Santa Clara's $1 Billion Innovating with a Mission Campaign
A University Transformed
The Innovating with a Mission campaign resulted in the largest transformation in Santa Clara’s 173-year history.
New buildings are home for connection, creativity, athleticism, discovery and innovation.
One of the Largest STEM Educational Campuses in the Nation
A campus hub for big ideas. A center of inquiry. A place to change the way we solve problems. Discover the new Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation due to a transformative gift from John A. '60 and Susan Sobrato.
Building an Athletics Program That is Nationally Prominent, Ethically and Academically Focused, and a Vibrant Force on Campus
A major gift from Santa Clara University Trustee Mary Stevens ’84, and her husband Mark launched a new state-of-the-art soccer training center and upgraded the current soccer stadium.
“There’s more opportunity here than there is anywhere in the world.”
Stephen A. Finn MBA ’76 is bullish on Silicon Valley, and the opportunities that it creates for Santa Clara University. It’s one reason he’s given $25 million (and counting) in gifts to SCU, including the new Stephen A. Finn Residence Hall and the Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation.
Climate change is a priority for us. Solar panels have been a no-brainer way to make an impact.”
Jeff Bird, together with his wife Tina, established the Bird Solar Initiative Plan. In addition, the Birds named the Innovation Zone in SCDI and helped create and fund new programs to support the success of first year students.
Made possible.
Santa Clara’s elite soccer teams have more room to play thanks to the Stevens Soccer Training Center.
Students focus on the theme of cura personalis, or “care for the whole person.”
Howard Charney on why he and his wife Alida gave to the law school.
Three quarters of a million square feet of new and renovated classrooms, labs, residence halls and athletics facilities.
SCU ranks #13 nationwide in undergraduate teaching and top 15% nationally.
See the future of the arts in the new Edward M. Dowd Art and Art History Building.
In 2023, SCU received the most applications in its history.
