USD in the Community

Being part of a community is about much more than location. It's about weaving USD into the fabric of the community by sharing its resources, its ideas, its people. It's about defining a public purpose.

USD's public purpose – to debate and seek solutions for human struggles – is articulated concretely through service, and every person on campus is challenged to reach out with talent and time. Projects are as diverse as the community's needs, whether it's renovating a low-income home as part of a project management course, offering faculty expertise to community groups or simply forging a friendship with a local senior who needs household help.

USD offers myriad service opportunities in part so students can find just the right program to kindle their lifelong giving spirit. But no matter which avenue they travel, the students themselves affirm that at the end of the road USD's public purpose has a very private result: joy, pride and insight.