, and the importance of overcoming failure.
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Fr. Kevin O’Brien is the president of Santa Clara University and former dean of SCU’s Jesuit School of Theology. He holds a master’s degree in philosophy from Fordham University and a Master of Divinity and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology, now part of Boston College. He has a B.A. in government from Georgetown and a law degree from the University of Florida, where he served as an editor on the Florida Law Review. He served as Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Georgetown for 8 years before coming to Santa Clara in 2016. Furthermore, he has written a book, “The Ignatian Adventure”, which has sold over 40,000 copies and has been translated into three languages.
Darius and Antonio bring on Father O’ Brien to discuss the thought process of SCU administration regarding COVID-19, how their staff has dealt with the implications of their decisions, the necessity to provide first-years with a quality Jesuit education, the difficulty of getting students involved in clubs/organizations via Zoom, how SCU is rectifying racial injustice on campus, and the hopes for winter and spring quarter.
Dr. Danielle Morgan is an assistant professor in the Department of English at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California who specializes in African American literature and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. She is interested in the ways that literature, popular culture, and humor shape identity formation. In particular, her research and teaching reflect her interests in African American satire and comedy, literature and the arts as activism, and the continuing influence of history on contemporary articulations of Black selfhood. She has written a variety of both scholarly and popular articles and has been interviewed on topics as varied as Black Lives Matter, the dangers of the “Karen” figure, race and sexuality on the Broadway stage, and Beyoncé. Her book, Laughing to Keep from Dying: African American Satire in the Twenty-First Century, is forthcoming Fall 2020 with University of Illinois Press as a part of the New Black Studies Series and addresses the contemporary role of African American satire as a critical realm for social justice.
In this conversation, Dr. Danielle Morgan elaborates on the significance of English literature in her adolescence, her introduction to African American satire, the writing and publishing of her upcoming and first book Laughing to Keep from Dying: African American Satire in the Twenty-First Century, the memory of her late Uncle Kevin, her experience as the Frank Sinatra Faculty Fellow with the Center for the Arts and Humanities, and the harassment she was subjected to by SCU Campus Safety on Aug 22nd.
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In the second installment of Being Black At A P.W.I, we bring on Isaac Addai and Kaylen Chase to break down a couple of first-hand experiences of Black students at SCU. With differing perspectives as a senior and sophomore respectively, Isaac and Kaylen highlight the necessity of learning about politics, dealing with systemic racism in academia, the burden of being the “Black voice”, the significance of unity within the Black community, and the creation of the Black Excellence Scholarship.
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As the first installment of our Black Student at a P.W.I series, we bring Brianna Mireku to discuss the lack of black representation in the medical field, the experience of a black woman attending a predominantly white institution, the necessity of cultural inclusion, the Black Lives Matter movement, goals for raising awareness about SCU’s black student union, and the black excellence scholarship fund.
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Introducing the new hosts of the Voices of Santa Clara: Darius Johnson, Malachi Finn, and Antonio Magallanes. In this conversation, we discuss Gavin's favorite moments from the podcast throughout the years, lessons he's learned, his hopes for the future, and the new team’s plans for the podcast’s creative, professional, and procedural expansion. Listen now to get to know a bit about the new hosts of the Voices of Santa Clara!
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Fr. Kevin O’Brien is the president of Santa Clara University, and was a guest on episode 56. As host Gavin Cosgrave transitions out of his role leading the Voices of Santa Clara podcast, Fr. O’Brien flips the traditional script and asks Gavin some questions about his upbringing, Santa Clara experience, and future.
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It's graduation! Listen to some of the most popular guests share their tips, wisdom and advice for 2020 graduates in the midst of this quickly-changing and often challenging world. See the guests and timecodes below:
- Tonya Nilsson, Civil Engineering — 1:20
- Karen Peterson-Iyer, Religious Studies — 2:45
- Sonja Mackenzie, Public Health — 4:32
- Fr. Kevin O'Brien, SCU President — 8:53
- Eva Blanco Masias, Dean of Undergraduate Admission — 11:55
- Chris Norris, Director of Ciocca Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship — 12:55
- Byron Howlett, Assistant Dean of Student Life — 14:25
- Kristin Kusanovich, Theater & Dance, Child Studies — 17:00
- Paul Schutz, Religious Studies — 18:33
- Valerie Sarma, Ignatian Center — 21:40
- Thane Kreiner, Director of Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship — 23:20
- Tanya Monsef, Business Faculty and Director of Global Fellows program — 25:55
- Chan Thai, Communication — 28:48
- Juan Velasco, English — 30:10
- Carly Lynch, Campus Ministry — 34:48
- Sarita Tamayo-Moraga, Religious Studies — 38:12
- Fr. Dorian Llywelyn, exiting Executive Director of the Ignatian Center — 41:32
- Naomi Andrews, History and Honors Program Director — 44:42
- Tom Plante, Psychology — 46:40
- Jo-Ellen Pozner, Management — 48:47
- Chris Bacon, Environmental Studies — 49:40
- Jeanne Rosenberger, Vice Provost for Student Life — 55:47
- Bill Mains, Business — 57:10
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Erin Ronald is a 2019 Santa Clara graduate in Environmental Studies and Sociology. Erin was recently awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to work with the European version of the World Wildlife Fund to bring best practices back to the U.S. to help cities set workable climate action policy.
This conversation was recorded before the George Floyd killing, but the first 8 minutes of the podcast are dedicated to racial justice. I share some of my own recent thoughts and convictions, and share statements and actions from Santa Clara’s Multicultural Center, President Father O’Brien, and the Environmental Justice Initiative.
Back to Erin: Since graduating last year, she has been working as one of 90 Civic Spark fellows across the U.S. Stationed in Truckee, near South Lake Tahoe where she spent her summers as a child, Ronald is helping that city develop its own climate action and adaptation plans.
Erin was incredibly involved at Santa Clara. She served as a Global Social Benefit Fellow in Ghana through the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship; helped run SCU’s OxFam club; was on the Food Recovery Network leadership team, and participated in the Sustainable Living Undergraduate Research Project (SLURP) working on the University’s eco-tray program.
In this conversation, we discuss Erin’s passion for helping cities mitigate and adapt to climate change, the day-to-day work of her Civic Spark Fellowship, how COVID is impacting city climate action plans, Erin’s Fulbright award, and how students can incorporate sustainability into their careers.
President Kevin O’Brien’s Message on Racial Justice
The Environmental Justice Initiative’s Resources for Racial Justice
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Margaret McLean is the director of bioethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. She is also senior lecturer in religious studies and affiliate faculty in bioengineering. She teaches courses on ethics related to healthcare and biotechnology.
In 2017, she was awarded a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from the Congress of the United States and the Santa Clara County Medical Association Citizen’s Award in recognition of her significant contribution to the health field.
In this conversation, we discuss how hospitals are making life and death ethical decisions, how the pandemic is impacting vulnerable communities, how normal people can help change unjust systems, how religion impacts ethics, and how working with end-of-life patients has shaped how Margaret thinks about death.
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Elon Musk are just three of the names that Larry Sonsini has advised.
Larry Sonsini is the founding partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Silicon Valley’s premier law firm, founded in 1961. Sonsini personally worked with legendary companies including Sun Microsystems, Intel, Google, HP, LinkedIn, Netflix, Salesforce, Dropbox, Twitter and hundreds more. Sonsini is the vice chair of Santa Clara’s Board of Trustees.
Larry Sonsini is the founding partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Silicon Valley’s premier law firm founded the 1961. Sonsini personally advised founders like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Elon Musk, and has worked with Sun Microsystems, Intel, Google, HP, LinkedIn, Netflix, Salesforce, Dropbox, Twitter and hundreds more. Sonsini is the vice chair of Santa Clara’s Board of Trustees.
