Voices of Santa Clara Podcast
118 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsVoices of Santa Clara is a podcast that aims to educate, inspire, and connect the Santa Clara University community to live our values of competence, conscience, and compassion. Now hosted by Malachi Finn, Darius Johnson, and Antonio Magallanes, this podcast strives to further and expand the vision founded by Gavin Cosgrave by highlighting influential members of our community, providing a powerful message to our listeners, learning new perspectives from others, and simply having a good time.
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Lulu Santana: How Campus Ministry Facilitates Belonging
March 24, 2018 18:39 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MBLulu Santana is the Director of Campus Ministry. She started as a graduate program Resident Minister living on the seventh floor of Swig Residence Hall in 1996 and has primarily worked in Campus Ministry ever since. She is transitioning out of the role at the end of the year, so make sure to stop by Campus Ministry and thank her for her many years of service! In this episode, we talk about what she learned from her time as a Resident Minster in Swig, what changes she has noticed in the past...
Brett Solomon: Empowering the Next "Fire Starters"
March 17, 2018 15:05 - 33 minutes - 45.9 MBDr. Brett Solomon is a Child Studies professor and Director of SCU’s Future Teachers Project. Dr. Solomon’s mission to, “educate, guide, mentor and support the next generation of ‘fire starters.’” She writes about the “pre-school to prison pipeline,” as well as social justice and cultural competence. In this episode, we cover the topic of her new blog, how to make a difference in systemic issues like mass incarceration or racial injustice, her teaching advice, and how she seeks to support a...
President Father Engh: Staying One Step Ahead
March 02, 2018 03:44 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MBFather Michael Engh is the president of Santa Clara, a position he has held since 2009. He’s on a wide variety of boards and committees both within the university and on several boards across the nation. Fr. Engh started out as a history professor, and spent many years at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In this episode, we discuss Fr. Engh’s time working at the Dolores Mission in Los Angeles, what his daily schedule looks like and how he communicates with University when things ...
Study Abroad Stories from 4 Students
February 23, 2018 16:06 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBIn this show, I’m talking to four different students who studied abroad this past fall: Arelí Hernandez, Jahwala Johns, Alyssa Newman and Drew Descourouez. I asked each person why they chose their programs, how they adjusted to the culture, what their day-to-day life looked like and their biggest takeaways from their experience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Naomi Andrews: How and Why to Have Difficult Conversations
February 16, 2018 05:22 - 32 minutes - 45 MBNaomi Andrews is a history professor at Santa Clara where she teaches classes on the history of gender, race and human rights. Dr. Andrews got her Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D from UC Santa Cruz in history, and wrote a book, “Socialism’s Muse: Gender in the Intellectual Landscape of French Romantic Socialism” in 2006. I took my Cultures and Ideas course for two quarters with her last year and it was one of my favorite classes because of the in-depth discussions we had about the philosophical...
Caryn Beck-Dudley: Educating for the Future of Business
February 09, 2018 04:32 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBCaryn Beck-Dudley is the dean of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara. Prior to joining Santa Clara in 2015, she served as dean of College of Business at Florida State University for nine years. In her time at Santa Clara, she has worked to emphasize Santa Clara’s unique position as a Jesuit University in Silicon Valley. She is the first woman dean at Santa Clara, and was previously the first female dean at Florida State and Utah State. In this episode, we talk about what trends are...
Maya Ackerman: ALYSIA the Songwriting Computer
February 03, 2018 04:40 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBMaya Ackerman is a professor of computer science at Santa Clara and creator of ALYSIA (Automated LYrical Songwriting Application), a software program that creates melodies based on user-inputted lyrics. She also wrote a book about her grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, titled, “Running from Giants: The Holocaust through the eyes of a child.” Visit tryalysia.com to test the ALYSIA software for yourself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Thomas Plante: Doing the Right Thing
January 27, 2018 00:24 - 35 minutes - 48.9 MBThomas Plante is one of the most incredible people I have ever met. Dr. Plante’s many titles include Augustin Cardinal Bea S.J. University Professor at Santa Clara, adjunct clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, Licensed Psychologist and owner of his own family vineyard. He has written 22 books, well over 200 journal articles and hundreds of blog posts about heath, spirituality, ethics, psychology for Psychology Today and the SCU I...
