Alumni, Alumni News

  • That common bond

    That common bond

    A few things have changed on the Mission Campus over 40 years. But as James M. Schiavenza '71, J.D. '74 has learned, we’re part of an unfolding story here at Santa Clara—one we can be proud to tell.

    Summer 2012

  • Alumni in the news

    Alumni in the news

    Jason Tarver '97 joins the Oakland Raiders as defensive coordinator, Lloyd Pierce '98 is the player development coach for the Memphis Grizzlies, and Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., STL '87 became the 32nd president of College of the Holy Cross.

    Spring 2012

  • May the road rise up to meet you

    May the road rise up to meet you

    A journey to Northern Ireland in search of peace and hope. For the Winter 2012 SCM, Martha Suto '70, who has lived for nearly 40 years in Derry, talks with Alumni Association Executive Director Kathy Kale '86 about surviving decades of The Troubles—and what lies ahead.

    Winter 2012 | BRONCO NEWS

  • ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

    ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

    Kiki Bosio '06 and Brittany Klein '08 (left) win a national soccer championship with the Orange County Waves. Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer MBA '87 announces the company's highest quarterly earnings ever. And Julia Minerva '99 earns props as a star among K Street's new generation of lobbyists.

    Winter 2012 | ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries

    Remembrances of engineering professor Daniel Strickland and Constance “Connie” M. Ridder J.D. ’85—and recent obituaries of Santa Clara alumni.

    Winter 2012 | OBITUARIES

Spring/Summer 2013

Table of contents

Features

Walk Across California

An epic journey whereby one foot is put in front of the other to discover, up close and personal, who and what and where is the Golden State.

Miller's Tale

To tell the story of Bob Miller ’67 is to tell the coming-of-age tale of Las Vegas itself. And it’s the chronicle of a man who served a decade as governor of Nevada. Quite a journey for the son of an illegal bookie from Chicago.

Blood. Sweat. Tears. Repeat.

Nina Acosta ’82 was a tough enough cop to pass the test for the LAPD’s SWAT team. Then she learned the hard way about gender discrimination. So how did she do on Survivor?

Mission Matters

When justice is kidnapped

The 2013 Alexander Law Prize honors Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese civil-rights activist and attorney who protested government abuses—including excessive enforcement of the one-child policy—then escaped house arrest to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

Double trouble

Growing up tennis with Kelly Lamble ’13 and John Lamble ’14. And Bronco teams that are a force to be reckoned with nationally.

Keep the door open

For teaching and advising and a ministry that’s blessed this place for 48 years—paying tribute to Charles Phipps, S.J.