Rate your professor

Lisa Schultheis (‘88 ) serves as chair of the biology department at Foothill College. And lest you think she’s the lucky one in the arrangement–teaching at what the American Institute of Architects called “the most beautiful community college ever built”–here’s what a student had to say:
BEST teacher I’ve ever had. She knows how to teach, [...]

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Who to call if you burn your fingers on a parabolic oven

We were trying to think of a good lawyer joke, but it’s hard to make a really good lawyer joke when the lawyer in question, Chris Jaap (‘91), is doing really good work.
Sigh. This job is tough sometimes.
We’re guessing the best we can do in this case is just include a really old photo of [...]

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благодарю Вас, P.I. Tchaikovsky

Esther Cardona Sandel (‘00) was one of the five professional dancers–along with about a hundred kiddies and other amateurs, plus presents, gussied-up trees, etc.–on stage last month for maestro Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker at the Fox Theater in Redwood City, CA.
Esther’s also instructing for the Spotlight Arts Academy of Dance and Music on the other side of [...]

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End-of-2007 Superlatives

Considering that 2008 has already begun for the farthest-flung Scholars and alums, we’d better hurry up with some year-end awards. Let’s get right to it:
Most Likely to Catch You if You Start Spilling Trade Secrets: Keith Schon (‘92). Keith is a senior software engineer for Cataphora, which conducts investigations on very large data sets, mostly [...]

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The esq. ledger

Diana Rutowski (’96) is practicing law in Silicon Valley for Orrick, Herrington, and Sutcliffe. Her clients include various high-technology companies, including Facebook and developers of several Facebook applications.

Michael Valek (’96) works for the law firm of Vinson and Elkins LLP in Austin, Tex. A fourth-year associate, Michael’s practice is in intellectual property litigation, primarily [...]

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