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Don’t just look back.
Give back.
Whetheryouknowitornot,someoneelse’sgenerosityhelpedmakeyourcollegeexperiencebetter.
Privatedonationsclosethegapbetweenthecostoftuitionandthetruedollaramountneededtoeducate
eachstudent.Asalumnigive,overalldonorparticipationgoesup,addingrealvaluetoyourdegree.
Sowhatareyouwaitingfor?Givetoday.Call(619)260-4724orgotowww.sandiego.edu/giving.
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The world is a book.
Travel lets you read more than one page.
We want everyone on campus to not just have a passport, but to put it to good use.
USD is committed to providing students with a life-changing international experience.
Visit our new International Center in Serra Hall 315, or visit us online at www.sandiego.edu/international.
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ON THE COVER: 8/Roam If You Want To
Collage design by The International Center is square one for present and prospective
CELEBRATE THE JOURNEY.
Tim Mantoani USD students looking for memorable moments around the world.
Go online for exclusive 10/Thinking Globally POINT OF VIEW
Web content: More than 300 students and seven faculty members from 36 / The World on a String
www.sandiego.edu/usdmag 64 countries joined the campus community last year. Meet A trip to Ireland gets Asso-
some of the people who make that diversity happen. ciate Provost for Interna-
tionalization Carl Jubran
12 / El Juego del Mundo thinking about how far
The USD men and women’s soccer coaches are bridging conti- we’ve come — and how
nents and bringing an international flavor to the “world’s game.” very far we have to go.
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TAKE THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED.
C O N T E N T S
THE STORY ALWAYS OLD AND ALWAYS NEW.
14 / LONDON CALLING
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in London? Plenty. Course
offerings on the media,
churches, politics and
theater kept them hopping
on and off the under- 30 / BIENVENIDOS A GUADALAJARA
ground. No surprise there: For 45 years,we’ve been sending students to Guadalajara in the
When you’re using London summer, making it the oldest study abroad program USD offers.
as your classroom, you’ve Their time includes not just coursework but life with a host family,
got to keep moving. cultural immersion and, of course, community service.
CL ASS NO TES NOT ALL THOSE WHO WANDER ARE LOST.
CLASS NOTES
40 / Rising Above
Follow Georgina Miranda’s quest to climb
the “Seven Summits,”the highest mountains 40
of each of the continents.
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46 / O Captain! My Captain!
The successful leadership of Milan-based CEO Ali Reza Arabnia
is due, he says, to creating a healthy and kind environment.
ALUMNI UPDATE
38 / Change the World, 53 / Is it Hot in Here?
Transform Yourself With menopause truly out of the closet, the market for Anita
Alumni and friends like Mahaffey’s hot-flash pajamas is heating up. The relationships
Joanna Cole ‘07, Jason Doherty she forged in Turkey have led to her success.
‘98 and parent Michael Harris
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aremaking a differenceon
36 DanyaAlhamrani ‘00 (M.A.) won a chance to serve as on-camera
aglobal scale.
tour guide in Saudi Arabia for Tony Bourdain’s No Reservations.
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EEDDIITTOORRIIAALL LLIICCEENNSSEE
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[editor]
Julene Snyder
[email protected]
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[senior creative direc tor]
THE ACCIDENTAL ADVENTURER Barbara Ferguson
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[assistant editor]
Kelly Knufken
Sometimes it’s the mistakes that make the journey memorable
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hewater was a mysterious effervescence of cerulean and aquamarine and indigo Ryan T. Blystone
and turquoise, the air was dappled gold. A sheer cliff rose from a white sand beach; [email protected]
from far above, a tiny landslide of pebbles cascaded down. No one else seemed to [copyeditor]
notice. A slow scan of the hillside revealed first one, then two sets of tiny hooves picking Fawnee Evnochides
their zig-zag path toward the ocean. I was sure that the angle was impossibly steep; no [editorial assistant]
matter how sure-footed, these baby goats would certainly plummet to a premature Stefanie Wray ‘08
death. I didn’t realize I was holding my breath until I exhaled in relief. They bleated and [feature photographers]
turned tail, trotting down the beach in unison, in search of what, I couldn’t imagine. Barbara Ferguson
Luis Garcia
The cook — who’d also doubled as captain of the tiny boat that had brought a small
Tim Mantoani
group of us to this paradise — presented my cheese and tomato omelet with a flourish. I took a huge bite of Marshall Williams
buttery goodness, closed my eyes, and sighed. This was the life.
