University of San Diego Magazine - Fall 2025

AROUND ALCALÁ PARK

“As a Torero, you are never alone. Resources

Celebrating Wellness at USD At the opening of the Palomar Health Student Wellness Center last April, USD Vice President of Student Affairs Charlotte Johnson announced a “Year of Wellness” institutional initiative. As a university rooted in the Catholic intellectual tradition, USD is committed to supporting Toreros in mind, body and spirit. The “Be Well USD” campaign centers on the website of the same name, a hub of resources and information to support students during their time on campus and beyond. Throughout the year, members of the USD community will engage in events and activities that promote wellness and belonging.

are always just an office visit, click or phone call away.” — Charlotte Johnson, JD

The wellness center was featured in the

1 of 16 Institutions on the Mental Health Services Honor Roll The Princeton Review

September/October issue of Campus Rec Magazine .

DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO’S NEW BISHOP HAS USD ROOTS For his first appointment upon being elected Pope, Leo XIV appointed Most Reverend Michael M. Pham, auxiliary bishop of San Diego and diocesan administrator, as the next bishop of San Diego. Pham fled Vietnam as a 13-year-old refugee in 1980. He moved to San Diego in 1985 after the remainder of his family arrived in the United States. He graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor’s degree and started a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering before transferring to St. Francis Seminary at USD. Pham completed his training at St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, California, with Systematic Theology Baccalaureate and Master of Divinity degrees.

LEARN MORE about the wellness resources and programs offered at USD. sandiego.edu/wellness/ bewellusd

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