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I loved my time at SJSU—my favorite memories: being AS President and Panhellenic President 1998-99; my times at Delta Gamma; meeting my husband; football and basketball games; making many lifelong friends; Homecoming; serving as a student rep for two years on the Academic Senate; the massive debate and drama about the proposed MLK Library when I was AS President; Tower Hall; the beautiful campus. I’m grateful to have been able to take advantage of everything that SJSU had to offer.

Favorite memory was when I was able to find parking 🅿️

I remember arriving in January 1978 at SJSU from Italy with two suitcases and the Campus was deserted. I did‘nt know where to go. I saw a policeman patrolling and I askes for help. He got me in touch with the foreign student’s office and they let me sleep for one night in the still empty student housing. The next day they found me a wonderful accomodation with a San Jose family, with whom I lived for the whole time of my bachelor studies. And I’m still in touch with the kids of that family. I loved the possibility of choosing a lot of courses of personal interest. I returned to my home town Bolzano and live here with my husband since graduation. I worked in Marketing for about 20 years, then I switched to journalism. I have also risen 3 children and have 5 grandchildren. Today, at 65 years, I’m officially retired bit still work part-time as a journalist for the public broadcaster RAI Suedtirol. Congratulations for your first century, SJSU!

One of the times I was most proud when I worked at SJSU was when they constructed the statues of the two award-winning athletes with their fists in the air. At my age, I'm name-challenged. Does anyone want to add them? PS I was the reluctant chair of the Math/CS for a four-year term and filled in for one year for Math after the two disciplines split. I loved teaching. One of the funniest comments in my student evaluations was, "She has a wild breadth of knowledge."

If you didn't live in Joe West or the bricks you didn't live.

Go Spartans forever. Great memories and gratitude to my Mass Communication professors from '86 to '89. Forever grateful to Professors Jane Wertz and Tom Jordan. Attending classes at Dwight Bentel Hall, lunch and a beer at the Spartan Pub. Proud to have been a member of the Business Professional Advertising Association Student Chapter and the campaign team that brought the International BPAA Student Advertising Campaign Championship to SJSU in '89.

I absolutely loved my time at #SJSU 💛💙 and look back on those years fondly. My education at SJSU had a profound impact on my future. After graduating, I pursued medical school and completed my pediatric residency at Stanford. I am also incredibly grateful for the friendships I made and the professors who have left a lasting mark on me. I am proud to be an alumna of SJSU and will forever be a #Spartan!

My favorite memories always include my fantastic crew at Update News. Led by Bob Rucker and Darla Belshe, we spent endless days and nights learning how to be journalists. Thank you for instilling in me, the very best ways to tell someone's story. I'm still doing it today and still keep in touch with many of the Update News crew. Class of '93

How cool is that, I graduate from SJSU's Professional Development in 2002.