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The 2002 freshman class is nearly identical in size and SAT scores to last year's–the strongest in University history–but is even more diverse. African-American freshman enrollment is up 23% over last year, and Hispanic freshman enrollment is up 15%. There are 845 registered freshman. Total university enrollment by the end of the fall term is projected to be 8,302.
May's graduating seniors give USF high marks:
- 88.5% agreed or strongly agreed with the statement: “Overall, I was satisfied with my USF education.”
94.3% agreed or strongly agreed that “My instructors took an active interest in my learning.”
New appointments:
Margaret Higgins had been named Vice President for University Life. She previously served as Dean of Students at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She starts Oct. 28.
Fr. Bob Niehoff, SJ, has been named Vice President for Planning and Budget. He will retain his position as Associate Provost.
Richard Spohn has been named director of the Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good. Spohn is a successful San Francisco lawyer and served as California's director of consumer affairs under Governor Jerry Brown.
The summer of 2002 was one of the busiest ever for campus construction and renovation:
Phase one of the law school's renovation of Kendrick Hall is now complete. It includes new offices, classrooms, and a new moot courtroom.
The 136-unit Loyola Village is welcoming its first tenants.
A new admissions office in Campion Hall features a video room, seating for 50 and a gas fireplace. The old admissions office seated only six.
The former Xavier garage was renovated to form new classrooms and faculty offices for the Dept. of Visual and Performing Arts.
Student space at the University Center was renovated, new eating areas were added and the main dining room was enlarged.
A state-of-the-art computer science lab is now open in Harney Science Center.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias will speak on campus Tues. Sept. 17 at 4 p.m. His speech Human Rights and an International Code of Conduct is free and open to the public. He is the 5th Nobel Peace Prize winner to visit USF since 1999.
Learning Around the World. USF schools and colleges sponsored more than a dozen international programs over the summer, including:
South Africa: 20 USF students met with some of the most influential leaders in that county's anti-apartheid movement, including the wife of slain Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko.
Guatemala: seven nursing students worked with village midwives, part of a class on Global Issues and Community Health.
Asia: students helped present an administrative law seminar at Ho Chi Minh University of Law in Vietnam, assisted with an environmental law seminar in Cambodia, and worked with the Institute of Human Rights in San Salvador.
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