Santa Clara University and Sutter Health announced plans Friday to launch the Mark & Mary Stevens School of Medicine, a new medical school funded in part by a $175 million gift from Mary Mathews Stevens ’84 and her husband, venture capitalist Mark Stevens. The school will be the first new medical school in the San Francisco Bay Area in more than a century, according to a recent press release from the University and Sutter Health. The announcement marks a major expansion for Santa Clara University, tying the Jesuit institution to one of Northern California’s largest not-for-profit health care systems. Sutter Health, founded in the Bay Area and based in Sacramento, provides healthcare and medical services to over 3.5 million California residents. The organization boasts over 60,000 employees and 14,000 physicians across the state, providing care through a robust set of facilities and resources including hospitals, medical groups, surgery centers, clinics and more, per the press release. The organization is particularly focused on expanding its outreach through investment in graduate medical opportunities, according to the 2024 Annual Progress Report. Expanding into education is vital to “increasing Sutter’s capacity to serve patients with the highest standards of care,” per the report. The medical school will be housed in an 82,000-square-foot facility under construction at 2431 Mission College Blvd., about five miles from Santa Clara University’s main campus and adjacent to Sutter’s East Santa Clara Campus. Down the road, Sutter plans to open a 272-bed, eight-story medical center on its West Santa Clara Campus by 2031, according to the press release. The school has not announced when its first class will enroll. According to the press release, the inaugural class will begin after the completion of a multiyear accreditation process that is currently underway. Details on tuition, class size and admissions were not included. READ THE FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE (link in bio + story) 📝 : Dylan Ryu & @kyliebenn 📷 : @ninaglickphoto

Santa Clara University’s Student Court will hear a challenge on Monday over whether Associated Student Government President Claire Krebs ’26 had authority to veto the Student Senate’s decision not to approve two student organizations for full club status. The case was brought by Herb Schreib ’26, ASG web development chair, after Krebs vetoed the Student Senate’s decision to keep Friends of MSF and the American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative as provisional student organizations. The hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Kenna Hall, room 304. Chief Justice Bea Ricafort ’26 said Schreib v. Krebs will address “a matter of constitutional interpretation,” including the Registered Student Organization approval process and “the scope of the student body president’s veto authority.” The Senate voted on the clubs during its April 30 meeting, when provisional student organizations sought approval to become RSOs. Under ASG bylaws, new organizations “must be approved by a supermajority of the Student Senate in order to gain full RSO recognition privileges.” Senators raised concerns that the groups overlapped with existing campus organizations and did not fit the purpose of an RSO. During the Friends of MSF discussion, Senator-at-Large of Athletic Relations and ASG Student Affairs Committee Chair Carmen Duque-Diaz ’27 said “why we denied MSF and Lung Cancer is because this is not what RSOs are structurally meant to be, better as an initiative through another RSO,” according to Senate minutes. Schreib said the challenge is about presidential power, not either club’s merits. “Allowing the vetoes to stand would set a precedent expanding executive power beyond what our governing documents intend,” Schreib said. STORY CONTINUED IN PINNED COMMENT BELOW