Sonsini got his undergraduate and J.D. from UC Berkeley in the 1963 & `66, and has focused on
corporate law, corporate governance, securities, and mergers and acquisitions. He has been instrumental in many of the financings, IPOs, mergers, acquisitions, and other key transactions of Silicon Valley and beyond. Fun fact: Sonsini’s son Matthew is married to the sister, Lisa, of previous guest John M. Sobrato.
A 2006 NY Times profile called Sonsini, “Powerful, but rarely center stage. While Mr. Sonsini is hardly a shrinking violet, he cultivates the image of Silicon Valley’s most ubiquitous supporting player, often preferring to say his lines behind the scenes. ‘It’s not my job to be in the newspapers,’ he said in a telephone interview. ‘I think my clients like me to be a trusted adviser with a high degree of integrity and stay out of the limelight.’”
In this conversation, we discuss what Sonsini has learned about leadership from the CEOs he worked with, what innovations he believes will define the future, the ethics of entrepreneurship, the history and trajectory of Silicon Valley, how he chooses how to spend his time, and his advice for students.
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Eileen Elrod is a Professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies, currently serving as Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development. Her scholarly interests focus on religion, race and gender in early American literature, especially on contested notions of American identity and autobiographical writing. Dr. Elrod has been a member of the SCU faculty since 1992 and won the Brutocao Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2007.
This conversation begins with a highly timely and relevant segment on how faculty are adapting to online learning. We then dive into Eileen’s passion for teaching writing, how writing can be used to discover identity, how literature can improve empathy and what makes a great classroom environment.
Steve Sordello is the CFO of LinkedIn and serves on Santa Clara’s Board of Trustees. Prior to LinkedIn, Steve was CFO of TiVo, CFO of Ask Jeeves, and held senior management roles at Adobe Systems and Syntex (now part of Roche). Steve holds a MBA from Santa Clara and a degree in business administration. Raised in the Bay Area, Steve grew up working amid his parents’ apricot, prune and walnut orchards.
In this conversation, we discuss lessons Steve learned from his CFO roles, differences between small and large companies, how LinkedIn is mapping the global economy, how Steve balances short-term shareholder obligations with long-term social impact, and what career advice Steve would give college students.
Heather started at LifeMoves over 6 years ago as a Case Manager. She now serves as Director of Santa Clara County Shelters & Services. Before LifeMoves, Heather worked at Crider Health Center and served in the Peace Corps for two years in Belize.
LifeMoves is a nonprofit dedicated to finding solutions to homelessness in Silicon Valley. They operate 23 shelter locations from Daly City to San Jose, and provide essential services, case management, and community outreach. LifeMoves serves over 9,350 men, women and children each year in their diligent work to return to long-term stable housing.
As you may imagine, the COVID-19 pandemic poses additional problems and challenges for homeless populations. LifeMoves’ work is more important than ever, and they have a special page about how you can help people experiencing homelessness in this time on their website. Go to lifemoves.org to learn more.
John Michael Sobrato is Chair of the Board of Trustees at Santa Clara and Chairman of The Sobrato Organization. There are a few different parts of the Sobrato organization that we cover in this conversation.
First is the real estate business, which has developed over 21 million square feet of office, R&D and multifamily complexes since the 1960s. A few of the company’s notable office buildings include the former Apple Campus, the Service Now HQ, and offices for Amazon, Google, Netflix, Facebook, Pinterest, NVidia and more.
This enormous success has fueled the philanthropy arm of the business, Sobrato Philanthropies, which has deployed more than $552 million giving to education, career pathways, and essential human services, primarily in Silicon Valley. Every year since 2013, the Sobrato Family has been named the number one or two most generous corporation in Silicon Valley by the Silicon Valley Business Journal ahead major high-tech companies. Additionally, both John A. and John M. Sobrato and their spouses have taken the Giving Pledge and stated that 100% of their wealth will go to the family foundation.
The third area of the business is Sobrato Capital, an investment arm which manages money in both public and private companies.
In this conversation, we touch on the evolving business model of Santa Clara, the ethics of profit maximization, lessons from the Sobrato family business, social impact, working through challenges on the Santa Clara Board of Trustees, the role of philanthropy versus government, and what John is most proud of in his career.
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Tonya Nilsson (lovingly known as Dr. T) is a Civil Engineering lecturer at Santa Clara. She teaches structural and materials courses and develops hands-on, interactive methods of engineering instruction. Dr. T has a Ph.D. from UC Davis, a Masters from Stanford and a Bachelors from Cal Poly. She also advises the Engineers Without Borders club.
In this conversation, we discuss the social impact of civil engineers, what makes a great professor, the future of construction, engineers without borders, and Dr. T’s impressive outdoor hobbies.
Chris Norris is the Director of the Ciocca Center for Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara, a new interdisciplinary center created to advance innovation and entrepreneurship on campus. Chris serves on boards at Efinix (quantum programmable technology), Solar Ear (solar hearing aids), St. Anthony’s foundation, Elevated Honey and Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship. Before joining Santa Clara, Chris was the CEO of Alta Devices, spent 17 years at Cypress Semiconductors, and began his career at Intel. Chris received his Master’s in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara in 1992.
In this conversation, we discuss Chris’ career journey through hi-tech, solar and investing venture capital companies, how to think like an entrepreneur regardless of your career, whether Chris is optimistic about the future of entrepreneurship, and how the Ciocca Center is spreading the entrepreneurial mindset. The beginning of this episode features a special message from March 25 about the COVID-19 crisis and recommendations for what to read during the shelter-in-place.
This episode was released Thursday, March 19—three days after Santa Clara county joined five other Bay Area counties issued shelter-in-place mandates and Santa Clara University announced all spring quarter classes would be online. Besides the obvious public health measures and precautions, this change will bring about many spiritual, emotional and relational issues that will require reflection and intentionality.
Carly Lynch is the Director of Religious Diversity in Campus Ministry at Santa Clara. She has a Bachelors from Azusa Pacific and a Masters in Theological Studies from Boston University and is a resident expert on mindfulness, religious pluralism and embracing slowness.
Victor Lemus is the Director of Retreats for Campus Ministry, and studied at Loyola Marymount University and Santa Clara’s Pastoral Ministry program. Victor hails from Guatemala and worked at Greg Boyle’s Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles before coming to Santa Clara.
Both Carly and Victor are two of the most wise, centered people I know, so I thought an episode talking to them about the nature of the shelter-in-place caused by the Coronavirus would be a perfect antidote to the anxiety many of us feel right now.
Brian Buckley is a senior lecturer in the philosophy department and has taught at Santa Clara since 2007. His research focuses on the philosophy of law, political philosophy and applied ethics.
In this conversation, we touch on the importance of studying philosophy and the impact philosophy can make on everyday life. Brian shares his perspectives on how philosophy can help you rethink your behavior and make you a more thoughtful, ethical person.
“When you look back on your life, if you have 24 hours left to live, virtually everything you think about will something talked about in philosophy. You’ll be thinking about your relationships, what kind of citizen you were, if you made the world a better place, whether there’s a God, whether your soul will live on, your regrets, what was the meaning of your life. Every single one of them is a philosophical question. You live all your life ignoring the very questions that at the end of your life are most profound to you. And you began your life as a philosopher. Why is the sky blue? Why do people die? What are dreams for? Every single one is a philosophical question. The very nature of a human is philosophical.”
Dr. Sherry Wang is an assistant professor of Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara. She was recently featured in a SF Chronicle article about the social effects of coronavirus.
