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Two USF Gilman Scholars Voyage to Africa
Senior Claire Crowley remembers sobbing in the Johannesburg airport as she waited to depart from a summer study trip in South Africa a year ago, wondering how she would ever afford to return to the continent that had enthralled her. Now she can, as the winner of a Gilman International Scholarship.
[8.28.08] |
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USF President: USF Models More Humane Education
Kicking off the 153rd academic year at the University of San Francisco, USF President Stephen A. Privett, S.J. used his annual convocation to declare the university stronger, more confident, and better recognized than eight years ago, when trustees and administrators identified four primary initiatives to increase USF’s reputation as the premier, diverse, Jesuit Catholic urban university.
[8.26.08] |
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Classroom IQs Rise
Dozens of University of San Francisco classrooms got smarter over the summer, in spite of a break from classes, with the addition of the latest smart technology. Among the upgrades are classroom laptop computers, an interactive computer laboratory at Lone Mountain, and a film screening room in Cowell Hall.
[8.21.08] |
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Six Projects Awarded Funding Through Jesuit Foundation Grants
From a new course on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to research on the Darfur crisis to a collaboration between nursing and acting students, the most recent round of Jesuit Foundation Grants will fund a range of University of San Francisco projects that relate to Jesuit values.
[8.19.08] |
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School of Nursing Granted $750,000 for Scholarships
The University of San Francisco’s School of Nursing has received one of the largest funding grants in its history, a $750,000 gift from the Helene Fuld Health Trust.
[8.14.08] |
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21st Century Meets Ancient Ancestry at Kalmanovitz
When the University of San Francisco’s new home for humanities and social sciences opens for classes at Kalmanovitz Hall this fall, students and visitors won’t have to look far to draw a connection between the building’s 21st century transformation and its historical roots in ancient Western civilization.
[8.12.08] |
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Aging Campus Trees to be Thinned
As many trees on the University of San Francisco’s campus approach the end of their lifecycle (many are 70 years of age or older), the university is embarking on a plan to trim dozens and replace others that pose a serious safety hazard.
[8.07.08] |
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Boxed Up for the Big Move to Kalmanovitz
On the fifth floor of University Center, white moving boxes are stacked neatly along office walls. Books no longer needed sit outside a handful of offices, free for the taking. All are hints of the upcoming move to the newly renovated and updated Kalmanovitz (formerly Campion) Hall.
[8.05.08] |
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Low-Income Students Learn Entrepreneurship at USF
For National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship graduate Bret Sweet, the program’s curriculum of teaching business skills to low-income middle school and high school students in the Bay Area was a key factor in deciding to pursue a graduate business degree at the University of San Francisco.
[7.31.08] |
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Ethics Institute Calls for Mortgage Reform
With millions of Americans currently facing home foreclosure, including more than 400,000 Californians, The American Institute of Ethics has invited experts and the public to the University of San Francisco for a symposium on the need for more ethical business practices in the mortgage lending industry.
[7.29.08] |
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Law Students Tackle Death Penalty Cases
After a year of studying in lecture halls and libraries, first-year law student Ashley Connell was ready to dive into hands-on legal work this summer. As an intern in the Office of Capital Defense Counsel in Mississippi, with responsibility for interviewing a death row inmate, she’s doing just that.
[7.24.08] |
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School of Education Recruits Minorities for TEAMS
As American schools grapple with a shortage of minority educators, the University of San Francisco’s minority teacher training program is working to turn the tide.
[7.22.08] |
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El Salvador Immersion Focuses Trustees, Benefactors on Worldview
As more University of San Francisco students head abroad each year for study and immersion trips, a group of university administrators, trustees, and benefactors recently followed suit, taking a break from the boardroom for their own immersion – to El Salvador.
[7.18.08] |
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Business Alum Harnesses Entrepreneurial Know-How
Recent Master of Business Administration graduate Robert Lahaderne claimed second place in the semi-final round of the USF International Business Plan Competition this spring, with a proposal to improve hemodialysis for hundreds of thousands patients.
[7.16.08] |
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