Impact Stories

Your Gifts At Work

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Students sit and speak with university members

Meaningful Intergenerational Connections

Every fall session, the Fromm Institute showcases USF Faculty, leaders, researchers, and students with the Series “Changing the World From Here—USF Faculty Lectures”—a culmination and celebration of several projects.

Executive Draws on Lessons Learned at USF for Global Project

Sarah Caravalho Khan MA ’06 hopes to instill in future students the same values she learned at USF in the School of Education’s organization and leadership master’s program. Caravalho Khan says, “I can’t thank USF enough. It changed the trajectory of my career and me as a human being.”

Supporting Tomorrow’s Scientists

As a high school senior student in Puerto Rico, Edwin Román Rivera ’02 won a trip to California. On that trip, Román Rivera fell in love with San Francisco and set out on a mission to study at the University of San Francisco.

Alumna and USF Volunteer to Support USF Through Her Retirement Plan

Being a first-generation college graduate is a distinction that Maureen O’Hara, BSN ’72, does not take lightly. “USF gave me a scholarship—and as a result, I found my profession, made lifelong friends, and absorbed Jesuit values that still inspire me today. I was blessed.”