Voices of Santa Clara Podcast

Today, we'll hear from Mr. Dylan Houle, who became the Executive Director of Career & Professional Development at the SCU Career Center about a year and a half ago. Dylan began his professional journey as an English teacher in the New York City area before transitioning into the field of career services. From assistant director roles at Pace University and USF to his most recent position at Me...

Arturo: Going off of Barry Posner’s 5 practices of Exemplary Leadership, “effective leaders are to have an understanding of their own values”. We would love to hear about your values? Bill: I'd have to talk a little bit first about their origins. My mom was a homemaker, formerly a teacher and my dad was a pastor in the Lutheran church. From early on, I remember a great sense of responsibility and...

In this discussion, we had the pleasure of speaking with President Julie Sullivan as she walked us through instrumental moments throughout her life journey such as her upbringing in North Florida that sparked her passion for learning and planted the seed for her future as a teacher, how she made her decision to join SCU as our President, and her thoughts on strategic ways to build upon Santa Clara...

In this episode, Antonio, Darius, and Malachi provide tips and insight on networking as they recount silly memories as an early college student attempting to network, beginning the process of networking, best practices for preparing an informational interview agenda, common mistakes people make when attempting to network, and how networking has enhanced their job search experience. Hosted on Acast...

In this episode, Sallyanne Tejan and Jaya Kapoor walk us through how they made the most out of their Santa Clara experience, socially. With stories reminiscing on their first time meeting over lunch after DMing on Facebook, their journey through Greek life, notorious darties within the SCU community, off-campus venues to visit, and hilarious memories from The Hut and Bronco Bars, you’ll get an ins...

In this episode, Darius, Antonio, and Malachi sit down to discuss how they secured internships at Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, and Google, respectively, during the summer of 2022. With topics such as the process of discovering internship opportunities, the highlights and lowlights of their recruitment experiences, and the value of performing research/preparing for interviews with intention, there are...

T. Shá Duncan Smith has over 18 years of experience developing and implementing strategic plans and initiatives to promote diverse, equitable and inclusive cultures for students, faculty and staff. She has taught courses on leading during racial crises, accountability, and incentivization for advancing equity goals at the University of Southern California Race & Equity Center Equity Institutes...

Molly “Mo” Tucker is a junior at SCU : student by day, radio general manager by night. KSCU is the only organization that is active 24/7, airing all the time, which means she’s constantly on her toes and ready to serve. She loves being part of an organization that cherishes all walks of love, life, and tastes of music. Her life is centered around exploration and living to the fullest - KSCU helps...

In the second installment of our Host Kickback series, we indulge in the overarching influence of social media. From social media’s effect on self-confidence, mental health, drug abuse, political advocacy, to even financial literacy, we highlight various ways in which social media has been a medium of information, for good or for worse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim Miller currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer for Wayfair, an American e-commerce company that sells furniture and home-goods. He has spent his career scaling operations in executive roles at innovative tech companies such as Google, Amazon, Intel, and Cisco. Before joining Google, Jim Miller was the Executive Vice President of Sanmina, one of the world’s largest electronic manufactu...

Maria De La Lima is a Junior double majoring in Child Studies and Ethnic Studies. She is the Co-Chair for LSU. Nathalie Medina (she/her/hers) is a sophomore majoring in Biology and Public Health with a Spanish minor. She is from San José, but her heart is from Chilchota, Michoacán, México. She is very close and involved with her culture which is why she loves saying that she is Michoacana with pri...

Ciara Moezidis is a senior from San Jose, CA, and is double majoring in political science and communication with an Arabic, Islamic, and Middle Eastern minor. She is quite active on her campus and is currently serving as the 2020-2021 Student Body President. During her time at SCU, she was a Community Facilitator, Co-Founder/Co-President of IGNITE SCU, and a member of the University Honors Program...

Darrell Goss, Class of 2021, is a Psychology major with a Sociology minor from Los Angeles, California. As the President of the Stand-Up Comedy Club, he enjoys helping aspiring comedians to learn more about their craft and how they can provide laughter and thought provoking content to the audience of Santa Clara University. Neil Nguyen, Class of 2021, is a Computer Science major from San Jose, Cal...

