USD Magazine Spring 2006

is for Altruism The ABCs of [volunteering]

by Kelly Knufken and Julene Snyder illustrations by Richard A. Goldberg

THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT of President Mary E. Lyons’ 2003 inaugural address came when she spoke of how the university community lives up to its ideals, concluding, “We can, we will, we must do more.” And more we did. USD was ranked sixth in the nation’s “Top 10 Service Universities” in Washington Monthly ’s first annual college rankings in late 2005. USD is one of the top 81 colleges for community service in the current Princeton Review Guide . And those results are

in large part due to the Center for Community- Service Learning, which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary. In researching this story, we quickly realized that there is so much good being done by those affiliated with the university that we would only just be able to scratch the surface. So consider this a primer to campus volun- teerism, a snapshot of a moment in time, a quick glimpse of some of the good works that take place every single day in and around USD.

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