USD Magazine Spring 2011

W E C A N N O T D O E V E R Y T H I N G , B U T W E C A N D O S OM E T H I N G .

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24 / THE WORLD I S OUR BUS I NESS Professor Helder Sebastiao has been the driving force behind elevating entrepreneurship across campus; he says the thing that separates winners from losers is drive. Examples of the many ways that success can be defined include Michelle Martin ’07 (MA), who is finding fulfillment with Karuna International, a nonprofit that sends disadvantaged kids on volunteering trips abroad; the unprecedented partnership that led to USD’s new Center for Peace and Commerce; environmental advocate and aspiring online entrepreneur Wyatt Taubman ‘10 and his sustain- able living website; and Travis Bays ’03, who is building a career out of what he loves best. 24 USD’s brand of entrepre- neurs aim for the triple bottom line: People, Planet, Profit. For several years, 26

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ALUMNI UPDATE 34 / Find a Need and Fill It

USD’s new Young Alumni Council was the brainchild of two former Associated Students Presidents: Rhett Buttle ’07 and Sydney McRae ’09.

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CLASS NOTES 36 / Do the Right Thing

Going above and beyond is just the way Sam Attisha ’89 rolls. The Cox Communications exec and his staff won an Emmy for Best Magazine Television Program for a TV Show, which highlighted locals’ work to better their community. 40 / 2011 Alumni Honorees Inspiring stories, exceptional achievements, one alma mater. Meet this year’s award recipients, and save the date: Saturday, June 4, 2011.

LOOK ING BACK 16 / That Pioneering Spirit Exceptional statesman Dave Cox ’61 was a tenacious legislator, a convivial fixture in the Senate lounge and a devoted family man.

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