SOLES Spotlights
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SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Stephanie Bernasconi '08 (MA), Higher Education Leadership Studies
Tell 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 friend who…
SOLES Alumnus Spotlight: Mark Arapostathis '06 (EdD), Educational Leadership and Literacy
Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. In 2006, I received my Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership, through a joint prog…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Heather Dierolf '99 (MA), Counseling, '09 (PhD), Leadership Studies
Tell us about your SOLES degree program and why you chose it. I received my masters in Counseling and my PhD in Education Leadership. I choose SOLES …
SOLES Alumnus Spotlight: Jeffrey Young '14 (MA), Marital and Family Therapy
Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I’ve been interested in the field of psychology since before I started university, back…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Kay Krohne '91 (EdD), Leadership Studies
Tell us about your SOLES degree program and why you chose it. I was executive officer of the NROTC Unit at the University of San Diego when I started…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Laura Smith '06, MEd Induction Master's Partnership Program
Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I was part of the original cadres that opened up for first year teachers in the SOLES departm…
SOLES Alumnus Spotlight: Alan Nelson '94, EdD Leadership Studies
Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I earned the EdD in Leadership Studies in 1994. At the time, it was one of the few doctorates…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Stacey Williams '13, MA Higher Education Leadership
Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I got my MA in Higher Education Leadership with the intention of working with students in ser…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Khea Pollard '15 BA, '18 MA, Nonprofit Leadership and Management
Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. I did a fellowship program with RISE San Diego and they have a partnership with the School of…
SOLES Graduate Spotlight: Georgie Kelly '15 MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Tell us about your degree program and why you chose it. When I went into undergrad, my main goal was to end up doing pastoral counseling. I wanted to…
SOLES Alumna Spotlight: Lynn Anderson Scherer Keough '70 BA, English
In this alumna spotlight, we are featuring an alumna from the College for Women. The history of the School of Leadership and Education Sciences began …
SOLES Student Spotlight: Tina Kimsey '19, (M.Ed '20)
Tell us a little about yourself. My name is Tina Kimsey and I’m in the CTEP program, which means that I will get my Master’s just one y…
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. &…