Alcala Yearbook 1995-1996

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Right: Sister Sally Furay has been a n instrumental figure for the University of San Diego for forty-four years as a faculty member who has helped develop the University into the prominent institution it is today. Below: Sister Sally Furay has given the students and the University twenty-four years of dedication as the Academic Vice President and Provost.

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"lf there is no change, there is no life." - Sister Sally Furay. As Vice President and Provost, Sister Furay believes that there must be development and change in order for something to thrive and prosper. The University of San Diego is no exception to her belief. Since 1972, Sister Furay has been a driving force in bringing about change and growth at USD. Her own life began in Nebraska in 1926. In 1944 she entered the Society ofthe Sacred Heart. In 1955 she received her Ph.D. in English from Stanford and in 1972 she received a degree in law from USD. Even today, she states that the driving force in her life is "the love ofJesus Christ". It is this love that has motivated her to be an educator. She has always been certain that God wanted her to help students develop all their potential. In 1972, Sister Furay became Vice President and Provost of USD. As Provost, she is responsible for the University's academic and academic-related areas. Interac– tion between faculty and staff is part of her daily life; however she does it all for the benefit of the students. She believes that USD "aspires to be a humane, caring place, rooted in its Catholic heritage and strongly centered in the individual [with] goals of academic excellence, intellectual rigor and ethical dimensions". In the years she has been Provost, she believes that she has "helped create a stronger university, a 'person' centered university". With every decision she makes she reflects on the effect it will have on 4

the student body and the future of USD.

Retiring this year after forty-four years as a faculty member and twenty-four years as Academic Vice President and Provost, Sister Sally Furay will be missed as a woman who has helped shape this university into an institution ready to minister to the students of the nineties. She remembers the beginning days of USD while noticing how much stronger USD has become. She urges us to "not criticize the past just because it is not the present". Sister Furay often looks to the past in order to improve in the future. As a strong feminist, she feels success in the future will prevail through the struggle for freedom from stereo– types of the past. She feels students must have a readiness to take a stand in the present in order to prepare for the future. She feels strongly that "one has to be free" in order to obtain all the beauty and richness that life has to offer. Sister Furay stresses that a person must be true to oneself and, at the same time, allow others to be true to themselves. USD will never again be as it was in the past, is now, or will be. However, one thing is forever true, the University ofSan Diego has benefited and grown due to the relationship its students have held with Sister Sally Furay over the years. Our only hope is that Sister Furay will always keep us in her heart as it is certain that she will eternally remain a part of USD.