Flora Asuncion, EMBA Class of '09
Director, Patient First Support Services, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Participating in the Saint Mary’s College Executive MBA program proved a life-changing experience for Flora Asuncion ’09, eventually leading her to a new career in the Middle East.

I have to admit that I didn't know what I would do with my English major when I started Saint Mary's. I knew that professions like teaching and novel writing had little promise of big bucks, but I just knew that being an English major was something I wanted to do.

Darrell Corti '64. Photography by Toby Burditt

This story was originally published in the Winter 2009 edition of Saint Mary's magazine

Darrell Corti '64 arrived at Saint Mary's College in 1960 with something unusual for that era: a 3-foot-square refrigerator for his dorm room.

As a Saint Mary's freshman, Alisa Macksey didn't yet know what "Enter to learn, learn to serve" meant, but she is now living out the motto with a career in social justice as associate director of the Lasallian Volunteers.

Macksey, who grew up in Concord, discovered Saint Mary's at its annual college fair.

What do Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells, wide receiver Terrell Owens and Henry Sroka '78 have in common?