2000 and Beyond
2000
The Jenny Craig Pavilion, featuring 5,100 seats for sporting and concert events, is dedicated.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching reclassifies USD as a "Doctoral Intensive" institution.
School of Education launches the Educational Leadership Development Academy, which trains principals for San Diego schools.
Women's basketball wins the WCC championship, earns a spot in the NCAA tournament.
School of Education relocates to the Alcalá West office complex.
Institute for Law and Philosophy launched to encourage debate among legal scholars and to increase awareness of topical issues among the legal community.
USD and San Diego State University launch a joint doctoral program in education with concentrations in educational technology or in teaching and learning with an emphasis on literacy.
The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing approves seven new credential programs in special education at USD, including the only undergraduate special education credential available in California.
Mortar Board, a national honor society for college seniors, and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, which recognizes first- and second-year college students, install chapters at USD.
Maher Hall, traditionally the freshman dorm for men, becomes the first coeducational residential hall on campus, allocating some of its rooms for freshman women.
Men's soccer and women's soccer reach the NCAA post-season tournament.
2001
Archbishop John R. Quinn is named the first to hold USD's Monsignor John R. Portman Endowed Chair of Catholic Systematic Theology.
USD earns a ranking in the second tier of national universities by U.S. News and World Report. Of the 228 national universities, USD's engineering program is ranked 15; tax law program is ranked 21; graduate nursing program is ranked 36 and business program in ranked 103.
USD receives the maximum 10-year accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
The Center for Christian Spirituality, successor to the Institute for Christian Ministries, opens.
Full-time tuition for the 2001-2002 academic year totals about $19,000.
Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science initiates the second program in the nation to train nurse practitioners to work in urgent care facilities such as hospital emergency rooms.
The first team of USD students to compete in the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl finishes fourth.
Anthropology Professor Alana Cordy-Collins is part of a team of archeologists whose work in Peru is featured in the March 2001 issue of National Geographic.
The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice opens. The 150,000-square-foot institute combines education, research and activism. The inaugural conference features former President Jimmy Carter among the participants.
The School of Law opens its seventh clinich, the Entrepreneurship Clinic, which is geared to tiny mom-and-pop operations.
USD's swimming and diving team captured the Pacific Coast Swim Conference champtionship for the second consecutive year.
2002
Douglas and Elizabeth Manchester Village residence hall opens. The 101-unit apartement-style complex is home to eight faculty and staff members and 322 undergraduate students, who will combine residence life, academics and life skills programs.
7,062 students enrolled at the university. 630 faculty members on staff. Annual tuition is $21,880 and room and board is $8,800.
Women's volleyball, women's soccer and men's soccer advance to NCAA postseason play.
Donald and Darlene Shiley made the largest gift in their long history of philanthropy -- $10 million - earmarked for the science and technology center.
Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science adds a master's entry program for people with degrees in other fields who want to pursue nursing. School of Education adds a master's degree and certificate program in nonprofit leadership. Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice offers a minor and a master's degree in peace and justice studies.
School of Business Administration initiates the Information Technology Management Institute, a resource for companies and individuals to test new information management technologies.
The San Diego Spirit women's professional soccer team completes a round of improvements to Torero Stadium in the team's second year of play there. Improvements include broadening the field, increasing seating capacity and adding a video display board. Improvements in 2001 by the team included adding a new sound system and field lighting, and installing new turf.
Students perform 52,000 hours of community service, an increase of more than 200 percent in 10 years. Nearly 70 percent of undergraduates participate in community service projects during their time at USD.
2003
Joan B. Kroc bequeaths a $50 million endowment to USD for the establishment of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies. Earlier gifts established the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at USD and the Institute for Peace and Justice's Distinguished Lecture Series.
Alice B. Hayes steps down as president of the university. Mary E. Lyons, president of the College of Saint Benedict in Minnesota, is named the third president of the merged University of San Diego.
USD is granted a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest and most prestigious academic honor society in the United States. Only about 10 percent of colleges and universities in the nation have Phi Beta Kappa chapters.
U.S. News and World Report ranks USD 99 th among among national universities, those offering undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs.
The Princeton Review includes USD in its guide of the 351 best colleges in the nation.
USD Speakers Bureau is launched.
The School of Nursing opens a 3,500-square-foot skills lab at the Alcalá West office park.
Ashley Swart is the first USD athlete to participate in the NCAA swimming and diving championships, earning honorable mention All-America honors.
The Donald P. Shiley Center for Science and Technology opens. The 150,000 square-foot facility features more than 70 laboratories, an astronomy deck, a greenhouse, aquaria and conference areas.
The board of trustees approves a $200 million capital campaign.
2004
783-space Marian Way parking structure opens at the west end of campus.
Degheri Alumni Center opens, a three-story, 28,000-square foot facility.
Approvals for a new School of Education facility are under way.
The Real Estate Institute introduces a master's degree.