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  • A young East Asian woman stands in front of Lucas Hall with personal phrases and words illustrated in the sky above her.Image link to full article
    Paying It Forward

    LEAD Scholar Shirfei Tay ’24 shares her experience securing a career-defining Apple internship and overcoming imposter syndrome.

  • A young woman stands in a engineering lab holding a 3D printer in her hands with design process words illustrated around her.Image link to full article
    Where Fun Meets Functionality

    At SCU, mechanical engineer Kira Hofelmann ’24 solves real-world robotic problems—and makes lightsabers in her spare time.

  • Photograph of Melba Mathew '12, a therapist in residence at McLaughlin-Walsh, with her therapy dog Sam.Image link to full article
    Opening As Many Doors As Possible

    Therapists in Residence and therapy groups play key roles in Santa Clara’s new “Initiative For Student Well-Being”

  • Parent in commencement crowd holding poster of face of family member.Image link to full article
    Preparing Parents for the Next Big Step

    Join our parent panel at Preview Day on Saturday, April 13. Parents of prospective students can ask questions, get tips, and help their high schooler prepare for success at Santa Clara.

  • A young Asian woman with long, wavy dark hair, a white shirt, and jeans stands in the foreground, smiling. In the background, a campus scene includes the Mission Church, a classroom building, students, and palm trees. Above this background and around the woman's head the wide blue sky is filled with disability icons and a word cloud related to disability.Image link to full article
    Not an Afterthought

    How pre-med student Isabella Reyes ’24 charted her course from aviation to disability advocacy.

  • Two young colleagues (woman and man) sitting at a table looking at a document and a laptop.Image link to full article
    3 Tips for Simplifying the New FAFSA

    Having trouble understanding changes to the FAFSA in 2024? Santa Clara University financial aid expert Cindy Tirado explains in simple terms what you can expect from this year’s new FAFSA form.

  • A silhouetted figure stands under two crossed theater spotlights, with faint white barbed wires running horizontally in the distant, black background.Image link to full article
    “The Play’s The Thing”

    A group of first-year students experience the transformative power of theater at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.

  • Kai Harris standing in walkway next to Mission under wisteriaImage link to full article
    What Will College Mean to You?

    Award-winning author and Assistant Professor Kai Harris will be one of two keynote speakers at EmpowerED, an event for prospective students, on May 18.

  • Two twin men knell next to a 10-foot-long sculpture of a blue and white whale shark made of canvas and melded metal.Image link to full article
    The Tinker Twins

    For these lifelong makers, art, engineering, and a passion for marine biology came together in this year’s Kinetic Design Challenge.

  • Regina Jones adjusting the sleeves on the shirt of a modelImage link to full article
    Breathing New Life Into Old Clothes

    Regina Jones ’23 helps extend the life cycle of the materials in everything we wear.

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