1. Major Milestone: JP Catholic University receives State of California Approval to recruit & admit students
2. Over 200 benefactors and supporters attend JP Catholic Scholarship Endowment Gala
3. Campus facility lease negotiations ongoing

1. John Paul the Great Catholic University receives State of California Approval to recruit & admit students
JP Catholic University has achieved a major milestone. On 10/25/2005, JP Catholic received ' Approval to Operate a Degree Granting Institution' from the State of California's Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education (BPPVE). This long approval process began in December of 2003, when JP Catholic first reviewed the Approval application, and later submitted the approximately 500-page first draft of the application on July 6, 2004. With BPPVE approval, it is now legal for JP Catholic to recruit and to admit students .

Approval is the legal requirement that allows JP Catholic to recruit and admit students. The Accreditation process begins only after the university opens and can take 4 to 6-years. The BPPVE approves and regulates approximately 3,000 schools serving an estimated 400,000 students. The bureau establishes educational standards to serve as the minimum standard for instructional quality and institutional stability for private postsecondary schools in California. The application included the completion and submission of a lengthy application, payment of a fee ($4,560), a copy of the university catalog and documentation including financial statements and future projections, along with student enrollment projections.

2. Over 200 benefactors and supporters attend JP Catholic Scholarship Endowment Gala
On Saturday September 17th, over 200 benefactors and supporters attended the JP Catholic Scholarship Gala held at the beautiful La Jolla Hyatt Regency. The audience included 10 priests, both diocesan and representing six religious orders from all four Southern California dioceses. Father Mitch Pacwa, SJ, a Jesuit priest and host of two shows on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), was the keynote speaker. He predicted that JP Catholic university, named after a pope he loved so much, would continue the Church’s proud legacy within the world of media. He urged the audience that we, as Catholics, show ourselves as a group that doesn't really fight anti-Catholicism in the secular media, but that we so transform the culture that they will be trying to reach the standard that we set for them. Read more ...

3. Campus facility lease ongoing
Someone told us recently that one knows that one is doing the Lords work when major obstacles always seem to be in your way. Our facility lease is no exception. We were in lease negotiations that had an occupancy date of Nov 1, 2005, but that will not happen now. Rather than speculate, we recommend you stay tuned and the exact facility details will appear on the web - the day they are signed.