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Graduate Schools /
University of San Francisco |
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Miscellany |
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- Because of its location on one of San Francisco's major hills, USF's nickname
is "The Hilltop." The present university is built on the site of several former cemeteries.
- Reflecting its close historical ties with San Francisco, the university's motto is
Pro Urbe et Universitate.
- Anthony Maraschi, SJ, the university's first president, was also a professor and the college's treasurer, and served as Saint
Ignatius Church's first pastor.
- The university mascot is the Don and USF's athletic teams compete in NCAA Division 1 with the West Coast
Conference. USF is one of the founding members of the WCC.
- USF athletics have won nine collegiate titles: three in basketball, five in soccer (including a co-championship with Penn State in 1949) and an individual title in tennis.
- The 1951 USF football team has the unfortunate distinction of being one of the few undefeated college teams in history not to
be invited to a postseason bowl game, because USF included African-American players on their team in a time when this was not a
widely accepted practice in college football.
- The first ever Flash mob computing event took place at
USF on April 7, 2004.
- Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was awarded an honorary doctorate from USF on November 18, 2004.
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