September 2020
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Jamie Inarda '19 (MA), Leadership StudiesMonday, September 21, 2020Tell us about your degree program and why you chose SOLES.
After I completed my undergraduate degree in 2009, I served two terms in AmeriCo…
SOLES Alumnus Spotlight: Eric Mill '12 (MA), Marital and Family TherapyTuesday, September 15, 2020Tell us about your degree program and why you chose SOLES.
I was working at a therapeutic preschool, where I had 14 -28 month old kids in m…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Lori Olson '13 (MA), School CounselingWednesday, September 9, 2020Tell us about your degree program and why you chose SOLES.
I graduated in 2009 from the University of Colorado Boulder into a recession. It…
August 2020
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Anjanette Maraya-Ramey '12 (MA), Nonprofit Leadership and ManagementThursday, August 27, 2020Tells us about your degree program and why you chose SOLES.
I have a BFA in Dance Performance from Cal Arts. I was a dancer, I’m an …
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Alejandra Chayet '15 (MA), Clinical Mental Health CounselingTuesday, August 18, 2020Tell us about your degree program and why you chose SOLES.
I did my undergrad in education, and I had always planned to be a Special Educat…
SOLES Alumnus Spotlight: Bryce Lyon '12 (BA), '14 (MEd), Curriculum & InstructionThursday, August 6, 2020Tell us about your SOLES degree program and why you chose it.
I chose to transfer to USD to finish my undergraduate studies because I had o…
July 2020
June 2020
SOLES Alumnus Spotlight: Anthony Franco '17 (MA), Higher Education Leadership StudiesMonday, June 22, 2020Tell us about your degree program and why you chose SOLES.
I originally applied for the Leadership Studies program and was admitted to that…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Parisa Malekzadeh '10 (MA), Clinical Mental Health CounselingFriday, June 12, 2020Tell us about your degree program and why you chose SOLES.
My interest in the program started when I started working with kids, which was a…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Angelica Sleiman '13 (MEd), Curriculum & Instruction, '18 (PhD), Leadership StudiesWednesday, June 3, 2020Tell us about both of the degree programs you participated in at SOLES.
I received my Master’s in Education, in Curriculum and Instru…
May 2020
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Dailyn Brown '18 (MEd), TESOLTuesday, May 26, 2020Tell us about your SOLES degree program and why you chose it.
I earned my MEd in TESOL, Literacy, and Culture. I am a San Diego native, but…
SOLES Alumnus Spotlight: Troy Williams '15 (MA), Leadership StudiesWednesday, May 13, 2020Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it.
I was a non-traditional student. I started a business right out of high school and …
SOLES Student Spotlight: Marisa Manzo '20 (MEd Online Student), Curriculum and InstructionThursday, May 7, 2020Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I am a fourth-year 6th grade teacher from Northern California. I grew up in the San Fransisco Bay Area…
SOLES Student Spotlight: Gina Guaderrama (MEd Student), Dual Credential ProgramWednesday, May 6, 2020Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I moved to San Diego to join USD and I have been loving living here! I also got married in Janua…
School of Education Alumna Spotlight: Katherine Stone '95 (BA), '97 (MEd), Curriculum and InstructionMonday, May 4, 2020Tell us about your degree program and why you chose the School of Education.
When I was younger, I used to dance and I wanted to be a dance…
SOLES Student Spotlight: Aziz Alkhorasi '20 (MEd Student), TESOLMonday, May 4, 2020Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I am an international graduate student from Saudi Arabia. Growing up, English was a huge passion for m…
April 2020
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Judy Wai '17 (MA), School CounselingFriday, April 24, 2020Tell us about your degree program and why you choose SOLES?
I graduated in 2017 with my Master’s in Counseling with the PPS credentia…
School of Education Alumnus Spotlight: Stuart Grauer '89 (EdD), Leadership StudiesTuesday, April 14, 2020Tell us about your School of Education degree program and why you chose it.
As an educator, the focus on the individual student is always t…
SOLES Alumnus Spotlight: Vincent Anthony '13 (MEd), Special EducationWednesday, April 1, 2020Please tell us about your SOLES degree program and why you chose it.
I was a business major as an undergrad at Marist College, and a year a…
March 2020
School of Education Alumna Spotlight: Kim Athans '95 (BA), '00 (MEd), Curriculum and InstructionMonday, March 23, 2020What led you to USD and the School of Education? What has your journey through education on campus been?
When I started undergrad, I didn&r…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Tina Casola '01 (MA), Marital and Family TherapyFriday, March 13, 2020Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it.
Well, all the schools for grad school, none of them were large. I know I didn&rsquo…
SOLES Alumnus Spotlight: Dan Lang '11 (MA), Leadership StudiesThursday, March 5, 2020Tell us about your SOLES degree program and why you chose it.
I completed the Educational Leadership Development Academy (ELDA) and the add…
February 2020
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Erika Soga '16 (MEd), TESOLMonday, February 24, 2020Tell us about your SOLES degree program and why you chose it.
I was looking at the SDSU program (for the bilingual education and English ce…
SOLES Alumni Spotlight: Kevin '87 (EdD) and Jackie '94 (EdD) Freiberg, Leadership StudiesFriday, February 14, 2020Please tell us how you met, and how that shaped your decision(s) to attend SOLES:
Kevin
I was in the doctoral program at the School of Edu…
SOLES Student Spotlight: Matt Dahlman '20 (MA Student), School CounselingWednesday, February 5, 2020Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I moved to San Diego when I started graduate school from Minnesota where I grew up. I love playing gam…
SOLES Student Spotlight: Belgica Crespo '20 (MA Student), School CounselingTuesday, February 4, 2020Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I am in my second year in the School Counseling Program at SOLES. I am currently a school counseling i…
SOLES Alumnus Spotlight: Sean Green '13 (MA), School Counseling, Doctoral StudentMonday, February 3, 2020Tell us about your SOLES degree program and why you chose it.
I am actually blessed to be a (hopefully) two-time SOLES grad. I completed my…
January 2020
Join us for Peace Innovators 2020!Friday, January 31, 2020Creating a better world requires new ways of tackling old challenges. For the third consecutive year, Peace Innovators highlights USD's thou…
SOLES Alumnae Spotlight: Janedra Sykes '05 (MA) and Jessie Towne-Cardenas '09 (MA), Nonprofit Leadership and ManagementThursday, January 23, 2020Tell us about your degree program at SOLES and why you chose it:
Janedra: For me, I was an accidental executive director. I started with a …
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Stephanie Bernasconi '08 (MA), Higher Education Leadership StudiesTuesday, January 14, 2020Tell us about your SOLES degree program and why you chose it.
Though I grew up in San Diego, I first really discovered USD through a close …
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Amber Setter '07 (MA), Leadership StudiesMonday, July 27, 2020
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Taylor Valdivia '18 (MA), Marital and Family TherapyWednesday, July 15, 2020
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Cynthia Sistek-Chandler '07 (EdD), Educational TechnologyMonday, July 6, 2020