COMMENCEMENT: The student standout shares stories of friendship, challenges and success — and some auditions that seemed to go nowhere.

COMMENCEMENT: She shares words of inspiration with the new graduates, many of whom arrived at USC in 2019 at the same time she did.

COMMENCEMENT: Family and friends fill the University Park Campus as a record 20,000 degrees are conferred. It’s a day to remember.

COMMENCEMENT: The USC trustee shares very personal stories of life, faith and overcoming adversity.

COMMENCEMENT: Chris Birmingham was inspired by his own health crisis.

COMMENCEMENT: Graduating USC Viterbi senior Sarah Hakim helped create Trojan Marketplace, a student-run market featuring exclusively Trojan-owned small businesses.

COMMENCEMENT: In tribute to his homeland, graduating computer science student Omar Uraimov unveils first video game set in Kyrgyzstan at USC Games Expo.

COMMENCEMENT: Mork Class of 2023 senior and USC Ultimate Frisbee captain Hari Sridhara recently won a prestigious National Science Foundation fellowship.

COMMENCEMENT: Progressive degree graduate Jonathan D’Aguilar creates a diverse portfolio of work, including his own music brand and a health policy campaign for the USC Schaeffer Center.

COMMENCEMENT: Bella Chavez is headed to the Philippines for an internship in public affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Manila.