University of Santa Clara - Redwood Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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FROM THE DIRECTCDITS DESK The UniversiTy Honors Program, noT in iTself a major program, is open To qualified enTering freshmen in any of The undergraduaTe deparTmenTs of The UniversiTy. Honors courses, which are offered in a varleTy of subjecTs in The humaniTies, sciences, and social sciences, are TaughT by faculTy specially qualified in The subjecTs. lviosT courses are conducTed as seminars, in which considerable responsibiliTy for presenTaTion and discussion of maTerial is placed upon The sTudenT. Accordingly, The Program is a challenging and sTimulaTing augmenTaTion of The sTudenT's educaTion. IVlosT Honors Program sTudenTs do abouT 20 To 25 percenT of Their four-years' course in Honors seminars, CompleTion of The program does noT in iTseIf meriT graduaTion honors, buT Honors Program sTudenTs, more freauenTly Than The average, graduaTe wiTh honors or enTer honors socieTies. AlThough mosT would dlsTinguish Them- selves in any evenT, The challenging naTure and The breadTh of Honors Program reauiremenTs and opporTuniTies encourage Them To realize Their inTeilecTual poTenTlal. -Dr. Francis X. Duggan, UniversiTy Honors Program .. -,, . -41011-www K' Dr. Duggan, Honors Program direcTor, works behind his qinpfamous desk. QPhoTo: Mara Mafsumurap Honors Program 29

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REACHING BEYOND LIMITS AfTer graduaTion fesTiviTies were over, I began puTTing away The books and various memenTos of my college career and reflecTing upon my educaTion aT SanTa Clara, including my parTicipaTion in The Honors Program. Sepiember of my freshman year found me a biT cocky. However, geTTing C's on Honors English papers Cand I ThoughT I was a preTTy good wriTer!j and mlddling grades on Honors Calculus midTerms gave me effecTive lessons in humiliTy. In spiTe of whaT some people may Think, The Honors Program is noT merely compeTiTion among Ueggheadsf' I Think, insTead, ThaT The Honors Program fosTers a cerTain menTaliTy, a spiriT, if you will, by providing opporTuniTies and enriched courses. The reauiremenTs - hisTory, philosophy, science, maTh, eTc. - aT leasT see To iT ThaT one is exposed To a wide range of subjecis. BuT The spiriT - ThaT of a Renaissance person -- is TransmiTTed in anoiher way. Dr. LievesTro's Time seminar immediaTely springs To mind as an example. VVhaT's so inTeresTing abouT Time? some sTudenTs scoff. They would be amazed. We examined Time from psychological, religious, philosophical and physical perspecTives. Dr. LievesTro fosTered a spiriT of inTense curiosiTy, exploring why and how Time fiTs inTo life, IiTeraTure, religion. OTher honors courses similarly fosTered This curiosiTy and greaTer human undersTanding. The program does ask more of sTudenTs, personally as well as academically. The professors aTTempTed To push or draw us beyond The limiTs we had seT for ourselves. Pure exhilaraTion rushed Through our veins when we meT Their challenge. The Honors Program, in four years, fosTered The qualiTies ThaT define The besT sTudenTs - humiIiTy, a love of inquiry, and The confidence To reach beyond my limiTs. - Heidi Kocher 28 Honors Program I . I I I I , I I I I v I I I 2- -131...-, ...l Lovene Wood keeps The program running smooThly. fPhoTo: Mara MaTsumuraQ

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1 E TI-IE TEACHER AS LEARNER 'K-4 Z1 if YZ .. By as 3? James Torrens, S.J. 22 ZZ .-wr ',f+fm,w,,, Herr Professor, James Torrens, S.J., reconsiders a . . . mf grgwfy, 'ff' porn? IO his lecture. fPhoTo: P. Beemerp Y' 4' QI I - Q I 30 The Teacher as Learner 2 4