USD President's Report 2000

a worldwide presence

Dear friends, W elcome to USD's world! In this year's report, I would like to draw your attention to the ways in which the university reaches out around the globe, and the ways in which the world comes to us in Alcala Park. Each year we welcome nearly 400 students from more than 65 countries to study at USO, and we enjoy correspondence from hundreds of alumni living and working on every continent. These contacts bring many cultural perspectives and experiences to the classroom and learning environments. Many of our international students attend USO online. The South Sea Islands are home to the students who participate in the doctorate in Leadership Studies online, and students participating in the Master of Science in Global Leadership log on from Navy ships all over the world. Continuing education students pursue their certificate studies from any location online. If we held a roll call of all USO students, they would be reporting in from every continent, ocean and time zone! Many USO students travel to other countries to learn in new environments. We are affiliated with the Institute for the International Education of Students and the Institute for American Universities Study Center. Our undergraduates live and study in Austria, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico and Spain while earning credit at USO. Students also participate in programs in Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico and the West Indies. Our Institute on International and Comparative Law sponsors summer programs in Ireland, Mexico, Russia, Poland, England and France. The Ahlers Center for Interna- tional Business offers summer programs in undergraduate and graduate level business courses abroad, and the School of Education offers summer and inter- session study abroad in Hong Kong and Guadalajara. Our exchange programs with the Universidad Iberoamericana in Tijuana and the Technological Institute (ITESM) in Monterey, Mexico, are working well. The university's awareness of the worldwide dimensions of learning was given a significant boost several years ago when the board of trustees funded Sister Sally Furay's vision of "Internationalization of the Curriculum." This program supports faculty study-abroad proposals that influence faculty understanding of international issues. The returning faculty members then build these per- spectives into the courses they teach. In reviewing my calendar, I am reminded that we are involved with interna- tional visitors and activities on a regular basis. For example, in just this past year, I traveled with a group of the alumni, faculty and staff on a 50th anniver- sary trip to the University of Alcala, Spain. International scholars from South America, Africa and Europe came to campus for the World Peace Conference that celebrated the ground breaking for the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice. I enjoyed a reception with our Filipino students, who received a gift of books dedicated to USO by former President Ramos through the kindness of his niece, Cielo Diemsch. The American Ireland Fund joined the university in

sponsoring a visit and presentation in March from the wives of John Hume and David Trimble, the Northern Ireland leaders who forged the peace agreement in Ireland. International visitors included Bill Klasser, director of the Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Francaise in Jerusalem; Mario Gamero, a corporate leader from Brazil; Alexandro Orfila, honorary degree recipient and former ambassa- dor from Argentina; Irish dancers from "The Lord of the Dance" troupe; President Chin of the Chon Buk University in Korea; and fellow participants in the American Jewish Committee Project Interchange with Israel. President Peichang Shen at Yanan University presented me with a beautiful book of paper-cut arr. USO faculty and staff traveled to many countries to present papers and partici- pate in conferences. Provost Francis Lazarus traveled to Japan to the Kyoto Prize Ceremonies, sponsored by the Inamori Foundation and established by USO visiting lecturer and honorary degree recipient Kazuo Inamori. In the summer, Dean Patrick Drinan joined our theater students and faculty in a trip to Edinborough, Scotland, to participate in a drama festival. Music students joined Professor Angela Yeung in a trip to Italy for the summer music program in Orvieto, and Yeung went on to perform concerts in China and throughout Europe. James Otte gave a paper on St. Anselm on the 900th Anniversary at the Gregorianum in Rome. Alana Cordy-Collins did field archeology in Jequetepeque, Peru, and Sister Betsy Walsh was off to Moscow for research. Florence Gillman taught in Fiji, Mexico, Thailand, Japan and Hong Kong, and Richard Gonzales studied fish in the Amazon jungle and in the Tibetan plateau. Rodney Peffer was in Europe, Africa, Cuba and Latin America, while Ed DeRoche and Mary Williams held an International Conference on Charac- ter Education on campus. Our faculty received recognition for their distinguished scholarship and leader- ship from many countries. Maria Pilar Aquino was awarded an honorary doc- torate by the University of Helsinki, Finland, Mary Jo Clark gave an address as part of the 600th anniversary celebration of the University of Sapporo in Japan and Diane Pattison was a visiting professor at Bocconi University in Milan. USO is everywhere! A university is indeed a place for universal knowledge and communication. USD's faculty, students, staff, and alumni are a worldwide presence for progress and peace. Warmest regards,

Alice B. Hayes President

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