Her research focuses on cultural factors in ethnic minority health disparities, such as the role of acculturation, stigma and oppression in risky behaviors or looking at barriers to care for African Americans living in the Deep South. She co-directs the organization Research Initiative on Social Justice and Equity which is a national team of faculty, students, and community members committed to addressing issues of systematic inequalities.
In this conversation, we jump right into some of the most pressing questions surrounding the social impact of coronavirus. How should we respond? How should we treat each other? What are common misperceptions? How should we prepare?
I really encourage you to listen until the end, because her final piece of advice for us in how we treat each other surrounding the coronavirus is some of the most wise and timely advice I’ve ever heard. As Sherry says, instead of calling each other out in fear and discrimination, let’s call each other in for community.
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Norman Paris is a lecturer of physics and mathematics at Santa Clara. He has a Ph.D. in Physics from UC Davis. In this conversation, we cover why someone should study advanced math, why he loves teaching, and his career journey.
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Bonita Banducci teaches Gender and Engineering for Santa Clara University’s School of Engineering Graduate Program Core Curriculum. She was named a Silicon Valley Woman of Influence 2014 by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
Banducci's original research in one of Silicon Valley's Fortune 500 companies “What is the Contribution Women Make that Could be the Strategic Advantage in the Global Marketplace?” launched her work in Gender Competence®, a new framework for understanding gender differences as competencies. As a founder of the Global Women's Leadership Network, she has been faculty and coach for the Women Leaders for the World Program. She consults with organizations from all sectors: business, non-profit, academia, and government.
In this conversation, we discuss Banducci’s career path, her course in gender and engineering, how STEM and gender intersect, and the meaning of transformative education.
Miah Jeffra is a writer, artist, curator and faculty in the English/Theater departments. A military brat, Jeffra moved throughout their childhood, but most identifies the South as home. Jeffra teaches Writing, Drama, Media and Cultural Studies at Santa Clara University and The San Francisco Art Institute, and is Founding Editor and Production Designer for queer literary collaborative, Foglifter Press.
In this conversation, we discuss the eclectic styles and themes of Miah’s books, thoughts on memory and how childhood is affecting us now, and advice for students.
Andrew Ishak's (pronounced Isaac) work is focused on communication of teams and organizations that work in high-pressure situations, such as tactical police units, fire crews, and sports teams. His recent research is aimed at understanding organizational training for lifesaving critical teams (e.g., wildland fire crews, SWAT teams). He has also conducted research projects on various topics within communication and sport and is the co-editor of a book on sports and identity. He is currently researching the effects of cohesion in intramural and intercollegiate teams.
Ishak is also the main instructor for Public Speaking at Santa Clara University and consults with organizations and individuals on public speaking and interview preparation. He approaches the course using techniques gathered from his research on the training of teams that perform in high-pressure situations.
In this episode, we get into Ishak’s career path, how time impacts communication, his 2018 video-creation journey, random sports knowledge, and more.
Hear from faculty and students about the impetus behind the efforts among adjunct faculty to unionize to receive better pay, job stability, and participation in university governance. This episode features conversations with Dr. Maggie Levantovskaya, Dr. Diane Hart, and student leaders Ciara Moezidis and Kyle de la Fuente.
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Three of my good friends, Rachael Han, Nick Fazio, and Emma Hokoda reflect on their college involvements and share stories from their experience in the Global Social Benefit Fellowship through Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara last year. Rachael was my partner in India working with Three Wheels United, Nick was with PICO Rwanda, and Emma worked with Solar Sister in Tanzania. This was one of the most fun and funniest episodes I've done—listen to get the inside scoop on memorable stories and lessons learned from our experiences.
What are the 6 things? 1. Suffering: Is suffering necessary for growth? 2. Mental Health 3. Awareness: includes a story about blind men and the color green 4. Poetry: one of Mark Nepo's and one of mine 5. Friendship: How to make friends in college? 6. A new political spectrum (a vertical one)
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Enrique Pumar is a sociology professor and the department chair. He has written over 50 publications on immigration, class, various social conflicts in Latin American countries, economic development and public policy.
In this conversation, we begin with Dr. Pumar’s upbringing in Cuba, then turn to the relevance of conflicts in Latin America. We also discuss myths around immigration, public policy toward refugees, the importance of studying sociology, and how sociology prepares students for the world.
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Huda Al-Marashi is a 1997 Santa Clara graduate and author of First Comes Marriage: My Not-So-Typical American Love Story, a memoir the Washington Post called "a charming, funny, heartbreaking memoir of faith, family, and the journey to love."
She visited the staff at the Santa Clara Review in Fall 2019 to share her process for writing her memoir and answer staff questions. Whether or not you’re a writer, Huda will give you new tips and inspiration on storytelling and persistence.
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What leads to educational, career, spiritual, or personal transformation? 2019 has been a big year of personal growth and change for me, and many of my guests from this year have a unique perspective on the ingredients and journey of personal transformation.
Top 5 Episodes of 2019:
- A Day in the Life: Four Students Share their Stories
- President Kevin O’Brien: Questions Define an Adventure
- Jo Gopinath: Eco-Fashion Design and Self-Empowerment
- Bill Stevens: Jazz, Spirituality and Color
- Anthony Hazard: How to Fight Racial Injustice
Here are the featured clips, in order of appearance:
- Bill Stevens: Jazz, Spirituality and Color
- Tanya Monsef Bunger: The Value of Global Citizenship
- Heather Clydesdale: Lessons from Tombs and Eastern Philosophy
- The Immersions Program: How to Live out Your Values
- Jo Gopinath: Eco-Fashion Design and Self-Empowerment
- Gen Kimura: Why You Should Try Everything Once
- Jo-Ellen Pozner: Aligning Your Values With Your Life & Work
- President Kevin O’Brien: Questions Define an Adventure
- Karen Peterson-Iyer: Theology, Sex and Relationships
- Robin Nelson: The Fascinating World of Biological Anthropology
- Anthony Hazard: How to Fight Racial Injustice
- Provost Lisa Kloppenberg: Innovating for the Future of Law
- Hersh Shefrin: Understanding Humans to Make Decisions
- Pauline Locsin-Kanter: Dance, Connection and Playing Mulan
- Kristin Kusanovich: Dance, Courage and the Climate Crisis
- Riley O'Connell: Poetry for the Soul
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Kristin Kusonovich is a senior lecturer in the Theater and Dance department. She has produced, choreographed and directed over 100 works in dance, drama, musical theatre, opera, film, and video. She has been a curriculum developer, teacher mentor, movement and vocal coach, and master teaching artist for 30 years in the professional sector as well is in PreK-12 grades at over 50 diverse school sites. As President of the California Dance Education Association, she works with a statewide team to advance the quality of dance arts education in the state through legislation, advocacy, and professional development offerings. Kristen studied dance at Santa Clara as an undergraduate, and worked in Minneapolis for 10 years before returning as a lecturer.
This year, Kristin founded a new project called tUrn: a week of events around the climate crisis. In this conversation, we discuss how Kristin’s unique arts background connects with her passion for sustainability, what motivated her to start tUrn, the use of the term “climate crisis” instead of “climate change,” and some of the best advice I’ve ever heard for incoming students.
Shane Hughes is a senior political science major and entrepreneurship minor. He plays on the men’s water polo team, is a Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Hackworth Fellow, and is an Embrace diversity training leader. Last summer, he interned at Google in Austin Texas, and he will be joining Visa full-time after graduation in a rotational program.
In this conversation, we discuss Shane’s journey through college, what he learned from his internships, his business ideas, and what’s special about senior year.
Jo-Ellen Pozner is an assistant professor of management at Santa Clara’s Leavey School of Business. She has an impressive set of degrees: a PhD in Management and Organizations from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University; an MBA from New York University; a Masters in Economics from Johns Hopkins University; and a BSFS in International Economics from Georgetown University. Her research topics include organizational ethics and misconduct, social movements in business, and leadership.