[illustrators]
Without a perfectly timed mistake, I’d never have made it to that sublime moment in Sfakia. More than a Allan Burch
decade later, I can recall that jewel of a day as clearly as if it were yesterday. But at the time, the comedy of errors
[web site]
thatled me tothatnearly deserted beach (save a few intrepid souls and a pair of baby goats) felt like one www.sandiego.edu/usdmag
disaster after another.
I’d been traveling for weeks with an old friend, and frankly, we were getting on each other’s nerves. She was UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO
afrantic adherentof guidebooks.Iwas in the let’s-see-what-happens camp. She’d promised we would be free
[president]
tosplit up whenever we liked on our month-long jaunt to Europe, but in truth, she never wanted to be alone.
Mary E. Lyons, Ph.D.
It seemed easiest to just submit to her iron will.
[vice president of
Nextthing I knew,I’d been talked into buying a ticket to Sfakia, since that was where she wanted to go next.
university relations]
It was all fraught, especially because I had no real interest in schlepping all over Crete so that we could visit Timothy L. O’Malley, Ph.D.
some obscurefriend I’d never even met. Nonetheless, back then I preferred to avoid making waves at any cost,
[assistant vice president
so there we were, cranky and tired, trying to decipher the Greek map and figure out when the next bus left. of public affairs]
Finally, through a series of notes, hand gestures and the annoying American habit of shouting English extremely Pamela Gray Payton
slowly, we received assurance that our bus would be the next along. Hours of steep rutted roads later, we pulled [usd magazine]
into a tiny town with just one main street. She found a pay phone to call her friend to come collect us. It took a is published by the University of
San Diego for its alumni, parents
long time.While I waited, I watched the sun sink toward the horizon, while ridiculously charming fishing boats
and friends. Editorial offices: USD
bobbed alongside a tiny dock. Maybe this wouldn’t be so bad after all. Magazine,University Communications,
When she finally returned, she had a face that said bad news. “It’s a disaster,”she said, her voice funereal. “It turns University of San Diego, 5998 Alcalá
Park, SanDiego, CA 92110. Third-class
out she lives in Sfaka.”
postage paid at San Diego,CA 92110.
“So? That’s where we’re at, right?” USDphone number [phone].
“No. This is Sfakia.”
Postmaster: Send address changes
Turns out that one little letter made a big difference. Since we never actually made it there, I’ll have to rely on toUSDMagazine,University Communi-
the Internet, which tells me that Sfaka is a little mountain village between Agios Nikolaos and Sitia. The good cations,Universityof San Diego,
5998 Alcalá Park,SanDiego,CA92110.
news is, as it turns out, that Sfakia — the place where I ate the best omelete of my life and watched those sure-
footed goatlings—is paradise on earth. That’s where I said a relieved farewell to my traveling companion, elect- USD Magazineis printed with vegetable-
based inks on paper certified by the
ing to stay right where I was, in a little town of 400 inhabitants, a place where you could wake up and decide to
Forest Stewardship Council, which
hop on a boat and wind up on a beach with water so blue you think that it surely must be a dream. supports environmentally appropriate,
It’s a memory that sometimes comes to mind on restless nights; a reminder that possibilities come to life socially beneficial and economically
viable management of the world’s forests.
when you finally give up the illusion that you’re in control of what happens next.
Whether by design or by accident, all of the intrepid travelers in this issue have tales to tell about their
journeys. I hope you enjoy their stories as much as I have.
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the latter journey, the influences of the word went from mascu-
of his character and his values line to neuter. Hence, the nomi-
reached well beyond the class- native plural is fauna.Similarly,
room and even beyond the times the root of florais Flora,agod-
when our paths last crossed. dess. When de-personalized, this
It was a pleasure to hear that he feminine proper noun becomes
isstill doing well, and still ruffling neuter, and the neuter plural
feathers with his gruff demeanor. nominative is flora.
Someone in my class had coined Thus, both terms, from the point
this bit of advice for the new arrivals of view of Latin grammar, are plu-
to his class each year: “When in ral. However, in common English
Bome, do as the Bowmans do.” usage, they are collective nouns,
—Paul Bain ’01 (MBA) and are treated as grammatical sin-
gulars. So there you have it. You
Feather Ruffler
should have asked the classicist on the radar screen with our peers; I
Iwanted to pass along my thanks your faculty instead of a biologist. even received kudos for the very
for your recent article in USD Professor Utech's comment, in “real”photo of yours truly. I thank
Magazineabout myformer high addition to being dogmatic, is bad you for the representation in the
school English teacher,and now Latin. Oh, yes, I forgot. I have article and will trytolive up to
fellow USD alum, John Bowman taught Latin for 25 years. the standard which exists for our
(“Never a Dull Moment,”Spring As for my teaching, I am still at volunteer leadership. Brava!
