USD Annual Report 1979/80

USD opened the 1979-80 year with a new athletic director, Father Pat Cahill , C. S. V. , and membership in a new athletic conference, the prestigious West Coast Athletic Conference . USD 's athletic program is in a process of growth. The athletic department has expanded to eight men's and seven women's teams. The men's teams include basketball , golf, tennis, soccer, baseball, and cross - country . They participate at the NCAA Division I level in the prestigious West Coast Athletic Conference. Football remains an NCAA Division III independent and crew is an independent NCAA member. The women's program belongs to the Southern California Athletic Association. USD's women participate at the AIAW Division I level in volleyball , basketball, and tennis. The cross country, swimming, and softball teams participate at the Division II level and crew participates as an AIAW independent. The growth of the athletic program reflects the growth of the University as a whole. The percentage of students participating in intramural sports has grown 21 percent every year since the inception of the program 3 years ago . Last year, 3,490 students- participated. Recreation classes have doubled since 1975 with 750 students enrolled in 69 ., classes.

Student Life

The School of

School of Graduate & Continuing Education

Graduate and Continuing Education

schedules classes to complement the life style of non-traditional students , thereby responding to their professional and enrichment needs. Seminars and workshops extend the resources of the University to new publics. The long range goals of the University include greater emphasis on graduate and continuing education to respond to the student profile changes in the 1980's. Two successful Continuing Education programs completed this year were the Lyle L. Jones Antitrust Conference and Pastoring to Today's Christian Community. The Lyle L. Jones Antitrust Conference, a three-day conference, examined the damages phase of a Sherman-Act case, a critical, but often overlooked aspect of antitrust trials. The focus of the program was on the practical , and featured important changes in the substantive law, practical considerations in planning a case, selection and use of expert and non-expert witnesses, and techniques for effective presentation at trial. Highlighting the conference were demonstrations in a courtroom format

of damage witness examinations by outstanding antitrust trial lawyers. Pastoring to Today's Christian Community was composed of eight summer religion programs which addressed several needs and attracted a variety of special interests in the religious communities. Protestant and Roman Catholic traditions were the focus of two institutes: Women in Ministry and the Fourth Annual Theological Institute: Christology and Christian Eschatology. Parish renewal programs included: Working in the Church (a workshop in management skills); the theological and pastoral dimensions of the Rites of Christian Initiation; Family Ministry-Catechesis in the Parish; contemporary concerns in Prayer and Politics and a creative dialogue on American Spirituality, and Voices of Authority.

Increasing ways to improve student participation in all phases of our intercollegiate and intramural programs, is one of the ways USD

USO does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex. color. religion, age. national origin , ancestry, or handicap in its policies and programs.

fulfills its commitment to the education of the whole person.

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