In this conversation, we discuss how working in Russia gave Dr. Pozner a new perspective on following the rules, how businesses can start social movements, and how students can gain a new perspective on their career.
www.voicesofsantaclara.com/jo-ellen-pozner
Anthony Hazard is an ethnic studies professor who researches and teaches about race relations and African American history. Dr. Hazard earned a Ph.D. in History at Temple University and a Bachelor's in African American Studies at Arizona State University.
This conversation is both fascinating and critically important. We first discuss how Dr. Hazard found his career vocation, then turn to some difficult questions around race relations, economic exploitation, and talking to people who may be skeptical about the relevance of racial justice. Dr. Hazard shares personal stories, historical context, and practical action steps for combatting racism and promoting equality. Please listen and share with friends.
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Elaine Scott is the new Dean of the School of Engineering. Prior to Santa Clara, she served as the founding Dean of the School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Washington in Bothell. There, she focused her energy on charting the school’s mission and vision, hiring and supporting distinguished faculty scholars, developing innovative degree programs, growing enrollment, and engaging the broader community.
Scott earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agricultural engineering from the University of California, Davis, as well as doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering and agricultural engineering from Michigan State University.
In this conversation, we touch on the spontaneity of Dean Scott’s career journey, her goals for the School of Engineering, the engineering problem-solving mindset, and what role engineers play in our modern world.
Andrew Jezak is a senior civil engineering major and the director of KSCU, Santa Clara’s radio station. You can tune into KSCU at 103.3 FM in the Santa Clara area.
In this conversation, we discuss the wide range of ways that KSCU promotes campus music, trends in the music industry, how Spotify is changing the way we consume music, and what it feels like to be a senior.
This episode features three leaders from Santa Clara's Ignatian Center who run Immersion Trips: guided experiences in underserved communities that focus on education and human connection.
Charles Mansour is the Immersions Director and organizes all opportunities and education for immersion trips. Valerie Sarma is a senior program director and has been with the Ignatian Center since 2006. Kayla Wells is a Program Director for Immersions and a recent Santa Clara graduate.
In this conversation, we dive into the what and why of immersions. What do student do? Why go on these trips at all? We discuss stories of impactful immersion trips and how students can translate these experiences into their everyday lives.
Lisa Kloppenberg is the provost at Santa Clara. As provost, she is in charge of all academic affairs including all undergrad and graduate schools and on-campus centers.
Prior to her role as provost, Lisa served as dean of the School of Law at Santa Clara. From 2001-2011, Lisa was the dean of the law school at the University of Dayton in Ohio where she received national recognition for her lawyer-as-problem-solver curriculum.
Lisa received her Bachelors and JD from USC. After graduation, she clerked for judge Dorothy Wright Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals who was one of the pioneering women in the field of law.
In this conversation, we discuss how Lisa prioritizes her time to be congruent with her long-term goals, and what students can learn from alternative dispute resolution. We also touch on some larger philosophical questions around how law needs to adapt to keep pace with changes in our modern world, and how Santa Clara’s law program is helping to innovative toward a more just and fair society.
Fr. Kevin O’Brien is the president of Santa Clara University, and former dean of SCU’s Jesuit School of Theology. O’Brien served as Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Georgetown for 8 years before coming to Santa Clara in 2016. O’Brien wrote a book “The Ignatian Adventure” in 2011 which sold over 40,000 copies and has been translated into three languages.
Check out this article for more background, but here are a few fun facts:
- O’Brien’s late father, Larry, spent 35 years as personal manager to the legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus—for whom O’Brien’s older brother Andrew still works.
- During his Jesuit formation, O’Brien served as a chaplain for the Jesuit Refugee Service in immigration detention centers in Los Angeles and worked serving migrants on the Arizona-Mexico border.
- O’Brien was featured in a Mic video in 2017 debunking the “war on Christmas.” The video received over 10 million views.
In this conversation, we discuss how Silicon Valley innovation squares with Jesuit values, how students should choose a career, the importance of what O’Brien calls “decentering experiences,” why spirituality is like an adventure, O’Brien’s improbable journey to becoming a Jesuit and more.
https://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/kevin-obrien
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To welcome you back to Voices of Santa Clara after my summer working in India, I share stories, catch you up on where I'm at, and give a taste of the exciting plans to come for the podcast this year.
You can check out my blog from the summer here: https://gavincosgrave2019.weebly.com/
Gen Kimura is a graduating senior majoring in Finance and Spanish and entering a career at Oracle. He is passionate about international business, and we discuss how growing up as a Japanese-American shaped his outlook on the world. Gen interned in Bolivia with the Global Fellows program last summer, and he currently works in business development for Rakuten USA.
In this conversation, we discuss Gen’s improbable journey from soccer player and pre-med student to international traveler and businessman. He shares the formational stories and experiences from his four years at Santa Clara that have put him on his current path.
Karen Peterson-Iyer serves on Santa Clara’s religious studies faculty, teaching courses and writing on contemporary sexual ethics, bioethics and human trafficking. Dr. Iyer got her B.A. in Political Science from Stanford University, her M.Div. at the Graduate Theological Union, and her M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Ethics (Religious Studies) at Yale University. Her research interests are currently focused on sexual ethics (contemporary sexuality), bioethics, and human trafficking. Dr. Iyer has also worked in the past in campus ministry and on the writing and editorial staff of Sojourners magazine in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Iyer teaches one of Santa Clara’s most popular courses: Theology, Sex, and Relationships. From the course description: “This course will explore the ethics of romantic and sexual relationships, in light of Christian theological and scriptural tradition(s) as well as reason (including social scientific sources) and contemporary human experience. We will examine overall relational patterns including friendship, dating, and sexual intimacy, with the ultimate goal of integrating our best insights into a creative, constructive, and fulfilling sexual ethic for college students in 2019.”
In this conversation, we discuss why students are so drawn to this course, human fulfillment, cultural influences, funny stories, advice Dr. Iyer would give her college self, and more.
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Heather Clydesdale is an adjunct lecturer in art history, focusing on Chinese art history. She responded to one of my emails saying, “I have had adventures in China—my research (3rd century tombs in the far west of China) takes me to remote places, some epic landscapes, and deep underground to multi-chambered tombs (some with bats and mummies).”
Dr. Clydesdale got a Ph.D. in Archaeology and Art History from Colombia, and teaches several classes with fascinating titles: “China on the Silk Roads,” “Art! Making China Modern (19th-21st century art and politics)” and “Fabricating Nature (philosophy, painting and landscape design in China, Korea, and Japan).”
In this conversation, we dive deep into Dr. Clydesdale’s adventures across China and India; what Americans can learn from Eastern cultures and philosophies; the value of learning another language; and navigating tradition and innovation.
Chris Shay is the Assistant Vice President of Operations at Santa Clara, a role that spans a variety of planning and projects. Chris’ wide role includes working with Environmental Health and Safety, Facilities, Parking & Transportation, Sustainability SCU, Housekeeping, Archeology, Campus Safety, Utilities and Business Services. He is playing an especially key role in managing the construction process for new buildings on campus, including Finn Residence Hall and the Sobrato STEM campus.
In this conversation, Chris reveals the inside scoop on how construction projects get planned and executed. He talks about how his role requires looking 4,000 years at the past to preserve Native American culture that lies beneath SCU’s campus, all the way to 4,000 years in the future thinking about the long-term sustainability of facilities. We also discuss how physical spaces impact creativity, the most formational challenge of Chris’ career and how current construction projects will transform the campus over the next 10 years.
“We transform students who will then transform the world. There’s no better mission to be involved in.”