Fr Dorian Llywelyn: Rediscovering the Heart of Santa Clara
January 20, 2018 01:41 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MBFather Dorian Llwelyn joined Santa Clara as the director of the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education in 2016. Originally from Wales, he has lived in eight different countries and visited over 30 others. He speaks several languages including Spanish, French, Indonesian and colloquial Arabic, and has researched the intersection of faith, culture and nationalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bob Finocchio: The Magic of Silicon Valley
December 28, 2017 22:07 - 37 minutesBob Finocchio teaches the Introduction to Business course at Santa Clara and currently serves on the boards of five Silicon Valley companies. Finocchio worked at influential tech companies Rolm and 3Com in the 80’s and 90’s and served as CEO of Informix for two years before beginning the second stage of his career as a professor and start-up director. In this conversation, we cover why Finocchio chose to attend Santa Clara, how he got his career started in Silicon Valley, the opportunities an...
Bill Mains: Learning the Art of Leadership
December 16, 2017 17:23 - 30 minutesBill Mains is the director for leadership and sustainability in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara, and a well-loved mentor to many students. In this conversation, we cover how Bill made his way to Santa Clara and discovered his passion for leadership education. We get into a few of the programs he has helped run, including the contemplative leadership and conscientious capitalism courses, and cover common leadership myths, Bill’s favorite book, and much more. Hosted on Acast. See...
Simone Billings: Writing around the World
November 30, 2017 06:29 - 33 minutesEnglish professor Simone Billings has taught writing courses at Santa Clara since 1980. Dr. Billings has a fascinating family background and multiple teaching experiences abroad. She has also served on numerous committees at Santa Clara, published dozens of papers and co-authored a writing textbook. In this conversation, we cover Dr. Billings’ Fulbright scholarship running writing workshops in the West Indies, her career path, and how Santa Clara University has evolved throughout the years. ...
Athena Nguyen: Building community at home and abroad
November 23, 2017 03:51 - 31 minutesAthena Nguyen is a senior public health and political science double-major. When not doing schoolwork, you can find her working in peer advising for the political science department, spending time with her residents as a community facilitator in the Sanfilippo residence hall, or catching up with friends and professors. In this conversation, we get into how she discovered her passions for political science, public health, and social entrepreneurship, what she has learned from being a community...
Chad Raphael: News, Democracy and Activism
November 16, 2017 03:29 - 37 minutesDr. Chad Raphael is a communications professor and former chair of the Communications Department at Santa Clara University. Dr. Raphael has written dozens of publications on a wide variety of topics including politics, environmental ethics, media, education, and communication; and published his most recent book in 2014 called “Deliberation, Democracy, and Civic Forums.” In this broad conversation, we cover Dr. Raphael’s career path, the most effective ways to spur political change, why he pub...
Aldo Billinglsea: Acting, Love and Self-Image
November 11, 2017 00:26 - 36 minutesIn this conversation with theater professor Aldo Billingslea, we cover how he fell in love with theater, a difficult struggle with depression in college, his favorite shows he has performed in, and how acting skills transfer to other areas of life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kathleen Maxwell: Art, travel, and a near-death accident
November 06, 2017 00:19 - 31 minutesDr. Kathleen Maxwell brings her knack for storytelling and world travel experiences into her work teaching art history and researching Byzantine art at Santa Clara. In this episode, we get into some of her experiences traveling both in the U.S. and abroad, how she discovered her love for art, advice she has for students and the value of learning and working across disciplines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sarita Tamayo-Moraga: Faith, education and mindful brownie eating
November 02, 2017 02:31 - 29 minutesSarita Stella Tamayo-Moraga has developed a well-deserved affinity from students for her calming presence and joyful laugh. Dr. Tamayo Moraga teaches a variety of religious studies courses and serves as the faculty director for in the McLaughlin-Walsh residence hall. In this conversation, we cover Dr. Tamayo's personal faith journey, her career plans in college, meditation, religious tolerance, her favorite memories at Santa Clara and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
Phil Kesten, Physics Polymath
October 28, 2017 03:25 - 47 minutesPhil Kesten is a professor of physics and the associate vice provost at SCU. In addition to his physics pursuits, he coached rowing as a graduate student at the University of Michigan, served as senior editor for a magazine called “Modern Dad,” and started an educational software business called Docutek. To listen to the full interview, visit voicesofsantaclara.wordpress.com In this conversation, we cover how he discovered his passion for physics, how his experience as a rowing coach led him ...