2008). I had the good fortune to it, now in my 46th year at —Darlene Marcos Shiley
sit in Mr. Bowman’s classrooms Maryville University in St. Louis. Chair, Board of Trustees
during twoof myyears at Ihave many fond memories of my
Most Satisfying
Ramona High School in the mid- days at “Charlie's Diploma Mill”(as
80s (1983-84 and 1985-86, if my we used to call the Men's College) Iwas privileged to have taught
memoryserves correctly). I can and also of the “Foods”(as we Jason and Amy Orlando (“Bud-
say without exaggeration that called the Women's College). gets Without Borders,”Summer
Bemused Again,
he continues to be one of the Ah, Time,you destroyer! 2008) when they werehigh
Naturally
strongest, most enduring influ- —John Wickersham, '62 school students. In my 36 years
ences in mylife to this day. Ijust received my copy of the as a high school instructor, no
More Than Decent
His lessons were absolutely USD Magazine.As usual, it is twoyoungsters provided me
unparalleled, and he instilled in excellent. I find the little dispute Over the intervening months more satisfaction than did these
me a loveof reading as well as about the use of floraquite inter- sincethe publication of your two. Both are lovely individuals,
the motivation to do the work esting (“Letters,”Summer 2008). bio of me as the new USD Board kind,considerate, honest and
that it takes to become a great Each side has a point, but the Chair (“Meet Madam Chair,” loyal. I could not love them more
writer. While I’d say I’m still on reader is left bemused, since no Spring 2008), I have received if they weremy own offspring.
convincing linguistic argument is numerous comments,on- and Irejoicein their success.
adduced for either position. off-campus, about the warmth —John J. Bowman ’60
Perhaps I can shed a little light of the piece. Of course, I'd like
on the matter. Both floraand tothink it's because I'm a fairly
faunaare neo-Latin terms, creat- decent person, but I'm afraid it Write us ...
ed in relatively recent time for has a great deal to do with the We welcome letters to the
the use of biology. The two terms writer's abilitytocapture the editor about articles in the
have classical roots, but have “human”touch, if you will. With magazine. Letters may be
undergone some interesting our President Mary Lyons, I edited for length and clarity,
metamorphoses. The root of attended an AGB Institute for and must include a daytime
faunais Faunus,aforest deity. Presidents and Board Chairs phone number. Write: Editor,
When biologists de-personalized recently, and was pleased to hear USD Magazine,5998 Alcalá
this masculine proper noun to thatso manypeople had seen the Park, San Diego, CA 92110.
simply mean animals, the gender piece. USD Magazineis clearlyon E-mail: [email protected].
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care programs in Mexico and
now conducts regular health
clinics in La Morita while also
offering students a two-week
immersion program at an orphan-
age and school in Cuernavaca. F O R T H E C H I L D R E N
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ofLeadership and Education NURSING LEADS HOSPITAL EFFORTS
Sciences are even more expansive,
with USD faculty spearheading col- Anita Hunter is a lifesaver. The veteran certified nurse practitioner and director
laborative projects with Tijuana’s of USD’s master’s and international nursing program provides healthcare
Universidad IberoAmericana. In services around the world. Her résumé includes traveling twice a year for nine
addition, a partnership with Institu- years to Ghana to run a clinic in the village of Sekond. By her estimation, those
to Thomas Jefferson allows USD trips helped more than 60,000 people. Her most recent international project is
teacher-candidates to student- putting forth the School of Nursing as a consultant for the development of
teach at ITJ’s Guadalajara, Queré- achildren’s hospital in Mbarara, Uganda.
taro and Mexico City campuses.
One of the grounding principles SO, WHAT’S THE PROGRESS REPORT?
for all USD programs in Mexico is “The hospital’s groundbreaking was on April 5. It looks like
active engagement with local com- the first phase will be completed by the end of October with 60 beds,
munities. Rigoberto Reyes, border an outpatient department and a lab. People need to be hired and
projects coordinator for Los Niños, trained to do the work. I’m taking our 15 students in the Master’s
drives this point home to Shirk and Entry Nursing Program there in September as their community
his students outside the home health project. They know it’s not going to be a walk in the park.
where the promodoresare meeting. I’ll be back (in Uganda) in January; then, it’ll be a collaborative effort
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expand the breadth and depth of have access to conventional lend- and chair of the Holy Innocents Children’s Malaria Hospital NGO, and
USD programs in Mexico. ing institutions — is built on social Father Bonaventure, a visiting priest at San Rafael Church who is from
For starters, the School of Law trust that isn’t easily gained. Mbarara, came to my office in 2006 and asked us to help them in a
partners with TBI to co-sponsor He leads the group into a room placewherethousands of children die each year. Father Bonaventure
guest lecturers and other special where about 20 people are sitting said,“It’slike having a jumbo jet filled with children crashing every
events, and offers a comparative around plastic tables. The pro- week for a year.”When you consider that, there’s a moral and ethical
lawprogram for Mexican-trained modores eye their visitors with obligation to help.
attorneysin addition tohosting the guarded curiosity. The mood thaws
annual Procopio International Tax as Vaughan explains how the sur- WHAT’S THE SCHOOL OF NURSING’S ROLE?