Fr. Kevin O’Brien is the president of Santa Clara University, and former dean of SCU’s Jesuit School of Theology. O’Brien served as Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Georgetown for 8 years before joining Santa Clara. O’Brien wrote a book “The Ignatian Adventure” in 2011 which sold over 40,000 copies and has been translated into three languages.
Check out this article for more background, but here are a few fun facts:
- O’Brien’s late father, Larry, spent 35 years as personal manager to the legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus—for whom O’Brien’s older brother Andrew still works.
- During his Jesuit formation, O’Brien served as a chaplain for the Jesuit Refugee Service in immigration detention centers in Los Angeles and worked serving migrants on the Arizona-Mexico border.
- O’Brien was featured in a Mic video in 2017 debunking the “war on Christmas.” The video received over 10 million views.
In this conversation, we discuss how Silicon Valley innovation squares with Jesuit values, how students should choose a career, the importance of what O’Brien calls “decentering experiences,” why spirituality is like an adventure, O’Brien’s improbable journey to becoming a Jesuit and more.
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In this episode, I interview Cooper Scherr and Kennedy Sundberg, the former and current directors of Santa Clara’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) organization. Each member is a certified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). EMT’s are the first responders to on-campus emergencies, and can provide stabilizing medical care to patients. Several members of the EMS “squad” are on duty each night from 5pm to 8am to respond to any emergencies. The organization is almost entirely student-run, and provides excellent medial training for a range of students interested in many fields of health and medicine.
Cooper Scherr is a graduating senior history major, and Kennedy Sundberg is a junior biology major and the current director of EMS. In this episode, you’ll hear how Cooper and Kennedy found the squad, what non-medical people can learn from their experience, and how becoming an EMT has shaped their college experience.
Website: https://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/ems
Pauline Locsin-Kanter serves on the faculty of the department of theater and dance at Santa Clara. She has had a prolific dance career, playing Mulan (as the video reference model) in the Disney hit of the same name, dancing in shows in New York and working at Walt Disney World. After graduating from the United States International University, School of Performing and Visual Arts, Pauline ventured out to sea dancing for Norwegian Cruise Lines. At Santa Clara, Pauline directs the annual performance “Images,” and teaches jazz dance, tap, and musical theater.
In this conversation, we discuss her experience with Disney, how she discovered her love for dancing, and how dance is about the art of connection.
What does daily life look like for Santa Clara students? In this episode, four students (and me!) talk about experiences, schedules, challenges and involvements.
Enjoy!
Kimberly Fernandez Pedraza
Sophomore art history major, LEAD scholars program, peer educator, Alpha Pi Sigma multicultural sorority, Hermanas Unidas
Listen at 2:50
Ayo Ogunfunmi
Junior civil engineering major, Community Facilitator, National Society of Black Engineers
Listen at 8:00
Sydney Wang
First-year Finance major, lifeguard at Malley, Alpha Pi Sigma
Listen at 15:50
Noah Sonnenburg
Sophomore communication major, Editorial intern at Santa Clara Magazine, Scene Editor at The Santa Clara newspaper
Listen at 19:45
Tanya Monsef is a global business consultant and professor with 25+ years of Silicon Valley high tech, startups and non-profit business success in the areas of finance, marketing and strategy. She has coached and delivered programs with leaders from 40+ countries.
She is Dean's Executive Professor at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. She is the chair of the board for Global Women’s Leadership Network, and program director of the Global Fellows program. She designs leadership training, leads workshops, provides one-on-one coaching, and facilitates conversations to clients around the world. She speaks globally about the power of leading from authenticity as a way to create harmony in the workplace.
In this conversation, we talk about so many things that I can’t even begin to list them here. The birth of her entrepreneurial spirit, discovering her mission early during her career, her time living in Turkey, how she makes decisions, her 1-word themes for the year, advice for students and the value of global citizenship are all covered. Enjoy!
Margaret Russell is a faculty member at Santa Clara’s Law School, and serves as the university’s Interim Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion. Dr. Russell founded the East Palo Alto Community Law Project during her law program at Stanford, and has served on the board of the ACLU for 30 years. Dr. Russell specializes in constitutional law, and is frequently quoted in Bay Area news sources about current events in politics.
In this conversation, we discuss how Dr. Russell got interested in constitutional law, why lawyers are more like creative problem solvers than the stereotype of law being boring, what she learned from starting the East Palo Alto Community Law Project, and advice for students on staying engaged in political issues.
Nicola Gerbino is a senior public health and Spanish major. She works for Kids on Campus, serves as a leader on the Into the Wild outdoors club and is working on a cervical cancer detection senior design project.
In this interview, Nicola shares about how swimming shaped her life, what she has learned from working with kids, her future plans, all about her senior design project and her favorite outdoor adventures.
Robin Nelson is an assistant professor of biological anthropology at Santa Clara. Her work focuses on using evolutionary theory to learn about human social and health outcomes. She has done research in Jamaica on the role that adult figures play in child development. A few of her course titles include: “Anthropology of Love, Sex, and War,” “Modern Family: Science and Social Experiences of Human Familial Bonds” and “Kinship and Health.”
In this conversation, we start with Dr. Nelson’s story of finding biological anthropology and what surprising ideas she’s learned from her research. In the second half, we dive into some hot topics around the intersection of gene editing, biology, oppression and systems of power.
Eoin Lyons is a senior majoring in political science and finance. He is involved in so many things that it’s hard to keep track: he is a student ambassador, senior senator, in a half-dozen honors programs, business and pre-law organizations, works for the business school, and has studied abroad and done the summer Global Fellows program in India. After graduation, Eoin will work for KPMG and perhaps someday go to law school.
In this conversation, we discuss Eoin’s work experiences abroad, what advice he would give new students, his plans after graduation, his relationship with his twin brother and more.
Hersh Shefrin is a pioneer of the field behavioral finance, which, as the name suggests, integrates principles of human behavior like emotion and self-control into financial and economic models. Dr. Shefrin serves as the Mario Belotti Chair in the Department of Finance at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, and he has worked at Santa Clara for 40 years. Dr. Shefrin has written several books including “Behavioral Risk Management” in 2015 about how financial disasters and mistakes almost always have behavioral roots. He has written textbooks and dozens of articles, he contributes to Forbes, and he has his own Wikipedia page.
In this conversation, Dr. Shefrin tells the story of how he got interested in behavioral economics, and this story involves the most famous psychologists of the 20th century. We also zoom in on personal decision-making tactics, how to think about self-control, and tips for young people on investing in volatile times.
Website: https://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/hersh-shefrin
This episode is a little different than normal, it’s specifically about mental health, and includes student resources and a counselor’s perspective on mental health challenges at Santa Clara. Kathryn Woicicki is a staff psychologist for Cowell Center Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at Santa Clara. Kathryn did her undergraduate studies at UC Santa Cruz and her doctoral program at the Palo Alto University Stanford Psy. D Consortium. Her areas of specialty include self-acceptance, relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, multicultural issues and identity development.
In this conversation, we dive into anxiety, depression and stress and how students can deal with the inevitable pressures of college life. Kathryn discusses different resources available and how students can help friends. This episode doesn’t dive into Kathryn’s personal story so much as practical information on addressing mental health challenges, but I think it’s a very relevant message that has the potential to improve the lives of students.
If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, please tell someone who can help right away:
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Call 911
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Call SCU campus safety (408-554-4444)
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Going to the nearest emergency room (Santa Clara Valley Medical Center)
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Call National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255)
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Text the Crisis Text Line by texting "start" to 741-741"
CAPS website: https://www.scu.edu/cowell/caps/
Transcript: https://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/kathryn-woicicki
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Jo Gopinath is a senior bioengineering student at Santa Clara, and she specializes in eco-fashion design. Jo has designed dresses, wallets, jackets and much more. She will be attending grad school to get a Ph.D. in Textile Engineering and Fiber Science programs after graduating. Jo spent a summer designing for a company in Bolivia through Global Fellows, and we discuss this life-changing experience on the show.
