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  • ACE Sophomores Find New Home at SCU

    In this year’s sophomore ACE cohort, there are several students from the East Coast who have been adjusting to a West Coast way of life here at Santa Clara University.

  • ACE Alum Thomas Harrison of Whatsgoodly Shares Professional Advice

    Thomas Harrison, a member of the ACE 2015 cohort, is currently the Head of Operations at Whatsgoodly, a digital app company located in Menlo Park. Since Whatsgoodly is an early stage startup, Thomas does a little bit of everything, including content creation and propagation, marketing and growth campaigns, user data and analytics, and client account management.

  • ACE Faculty Award Winner: Kumar Sarangee

    In March, the ACE seniors honored four of their favorite professors with the ACE Outstanding Faculty Awards at the Senior Dinner. Among these four winners was Kumar Sarangee, Associate Professor of Marketing.

  • ACE Seniors Complete Summer Internships

    Every summer, rising seniors are required to complete an internship as part of the ACE curriculum. This year, the ACE 2018 cohort worked in many different companies, industries, and locations around the US.

  • Athletes and ACEers: The Best of Both Worlds

    Although ACE members can be found all over campus, two students play particularly interesting roles as student-athletes. Kat Uhl, a senior Marketing major, from Hillsborough, California, is an outside defender for the SCU Women’s Soccer Team and Matt Sipowicz, a junior Accounting major, from Portland, Oregon, is a midfielder for the SCU Men’s Soccer Team.

  • Impress Your Interviewer from Home

    It’s the job search season, and for those who are abroad or want to work in another city, physically showing up to an interview may not be possible. In these situations, companies may ask you to participate in a Skype or other virtual interview. However, these are daunting for many people because they are less-often practiced. Here are some tips to help you excel in your next virtual interview.

  • ACE Juniors Around the World

    15 of our 24 juniors are currently studying abroad, in locations such as Taipei, Seville, London, Milan, Freiburg, and Barcelona. As the ACE students cross the halfway point of their time around the world, we decided to check in with one of our juniors to see hear her experience has been.

  • Master Your Major Decision

    As the school year progresses, sophomores will be choosing the majors that they will pursue for their undergraduate careers. Considering the importance of this decision, we asked LSB Peer Advisors for their advice on selecting a major.

  • Student Ambassadors in ACE

    Leading these prospective students are SCU’s Student Ambassadors, the few individuals that know more about SCU than anyone else on campus. Two of SCU’s current Student Ambassadors, Issabelle Hayden and Jerica Schlachter, are members of ACE, along with Lauren Kinerk and Eoin Lyons, who are abroad.

  • ACE Juniors Create Connections Between Business and Diversity

    The Leavey School of Business is home to many different student organizations, each with its own mission. Two organizations, the Latino Business Student Association (LBSA) and the Leavey Black Business Association (LBBA), have particularly unique purposes. Since two ACE juniors hold leadership positions in each of these organizations, we asked them about their experiences.

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    ACE Senior Profiles: Catherine Kang and Francis Tan

    Looking back, seniors have been through four years of ups and downs… but the best is yet to come. Looking forward into the future, let’s take a glimpse at where two of our ACE seniors, Cathering Kang and Francis Tan, will be in the coming years.

  • A Look into the Life of Langston Williams

    Looking back, seniors have been through four years of ups and downs… but the best is yet to come. Looking forward into the future, let’s take a glimpse at where two of our ACE seniors, Cathering Kang and Francis Tan, will be in the coming years.

  • ACE Faculty Award Winner: Haidan Li

    Last month, students in the ACE Class of 2018 honored three of their favorite professors with Faculty Awards during the ACE Senior Dinner. One of the winners was Professor Haidan Li, whom taught many students in Introduction to Financial Accounting and Intermediate Financial Accounting.

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    Intuitive Surgical Field Trip

    In April, the ACE Program was invited to visit Intuitive Surgical to learn more about the company and careers with the finance team.

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    Junior Internships

    The summer is an exciting time for our juniors as they begin their internships at Silicon Valley companies and beyond.

  • Nathalie Goldstein ‘15 on Working in Austria

    Nathalie (Vu) Goldstein, a member of the ACE 2015 cohort, is currently Chief of Staff at Cisco Austria, which means that she is a business operations manager working with budget management.

  • Company Field Trips Support Career Discernment

    ACE recently initiated a new company field trip program to provide students with an opportunity to visit local companies, meet ACE/SCU alumni and hear presentations about various industries and job functions. Since we started, we have visited LinkedIn, Texas Instruments, Apple and Intuitive Surgical.

  • Student Ambassadors in ACE

    Leading these prospective students are SCU’s Student Ambassadors, the few individuals that know more about SCU than anyone else on campus. Two recent Student Ambassadors, current student Issabelle Hayden and 2018 grad Jerica Schlachter, are members of ACE, along with Aidan Fromm, Lauren Kinerk, and Eoin Lyons.

  • Summer 2018 Global Fellow

    ACE 2020 Cohort, Andew Elliot, worked in Kumasi, Ghana as part of the Global Fellows Program in Summer 2018.

  • Dress For Success

    When presenting yourself to a potential employer, it’s important to remember the saying, “Your first impression is always a lasting impression.”

  • How to Do an Informational Interview

    An informational interview gives job seekers the opportunity to both network and gain valuable information about an occupation/industry they may be interested in.

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    Maddie Thompson to lead Activities Programming Board

    Maddie Thompson, a rising ACE senior, has recently been elected as the Director of Santa Clara University’s Activities Programming Board (APB). Here she describes her new role, interest in APB, and provides advice for other students on how to get involved.

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    ACE Students Successfully Complete Internships

    Over the summer, the returning 2020 cohort completed a diverse set of internships, gaining a better idea of the career paths they wish to pursue, evaluating the company cultures they value, and building their professional network. Three students from the incoming senior class share some of their experiences from their internships