Strong representation in STEM majors and continued support for transfer students are hallmarks of the USC Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative.
COMMENCEMENT: “I saw that there are so many communities that didn’t have the skill sets to understand and navigate how to recover from disaster,” Chrishelle Palay says.
COMMENCEMENT: Mary Daly, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, delivered the keynote address at the USC Price School of Public Policy commencement.
The Distinguished Professor of English is the fourth USC faculty member elected to the academy.
The USC Dornsife professor (research) of quantitative and computational biology is recognized for “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”
The USC Race and Equity Center, led by Shaun Harper, is teaching business leaders, educators and administrators how to better serve their communities with evidence-based strategies to advance equity.
He became known as “Mr. Anchor” as he ran the final leg for USC’s two-time NCAA champion 4x110 yard relay team that won the title in 1971 and 1972.
COMMENCEMENT: Samuel Garza also worked as a graduate research assistant while serving as president of USC’s Graduate Student Government.
COMMENCEMENT: New Trojans provide proud day for parents who didn’t have the same opportunities. Read their moving stories.