I was really impressed with Jo’s ability to connect the dots between her passions and global issues, and I think you’ll be inspired to rethink the clothes you wear everyday.
Check out Jo's personal website about her line "Green with Envy."
Bill Stevens is a professor of music at Santa Clara, where he focuses on Jazz Piano. Bill has been blind since the age of 14, which led him to pursue music at the Oberlin Conservatory. Bill has also done work around Deep Listening, Somatic Experiencing and the link between music and spirituality.
Bill recently came out with a new album called “A Blues by Any Other Name” available on iTunes and Amazon. On April 5, 2019, Bill will be playing a recital. Tickets are available here.
In this conversation, we discuss seeing music, spirituality, healing and Bill’s journey through childhood becoming a composer, scholar and human in the present moment. Go to scupresents.org to see the whole lineup of music and dance performances, because there are lots of them coming up soon.
www.voicesofsantaclara.com/bill-stevens
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Riley O’Connell is the poetry queen. As a senior English major, she runs the Santa Clara Review, a publication for art, poetry, and writing. She also founded the Bronco Slam ‘n Jam, bi-annual poetry and music competitions with San Jose poet laureate Mike McGee. She has performed at events both at Santa Clara and across the country.
In this interview, we discuss what drew her in about poetry, her writing process, how she deals with the fear of performing, and more. She also shares one of her favorite poems.
In this episode, you'll hear short stories and quotes from 16 of my top interviews from 2018. Here are the guests and links for previous podcasts.
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Psychology professor and author Thomas Plante
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Business School Dean Caryn Beck-Dudley
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President Father Engh
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Child Studies professor Brett Solomon
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CIO Bob Owen
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Athletic Director Renee Baumgartner
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2018 grad and ex-SCAAP leader Harshi Mogallapalli
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2018 grad and art student leader Ciaran Freeman
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Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Technology Director Brian Green
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2018 grad and ex-director of APB and tours Rachel Robles
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Social Entrepreneurship professors Michelle Stecker
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Undergraduate Admissions Dean Eva Blanco Masias
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Career Center Assistant Director Dean Ku
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Career Center Assistant Director Meghan Cress
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2018 grad, TEDx Speaker and women’s basketball player Taylor Berry
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Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship Executive Director Thane Kreiner
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Derek Lewis graduated from Santa Clara in 2017 in finance, and he is now working as a program coordinator for the Spring Hill College Italy Center in Bologna where I studied abroad. During his time at Santa Clara, Derek developed an interest in business ethics that led him to an internship at Intel.
After graduating, he moved to Bologna, Italy and has spent the past two years working as a program coordinator for the Spring Hill College Italy Center. I wanted to talk to Derek to get his perspective on working and living abroad, especially since so many Santa Clara graduates stay close to home in the hot job market of the bay area after graduating
In this conversation, we discuss Derek’s journey to Italy, the future of work, migration, and the summer internship Derek helped coordinate last summer in a small town in southern Italy. Derek has some great advice for new grads and I think you will enjoy hearing the perspective of an alumnus who took a little bit of a more unconventional path.
Thane Kreiner is one of my heroes. As executive director of Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Dr. Kreiner sets the vision and trajectory for programs that empower students and entrepreneurs to impact hundreds of millions of people around the globe. Prior to diving into leading the center, Dr. Kreiner was an entrepreneur himself, starting four biotech companies in the span of just three years. Before starting his own companies, he worked for 14 years at pioneering DNA-sequencing company Affymetrix. After doing his undergrad at U.T. Austin, Dr. Kreiner got both a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and an MBA from Stanford. No big deal.
Thane has just written a new book called "Composition of Life: A Memoir of Science and Spirituality," which you can check out here.
In this conversation, we dive into everything from deep sea creatures to formative startup stories, big life decisions, work-life balance and more.
Read a shortened transcript article on my website.
Eva Blanco Masias is the Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Santa Clara, leading all recruitment and admission efforts for the university. Although her parents didn’t graduate elementary school, Eva attended Yale and worked in Latin American and Hispanic media before pivoting to the admissions department at Santa Clara. Eva spends her free time with her young daughter, DJ’ing and doing yoga.
In this conversation, I got an inside view into the admissions process, what Santa Clara looks for in incoming students, and how Eva thinks about stress, competition and common mistakes students make on their applications.
Dr. Michelle Stecker works for Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara, and teaches classes on innovation, design thinking, and social entrepreneurship. Dr. Stecker has worked in a wide range of fields and has an impressive list of educational accomplishments, a Bachelors in History from George Fox, a Master’s in Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary, a JD law degree from University of Toledo, and a Ph.D. in history also from the University of Toledo. She told me that she would also love to get an MBA, so keep your eyes peeled.
In this conversation, we talked about how Dr. Stecker founded the first ever social entrepreneurship major at Rollins College in Florida, how she would reform education and much more. Enjoy!
Santa Clara prides itself on helping students transition into the workforce, while prioritizing ethics and social justice over simply making a lot of money. And one of the key resources for students is the career center.
In this episode, I spoke to four of Santa Clara’s career counselors to get answers to some of the most common questions that students have. Where should I find internships? Should I go to career fairs? How do I craft the perfect resume or cover letter? Should I be networking? I don’t like networking! Should I work at a startup, or a big company, or maybe do research on campus over the summer, or take a trip overseas?
Check out the Career Center’s website here, which is full of resources, a job-prep toolkit and many other resources to help students.
Show notes: https://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/career-center
Carl Maggio is a recent 2018 graduate, and worked extensively with the Virtual Reality Lab at Santa Clara, combining his engineering background with his artistic side to create virtual reality simulations. Specifically, he has worked with the philosophy department to simulate a famous philosophical experiment called the trolley problem which he will explain more in the interview. We also cover Carl’s dream job, some of the upsides and dangers of virtual reality and much more. Enjoy!
Visit scu.edu/imaginarium to learn more about SCU’s virtual reality lab.
In this special edition the show, I'm going to tell you a story about how I almost didn't make it to Europe to study abroad. One crucial step in the process is obtaining a student visa, which for me required a trip to the Italian consulate in San Francisco. This is the tale of my journey.
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If I were to be a professor, I would want Bill Sundstrom’s job. Dr. Sundstrom researches the economics of income inequality, poverty, the environment, and labor market discrimination based on race, gender and ethnicity. In his spare time, Dr. Sundstrom enjoys hiking, gardening and listening to jazz.
In this conversation, we cover Dr. Sundstrom’s passion for gardening with native plants, his career path, and ways to think about poverty and inequality, and how to both look at the facts and stay positive.
Rachel Robles graduated in June 2018 in business and communications. During her senior year, she held leadership organizations in two of the biggest organizations on campus: APB (Activities Programming Board) and Student Ambassadors. Rachel is passionate about event planning and shared some of her favorite stories, leadership lessons and memorable experiences from the past four years.
