USD Magazine Summer 2007

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F E A T U R E S

T O T E A C H I S T O L E A R N T W I C E .

18 / KNOWLEDGE CENTRAL After years of shuttling among campus buildings, this fall the School of Leadership and Education Sciences will finally have a building to call its own. That’s some nice validation for its pioneering graduate degree programs, which have earned recognition for training the leaders and educators of tomorrow.

U S D M A G A Z I N E O N L Y T H E E D U C A T E D A R E F R E E .

D E P A R T M E N T S

AROUND THE PARK 6 / One Big Happy Family

It’s the people inside the new SOLES building that make it more than just the sum of its parts.

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8 / Dead Sea Scrolls 101 Ancient texts that led to today’s version of the bible may be the greatest archeological find in history. 9 / Save the Date Commencement, Sports Camps, ELDA Summer Institute. 10 / Border Crossing Continuing education gives Mexican workers a crash course on the American way of business with training that’s been described as a “mini-MBA.” 12 / Common Thread Kyoto laureate and cutting-edge designer Issey Miyake came to campus and showed off his innovative creations.

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ON THE COVER: Photography by Tim Mantoani

T O L E A D I S T O L I S T E N .

POINT OF VI EW 16 / A Year to Remember Excerpts from the blog of Beth Rogers-Witte ’02, who’s coming to know Africa by spending a year in southern Sudan.

TORERO ATHLET I CS 14 / Team Players

The women’s basketball team experienced resounding success this winter, breaking the school record for wins in a season.

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