Santa Clara University

2006 – Present

• Darren Brazil ’07, Communication, won two Emmys from the Northern California Chapter of the National Academy for Television Arts and Sciences for his work as editor on the High School Sports Focus documentary Mack Family and the “Swisher Unscripted” segment from the A’s On Deck show.
• Casey Kute ’08, Engineering, won the Goldwater Fellowship in 2007. She was one of 317 winners from a field of 1,100 applicants, and one of only 54 engineering students chosen.
• Khin Phyu '06, MS '07, Computer engineering, was awarded certificate NSTISSI No. 4011 for Information Systems Security Professionals from the Committee on National Security Systems and the National Security Agency.
• Michael Strockis ’08, of San Jose, and Jonathon Riggs ’08, of Genoa, Nevada, have been accepted as 2007–08 Undergraduate Fellows with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C.
• In 2006, The Santa Clara, SCU’s student-run newspaper, named the best overall weekly college newspaper in its division by the California College Media Association.
• In 2007, The History Honors Society competed in the Phi Alpha Theta regional California conference and swept all awards: Brigid Eckhard '07 placed first, Christina Lynch '07 took second, Peter Panacy '08 place third, and Joseph Novotny '07 placed fourth. In 2008, Jonathan McDonald ’08 received first place for his essay “Limits to Empire: Alexander the Great at the Hyphasis.” Ruth Caswell ’09 won second place with her essay “Rationing Femininity: Gendered Undergarments in the Second World War.” 
• Laura Nichols ’90, Sociology, directed a team of SCU sociology majors who won the 2007 Problem Solving Award from the Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology. The team was Rebecca Jones ’07, Zack Marisca ’08, Patricia McGlynn ’07, Cristina Sanidad ’08, and Olga Vasserman ’09.
• In 2007, student journalists from The Santa Clara took home three national awards in the Story of the Year competition at the 86th annual National College Media Convention in Washington, D.C. on October 27, 2007. Co-sponsored by the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) and the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP), the competition “recognizes initiative and original reporting of a situation, problem or issue affecting students.” Judges look for entries which show leadership, quality writing, sensitivity, and fairness. The Santa Clara Editor Jeremy Herb ’08 took first place in the feature category. Megan O'Connor ’07 earned first place in the diversity category. The Santa Clara’s editorial board won third place in the editorial/opinion category. The board was made up of Herb, Ryan Groshong ’08, Jessica Silliman ’07, and Elizabeth Weeker ’07. 
• The California College Media Association showcased the best in student journalism at an awards presentation March 1, 2008, in San Francisco. The 2008 winners were chosen from more than 900 entries from California in more than 75 categories for editorial, photo, design, and advertising content in newspapers, magazines, and online publications. The Santa Clara, competing in the weekly newspaper division, earned an impressive number of awards: second place for general excellence; third place for overall design; first place in the news series category for work by Mary Georgevich ’09 and Michelle Enos ’07; first place in the  news feature category for work by Megan O’Connor ’07 and second place in the news feature category for work by Jeremy Herb ’08; first place in the editorial category; first place for arts and entertainment articles by Brittany Benjamin ’10; third place for an arts and entertainment column to Katie Powers ’09; first place to Chris Woodhouse ’10 for best sports column and second place in the sports column category to Chris Furnari ’08; third place in the Web site category for interactivity.
• Santa Clara University won third place in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition on the National Mall, in Washington D.C. on October 19, 2007, after 18 months of planning. The Solar Decathlon is an international event sponsored by the Department of Energy in which 20 student teams competed to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient house, powered exclusively by the sun. 
• The 2007 Solar Decathlon Team was named an Environmental Achievement Award winner by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, one of only 29 winners from Arizona, California, Nevada, Hawaii, and the Pacific Islands. The award presentation was held April 14 at the EPA’s San Francisco office. 
• Meghan Mooney ’09, an anthropology major focusing on environmental health, was named a Udall Scholar. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1992, the Morris K. Udall Foundation honors Congressman Morris King Udall’s 30-year legacy of public service, specifically fostering a greater recognition and understanding of the role of the environment. She was the Communications and Community Outreach Coordinator for Santa Clara’s 2006–07 Solar Decathlon team.