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Ed Maurer is a professor in the civil engineering department at Santa Clara. He specializes in modeling water resources and systems to predict future climate change. We discuss how Dr. Maurer’s childhood love of bicycles lives on to this day, his career path, how to think about climate change, the California drought, and his research projects. My biggest takeaway from this interview was on the importance of protecting and appreciating the climate and water that we so often take for granted.
https://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/ed-maurer
Marisa Rudolph’s grandparents are farmers in North and South Dakota, and she never imagined that one day she too would come to embrace the impact that farming can have on communities. Marisa graduated in June 2018 majoring in environmental science and political science. She was one of eight winners of the Fulbright Scholarship, and she will be continuing her research in Ghana in September 2018. While in college, she ran cross country, served as a Department Coordinator for Santa Clara Community Action Program (SCCAP), worked for the Food and Agribusiness Institute, and was a Global Social Benefit Fellow through the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship where she worked with Farmerline in Ghana.
https://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/marisa-rudolph
Jimmy Flynn is a natural on the radio. Before his recent graduation, Jimmy was the editor-in-chief of The Santa Clara student newspaper, and he produced his own radio segment on KSCU, the Santa Clara student radio station. This past year, Jimmy and his friend Riley McShane created a movie titled “Ego Death: A Mockumentary Inside a Mockumentary,” which is a comedic take on their experiences running music and art events during their time at Santa Clara. In this interview, we discuss how Jimmy got started with stand-up comedy, his filmmaking process, what he’s learned from being editor at the newspaper, and his plans for a creative future.
https://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/jimmy-flynn
Thirty episodes in, we're going to take a pause for me to reflect on some of the questions I often get, some of my personal takeaways and patterns I've noticed. In this episode, I'll cover why I started the podcast, my favorite episode, common patterns among guests, how I research guests and come up with questions, some brief notes on a book about where good ideas come from, and the roadmap for the future of the show. Enjoy and let me know your thoughts!
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Brian Green is the Director of Technology Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara. Dr. Green represents the Center in the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, oversees the Markkula Center Environmental Ethics and Hackworth Fellows, works with the university’s ethics bowl team, and teaches engineering ethics in the Graduate School of Engineering. In this very wide-ranging conversation, we cover genetic engineering, religion, space travel, ethics, artificial intelligence, the Markkula Center and how to create a better future, which may sound impossible unless you listen to this conversation.
Jack Herstam served as the student body president during the 2017-2018 school year. Jack majored in political science and ethnic studies and previously led the orientation program. After graduating, he plans to take a gap year while serving in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps at his High School in Arizona, then enter law school to become a prosecutor or district attorney.
https://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/jack-herstam
Taylor Berry is a graduating senior political science major and women’s basketball player at Santa Clara. This past year, she gave a TEDx Talk titled “Fostering Genuine Conservations to Reveal Our Similarities.” Taylor was also a Hackworth Fellow at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics researching free speech and civil discourse. Taylor plans to take a year off before starting law school on her way to a job in politics or sports management (maybe even governor of California someday!).
https://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/taylor-berry
Sanjiv Das is Professor of Finance and Data Science at Santa Clara. After a childhood in Bombay, India, then moved to New York to get a Ph.D. from NYU. Dr. Das has worked in banking, and served as a professor at Harvard Business School and UC Berkeley. When he’s not researching machine learning, derivatives pricing models or portfolio theory, you might find him riding his racing motorcycle along the California coastline.
In this conversation, we touch on personal finance advice for young people, then discuss how he balances all the demands of being an academic (hint: it involves waking up early). We spend a chunk of time discussing artificial intelligence and how the future of work will look, then wrap up by discussing Dr. Das’ passion for the ocean and motorcycles.
https://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/sanjiv-das
Ciaran Freeman is a senior majoring in studio art and art history. His lengthy resume includes being a student fellow at Recology in San Francisco, a Jean Donovan Fellow working at the Commonweal Magazine, an immersion trip coordinator, the founder of the Santa Clara Student Art League and the Assistant Residence Director in the Casa Italiana residence hall. Ciaran’s art explores social justice issues like immigration, family history and racial justice. After graduating, Ciaran will be in New York with a Jesuit organization where he has been awarded the Joseph A. O’Hare Postgraduate Media Fellowship.
Website link: http://voicesofsantaclara.com/ciaran-freeman
Zerreen Kazi is a Spanish major and Computer Science minor, and serves as the Director of the Multicultural Center (MCC) at Santa Clara. In this conversation, we talk about her experience growing up in a Muslim family in the Bay Area and how she ended up at Santa Clara. We discuss finding how she first found a community, then helped build communities as a CF and through leadership in the MCC.
Website Link: https://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/zerreen-kazi
Many students first saw Tony Cortese sitting in Benson behind a sign that said, “Hi, I’m Tony, a Jesuit Novice. I’m available to chat. Disclaimer: I’m not here to preach, to judge or to be obnoxiously religious.” Tony is a Jesuit novice at Santa Clara, meaning he is in the second year of a 10-year process of becoming a Jesuit priest. He will take the three Jesuit vows of poverty, chastity and obedience this August. On campus, he has spent time in Campus Ministry, with SCCAP, and getting to know students.
Tony will spend the summer at a language school in Tijuana, take vows at Santa Clara in August, then attend Fordham University for a Masters in Philosophy starting this fall. Tony will only be at Santa Clara through May 22, so make sure to say hello before he continues his journey.
Website link: https://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/tony-cortese
Harshi Mogallapalli (say Hershey like the chocolate) is the Director of SCCAP (Santa Clara Community Action Program), Santa Clara’s volunteering and community service student organization. Her passion for community service started young, and she founded a non-profit in high school to bring music into an afterschool program in urban Milwaukee.
While in college, she has taken advantage of several of Santa Clara’s summer programs including Global Fellows and the Jean Donovan Fellowship to travel to The Gambia and Nepal. We cover how her major of biology ties into these experiences, how SCCAP has impacted her and what goals she has pursued this year as director.
Website Link: https://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/harshi-mogallapalli
Renee Baumgartner has served as the Athletic Director at Santa Clara since 2015. Baumgartner captained the USC women’s golf team when she was in college, and played an integral role in starting the Oregon women’s golf team. She worked in administrative roles at Oregon and Syracuse before joining Santa Clara with a mission to revitalize the sports program.
In this episode, we get into some of my big questions about athletics at a school known for its top-tier education in Silicon Valley. We discuss what success looks like, and what steps are being taken to get there. We also explore Renee’s personal golf career, her coaching philosophy, how she plans to get the student body involved and how college sports will change in the next 20 years.
This is a short and sweet conversation, and I started out a little skeptical that Santa Clara cold have a successful sports program. But, as you’ll hear Renee convinced me otherwise, and I’m now a believer that great things are coming for Santa Clara sports.
Website link: https://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/renee-baumgartner
Jeanne Rosenberger is the Vice Provost for Student Life at Santa Clara. She oversees a large staff that touches many aspects of the student experience including Cowell Health, Career Center, Residence Life, Student Involvement and Campus Recreation Office for Multicultural, Learning, Office of Disabilities Resources and Benson Memorial Center.
Rosenberger has been at Santa Clara since 1991, and we get into how Santa Clara has changed in the past 25 years, as well as the best and most challenging parts of her job, and what changes she hopes for at Santa Clara in terms of working together to amplify student voices. She also briefly touches on the decision to allow the student organization Turning Point to start at Santa Clara as well as the difficulties with alcohol use in the student body.
Website link: https://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/jeanne-rosenberger
Bob Owen is the tech guy. As Chief Information Officer and Vice Provost, Owen oversees all forms of technology at the university, from the internet to phones to special research equipment. Around campus, Owen is known for his creative and witty emails.
In this interview, we cover how Owen found a career path combining his passions for technology and people, the secret behind his “perfect” dissertation, and what new technologies he’s looking into for the next five years. We also deconstruct his philosophy for writing campus-wide emails as well as the responses he gets from students and faculty.
Website link: http://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/bob-owen
Lulu Santana is the Director of Campus Ministry. She started as a graduate program Resident Minister living on the seventh floor of Swig Residence Hall in 1996 and has primarily worked in Campus Ministry ever since. She is transitioning out of the role at the end of the year, so make sure to stop by Campus Ministry and thank her for her many years of service!
