USD President's Report and Honor Roll of Donors 1993

CARL IEIRONSON, C:ORRENT $TUDENT, AND TONY YOUNG, PROGRAM GRADUATE

The project's areas of emphasis are: + An ,rsessment component, completed last year, to gauge the campus climate and pro\'ide a sen ·e of what needs to be done; + A student affa irs component that promotes diversity through student orientation sessions, human relations workshops, gue ·t speakers and greater interaction \\'ith minority students from San Diego C ity College; + A fac ulty development/curriculum development component which encour- ages research and teaching projects that foc us on di\'ersity; + An administrator/staff development component that promotes divers ity through \\'orkshops and organi:ed discu ·sions; + Vo lunteer resources programs aimed at se rving people from di,·erse culture and under erved populations; and + A community advisory board to so licit input from diverse citi:en outs ide the campu ·. The Irvine Project reached a milestone on Sept. 14 when two campus town forums were held to give the entire USO community a venue for discussing diversity. In his opening remarks, Hughes made it clear that cultural diversity at USO is more than just rhetoric. "I want to start by dispelling the notion that the Irvine Proj ect is about politi- cal correctness, or tokenism, or quotas, or redress ing past wrongs," Hughes sa id . "We need to diversify this institution because a univers ity must reflect the real world, and the world ou tside these gates is a culturally diverse world. Our students and our employees would be badly served if USO were a stale, narrow, homogeneous community. "If, on the other hand, USO evolves into a campus enriched by people of diverse backgrounds - different races, different ethnicities and different cul- tures - we all will ga in in knowledge and in life experience." THE GIFT OF SPIRITUAL MINISTRY At the beginning of his first full school year as USO's vice president for mis- sion and ministry, Rev. Monsignor I. Brent Eagen invited an adjunct professor of religious studies to attend the annual Mass of the Holy Spirit as his guest of honor. When faculty and students arrived at the lmmaculata to celebrate the Mass, they found Rabbi Wayne Dosick sitting in the first seat in the first pew. "Monsignor Eagen stood at the altar and sa id to the congregation , 'Because we pray with many voices, which is really the same voice, we welcome our col- league and fellow minister,"' Rabbi Dos ick recalls. "That was a very special moment. It spoke vo lumes about the spirituality and inclusiveness of this institution. " As a Roman Catholic institution, USO is committed to promoting Christ ian values as expressed by the Catholic Church. At the same time, the university welcomes people of all fa iths to engage in a continuing search for meaning in contemporary life. To that end, USO has become a place where students of all

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