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O’Dowd Grand Reunion a Big Hit
Close to 200 alumni returned to campus on June 2 for the inaugural O’Dowd Grand Reunion – Party on the Quad. This event was geared for...
Jun 4, 2018


Will Evans ’15 Leads Award-Winning Marketing Campaign Project
A junior in the Honors College at Baylor University majoring in Sports Strategy and Sales, Will Evans ’15 recently got real-world...
May 24, 2018


O’Dowd Legacy Families Celebrated
The uniqueness of three generations of her family attending the same high school isn’t lost on Colleen Cushing ’19. Colleen’s...
Apr 30, 2018


Alum of the Month – May
Maria Zizka ’06 Creates a Recipe for Professional Success When Maria Zizka ’06 began co-authoring a column on food and culture for U.C....
Apr 27, 2018


Jen Gale ’97: Changing a Life through Kidney Donation
In this article, Jen Gale shares her personal experience as a living kidney donor. It wasn’t the acceptance letter to UC Santa Cruz, or...
Mar 21, 2018


Alum of the Month – Suzanne Schofield Connolly ’65
Suzanne Schofield Connolly ’65 A Trailblazer in the Field of Dermatology The first woman on the staff in the department of dermatology at...
Feb 2, 2018


Ann Schorno ’78 Finds Her Calling Serving Others
When Ann Schorno ’78 graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in economics in the early 1980s the country was in the midst of a...
Dec 4, 2017


Alum of the Month – Michele Thornton-Ghee ’84
Life and Career Strategist Michele Thornton-Ghee ’84 Michele Thornton-Ghee ’84 didn’t graduate college until the age of 30. Between high...
Sep 27, 2017


O’Dowd Basketball Celebration 2017 Draws Big Crowd
Brandon Walker ’07 vividly recalls attending an O’Dowd men’s basketball playoff game held at Laney College in February 2003. Walker...
Sep 5, 2017


Brandon Davis ’02 Profile
Entering his freshman year at Oakland’s Bishop O’Dowd High at a mere 4-foot-11, Brandon Davis felt his days as a basketball player were...
Aug 22, 2017