Belongingness & Community

Team-Based, Multiplayer Culture

What does 'community' mean at usv?

We proudly embrace our ‘nerd community’ at USV. It’s an environment where everyone is welcome and celebrated!

We treasure our culture of belongingness. The wide variety of student clubs and organizations embrace every student, wherever they find themselves at this important stage of their lives.

Welcome to the USV community!

About Us
 

inclusive community

University of Silicon Valley maintains a policy of inclusiveness that recognizes, values of the community it serves.

University of Silicon Valley is an equal opportunity institution of higher education and is firmly committed to nondiscrimination in its delivery of educational services. These practices include, but are not limited to, admission to, and participation in the benefits and services of, educational programs or related activities sponsored by the University.

When necessary, the University will reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities if the individuals are otherwise qualified to meet the fundamental requirements of the University’s educational program and/or able to safely perform all essential functions, without undue hardship to the University.

USV students walking by the campus sign, talking and smiling at each other.

Alumni Diversity in Action

USV is Proud to Highlight Some of Our Most Talented & Celebrated Alumni:

Cogswell College (now USV) graduates below were part of the teams who created the following award-winning films.

  • I-Wei Huang, Toy and Character Director at Toys for Bob
  • Lyndsay Pearson, Sr. Producer at EA Redwood Shores
  • Britney Thoreson, Background Designer at Cartoon Network/Nickelodeon
  • Cristopher Evart, Character TD at Walt Disney Animation Studios, ACADEMY AWARD “Best Animated Feature” – Frozen
  • Harnick Atur, Lead 3D Artist at Playstudios
  • Jake Levine, Technical Marketing Engineer, Intel RNB
  • Jessica ‘Psy” DeLacy, Simulation TD at Pixar Animation Studios, ACADEMY AWARD “Best Animated Feature” (team award) – Coco
  • Meenu Kaur, Character TD at Method Studios
  • Raymond Crook, Animation Lead at Double Fine Productions
  • Nathan Hillier, GOLDEN GLOBE “Best Animated Feature Film”- How to Train Your Dragon II
  • Ryan Rogers, ACADEMY AWARD “Best Visual Effects”- Life of Pi
  • Caleb Madsen, founder of Acoustic Masterminds, awarded US Patent for “Digital camera system for acoustic modeling”
  • Vitaly Golomb, named Managing Director and Global Head of Principal Investments, IEG – Investment Banking Group
  • Julie Cortes – Manticore Games – Environment Artist
  • Drake Rose – Manticore Games – Gameplay Engineer
  • Dylan Rose – Manticore Games – Game Artist
  • Chase Adams – Barbed Wire Studios – Lead Animator
  • Brian Cofano – Outpost Vfx – Lighting Artist
  • Cassidy Robideaux – WB Games – Associate Sound Designer
  • Olivia Olortegui – Laika LLC – Jr. Animation Tech Director
  • Saba Salari – Magic Tavern – Jr. Game Developer
  • Turan Nguyen – QUALCOMM  – DevOps Engineer
  • Terrance Usher – Revature – .Net Software Engineer
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