In this episode, we talk about what she learned from her time as a Resident Minster in Swig, what changes she has noticed in the past 20 years, how Campus Ministry engages students of different religious traditions, and her volunteer work in San Jose jails.
Dr. Brett Solomon is a Child Studies professor and Director of SCU’s Future Teachers Project. Dr. Solomon’s mission to, “educate, guide, mentor and support the next generation of ‘fire starters.’” She writes about the “pre-school to prison pipeline,” as well as social justice and cultural competence.
In this episode, we cover the topic of her new blog, how to make a difference in systemic issues like mass incarceration or racial injustice, her teaching advice, and how she seeks to support and mentor her students to become the next generation of “fire starters.”
Father Michael Engh is the president of Santa Clara, a position he has held since 2009. He’s on a wide variety of boards and committees both within the university and on several boards across the nation. Fr. Engh started out as a history professor, and spent many years at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
In this episode, we discuss Fr. Engh’s time working at the Dolores Mission in Los Angeles, what his daily schedule looks like and how he communicates with University when things go wrong. We talk some about most challenging and rewarding parts of his job, what he would do with a $10 million dollar check and what programs he is most excited about moving forward.
In this show, I’m talking to four different students who studied abroad this past fall: Arelí Hernandez, Jahwala Johns, Alyssa Newman and Drew Descourouez. I asked each person why they chose their programs, how they adjusted to the culture, what their day-to-day life looked like and their biggest takeaways from their experience.
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Naomi Andrews is a history professor at Santa Clara where she teaches classes on the history of gender, race and human rights. Dr. Andrews got her Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D from UC Santa Cruz in history, and wrote a book, “Socialism’s Muse: Gender in the Intellectual Landscape of French Romantic Socialism” in 2006.
I took my Cultures and Ideas course for two quarters with her last year and it was one of my favorite classes because of the in-depth discussions we had about the philosophical, political and literary works that we were reading. More broadly, we had fascinating conversations about how these historical works related to current issues like politics, women’s rights, government surveillance and more generally how societal forces shape human behavior.
In this episode, we discuss the importance of engaging in discussions about difficult topics like race, religion and politics with people we disagree with.
Caryn Beck-Dudley is the dean of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara. Prior to joining Santa Clara in 2015, she served as dean of College of Business at Florida State University for nine years. In her time at Santa Clara, she has worked to emphasize Santa Clara’s unique position as a Jesuit University in Silicon Valley. She is the first woman dean at Santa Clara, and was previously the first female dean at Florida State and Utah State.
In this episode, we talk about what trends are going to transform business over the next 5 years, Ms. Beck-Dudley’s goals for the business school, the programs, skills and mindsets that students should be aware of, and her personal career path.
Maya Ackerman is a professor of computer science at Santa Clara and creator of ALYSIA (Automated LYrical Songwriting Application), a software program that creates melodies based on user-inputted lyrics. She also wrote a book about her grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, titled, “Running from Giants: The Holocaust through the eyes of a child.”
Visit tryalysia.com to test the ALYSIA software for yourself.
Thomas Plante is one of the most incredible people I have ever met. Dr. Plante’s many titles include Augustin Cardinal Bea S.J. University Professor at Santa Clara, adjunct clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, Licensed Psychologist and owner of his own family vineyard. He has written 22 books, well over 200 journal articles and hundreds of blog posts about heath, spirituality, ethics, psychology for Psychology Today and the SCU Illuminate blog. Dr. Plante has been interviewed by nearly every major national news outlet for his research and involvement with the wave of sexual misconduct by Catholic priests.
In this episode we cover Dr. Plante’s incredible career, how to get more happiness (and whether that’s a goal worth shooting for), how he thinks of topics to write about, what factors lead to greater compassion in students and much more. I don’t like to play favorites, but this may be one of my favorite conversations yet, and you’re in for a real treat.
Father Dorian Llwelyn joined Santa Clara as the director of the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education in 2016. Originally from Wales, he has lived in eight different countries and visited over 30 others. He speaks several languages including Spanish, French, Indonesian and colloquial Arabic, and has researched the intersection of faith, culture and nationalism.
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Bob Finocchio teaches the Introduction to Business course at Santa Clara and currently serves on the boards of five Silicon Valley companies. Finocchio worked at influential tech companies Rolm and 3Com in the 80’s and 90’s and served as CEO of Informix for two years before beginning the second stage of his career as a professor and start-up director. In this conversation, we cover why Finocchio chose to attend Santa Clara, how he got his career started in Silicon Valley, the opportunities and decisions that propelled him to business success, and the best investments of time he has made. Personally, Professor Finocchio has been one of my favorite teachers at Santa Clara, and I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.
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Bill Mains is the director for leadership and sustainability in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara, and a well-loved mentor to many students. In this conversation, we cover how Bill made his way to Santa Clara and discovered his passion for leadership education. We get into a few of the programs he has helped run, including the contemplative leadership and conscientious capitalism courses, and cover common leadership myths, Bill’s favorite book, and much more.
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English professor Simone Billings has taught writing courses at Santa Clara since 1980. Dr. Billings has a fascinating family background and multiple teaching experiences abroad. She has also served on numerous committees at Santa Clara, published dozens of papers and co-authored a writing textbook. In this conversation, we cover Dr. Billings’ Fulbright scholarship running writing workshops in the West Indies, her career path, and how Santa Clara University has evolved throughout the years.
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Athena Nguyen is a senior public health and political science double-major. When not doing schoolwork, you can find her working in peer advising for the political science department, spending time with her residents as a community facilitator in the Sanfilippo residence hall, or catching up with friends and professors. In this conversation, we get into how she discovered her passions for political science, public health, and social entrepreneurship, what she has learned from being a community facilitator, what advice she has for first-year students, and her abroad experiences in Peru and Myanmar the past two summers.
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Dr. Chad Raphael is a communications professor and former chair of the Communications Department at Santa Clara University. Dr. Raphael has written dozens of publications on a wide variety of topics including politics, environmental ethics, media, education, and communication; and published his most recent book in 2014 called “Deliberation, Democracy, and Civic Forums.” In this broad conversation, we cover Dr. Raphael’s career path, the most effective ways to spur political change, why he published his most recent book, how to engage with the news in our current political climate, and much more.
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In this conversation with theater professor Aldo Billingslea, we cover how he fell in love with theater, a difficult struggle with depression in college, his favorite shows he has performed in, and how acting skills transfer to other areas of life.
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Dr. Kathleen Maxwell brings her knack for storytelling and world travel experiences into her work teaching art history and researching Byzantine art at Santa Clara. In this episode, we get into some of her experiences traveling both in the U.S. and abroad, how she discovered her love for art, advice she has for students and the value of learning and working across disciplines.
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Sarita Stella Tamayo-Moraga has developed a well-deserved affinity from students for her calming presence and joyful laugh. Dr. Tamayo Moraga teaches a variety of religious studies courses and serves as the faculty director for in the McLaughlin-Walsh residence hall. In this conversation, we cover Dr. Tamayo's personal faith journey, her career plans in college, meditation, religious tolerance, her favorite memories at Santa Clara and much more.
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Phil Kesten is a professor of physics and the associate vice provost at SCU. In addition to his physics pursuits, he coached rowing as a graduate student at the University of Michigan, served as senior editor for a magazine called “Modern Dad,” and started an educational software business called Docutek. To listen to the full interview, visit voicesofsantaclara.wordpress.com In this conversation, we cover how he discovered his passion for physics, how his experience as a rowing coach led him to Santa Clara University, a very special mentor, funny stories from the classroom, his journey of starting and scaling an educational software business, what advice he has for student entrepreneurs, and much much more.
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