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Residence hall support staff are ‘here for you’

Meet three of the faculty, therapists, and spiritual guides now living just down the hall from first-year students.

Student Life

LEAD Scholars Program offers orientation for first-gen families at move-in weekend

Incoming students aren’t the only ones adjusting to the college experience.

Rethinking campus ministry at Santa Clara

Faith

Student Life

Rethinking campus ministry at Santa Clara

After more than 50 years, Campus Ministry is changing its name to the Center for Spirituality and Faith.

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Santa Clara University welcomes award-winners and renowned scholars to its faculty this fall

Education

Law

Science & Tech

Santa Clara University welcomes award-winners and renowned scholars to its faculty this fall

From a PBS correspondent to a physicist using AI to explore dark matter, meet the educators who are shaping the future at Santa Clara

Student Life

Santa Clara welcomes the class of 2030 and record transfers

The University community now includes 1,619 first-year students and a record 287 transfers.

Student Life

First-year students receive expert career guidance—even before arriving on campus

Every year, Santa Clara’s nationally ranked Career Center helps thousands of incoming students start their career discernment process. This time, they’re starting early.

‘Life is a triathlon, not a sprint,’ says alum and NASA engineer

Athletics

Science & Tech

‘Life is a triathlon, not a sprint,’ says alum and NASA engineer

Now searching for alien life with NASA, Jared Shimada ’16, MS ’18 turned lessons as a triathlete at Santa Clara into a life built on discipline and patience.

Arts

University faculty and Indigenous youth explore native plants and linocut art at fourth annual Ohlone Culture Camp

From the Forge Garden to the printing block: how a summer camp hosted at Santa Clara is passing down Muwekma Ohlone tradition.

Faith

Flourishing: a meditation

Vice President for Mission and Ministry Matthew Carnes, S.J., reflects on how a Jesuit education can help students become their fullest selves.

Faith

Ask a Jesuit

“Conversation is always more than what we say.”

A graduate student’s passion project fosters community among Broncos

Education

Student Life

A graduate student’s passion project fosters community among Broncos

Seeing an opportunity to bring graduate students together, Isabella Hernandez ’27 created a quarterly mixer series that offered space to connect outside the classroom.

Student Life

Supporting mental health at home

Santa Clara’s embedded therapist program ensures students have direct access to wellness services.

With gratitude

Outgoing Vice President for University Relations Jim Lyons reflects on growth, grace, and joy as he retires from a 40-year career in higher education.

Athletics

The unbridled potential of Bucky the Bronco

Santa Clara’s revitalized mascot brings new life to sports games and campus happenings.

Cornel West encourages the Santa Clara community to find their voice and use it for good

Humanities

Service & Social Justice

Cornel West encourages the Santa Clara community to find their voice and use it for good

Philosopher, activist, and author, Cornel West joined the provost’s Compelling Conversations series for a 90-minute talk on truth, radical hope, and the soul of democracy.

Welcome, Broncos: Families of the Class of 2030 attend the University Welcome with President Julie Sullivan and VP for Mission and Ministry Matthew Carnes, S.J., at new student orientation in July.

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