Voices of Santa Clara Podcast

Andrew Jezak is a senior civil engineering major and the director of KSCU, Santa Clara’s radio station. You can tune into KSCU at 103.3 FM in the Santa Clara area. In this conversation, we discuss the wide range of ways that KSCU promotes campus music, trends in the music industry, how Spotify is changing the way we consume music, and what it feels like to be a senior. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

This episode features three leaders from Santa Clara's Ignatian Center who run Immersion Trips: guided experiences in underserved communities that focus on education and human connection. Charles Mansour is the Immersions Director and organizes all opportunities and education for immersion trips. Valerie Sarma is a senior program director and has been with the Ignatian Center since 2006. Kayla Wel...

Lisa Kloppenberg is the provost at Santa Clara. As provost, she is in charge of all academic affairs including all undergrad and graduate schools and on-campus centers. Prior to her role as provost, Lisa served as dean of the School of Law at Santa Clara. From 2001-2011, Lisa was the dean of the law school at the University of Dayton in Ohio where she received national recognition for her lawyer-a...

Fr. Kevin O’Brien  is the president of Santa Clara University, and former dean of SCU’s Jesuit School of Theology. O’Brien served as Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Georgetown for 8 years before coming to Santa Clara in 2016. O’Brien wrote a book “ The Ignatian Adventure ” in 2011 which sold over 40,000 copies and has been translated into three languages.   Check out  thi...

To welcome you back to Voices of Santa Clara after my summer working in India, I share stories, catch you up on where I'm at, and give a taste of the exciting plans to come for the podcast this year.  You can check out my blog from the summer here: https://gavincosgrave2019.weebly.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gen Kimura is a graduating senior majoring in Finance and Spanish and entering a career at Oracle. He is passionate about international business, and we discuss how growing up as a Japanese-American shaped his outlook on the world. Gen interned in Bolivia with the Global Fellows program last summer, and he currently works in business development for Rakuten USA. In this conversation, we discuss Ge...

Karen Peterson-Iyer serves on Santa Clara’s religious studies faculty, teaching courses and writing on contemporary sexual ethics, bioethics and human trafficking. Dr. Iyer got her B.A. in Political Science from Stanford University, her M.Div. at the Graduate Theological Union, and her M.A., M.Phil., and Ph. D. in Ethics (Religious Studies) at Yale University. Her research interests are currently...

Heather Clydesdale is an adjunct lecturer in art history, focusing on Chinese art history. She responded to one of my emails saying, “I have had adventures in China—my research (3rd century tombs in the far west of China) takes me to remote places, some epic landscapes, and deep underground to multi-chambered tombs (some with bats and mummies).” Dr. Clydesdale got a Ph. D. in Archaeology and Art H...

Chris Shay is the Assistant Vice President of Operations at Santa Clara, a role that spans a variety of planning and projects. Chris’ wide role includes working with Environmental Health and Safety, Facilities, Parking & Transportation, Sustainability SCU, Housekeeping, Archeology, Campus Safety, Utilities and Business Services. He is playing an especially key role in managing the construction...

“We transform students who will then transform the world. There’s no better mission to be involved in.” Fr. Kevin O’Brien is the president of Santa Clara University, and former dean of SCU’s Jesuit School of Theology. O’Brien served as Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Georgetown for 8 years before joining Santa Clara. O’Brien wrote a book “The Ignatian Adventure” in 2011 which sold over...

In this episode, I interview Cooper Scherr and Kennedy Sundberg, the former and current directors of Santa Clara’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) organization. Each member is a certified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). EMT’s are the first responders to on-campus emergencies, and can provide stabilizing medical care to patients. Several members of the EMS “squad” are on duty each night from 5...

Pauline Locsin-Kanter serves on the faculty of the department of theater and dance at Santa Clara. She has had a prolific dance career, playing Mulan (as the video reference model) in the Disney hit of the same name, dancing in shows in New York and working at Walt Disney World. After graduating from the United States International University, School of Performing and Visual Arts, Pauline ventured...

