Bloganuary Prompt: “What colleges have you attended?”

I’m a native of Santa Clara, a smaller city next to a bigger city, San Jose, in the south part of the San Francisco Bay Area.

As I was gearing up for college all those years ago, I was also growing up through adolescence. It was a tough time, and I found faith to be really helpful (and still is today).

You might be familiar with the term “Jesuit”; the term is used for members of the Society of Jesus, a religious order within the Roman Catholic Church.

Santa Clara University (SCU), was founded by the Jesuits in 1851, and is just two miles down the road from where I grew up. It’s the oldest university west of the Mississippi River, so it’s said.

When I was considering college, SCU was a natural choice. As I learned more about the Jesuits their theology and focus appealed greatly to me; I wasn’t interested in leaving the area; with my parents help and student loans, I was able to afford the tuition. And so I was SCU bound!

I studied Comparative Politics and History as an undergraduate, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1989.

I then studied Russian Language for a year at San Jose State University while working my first year after graduating.

A couple years later, I had the chance to return to SCU for night business school while continuing to work, and graduated with a Masters in Business Administration in 1996.

I’ve thought off and on over the years if I should have made different educational choices. I’ve met lots of people who traveled far and wide to attend college, also opting for “bigger name schools” in some cases. I

always come back to the same conclusion: Santa Clara University, the place and its people, were right for me both times. And many of my closest friends today are people I met during those years.

I’d do it all over again. I love the Jesuits, and love good ol’ SCU !

#GoBroncos