Energy & Inspiration: The 2010 Jose de Acosta Lecture

As Fr. Privett mentioned in his introduction of last night’s 3rd annual Jose de Acosta speaker, Dan Kammen is a modern embodiment of Fr. de Acosta himself: excellent academic work with the goal of promoting the public good.  A full house heard some sobering stories (the production process of oil sands, global CO2 output) followed [...]

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The good, the medium, and the pretty.

Posting from rain-soaked spectacular and sunny Seattle, I am on a tight deadline since I left my power cord at the Edgewater last night. The Good What a great crowd we had in Seattle.  About 30 alumni and parents of present and former students came out to hear Fr. Privett update them on the university, [...]

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Breaking News: Dean Jenny –> Provost

Announced 90 minutes ago, Dr. Jennifer Turpin, Dean of Arts and Sciences, has been selected to lead USF’s Academics as the next University Provost! We interviewed Dean Jenny right here at the heart of campus in the Fall. Here’s video of the announcement. I was in the room at the time, (a packed house, spontaneously [...]

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Sneak Preview

Inspired by Hollywood, we have decided to add some special effects, some CGI, to our efforts.  Next month, we’ll unveil a new computer animation taking you through the future heart of campus.  As a sneak preview, we present one frame of the animation here.  You’re looking south from the new two-level plaza in this image. [...]

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Why at the heart?

It may seem like a natural good idea now, but once upon a time, even just three years ago, we thought the new Center would live at the spleen hip of campus, and by that I mean on Golden Gate Avenue, where there is currently a small parking lot nestled amid a grove of large [...]

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Next stop: Seattle

My great fondness for the Pacific Northwest dates to watching the Six-Million Dollar Man as a six-year-old sitting in Houston, Texas.  A two-part episode set our bionic hero against sasquatch in the great forests of Washington.  I was hooked. This weird obsession lingered until I did my graduate work in Corvallis, Oregon, when I learned [...]

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