Santa Clara University

Featured Leader for April 2012

Gareth Morl has been selected as the CSO Leader of the Month for April because of his diligent work as the Chief Justice for the Associated Student Government (ASG) on proposing revised bylaws, helping the Election Committee interpret and enforce the election code, and leading his judicial branch with proposing an academic honor code to the UPC and Faculty Senate.

Gareth Morl, Chief Justice, Associated Student Government
Major: Philosophy & English
Hometown: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, U.K.
Fun(ny) Fact: Born and raised internationally.
How Do You Define Leadership? "Quaerendo Invenietis" which roughly translates to "seek and you shall discover." This is the mantra of the company at which I work as well as a personal mantra. If one seeks to become a good leader, one will discover the traits of a good leader.

Featured Leader for March 2012

Ryan Selewicz has been selected as the CSO Leader of the Month for March because of devotion to The Redwood, especially the time and resources he has spent taking pictures at many events at Santa Clara and supporting his fellow CSO leaders.

Ryan Selewicz, Editor in Chief, The Redwood
Major: Web Design & Engineering
Hometown: Sacramento, California
Fun(ny) Fact: I wake up every Thursday at 7am to deliver The Santa Clara.
How Do You Define Leadership? A good student leader brings out the best in each staff member, encourages them to take ownership of their work, and makes sure everybody learns something. We are at a university, so it is important that each staff member gets as much value out of the experience as the university gets from their hard work.

Featured Leader for February 2012

Pearl Wong has been selected as the CSO Leader of the Month for February because of her leadership within SCCAP as Program Coordinator for GASPED, including planning two successful events - Rainbow Prom and "Everyone is Gay." Pearl has been described as always having a wonderful, positive, and cheery attitude towards leadership and life.

Pearl Wong, GASPED Program Coordinator, SCCAP
Major: Economics
Hometown: Trumbull, Connecticut
Fun(ny) Fact: I speak in meows. Meow.
How Do You Define Leadership? I think a leader is first a listener. I've learned that there is no hard and fast rule to good leadership. Sometimes we're lucky the "right" leader was around for a certain situation. Of course, if you want a really general and really good advice on being a real leader - simply listen. And there are many people a leader should listen to. Listen to your peers, to your followers, to your mentors, to yourself, to God (if you believe in one, or any), and these are just a few examples. Listening is important because the worst trap a leader falls into is thinking that her/his ideas are the only ones s/he needs to listen to.

Featured Leader for January 2012

Matt Rupel is recognized for his leadership as the Editor in Chief of The Santa Clara, including maintaining a high standard for the newspaper, maturity in coverage of high-profile stories, and positive morale for his staff.

Matt Rupel, Editor in Chief, The Santa Clara
Major: Communications
Hometown: Santa Clara, California
Fun(ny) Fact: I know every word to "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry.
How Do You Define Leadership? "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams

Featured Leader for November 2011

Jaennika Aniag is recognized for her commitment to stellar work organizing the Youth Empowerment Program for the Multicultural Center (MCC).

Jaennika Aniag, Program Director
Youth Empowerment Program, Multicultural Center (MCC)
Major: Biology
Hometown: Dinuba, California
Fun(ny) Fact: I absolutely love eating the Vietnamese soup, pho! Oh, and I also love everything about Beyonce!
How Do You Define Leadership? Leadership is having a passion for what you believe in and executing it. It's all about taking in responsibilities and being responsible of others on your team. Being a good student leader, is leading through example, staying organized, AND having fun while doing it!

Featured Leaders for October 2011

Lindsay Gray, Drew Hodun, Alec Molloy, Courtney Seymour and Jaclyn Sunzeri are recognized for developing and submitting a bid proposal to have Santa Clara host the National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference (NJSLC) in 2013. Santa Clara earned the bid in late October and will host two summers from now.

>>> Click here to view the 2011 NJSLC Website (Loyola University Chicago)

Lindsay Gray, Vice President, Associated Student Government (ASG)

Drew Hodun, Director, Santa Clara Community Action Program (SCCAP)
Major: Physics (major); Philosophy, Math, Religious Studies (minors)
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Fun(ny) Fact: My name is "werd" backwards.
How Do You Define Leadership? Leadership is about passion, compassion, charisma, organization, and tenacity all sprinkled with a little love.

Alec Molloy, Production Editor, Santa Clara Review
& Design Editor, The Santa Clara
Major: Communications (major); Religious Studies (minor)
Hometown: London, England
Fun(ny) Fact: My two favorite things to talk about are typography and cats.
How Do You Define Leadership? Grace under pressure.

Courtney Seymour, President, Associated Student Government (ASG)
Hometown: Lake Forest, Illinois
Fun(ny) Fact: I love eating breakfast for dinner.
How Do You Define Leadership? I define leadership as standing for something you believe in, and being able to justifiably represent that belief.

Jaclyn Sunzeri, Director, Activities Programming Board (APB)
Major: Psychology
Hometown: San Jose, California
Fun(ny) Fact: I took dance lessons for 11 years.
How Do You Define Leadership? "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." -Steve Jobs

Featured Leader for September 2011

Sara Martineau, General Manager for KSCU FM 103.3 radio station, exhibited enthusiasm and a collaborative spirit during the annual CSO Training the week prior to the start of the new academic year.

Sara Martineau, General Manager, KSCU 103.3. FM
Major: Philosophy (with an emphasis in Ethics) and French
Hometown: Menlo Park, CA
Fun(ny) Fact: I had my first peanut butter and jelly sandwich two weeks ago.
How Do You Define Leadership? "To lead people, walk behind them." -Laozi