USD President's Report 2003

APRIL-JUNE

The 14th annual Social Issues Confe rence, April 3-4, included a se1;es of workshops on social issues, a discussion about discrimin ation an d empowerment and a keynote add ress, " Freedom in America? War, Peace and Justi ce," by historian Howard Z inn. April's USD Ameri can Indian Festival fea tured an art show, a marketpl ace of Indian art, a fas hi on show, singers, dancers and sto1y teUers. The Institute for Peace & Justi ce fi lm se1;es included films and discussions about N orth ern Ireland's fragile peace and the aftermath of th e wars in Bosnia and Croa tia. The IPJ also hosted a lecture w ith N obel Peace Pri ze nomin ee H elen Caldicott of th e Nuclear Poli cy R esea rch Institute, and sponsored a series of conversati o ns o n the war in Iraq. The ninth annual Author E. Hughes Ca reer Achi evement Awa rds were held in the J enn y C raig Pavili on. Honorees at th e May 3 ceremony were: J ohn Ca n;eri '91, president and CEO of Colleges.corn; Gina C hampi on-Cain '94 (M.B.A.), pres iden t and CEO o f Ameri can Nati onal Investments; Anthony F. Smith '87 (Ed.D .), ma naging director of th e Leadership R esearch Institute, and an educator and consultant in organ iza ti onal change, executi ve development and leadership training and design; David S. Casey Jr. '74 Q.D .), senior partn er at Casey, Gerry, R eed & Schenk , who was voted one of the top five lawyers natio nwide; and Sandra C. Ga rmon Bibb '99 (D .N. Sc.), who is recognized as an expert in the population hea lth fie ld, whi ch aims to improve th e heaJth within entire populati ons. Spurred by the completion of the J enny C raig Pavili on in 2000 and the renova ti o n o f T orero Stadium in 2002, the athletics department dedi cated much of this year to spru cing up oth er faci liti es. C unningham Stadium, home to T orcro baseball, now includes a state- of-the-art batting cage, a new press box and a new soun d system. The Sports Center gym was gi ven a fresh coat of paint, new lighting and a new scoreboard . The rebuilt so ftball fi eld includes reconfi gured fe nces, additi onal sea ting, new bullpens, a sound system and a new scoreboard. The west tennis courts have new sea ting and fencing, and th e Manchester Athleti c Field was resurfaced to create a multi- use facility for intercollegiate athleti cs, club sports, intrarnurals and recreation.

Eminent Accolades. The Kyoto Prizes are considered among the woild's leading honors for lifetime achievement. Kazuo lnamori (for right), president of the lnamori Foumlat1on, poses with the 2003 rec1p1ents (left to right) Tadao Anno, Leroy Edward Hoon and Mikhacl Leon1dov1ch Gromov

math ematician who introduced th e met1ic structure th at advanced the study o f geometry, and T adao Ando, a Japanese architect whose designs forged new visions of harmony with natu re .

The men's bas ketball team's decisive 72-63 victo1y over Gonzaga University on March 10 gave the Torcros their first W est Coast Confe rence men's basketball championship in 16 years and an au tomatic berth in the NC AA T ourn ament, in w hi ch USD lost in th e first round to Sta nfo rd , 77- 69. Freshman Ashl ey Swart was the fi rst USD athlete to compete in the NCAA

Hoop Dreams. Coach Brad Holland, two-time wee Coach of the Year, took the last snip from the ceremonial cham- pionship net

swimmi ng and diving champi onships, earnin g

honorable menti o n All-Am.eri ca n ho nors at the national cham- pi onship mee t held in M arch at Alabama's Auburn U niversity .

T he annual Sister Sally Furay Lectu re, named fo r U SD 's retired provost, on March 3 1, fea tured Harvard University Professor Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, who discussed "The Power of Naming: Femini st Studies in R eli gion."

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