USD Magazine Summer 2019

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Second-year student Alexa Gonzalez was among those who took part in Half Time, a two-day reflective retreat meant to inspire a renewed sense of purpose.

S e c o n d - y e a r s t u d e n t s e x a m i n e b i g q u e s t i o n s [ f a i t h i n a c t i o n ] WHO WI LL I BECOME?

MARSHALL WILLIAMS

by Allyson Meyer ‘16

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ences, the program is designed to connect with students in a comprehensive way. Program coordinator Aly Mon- teleone says that is precisely what a USD education is all about. “One of University Ministry’s ultimate goals is to support stu- dents holistically, and Half Time provides an opportunity to do so quite well. The experiences taps

the Mulvaney Center and other University of San Diego campus and community partners, has hosted Half Time, a two day, reflective retreat for second-year students to evaluate the direction of their life. While this retreat is not dissimi- lar to years past, a new group of wide-eyed students took the time this spring to take stock, look

toward the future and examine ways in which they might take the next step toward discovering ex- actly who they want to become. Gathering in the comfort of a campus residence hall, students engaged in discussions that en- couraged the exploration of their ultimate hopes and dreams. Occurring halfway through these students’ undergraduate experi-

n early morning begins with a not-so-simple question: “How do you

want to be remembered?”What- ever the answer, the idea behind examining this question is about refocusing, contemplating and evaluating one’s life. For the past five years, Universi- ty Ministry, in collaboration with the Career Development Center,

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