USD Annual Report 1983/84

A growing campus

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As the university continues to reach for excellence, ocher building projects will spring from the drawing board to reality. Planned for the immediate future is the $9 million University Center, a building that will serve as a central meeting place for students and house university offices that support the spiritual, psychological, cultural and social needs of the students. Groundbreaking for the center is scheduled during the summer of 1985. "By 1985 we will have reached the point we projectedfor ourselves a decade ago regarding the expansion ofcampus. Then we can put all ofour attention to qualitative change without having to keep one eye on quantitative change." Dr. Autbor E. Hugbes, President Novembe1; 1983 as be explained USD s plansfor tbeJuture

"I hope to build here a great center of Catholic education."

Those visionary words have been transformed into a dazzling reality during the past 39 years. From completion of the first building in 1952 for the College for Women, the University of San Diego has expanded its facilities again and again in order to fulfill its mission and meet the needs of its students. Today, the 180-acre campus is graced by 15 buildings, all designed in 14th century Spanish Renaissance-style architecture. Testimony to the university's rapid growth, three buildings were completed in the last year-$4.5 million Olin Hall, new home for the School of Business Administration; the $3.7 million Helen K. and James S. Copley Library, and the $2.4 million Douglas F. Manchester Executive Conference Center.

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/.'.IV :1· campus buildings reflect 14th century ,\1/Hlnisb Renaissant·t• P/aleresque arcbileclure.

7be Douglas F. Mancbester Executive Conference Center IVllS dedicated 011 Febmary 26, 1984.

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