In this pilot episode of our Kickback series, we delve deeper into who we are as the hosts to bridge the gap between us as the producers of the podcast and you, one of our greatly appreciated supporters. We discuss where we are from and how our childhood made us into who we are today, organizations that we are involved with on campus, what we are passionate about, what motivates us, the legacy we...

Erin Kimura-Walsh has overseen the LEAD Scholars Program at Santa Clara University since 2009 and is currently the Director of the program. Erin was an undergraduate student in English and Japanese at Santa Clara before earning an M.S. in Counseling from San Francisco State University and a Ph. D. in Higher Education from the University of California, Los Angeles. As the Director of LEAD, she enga...

Mariah Manzano is the CEO & Co-Founder of Opal, whose mission is to empower students through mentorship at any point in their career-search journey. She is also currently a Software Engineer at Cisco, former NASA Ames intern, and former Santa Clara University UX Project Manager. She’s a class of 2020 graduate from Santa Clara University with a degree in Web Design & Engineering and emphasi...

Fr. Kevin O’Brien is the president of Santa Clara University and former dean of SCU’s Jesuit School of Theology. He holds a master’s degree in philosophy from Fordham University and a Master of Divinity and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology, now part of Boston College. He has a B.A. in government from Georgetown and a law degree from the University of Florid...

Dr. Danielle Morgan is an assistant professor in the Department of English at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California who specializes in African American literature and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. She  is interested in the ways that literature, popular culture, and humor shape identity formation. In particular, her research and teaching reflect her interests in African A...

In the second installment of Being Black At A P.W.I , we bring on Isaac Addai and Kaylen Chase to break down a couple of first-hand experiences of Black students at SCU. With differing perspectives as a senior and sophomore respectively, Isaac and Kaylen highlight the necessity of learning about politics, dealing with systemic racism in academia, the burden of being the “Black voice”, the signific...

As the first installment of our Black Student at a P.W.I series, we bring Brianna Mireku to discuss the lack of black representation in the medical field, the experience of a black woman attending a predominantly white institution, the necessity of cultural inclusion, the Black Lives Matter movement, goals for raising awareness about SCU’s black student union, and the black excellence scholarship...

Introducing the new hosts of the Voices of Santa Clara: Darius Johnson, Malachi Finn, and Antonio Magallanes. In this conversation, we discuss Gavin's favorite moments from the podcast throughout the years, lessons he's learned, his hopes for the future, and the new team’s plans for the podcast’s creative, professional, and procedural expansion. Listen now to get to know a bit about the new hosts...

Fr. Kevin O’Brien is the president of Santa Clara University, and was a guest on episode 56. As host Gavin Cosgrave transitions out of his role leading the Voices of Santa Clara podcast, Fr. O’Brien flips the traditional script and asks Gavin some questions about his upbringing, Santa Clara experience, and future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's graduation! Listen to some of the most popular guests share their tips, wisdom and advice for 2020 graduates in the midst of this quickly-changing and often challenging world. See the guests and timecodes below: Tonya Nilsson, Civil Engineering — 1:20 Karen Peterson-Iyer, Religious Studies — 2:45 Sonja Mackenzie, Public Health — 4:32 Fr. Kevin O'Brien, SCU President — 8:53 Eva Blanc...

Erin Ronald is a 2019 Santa Clara graduate in Environmental Studies and Sociology. Erin was recently awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to work with the European version of the World Wildlife Fund to bring best practices back to the U.S. to help cities set workable climate action policy. This conversation was recorded before the George Floyd killing, but the first 8 minutes of the podcast are dedicate...

Margaret McLean is the director of bioethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. She is also senior lecturer in religious studies and affiliate faculty in bioengineering. She teaches courses on ethics related to healthcare and biotechnology.  In 2017, she was awarded a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from the Congress of the United States and the Santa Clara County Med...