College of Arts and Sciences News

Philanthropy can be defined as love for humankind.

On Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, Sigma Theta Tau International, USF's Beta Gamma Chapter of Sigma, celebrated the 52nd induction ceremony for 135 graduate and undergraduate nursing students.

For the USF community, 2022 was a year of celebration and new beginnings. We broke new ground, reconnected in person, and completed our largest fundraising campaign in university history.

Dillon Durando '04 MSOD '22 earned two degrees on two different USF campuses. He shares the lessons that brought him back to the classroom after an 18-year education gap and what USF has taught him as a life-long learner.

For the first time since 2019, students and employers converged on campus Nov. 17 for an evening of speed networking. This year’s lineup of employers: 2K, Amazon, AT&T, Cruise, Dolby Labs, Google, Pixar, San Francisco Giants, Sephora, Tesla, TikTok, and Visa.

When Naveed Ahmed Unar MS ’23 left Pakistan two years ago to join the Energy Systems Management program at USF, he did so as one of only 4,000 international Fulbright scholars selected to attend master’s or doctoral programs in the United States at a university of their choice.

Giving Tuesday is a national event that encourages philanthropy and giving back every year on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. On November 29, 2022, USF surpassed its goal.

The Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good is a center at the University of San Francisco that is dedicated to inspiring and preparing students to pursue lives and careers of ethical public service and the common good. Niall and Yvonne McCarthy have given $500,000 to the center to ensure that the program endures, and to continue the investment and cultivation of USF students into ethical leaders.

Ryan Futagaki ’24 had never worn a hard hat or safety goggles. But he got up at 6 a.m. Sept. 22 and took a bus to Diamond Heights to help rebuild a house.