SCU President Ronald D. Kraft, PhD, was inaugurated as the 13th President of the University on Saturday August 16, 2008 at the Coast Hotel in Long Beach, CA.  Karen Bass, Speaker of the California Assembly, was the keynote speaker at the ceremony.  In May 2008, Bass made history when she was sworn in as the first African-American female Speaker of the California Assembly.  She is the first African-American female to hold such a high legislative post anywhere in the United States.

Dr. Harry Douglas, SCU Board of Regents Chair Introduces Dr. Ronald Kraft as 13th SCU President

Karen Bass, Speaker of the California Assembly