Santa Clara University

Attend a dance recital or star in a play presented by the Center of Performing Arts at the Louis B. Mayer Theatre. Or visit the de Saisset Museum, the University's accredited museum of art and history, which features both permanent historical collections and special art exhibitions.

The de Saisset Museum is the University's accredited museum of art and history. Learn more

Express yourself through the University orchestra, concert choir, classical guitar ensemble, jazz ensemble, opera theater, chamber choir, or gospel choir. Or enjoy free concerts during our Music at Noon series.

Find your place in the world of media by getting valuable hands-on experience at SCU's radio station, yearbook, literary magazine, or award-winning student newspaper. Learn more

Each year, you'll get to hear some of society's most prominent voices. Past speakers have included U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on the inner workings of the Supreme Court; Thomas Friedman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, on globalization; author and social commentator Camille Paglia on modern education; Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse, on technological innovation; and Maya Angelou, civil rights activist and former U.S. poet laureate, on literature, writing, and racism.