USD Annual Report 1980/81

FROM THE VICE PRESIDENTS

Catholic universities in particular," especially with regard to "the development of arts and sciences in a Christian perspective in the service of Church and soc1e .. . . ty ,, The highlights of the year's curriculum development and faculty activities are reflected in statements from the deans of the respective Schools and the College which appear in this report. I should like to add to those statements that all of us, faculty, administration, and staff alike, concluded the year with great confidence in the strengthening and maturing of the academic quality of USD. The University will be visited in GROWTH IN ENROLLMENT (He.idcounls) the F a 11 o f 198 2 by an , 500 t------- accredita tion team from the ,uoo Western Association of r------ ---,L---- Schools and Colleges, the first '"" r------+---- full visit since 1973 . We are J()(XJ r--~-=----- convinced that the findings of 2 50(, that team will bear out our r--------- reasons for confidence. ZIXltJ '-:ci,=-72___ 1':17-5 --1-•>

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Major construction projects completed include a bookstore/mail center building, located adjacent to Serra Hall and the Law School, and four student dormitory buildings housing 350 students. This increased the on-campus student housing population to 1400. Financing for these projects was completed through the issuance of $8.5 million of California Educational Facilities Authority notes. Architectural design and drawings for a new School of Business Administration building and Executive Conference Center have been completed and processed through the City of San Diego Planning and Building Departments. Preliminary design of a new undergraduate library building is underway. The year also saw the updating of our campus master plan, reflecting the addition of perimeter roads on the main campus and conversion of Marian Way into a mall. The canyon fill project located at the east end of the campus will add over six acres of usable land when completed, to be used for increased parking space and additional recreation fields. Expenditures of $750,000 were made during the year for renovations and improvements to facilities, including the Serra Hall Student Union and Snack Bar, Psychology and Chemistry laboratories, a new student and faculty dining area in DeSales Hall, resurfacing and lighting of the west tennis courts, added student recreation rooms, and street and parking lot lights to improve security on campus . The bookstore/post office moved into the new quarters during the semester break. With this new facility, we were able to expand inventory and carry a wide variety of general merchandise and additional services. The volume of gross sales in the bookstore and the number of people making use of services provided by the Mail Center have increased significantly. The Personnel Department c Ro wrn 1N cuRRENT ,uNo suRrwsEs ha s p 1 ace d s i g n i fi ca n t "' 500 emphasis on recruiting, r-- - - --- employee development, and f 00 employee relations . In the ; J(\()f---------+-- employee development area, j 200 r-------+- a number of training pro- 2 grams in both personal and - 1\1(\ management development have been offered. FY 19i7 1978 1979 1980 19til

, ,,,. . Burke, M.A., Ph.D. Cand. President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students

The Student Affairs area saw many changes during the 1980-1981 school year, some of the most visible among them involving construction and renovation. The Missions Housing project continued to develop with the construction of a new residence hall for 350 students . This facility was designed along the lines of suite-type living, with fifteen students sharing common lounge and bathroom space as opposed to the traditional residence hall with double-loaded corridors. Construction brought the total student occupancy in the Valley complex to 850, with another 490 living on the campus for a total potential in residence halls of approximately 1340. In addition, the Graduate Center housed some 80 graduate and law students. The DeSales faculty dining room was converted to student use, remodeled and beautifully decorated to accommodate junior and senior students. A game room and student study lounge were added in San Antonio Hall (formerly the Bahia Loma), and the L-shaped lounge was upgraded to provide an attractive study and lounge area for resident students and commuters. The Serra Hall snack bar was also remodeled to provicle a multiple-option facility which includes a deli, hot food area, grill, and ice cream bar. ,All of these changes greatly upgraded the student housing, lounge, and dining facilities. The University intercollegiate men's program was in its second year of Division I, and our teams represented the University in outstanding fashion, with several individuals reaching the Division I play-off competition. The women's intercollegiate program saw the acquisition of Kathleen A. Marpe, M.A., former head coach at the University of New Mexico, who took over our women's basketball program. This program is developing rapidly and will be a major contender in college sports in the very near

The year just concluded saw continuing and substantive growth in the academic quality of the University. . USO was successful in recruiting seventeen highly competent new full-time faculty members, seven in Arts and Sciences, four in Busine~s Administration, and two each in Nursing, Edu~ahon, and Law, bringing our full-time faculty co~tmg~nt to 164, the largest in the history of the Umvers1ty. A marked development in productive research and professional visibility characterized both new and returning faculty. Fall semester enrollment increased by 7.5% compared to 1979-1980, from 4,123 to 4,428 (headcount), even though admissions standards were somewhat tightened . A significant concomitant of enrollment growth was the expansion in the number of credit hours earned: an increase of 6.5% over the previous fall, compared to the national average mcrease of 3.2%. As recently noted in The Chronicle of Higher Education, this is the "kind of solid increase" that favorably impacts an institution's fiscal position, and is not "just an illusion created by an influx of part-time students ." The instructional student/faculty ratio rose slightly to an average just over 18 to 1 campus-wide . Nonetheless, the opportunity remains for close rapport between faculty and the individual student, a funda1:1ental aspect of the University's philosophy of education. One of the gratifications of the year was the University's admission to membership in the International Federation of Catholic Universities joining some twenty-five other Catholic universitie; from the United States and nearly two hundred from around the world. The IFCU is concerned with "the specific goals of the universities in general and of 4

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