Additional Resources

The International Center

The International Center supports the USD community in advancing global citizenship. Graduate and professional programs offer extensive international opportunities for working professionals as well as full-time graduate students. Our campus is enriched by having students and scholars from more than 70 countries. sandiego.edu/ international/oiss/

The Brink Small Business Development Center

The Brink Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is part of the San Diego and Imperial Small Business Development Center Network, hosted at the University of San Diego, and is funded through a variety of public funds, including through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration, California GoBiz Office and a partnership with the County of San Diego. sandiego.edu/sbdc/ The SBDC, one of only a handful of its kind in the country, works with business clients running or starting growth-oriented, innovation-based companies. Their support includes free or low fee training and consulting for innovative businesses, defined as for-profit enterprises with fewer than 500 employees. Their goal is economic growth and prosperity for the region while attaining the “penta bottom line” so important to University of San Diego’s work: supporting profit, people, planet, peace, prosperity. Free Enterprise Institute

With a focus on supporting valuesdriven free enterprises, the Free Enterprise Institute (FEI) provides consulting services, access to angel and venture capital, and support for family-owned businesses with an eye on stewardship as a path to the greater good. As part of USD’s mission and commitment to community, FEI services are available to USD students, alumni and the community.

Alumni Center

Alumni can list jobs and internships on the Torero Employer and Alumni Mentors (TEAM) platform as well as volunteer to speak on panels, connect with students and other alumni and access career resources to guide their own career transitions. toreronetwork. sandiego.edu/s/1374/hybrid/start. aspx?sid=1374&gid=2&pgid=61 The USD alumni mission is to engage and enrich the Torero community for life while the alumni vision is toward an actively engaged and supportive global network of USD alumni.

The Mulvaney Center for Community Awareness and Action

The Mulvaney Center supports University of San Diego as an anchor institution in the community with community service learning. Through deep partnership and capacity building alongside community organizations, students are able to cultivate the necessary skills and leadership. sandiego.edu/mccasa/. Copley Library

The newly-renovated Copley Library includes places for active learning, teaching, collaboration and research, as well as spaces for classes, group projects, discussions, events and exhibits. There are also new spaces for individual study, casual gathering and outdoor gatherings. There are 38 small group study rooms and seating for 1,000 in its event and outdoor spaces. Also of note are expanded exhibit, gallery and display spaces, three library instruction rooms, two seminar rooms and a presentation room, as well as a faculty reading room, a journal reading room and university archives and special collections.

Legal Research Center

The Katherine M. and George M. Pardee Jr. Legal Research Center is the region’s premier law library. The library collection is available to law students and faculty, members of the USD community and other legal researchers.

Librarians trained in the law provide reference service during a majority of the library’s operating hours. Students have access to individual and group study areas, two computer labs with black and white laser printing, dedicated computers for research, laptop computers available for checkout, photocopy machines and microform readers/printers. The library offers great historical depth in its microforms and documents collection and subscribes to a wide array of online research databases for current and historical domestic, foreign and international legal materials.