1992-1993 USD Facts

MARKS OF DISTINCTION

BEGINNINGS

Notable + National and local attention was focused on USD this fall when the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates chose the university as the site for the second presidential debate. Although the debate was·later canceled, the prospect of the event brought the university community together and spurred the students to action. They developed a message to present to the world - "May we radiate hope, celebrate individuality and unite in light- ing a path toward our future" - and erected a 140-foot "Mural of Hope" that contained some 600 sayings, slogans and thoughts written by the students. + The Chronicle of Higher Education repotted this past summer that graduation rates for USD scholarship-athletes ranked in the top three among all West Coast Conference, Pacific 10 and Big West schools. This report reinforces the university's philosophy that a school can compete on a national level while still main- taining high academic standards. The rankings are based on the average graduation rates of 1984 and 1985 entering freshmen in Division I athletic programs. USD's scholarship-athlete gradua- tion rate is well above the average student rate. + USD was one of the 37 U.S. schools and libraries chosen in 1991 by the Library of Congress to take part in its American Memory Project. Students and faculty can now call up original source materials from the Continental Congress, the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution and other Library of Congress holdings via computers and TV monitors. -I• Distinguished Law Professor Bernard H. Siegan is leaving his mark on the new republics emerging from the collapse of com- munism throughout Eastern Europe. An expect on U.S. consti- tutional law, he is helping these fledgling republics frame their new constitutions. In July 1991, Bulgaria adopted a constitution on which Siegan had consulted, and another of his proposed documents is under consideration by the leaders ofArmenia. A faculty member at USD since 1973, Siegan has been working with other countries for the last five or six years.

The Past and Its People 1949 Charter granted.

San Diego College for Women opens . Foundingforce: Rev. Mother Rosalie Hill, RSC].

1952

The College for Men and School of Law open. Foundingforce: Most Rev. Charles F. Buddy, first bishop ofSan Diego.

1954

School of Graduate and Continuing Education founded.

1969

Colleges for Men and Women and School of Law merge to form University of San Diego. Un itingforce: Dr. Author E. Hughes, first and current president ofthe merged university.

1972

Schools of Business Administration and Education founded.

1972

1974

Hahn School of Nursing founded .