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Thursday, August 7th, 2008

It’s an experience Nicolas Estrada says he will never forget. He and a small group of fellow students, were surrounded by nearly 500,000 strangers. And yet, he felt completely at home.

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

The IPJ was founded by philanthropist Joan B. Kroc to foster peace, cultivate justice and create a safer world. Evidence of the institute’s work can be witnessed in the eight years of work and successes seen in Nepal. Now, the IPJ is taking a closer look at extending its reach into Latin America.

The 30^th anniversary of the University of the Third Age, USD’s twice-a-year continuing education program for people age 55 and up, closed with a luncheon Thursday, July 31, in the Degheri Alumni Center courtyard.

Sidney “Sid” Craig, a prominent businessman and philanthropist, passed away July 21 in San Diego after a long illness. He was 76.

Best known for co-founding Jenny Craig Inc., one of the world’s most successful weight-loss companies with his wife Jenny, the Craigs distinguished themselves by their generosity at the University of San Diego. In 1996, Sid Craig gave USD a major gift to build the Jenny Craig Pavilion to honor his wife.

A sizable part of Gregory Pogue’s office in Maher Hall 115 is taken up by a table that serves as a place to meet, brainstorm and produce solutions. In the middle, under a plate of glass, is a copy of his department’s mission statement: “Human Resources will not settle for mediocrity. We are continually moving toward greatness.”

A record breaking crowd of 7,502 fans jammed their way into the Walter J. Zable Field at Torero Stadium to watch an exhibition match between the United States women’s soccer team and Brazil. On a late second-half goal the U.S. won the match 1-0, the final tune-up before next month’s Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

Tori Lund graduated from the University of San Diego in May, but she returned to campus this week to participate in the third annual USD Chamber Music Festival and is glad she did.

More than 60 area school administrators and teachers now have the tools to implement a sense of community into their learning processes. Participants of the recent School of Leadership and Education Sciences’ Educational Leadership Development Academy (ELDA) Summer Institute focused on leadership as collaboration among administrators, teachers and students.

It’s never too late to learn and it’s certainly never too late to have some fun while doing it. At the University of the Third Age, an informative and innovative program for people age 55 and over, the joys and excitement of learning take center stage in the three-week session beginning July 14 at the University of San Diego.

She was about to be recognized at the June 6 University of San Diego employee picnic, but the always reliable Maria Luis do Carmo, for probably the first time in her 21 years at USD, was nowhere to be found.

A room full of teachers might not be accustomed to standing with their arms and legs crossed, having candy and confetti thrown at them, while blaring music is played in the background. That’s exactly what a few dozen of them experienced Monday during the University of San Diego (USD) Autism Institute’s Summer Autism Conference.

Three of four University of San Diego baseball players selected in last week’s Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft have already signed contracts with their respective teams, USD baseball head coach Rich Hill said on Wednesday.

Two days after Cyclone Nargis washed through the Myanmar Delta on May 2 and 3, Leilei Thein, Environmental Health and Safety manager at USD, watched news reports of the disaster with friends on Burmese television.

A little more than a week later, she boarded a plane from Los Angeles and was quickly on her way to making history.

Junior left-hander Brian Matusz of the University of San Diego baseball team was drafted No 4 overall in the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Baltimore Orioles. Matusz is now the highest USD player ever drafted in the current format of the MLB Draft. He was the first pitcher taken in the draft on Thursday, June 5.

A summit on May 30 hosted by the University of San Diego Ahlers Center for International Business and the San Diego World Trade Center brought together leaders from business, government and other organizations to learn about how markets can foster world peace and well-being and provided an opportunity to share best practices for creating socially responsible and economically profitable business ventures.

For the past eight years, members of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice (IPJ) have made frequent trips to Nepal and quietly been a part of the development process of that country.

Their work was recently recognized with a presentation of the Everest Summit Award by the top Nepal government leader, Maoist Chairman Prachanda, in Kathmandu on May 25.

A look back at the University of San Diego’s academic year 2007-08.

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