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

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,, I l FROM SECOND FLOOR Benson not only is the east side of campus easily seen, but on clear days, even the mountains look close enough to touch. FLAGS FLY OUTSIDE Walsh Ad- ministration Building every day. Across Alviso, in St. Joseph's, a stained glass rosette filters sunlight. photo by John Strubbe Commit- ment to teaching excellence ,WML - EXCELLENT LINIVERSITIES VALUE teaching and research as mutually beneficial and related activities. Twice within the last decade, in the 1975 Statement of Purpose and in the 1979 Goals and Guidelines the academic community has developed and the Board of Trustees has adopted certain educational goals for the University. ln addition to Santa Clara's central goal, the education of the human person in the con- text of its Catholic and .Jesuit i44 9 2nd FLOOR WALSH R.A. ar-iff I ,nol- ogy major Annette Parent amin- ished Godspell audiences with her voice, charm, and stamina, SENIOR DAN CROWLEY was cap- tain of the cross country team. One of the top runners on the team. he is not only gifted, but dedicated. Q - ph bySa hwood photo by Chris van Hasselt photo by Matt Keowen HAWAIIAN BEN FUATA sports a rugby shirt complete with the SCLITS new seal. Ben sits in the bleachers to watch a basketball game on the courts below. tradition, these declarations also included a commitment and dedication to teaching excellence and scholarly research. l think that, although these were statements of ideals, they signal one of the most significant educational advances at Santa Clara. Both the quantity and, more importantly, the quality, of research and scholarship have increased. At the same time, the quality of teaching has significantly improved. The P l

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the cover .1 Q 45' X f , . Q35 il' f n ll 1 P. . Learning A Place 1- . is A Place 250 3 -xr Closing 326 Advertising 336 Index 35,52 specifically, to go beyond the facade is to understand what this academic year was. Univer- sity observers should look closer, see things as they really are, define detail as a magnify- ing glass does -look beneath the surface. Because the University has changed in recent years, it has reached an important point in its history. Midway through the Campaign for Santa Clara, the University faced questions about what to spend the money on. lt was a time for photo by Chris redefining priorities. A commitment to moral values was voiced through a War and Conscience Institute fall quarter, and Student Services spent the year restructuring programs to improve student activities and residence life. Student life also urged beneath the surface examination. Students were living and growing and evaluating their environment, too. This was a year during which students lost a class mate. The event spurred not live in the dorms or ln the house on Franklin St., Noblll was named after the flrst president of the college. I I Home 'ro Au. scu Jesuits who ao OVERLOOKING McLAUGHLlN, KENNEDY Mall, and most of the t ld f th D wes s e o campus, e unne balconies face the Swig dormitory balconies. by an H reflection. lt reminded people of the responsibilities involved in being a community. These events, and many more, have caused us to reflect, to look beneath the surface, to try to see our community as it really was. - Charlotte Hart OD T

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increase in scholarship includes Santa Clara, a balance of a number of joint faculty- teaching excellence and student research projects, a scholarly research identifies distinguishing characteristic of the fine teachers. By these learning excellence in close endeavors, teachers share their student-teacher relationships. academic life with their Teaching always has been students and together they and will continue to be the create, out of what could be primary purpose of education mediocre, a university of at Santa Clara: from the excellence. founding of Mission Santa By educating young women Clara, to the beginning of Santa and men to live intellectually, Clara College, to the present- practically, morally and day University. religiously in tomorrow's world, Effective teaching depends to be simultaneously upon scholarship. Thus, at contemplative and active, Santa Clara fulfills its Jesuit goal of service to the people of God through education. Further, this commitment to service includes a commitment to the magis -the Jesuit ideal of excellence. People educated in the Christian and Jesuit context of Santa Clara's tradition seek to serve others and strive, guided by reason, to use their God-given talents to the fullest and always for the greatest human good. - Paul Locatelli, SJ. Academic Vice-President l ptid from ' A Teac her for All Seasons' Santa QI M gazme, December l982. pp l 3 I5 i ik