USD President's Report 2004

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2004 was a year in which national and international affairs permeated many of USC's campus programs and lectures, especially at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, which held dozens of events that focused on everything from the 2004 elections to the role of women peacemakers to peacemaking efforts around the world. The Degheri Alumni Center opened to great fanfare. The School of Law celebrated its 50th anniversary, welcoming to campus three sitting U.S. Supreme Court justices and the California Supreme Court, which held a special session on campus late in the year. The university drew more regional attention with a new television commercial, aired during the Olympics, which coincided with the launch of a $200-million capital campaign. The Campaign for the University of San Diego seeks to increase USC's endowment, the principal source of funding for student scholarships, and add new facilities, faculty chairs, centers and institutes. The campaign also will raise money to construct a new School of Education building.