Mingyi Wang volunteered as a delegation liaison for Team Singapore at the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles. Story by: Mingyi Wang — Sometimes a setback can lead to something special that wouldn’t have been otherwise possible. I had just graduated from USC last May when I started working for PwC,…Continue Reading Falling Down, Rising and Reaching Up
Story by: Holden Slattery — Last week I joined 15 other USC students in the Ronald Tutor Campus Center for tea, lemonade, sandwiches, sweets, and most importantly, an earnest conversation with USC President C.L. Max Nikias. We each introduced ourselves and told President Nikias what we love about USC and what we would like to…Continue Reading Tea and a Conversation with President Nikias
Story by: Melinda Ballengee — Meet Svetlana Surkova, a J-1 research fellow who has come to USC to study how gene expression determines spatial organization in early development organisms. She comes to us by way of St. Petersburg Polytechnical University (SPbSPU) in Russia. Her laboratory has established a long-term collaboration with USC’s group lead by…Continue Reading Scholar Showcase: Svetlana Surkova
Korean freestyle skier and USC student Jung-Hwa Seo reflects on her experience at the Winter Olympics and why she thinks the Olympics is about more than sports. Story by: Leah Haynesworth — USC’s success at the Olympic games is undeniable: USC is home to more Olympians than any other American university, including 418 Trojans who…Continue Reading Rare USC Winter Olympian Explains Why the Olympics Isn’t about Sports
Kopal Khanna relays her impressions and insights of working in an Indian jail in her novel “Almost Whole”. Story by: Kopal Khanna “If I could find words to describe how I felt back then my pen would write them down but our language hasn’t reached where our emotions have and hence, certain emotions can’t be…Continue Reading Almost Whole: Sharing Inspiration from the Incarcerated
Dan Li is working with computer engineering students to create a website that would translate commencement ceremonies at USC. Story by: Holden Slattery USC sophomore Dan Li was working as a teleprompter machine operator in his elective class at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism this semester. He was behind the scenes, doing his…Continue Reading Student from China Inspired to Translate Commencement
The 33rd Annual International Student Graduation Reception celebrated the upcoming commencement of international students at USC, which enrolls students from 115 different countries. Story by: Holden Slattery More than three hundred students were at the USC University Club noshing tasty food, chatting with their peers, and simply enjoying one of their last moments special moments…Continue Reading 33rd Annual International Student Graduation Reception
Sha-Lene Pung and her mentee, Nathalia Tavares, spurned pressure to pursue a STEM field. Instead, they’re mastering the art of communication, and they’re getting industry training right on campus. Story by: Holden Slattery Sha-Lene Pung took leaps of faith when she decided to pursue two communications degrees rather than a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)…Continue Reading Student PR Firm Cultivates International Talent
The leaders of Fortune 500 companies have comprised a notorious boys’ club for years. In 2014, women held the top job at only 4.6% of Fortune 500 and 1000 companies, an improvement from 1995 when no Fortune 500 company had a female CEO. Observing similar patterns at the entrepreneurship events that she attended on and…Continue Reading Sun Breaking the Glass Ceiling on Entrepreneurship
Kara Foerger is pursuing her masters at the Rossier School of Education. But rather than attending classes in LA, she gets to explore Southeast Asia and apply her studies in an international classroom. Story by: Kara Foerger One perk of being an online student is that I can attend my classes almost anywhere—even in a…Continue Reading The Best of Both Worlds