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In front of hundreds of friends, family, colleagues, and well-wishers from the St. Ignatius community and wider Bay Area, Joseph A. Vollert ’84 was formally installed as SI's next president at a Mass celebrated by Jesuits West Provincial Sean Carroll, S.J. on Feb. 20, 2026, at St. Ignatius Church on the University of San Francisco campus.
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Maida Liu ’26 and Camille Pyo ’26 are both accomplished artists, in music and the visual arts. Take a look at examples of their beautiful and striking work.
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Jordan Liu ’26, Bobby Mullin ’26, and Josh Lee ’26 were among 15,000 students to achieve the honor nationwide out of about 1.3 million entrants.
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SI students, faculty, administrators, and supporters, along with representatives from Devcon and architectural firm Mark Cavagnero Associates, signed a special beam that later they watched be put into place on the NLC.
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In front of hundreds of friends, family, colleagues, and well-wishers from the St. Ignatius community and wider Bay Area, Joseph A. Vollert ’84 was formally installed as SI's next president at a Mass celebrated by Jesuits West Provincial Sean Carroll, S.J. on Feb. 20, 2026, at St. Ignatius Church on the University of San Francisco campus.
SI students, faculty, administrators, and supporters, along with representatives from Devcon and architectural firm Mark Cavagnero Associates, signed a special beam that later they watched be put into place on the NLC.
Jordan Liu ’26, Bobby Mullin ’26, and Josh Lee ’26 were among 15,000 students to achieve the honor nationwide out of about 1.3 million entrants.
Maida Liu ’26 and Camille Pyo ’26 are both accomplished artists, in music and the visual arts. Take a look at examples of their beautiful and striking work.
![A group of older adults, mostly men, are gathered together in what appears to be a restaurant or bar setting, with a bar and shelves of liquor bottles visible in the background.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1764015340/siprep/vt42fbecbrecw331nxls/1955-class-group.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1764015340/siprep/vt42fbecbrecw331nxls/1955-class-group.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1764015340/siprep/vt42fbecbrecw331nxls/1955-class-group.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1764015340/siprep/vt42fbecbrecw331nxls/1955-class-group.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1764015340/siprep/vt42fbecbrecw331nxls/1955-class-group.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1764015340/siprep/vt42fbecbrecw331nxls/1955-class-group.jpg","width":2200}])
Reaching a 70th reunion takes work and the Class of 1955 has found joy doing it. There is joy in telling their stories and celebrating each other, in life and in death. There is joy in the labor and sacrifices it takes to organize and embark upon adventures together.