USD MAGAZINE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO / SPRING 2012 WHICH CAN LEAD TO A BETTER WORLD. TRANSFORMATION LIFE ITSELF IS ABOUT THE QUEST FOR 66040USD_BC_P5.indd 2 2/2/12 8:48 AM POINT OF VIEW USD MAGAZINE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO [president] [ r a l l y r o u n d ] Mary E. Lyons, PhD [ v i c e p r e s i d e n t o f university relations] IT TAKES A COMMUNITY Timothy L. O’Malley, PhD HELLO! [assistant vice president USD students rely on legions of allies and fans o f p u b l i c a f f a i r s ] Pamela Gray Payton
[email protected] n 1996, then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton famously referenced the proverbial, [editor/senior director] “It takes a village to raise a child.” She suggested that the American spirit of indepen- Julene Snyder Idence and self-reliance notwithstanding, our children are, in fact, encouraged and
[email protected] molded and nurtured and educated (or not) by the people they encounter on their [ a s s o c i a t e e d i t o r ] journey to adulthood. Mike Sauer So, too, are today’s students at the University of San Diego dependent upon the influ-
[email protected] ences, guidance and assistance of an entire university community in their pursuit of their [senior creative director] goals. They slowly come to the realization of the legions of allies and fans who have Barbara Ferguson
[email protected] helped them get to USD and of those already here waiting to assist them, directly and indirectly, to succeed in college, graduate school or law school and to fulfill their dreams in a highly competitive and changing world.