College of Arts and Sciences News

When Merhawit and Meseret Mehzun were looking at colleges, they each had the same wish — to attend separate schools. But after a college-tour trip during high school, each twin, independent of the other, ranked USF as her top choice.

In 2014, Merak Melikian Hatounian transferred to USF from a community college near his home in Southern California. He loved his new school: the beautiful campus, the location in the city, friends and classmates.

The St. Anthony Foundation in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood feeds more than 1,000 people each day. It also offers a health clinic, a clothing program, a technology center, and job training — in several buildings across its city campus.

Wearing waders and creeping through waist-high pond water is just part of the job for Allison Bogisich MS ’19.

In the first commencement ceremony held on campus since 2019, 950 new alumni collected their diplomas in St. Ignatius Church. Here, eight of them thank their supporters, reflect on their time at USF, and say what’s next.

When Ryan Lopez ’25 first saw the Hilltop eight years ago, he resolved to go to college — at USF.