Alcala Yearbook 2001

Above: USD's "residential mind," which includes students and faculty, does its best to insure that residents live in a safe and secure atmosphere, while interacting and having fun out– side of class.

Above: Business professor Dr. Burns lectures while displayinga diagram to the students. USO's greatest assest, the professors, encourage students to learn and expand their mind even after they had achieved their degree.

Above: With the openning of the Jenny Craig Pavilion, USO had its first on campus concert. Singing for USO students is Jakob Dylan of the Wall– flowers.

Mind, 1. The element, part, or process in a human or other conscious being that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc. 2. intellect or understanding, esp. as distinguished from the emotions and will; intelligence. 3. a person considered with reference to intellectual power: the great minds of the day. Here at the Univer– sity of San Diego, a student, professor, researcher, or administrator has the opportu– nity to use, expand, and express his or her mind in a safe, secure intellectual envi– ronment. This intellectual environment is highly influenced, not only by the mindful students that attend USD, but by the great minds of the University's professors and administrators. The professors at USD make a strong effort to educate the minds of the future, while at the same time, gaining the respect of their students. Students have the opportunity to interact and develop a relationship with their professors not only in the classroom but through various academic programs such as studying abroad, the Guadalajara Summer Program, the Washington Center, and in profes– sional and honor societies. After years of education, students graduate from USD with an academic degree and leave with the knowledge, openness and ability to become the greatest minds of tomorrow. In the words of Malcolm Forbes, an "eduation's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one."