USD President's Report 1987

hen the state of 1srael wanted to write a new constitution, it came to San Diegds only catfiolicuniversity. Surprised? You 're not alone. Ask many San Diegans and they 'll probably tell you the University of San Diego is a Catholic university interested almost exclusively in the Catholic world. Not so. True, USD does try to live out its Catholic heritage. But that heritage gives us special responsibilities to reach out to all types of people. not just Catholics. Which is one reason we hosted a group of constitutional law scholars from the world 's only Jewish state last fall for a two-day conference at USD's Law School. They came here to talk to American legal scholars while working on a new Israeli constitution . We were honored to host them because, while we're a Catholic university, we're made up of people from numerous cultural and religious backgrounds. Our financial support. too, comes from friends of all kinds. The fact is, we strive to reach out to the community at large, whether it's ecumenical outreach to our friends in San Diego .. .or international outreach to our colleagues in Israel. t Universily of cl\an Diqp We're building bridges. Not barriers.

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