SOLES Spotlights
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SOLES Alumnus Spotlight: Danny Romero '14 MA, Nonprofit Leadership and Management
Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. The program that I chose was the Nonprofit Masters in Leadership and Management. I was consid…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Christine Enger '93 BA, '94 Single Subject Credential
Tell us about your degree/credential program and why you chose it. My degree is in English, and I have a Business minor. I started out on the B…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Teri Parker '71 BA, '72 MEd, Special Education
Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. In 1971, after obtaining a BA in Sociology from USD, I heard about a new graduate program in …
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Nicholle Wyatt '00 MA, School Counseling
Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I earned an MA in School Counseling in 2000. I originally worked in the college admissions fi…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Susan Payment '93 MA, Counseling, '03 EdD, Leadership Studies
Tell us about your SOLES degree programs and why you chose them. I chose to enroll in programs offered in SOLES for a number of reasons: &…
SOLES Alumnus Spotlight: Willie Blackmon '09 MA, Higher Education Leadership
Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. So how I found USD...I graduated from undergrad and did social work for a little bit. But I s…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Leah Nierman '14 BA, '16 MEd, Curriculum and Teaching
Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I hold a Mild/Moderate Special Education Teaching Credential with an authorization in Autism,…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Amanda Gutierrez '02 BA, '04 MA, Marital and Family Therapy
Please tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I was pretty set on going to college in California. I had never been to California, I …
SOLES Alumnus Spotlight: Colonel Brian Kerl '18 Ph.D., Leadership Studies
Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I had originally planned on pursuing a Ph.D. in history, based on my desire to teach history,…
SOLES Alumnus Spotlight: Marco Amaral '16 MEd, Special Education
Please tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I think first and foremost, it is understood that SOLES has the best Special Education…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Stacey Muse '06 MA, Nonprofit Leadership and Management
Please tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I completed the Masters in Nonprofit Leadership and Management within SOLES. I decided…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Pam Crandell '14 MA, School Counseling
Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I was in the Master's in Counseling with a School Specialization. I chose this program becaus…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Nicole Assisi '02 BA, and '06 MEd, Literacy
Meet MEd alumna, Nicole Assisi! …
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Andrea Andrade '17 MA, Leadership Studies
Please tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I graduated from the University of San Diego with a MA in Leadership Studies. I decide…
HRSA Project TeamUP Stipend Recipient Spotlight
My name is Christian Borge Baldovino Vallido - you can call me ‘CV’ for short. I am currently gearing up to graduate in May of 2019 from U…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight Emily Meyers '15 MEd, TESOL, Literacy, and Culture
Please tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I am an alumna of the MEd TESOL program, which focuses on teaching English to speakers…
SOLES Alumnus Spotlight: Christian Jordal '06 MA, Marriage and Family Therapy
Please tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I graduated from SOLES with a masters degree in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2006. &…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Jodie Grenier '18 MA, Nonprofit Leadership and Management
Please tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. My choice in selecting the Nonprofit Leadership and Management program was quite seren…
SOLES Alumnus Spotlight: Michael Carter '13 BA, Mathematics, '14 MEd, Curriculum and Teaching
Please tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I got my undergraduate degree from USD in Math and my masters from SOLES in education …
SOLES Student Spotlight: Lena Huang '19 , Nonprofit Leadership & Management
Meet Lena Huang, a current Master’s student in the Nonprofit Leadership & Management program in the School of Leadership & Education Sci…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Nicole Mione-Green '18 MA, Nonprofit Leadership and Management
Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I completed the MA in Nonprofit Leadership and Management in the spring of 2018. I chose this…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Anita Chlipala '07 MA, Marriage and Family Counseling
Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I met a marriage and family therapist and asked her about her field. After learning more abou…
Alumni Spotlight on Sara Kathleen Henry, Ph.D.
Please tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I received my Ph.D. in Leadership Studies in 2010. I chose to attend the University of…
Alumna Jasmine Williams Making a Global Impact
Jasmine Williams, '09 is one of those students who inspires professors to continue to teach. She was a member of the first cohort of SOLES studen…
Student Spotlight, Josie Alvarez, MA '18 School Counseling
Meet Josie Alvarez, a recent graduate of SOLES! Josie will be working as a school counselor at Nativity Prep Academy, located in Sa…
Alumni Spotlight: Sebastian Slovin '17, MA Leadership Studies
Please tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I’m an alumnus of the MA in Leadership Studies program. I chose this program for…
Alumni Spotlight: Lily Vistica MFT '12
Please tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I was first drawn to USD because of its reputation for giving back to the community an…
Alumni Spotlight: Lara Angeles '17, MEd Curriculum and Instruction
Please tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I was in the one-year master’s credential cohort from 2016-2017. Prior to that I…
Alumni Spotlight: Shannon Sampson '08 MA, Marriage & Family Counseling
What brought you to the Marriage & Family Therapy program at SOLES?I applied to 5 MFT/psych masters programs after graduating from college. U…