What does daily life look like for Santa Clara students? In this episode, four students (and me!) talk about experiences, schedules, challenges and involvements.  Enjoy! ​ Kimberly Fernandez Pedraza Sophomore art history major, LEAD scholars program, peer educator, Alpha Pi Sigma multicultural sorority, Hermanas Unidas Listen at 2:50  ​ Ayo Ogunfunmi Junior civil engineering major,...

Tanya Monsef is a global business consultant and professor with 25+ years of Silicon Valley high tech, startups and non-profit business success in the areas of finance, marketing and strategy. She has coached and delivered programs with leaders from 40+ countries. She is Dean's Executive Professor at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. She is the chair of the board for Gl...

Margaret Russell is a faculty member at Santa Clara’s Law School, and serves as the university’s Interim Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion. Dr. Russell founded the East Palo Alto Community Law Project during her law program at Stanford, and has served on the board of the ACLU for 30 years. Dr. Russell specializes in constitutional law, and is frequently quoted in Bay Area news sources...

Nicola Gerbino is a senior public health and Spanish major. She works for Kids on Campus, serves as a leader on the Into the Wild outdoors club and is working on a cervical cancer detection senior design project. In this interview, Nicola shares about how swimming shaped her life, what she has learned from working with kids, her future plans, all about her senior design project and her favorite ou...

Robin Nelson is an assistant professor of biological anthropology at Santa Clara. Her work focuses on using evolutionary theory to learn about human social and health outcomes. She has done research in Jamaica on the role that adult figures play in child development. A few of her course titles include: “Anthropology of Love, Sex, and War,” “Modern Family: Science and Social Experiences of Human Fa...

Eoin Lyons is a senior majoring in political science and finance. He is involved in so many things that it’s hard to keep track: he is a student ambassador, senior senator, in a half-dozen honors programs, business and pre-law organizations, works for the business school, and has studied abroad and done the summer Global Fellows program in India. After graduation, Eoin will work for KPMG and perha...

Hersh Shefrin is a pioneer of the field behavioral finance, which, as the name suggests, integrates principles of human behavior like emotion and self-control into financial and economic models. Dr. Shefrin serves as the Mario Belotti Chair in the Department of Finance at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, and he has worked at Santa Clara for 40 years. Dr. Shefrin has written seve...

This episode is a little different than normal, it’s specifically about mental health, and includes student resources and a counselor’s perspective on mental health challenges at Santa Clara. Kathryn Woicicki is a staff psychologist for Cowell Center Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at Santa Clara. Kathryn did her undergraduate studies at UC Santa Cruz and her doctoral program at the P...

Jo Gopinath is a senior bioengineering student at Santa Clara, and she specializes in eco-fashion design. Jo has designed dresses, wallets, jackets and much more. She will be attending grad school to get a Ph. D. in Textile Engineering and Fiber Science programs after graduating. Jo spent a summer designing for a company in Bolivia through Global Fellows, and we discuss this life-changing experien...

Bill Stevens is a professor of music at Santa Clara, where he focuses on Jazz Piano. Bill has been blind since the age of 14, which led him to pursue music at the Oberlin Conservatory. Bill has also done work around Deep Listening, Somatic Experiencing and the link between music and spirituality.   Bill recently came out with a new album called “A Blues by Any Other Name” available on iT...

Riley O’Connell is the poetry queen. As a senior English major, she runs the Santa Clara Review, a publication for art, poetry, and writing. She also founded the Bronco Slam ‘n Jam, bi-annual poetry and music competitions with San Jose poet laureate Mike McGee. She has performed at events both at Santa Clara and across the country. In this interview, we discuss what drew her in about poetry, her w...

In this episode, you'll hear short stories and quotes from 16 of my top interviews from 2018. Here are the guests and links for previous podcasts. 1.     Psychology professor and author Thomas Plante 2.     Business School Dean Caryn Beck-Dudley 3.     President Father Engh 4.     Child Studies professor Brett Solomon...

Derek Lewis graduated from Santa Clara in 2017 in finance, and he is now working as a program coordinator for the Spring Hill College Italy Center in Bologna where I studied abroad. During his time at Santa Clara, Derek developed an interest in business ethics that led him to an internship at Intel. After graduating, he moved to Bologna, Italy and has spent the past two years working as a program...