InstituteConference. vey could help both parties better Wecan reach far more people serving as consultants. We’re able to help
Small seed grants from TBI have understand and improve upon the develop training workshops for doctors and nurses who will eventually
helped fund interdisciplinary micro-lending program. After the be hired to staff the hospital so they know what to do to take care of
research in the chemistry and bio- students collect the surveys and children. We’re far more effective if we can develop a community health
chemistryand marine scienceand offer their gratitude, the room education model.It’sabout training the trainers.
environmental studies depart- erupts with applause.
ments, including a water quality Their survey is expected to result ON MAKING AN IMPACT:
program thathas produced award- in an academic paper — co- IfI’mgoing tohave students and faculty go, I want to make sure it changes
winning studies on ecological authored by Vaughan and Shirk — their lives forever. I’ve noticed that in all the work I’ve done. You become a dif-
issues in Baja California Sur. to be presented at conferences. For ferent person, you serve people differently, you respond to people differently
And that’sjust the beginning. now, the group basks in the experi- and you knowyou’ve made a difference. Then you continue to make that
Each semester, the Center for ence as they silently join the long difference every day of your life.
Community Service-Learning facili- procession of cars headed back ”
tates numerous educational and into the United States. [AS TOLD TO RYAN T. BLYSTONE]
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AROUND THE WORLD Sophomore Carr Cavender
enjoyed embracing the culture
of India as well as spending
time with people he met along
the way during his intersession
journey.
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R OA M I F YO U WA N T TO
September 2007, is a one-stop
shop for undergraduate students
interested in international educa-
C r e a t i n g g l o b a l c i t i z e n s t h r o u g h t r a v e l tion opportunities. Nearly 20 per-
cent, or about 1,200 students,
will participate in an internation-
al program this year, far more
than the national average of 7-10
percent, Mendez says.
USD undergraduate students
travel to more than 20 countries
— including England, China,
Spain, Mexico, Italy, Australia,
Jamaica and South Africa —
for semester, summer and inter-
session courses taught by USD
faculty. Currently, classes are
offered to undergraduate busi-
ness, engineering and College
of Arts and Sciences students.
Mendez hopes to add cross-
collaboration opportunities,
enabling more students to go
on the same trip, even if they’re
taking different courses.
All of this activity is directly
related to a strategic initiative
introduced by President Mary E.
Lyons in 2003 that stresses inter-
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forget the arti ceremony she closed, was definitely something entering college is that they Thanks in large part to Provost
witnessed in Varanasi, India. I will remember. The ability to want an international experi- Julie Sullivan’s leadership, the
“On the bank of the Ganges show such devotion, I believe, is ence,”says Kira Mendez, director International Center is making
River, around 8 p.m., tourists and one of the strongest parts of reli- of International Studies Abroad. an impact on students’educa-
Hindus alike sat on the steps lead- gion in any country in the world.” She says the Office of Undergrad- tion as global citizens.
ing to the river. The ceremony Those evocative words were uate Admissions has been receiv- “We’ve tried to get to the
makes use of the senses in order prompted by experiences Osborn ing more inquiries about study- students sooner,”Mendez says.
to worship Ganga-ji, the River had during a religion diversity ing abroad. “I spoke with one “I had four freshmen come in
Goddess. Sight with a lighted class she took in India this January. mother and daughter who were together to the center and they
lamp, sound with the blowing That sort of resonant reaction is a deciding between several col- were thinking about studying
of a conch shell, smell with the key reason many present and leges. The mother told me that abroad, but not until their junior
use of incense, touch with the prospective University of San the types of international experi- year; and they wanted our help.”
holding of a flower (then placed Diego students are flocking to ences her daughter could have is The center will raise awareness
onto the river to float away),”she USD’s new International Center in a deal-breaker when it comes to by hosting its second annual
says. “The devotion of the Hindus, Serra Hall 315, in search of their deciding on a school.” International Education Week
even those sitting next to me own memorable moment. The center, which opened in Nov. 17-21. The event is expected
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