Career Services Center News

For Ashley Smiley ’13, art has always been about more than what happens onstage. It’s about asking difficult questions, challenging perspectives, and creating space for voices that deserve to be heard.

At the University of San Francisco, the impact of generosity is often measured in scholarships awarded, opportunities created, and lives transformed. But sometimes, that impact begins with something as simple as a bag of groceries.

A $40,000 gift from Bridget Marie Porter and Keith Metz is helping the University of San Francisco’s School of Nursing and Health Professions prepare future health care professionals to recognize and respond to rare but potentially life-threatening cardiac and aortic conditions.

Madi Reyes ’24 talks about how her senior thesis project, “Orient Mart,” became part of the Thacher Gallery exhibition, Market/Value. In her immersive project, she explores her Filipino-American identity and immigrant experiences by reimagining the packaging of Asian goods. She is now a junior designer at Penguin Random House.

The legal profession is changing faster than it has in decades, and law schools are racing to keep pace. At USF, the response has been swift and nationally recognized.

Kandis Westmore learned discipline and the importance of carrying herself with purpose from ballet classes as a child. Those same qualities would help her navigate law school, motherhood, and eventually a seat on the federal bench.

Behind every appellate opinion is a person whose life was shaped by the outcome. That theme anchored “Whose Justice? Storytelling, Power and the Limits of the Law,” the October 19 event hosted by USF’s Racial Justice Clinic.

Sydney Menante ’28 is one of 100 United States college students to receive the Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service.

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