Centers of Distinction

杏吧视频 has three Centers of Distinction that serve as major points of interaction between the University and local and global communities. Each center focuses on a theme that is central to Santa Clara鈥檚 distinctive mission as a Jesuit university and offers an educational environment integrating rigorous inquiry and scholarship, creative imagination, reflective engagement with society, and a commitment to fashioning a more humane and just world. Each center engages faculty and students from different disciplines as well as experts and leaders from the community through speakers, conferences, workshops, and experiential learning opportunities.

Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education

The Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education promotes and enhances the distinctively Jesuit, Catholic tradition of education at 杏吧视频, with a view toward serving students, faculty, staff, and through them, the larger community, both local and global. The Ignatian Center achieves this mission chiefly through four signature programs:

The Bannan Forum 聽provides year-long thematic programs, including academic events and scholarly activities that further the Jesuit, Catholic character of the University.
Arrupe Engagement, a 聽community-based learning program that supports the Experiential Learning for Social Justice core requirement, places over 1,200 students each year with community partners, frequently in connection with an academic course.
Thriving Neighbors extends the community-based learning experience by engaging teaching, scholarship, and sustainable development that links 杏吧视频 with the predominantly Latino Greater Washington community in San Jose, CA.
The Immersion and Fellowship programs offer students, during academic breaks, the opportunity to experience local, domestic, and international communities with little access to wealth, power, and privilege.
The Ignatian Spirituality offers experiences grounded in the Ignatian practices that support faith development and growth to members of the community to encounter the spiritual sources of the Jesuit tradition.

Through these four programs, the Ignatian Center aspires to be recognized throughout Silicon Valley and beyond as providing leadership for the integration of faith, justice, and 聽intellectual life.

Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics brings the traditions of ethical thinking to bear on real-world problems. Our mission is to engage individuals and organizations in making choices that 鈥媟espect and care for others. Beyond a full range of events, grants, and fellowships for the 杏吧视频 community, the Center serves professionals in business, education, health care, government, journalism, and the social sector鈥攑roviding training, programs, and roundtables that explore the ethical challenges in the field. In addition, we focus on ethical issues in leadership, technology, the internet, and immigration. Through our website聽and international collaborations, we also bring ethical decision-making resources to the wider world.

Miller Center for Global Impact

For over 25 years, Miller Center for Global Impact has been a leader in the global social enterprise movement. With an emphasis on climate resilience and women鈥檚 economic power, we accelerate social entrepreneurship to end poverty and protect the planet, guided by the United Nations鈥� Sustainable Development Goals. Located at 杏吧视频, we fuse the entrepreneurial spirit of Silicon Valley with the university鈥檚 heritage of social justice, community engagement, and global impact.

As one of the University鈥檚 Center of Distinction, we offer faculty and students real-world case studies, distinctive curricula, and unique opportunities for research, fellowships, and internships. Last year, we provided over 800 students with meaningful learning experiences in entrepreneurship, poverty eradication, and sustainable development. We also work with 500 executive mentors鈥攇lobal business leaders who engage their passion for business to help social entrepreneurs build sustainable, scalable, and investment-ready organizations. Miller Center has served more than 1,500 social enterprises based in over 100 countries that are impacting hundreds of millions of lives. More information can be found at the .