College of Arts and Sciences News

“Change the World from Here” means to me that I must do my very best to influence, honor, teach, acknowledge differences, respect others and give back on a daily basis in my work at USF. The students I teach will see the example I set and will go from here with these same values and spread the importance of being safe, competent, dedicated to duty and service and provide a genuine caring spirit to their patients and the world.

My passion for pursuing the medical industry, which led me into nursing, grew from my father, who suffered from chronic illness.  My father could easily get sick, and it was hard to avoid even a cold as a kid. This experience shaped how I perceive illness and healing. My family and I would do anything to prevent him from getting sick.

Shawn P. Calhoun ’95, EdD ’12 is the new university library dean of the Gleeson Library|Geshke Center. Let’s get to know him.

Eileen Fry-Bowers is the new dean of the School of Nursing and Health Professions. Let’s get to know her.

Otgontsetseg "Otgo" Erhemjamts is the new dean of the School of Management. Let’s get to know her.

Third-year law student Hubert Liu was steeped early in the culture of Earth stewardship at his Buddhist boarding school in Northern California.

The legacy of the Seiwald family continues as a University of San Francisco Board of Trustees member, Mr. Christopher Seiwald, has pledged one million dollars to the College of Arts and Sciences.

René Graham Hunter, BS ’95, MS ’03, credits her passion for USF to the incredible professors in both the undergraduate and graduate programs in the School of Management.

USF has bought the property at 250/270 Masonic Avenue, the building formerly known as Blood Centers of the Pacific, after 10 years of discussions with the nonprofit that owned it.