“I want to hear you, support you, and join with you to work together to acknowledge our shared grief, but also to identify specific actions that we can and will take to provide an inclusive environment where we all belong.”…Continue Reading A Note to USC Employees from Senior Vice President of Human Resources Felicia A. Washington
Month: February 2017
Summer aid for dream internships
For USC students interested in amazing unpaid summer internships but face financial barriers, the Office of Career Services offers two specific programs that may help make a dream internship a reality. The USC Dream Dollars are awarded to students who secure unpaid government or non-profit organization summer internships. First Generation Scholarships are awarded to first-gen…Continue Reading Summer aid for dream internships
DEI Week features over 100 sessions throughout campus
Camille Gear Rich, the associate provost for faculty and student initiatives at the Gould School of Law, helped coordinate the events. She said one of the most important reasons for the week was for faculty and staff to gain a better understanding of the student body. “Our goal here is to serve students,” Rich said….Continue Reading DEI Week features over 100 sessions throughout campus
USC ranks in Top 10 of Most Diverse Colleges
The data website Priceonomics ranks USC among the top 10 colleges (at number 6) in the nation for student diversity. Using data from the Department of Education and from Priceonomics customer BestColleges.com, the authors looked at the makeup of each school’s student body by race/ethnicity and classified colleges using the Herfindahl–Hirschman Index (HHI), a calculation that…Continue Reading USC ranks in Top 10 of Most Diverse Colleges