2001-2002 Just the Facts

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t\ C 0 .\1.\tu 'ITY OF S c 11 0 1..\RS Fo r more than 50 yea rs, the Uni ve rsity of San Di ego bas been dedi cated to providing a va lues- based ducation that recogni zes men and women as crea tures o f God, and to the continuing examinati on of Catho li c t raditi on in contemporary life. USD 's 180-acr e campus, known as Alcala Par k , overl ooks San Di ego's Mission Bay and the spot where, in 1769, Father Junipero Serra celebrated the fir st Catho lic Mas in Alta Ca li fo rnia. Like Ca li fo rnia's o ldest city, the un ive r sity too k its name from San Diego de Alca la, a Franciscan brother who sen ed as an infirmarian at Alcala de Henares, a monaste ry n ar Madrid , Spain .The graceful Spani sh Renaissance architecture that characterizes t h~ five-cent ury old Uni versity of Alca la se r ves as inspiration fo r all buildings on the USD campus. Led by Mothe r Rosali e Hill and Bishop Charl es Francis Buddy, and sponsored by the Diocese o f' San Diego, the .Uni ve rsity of San Di ego began as separate co ll eges for men and women. The fir st classes met in 1952; the School o f Law opened its door s in 1954. By the late I960s it became clea r that both co ll eges would benefit from a me rger o f' t he ir academi c resources, and in 1972 the Co ll eges fo r Men and Women and the Schoo l o f Law became a single, co-educati onal pri vate Catho lic university. Now gove rned by an independent boa rd o f trustees, U D is a Roman Ca tho li c in stituti o n t hat welcomes students, faculty and staff o f di verse re ligious traditi ons and remains ded icated to the va lues originally articulated by Mothe r Hill and Bi shop Buddy. The more t han 7 ,000 student choo e from 60 undergraduate and graduate degree prog rams. The academi c di visions include the Co ll ege o f' Arts and Sciences and the schools of Business Administration, Education, Law and Nursing. Men aspiring to the Roman Catho li c pri esthood take the ir acad emi c wo rk ~t the unive rs ity whil e li ving in t . Fr anc is Semin a r y, ad jacent to the campus.

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USO has always recognized that a rigo rous academic challenge is only a part of a holistic education, and rhus creates opportuniti es for spiritual, cultural, phys ical and emotional development to prepare students fo r ca reers char benefit their global, civic and fairh communities. ABO UT SA N Dru;o San Di ego has become one of the world 's great citi es, and is the seventh largest in the United States . Once a small seaport town ser ving a large nava l install ation , San Di ego today is at the epi center of burgeoning industri es such as bi otechnology, software deve lopment and t e.lecommuni cations, and is devel- oping into a major player in Pacifi c Rim economi cs . From its legendary beaches th rough the hi sto ri c streets of O ld Town and the Gaslamp di stri ct to its mow1tains and deser t , an Diego's geography parall els the di,·ersity of its po pul ation. The musewns clustered in Balboa Park, a sho rt dri,·e from USD, are the heart of the city 's cul t ural life, and a renaissance is taking place in the nea rby downtown area, soon to be home to a new -ballpark fo r the San Diego Padres .

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