Hello Graduating Trojans,
Please see the following message below. Have a great week.
LGBTRC’s 24th Annual Lavender Celebration
Sunday, April 29th 2018 at 2:30pm @ Argue Plaza
Graduating students must signup here to participate!
“Are you graduating this year? Join all of your LGBTQ+ peers in the 24th Annual Lavender Celebration ceremony to receive recognition for all of your outstanding efforts while at USC! To register for this ceremony, simply fill out the survey at the link HERE.”
| Hello- With weeks left in the semester, we are expanding our Walk-in hours in our office. Any student can stop by and get assistance with areas such as time management, organization, anti-procrastination, study strategies, exam strategies, and stress management. KCLC WALK-IN HOURS (located in the Student Union 311 (STU 311)) |
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| Proposed message to students | Hello, With the end of the semester approaching, if you would like academic assistance for wrapping up the year, feel free to stop by and work on areas such as time management, organization, anti-procrastination, study strategies, exam strategies, and stress management. KCLC WALK-IN HOURS (located in the Student Union 311 (STU 311)) |
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Join us this Thursday 4/26 at 6pm in the USC Village for a screening and discussion of Muslim Next Door, an episode from Katie Couric’s #AmericaInsideOut National Geographic docuseries. FREE Chipotle and dessert will be provided by USC Residential Education and USC Rossier Academic Program’s Office.
The event is located in UVN-1200, which is in the USC Village’s Cowlings & Ilium Residential College, across from the Great Lawn and next to CorePower Yoga. It has an external entrance and we will have the door open for you for easy access. It is open to the USC community, no RSVP is required.
Questions? Email socialjustice@usc.edu or check out the Facebook event
For more info on the #AmericaInsideOut docuseries, visit: bit.ly/americainsideout
Center for Education, Identity and Social Justice
USC Rossier School of Education, WPH 1003
Visit our website: socialjustice.usc.edu
Please forward to your students and student assistants and anyone else who may want to share this information. Thank you!
Study On! and Finish Strong for Finals – Spring 2018
Monday through Wednesday
April 30 to May 2, 2018
1 – 4 p.m.
Leavey Library Fountain
Study On! is co-sponsored by the USC Libraries, Phi Kappa Phi, Office for Wellness and Health Promotion, USC Transportation.
With final exams around the corner, students will be working immensely hard as they hope to achieve the best grades possible in their courses. This atmosphere can sometimes turn competitive and lead to intense stress, social isolation, loss of sleep and less resistance to sickness. USC offices from around campus have partnered to provide resources and activities to support students during this tough period. As part of the Be Well USC initiative, the Office for Wellness and Health Promotion, Kortschak Center for Learning and Creativity, USC Transportation, Phi Kappa Phi and USC Libraries are continuing the Study On! Finals initiative this semester to encourage students to take a break from studying to recharge and refresh. This physical and mental break is designed so that when students decide to continue studying, they are able to do it with more focus, energy and knowledge on managing their stress.
The Activities and Resources for Spring 2018 Study On! include the following:
WHEN AND WHERE
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Thank you and have a wonderful day,
Melissa L. Miller, MMLIS
University of Southern California Libraries
Head, Hoose Library of Philosophy/Humanities Faculty Librarian
millerm@usc.edu
Office: 213-740-8081
3709 Trousdale Parkway, MHP202
Los Angeles, CA 90089
USC Rossier School of Education
Ed.D. 2018, Educational Leadership
MEMORANDUM
To: USC Students
From: Michael W. Quick
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Date: April 24, 2018
Subject: Your Wellness
USC is an extraordinary place for you to flourish by achieving your personal dreams and professional aspirations, and by becoming critical and creative thinkers and engaged global citizens. However, this can only continue to be possible if we collectively cultivate a university culture and campus climate focused on wellness, especially in regard to supporting good mental health and emotional well-being. We know that the end of the semester can be a particularly stressful time and I want you to be aware of the resources we have available to you.
Over the last several years, we have seen a dramatic rise in the need for mental health resources on campus, and this mirrors the trend at colleges and universities across the country. The number of students reporting overwhelming stress and anxiety increases each year. We also know that the onset of depression and other lifelong mental health challenges can begin in college-aged adults and can sometimes lead to tragic and devastating consequences.
We need to care for each other, and we need to take time to care for ourselves. Our university can seem like a small city, but we are a family and your pain or that of someone else in our community affects us all.
Today we want to remind you of our commitment to your well-being, to your safety, and to your health. You matter to us and you matter to your friends and family. We want to help you be well, so we’re sharing the many support services we have available and those that are upcoming. And, we want you to help us: let us know how we can do better and how we can better support you.
During the fall of 2017, we began making significant changes to our mental health care by bringing USC Student Health Services and Student Counseling into the Department of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine, which allowed for clear clinical oversight to ensure we provide you with the highest quality of services. Under the direction of our new Executive Director of Student Mental Health, Dr. Robert Mendola, we began revamping policies and procedures and evaluating our need for new resources.
Based on your feedback, we knew we had to adjust resources to ensure that everyone seeking assistance received services promptly and with ease. This year, we have eliminated a waiting list and implemented a more thorough intake process for those in crisis. All students in crisis will have a counselor available to speak with them, including after-hours phone consultations. This winter we also developed “Feel Better” workshops focusing on stress, anxiety, and depression for all students to attend with no wait to enroll. By fall, we will have four additional counselors on staff and we will continue to examine our staffing needs in order to minimize wait times for counseling visits while providing care for a greater number of students on campus.
This spring, Student Health Services conducted the Healthy Minds Survey as part of our participation in the JED Campus Program. Based on the results, we will add in the coming months more initiatives for student well-being and more services to support mental health and wellness.
The new Office of Campus Wellness and Crisis Intervention provides support for students, faculty, and staff with an emphasis on well-being, threat assessment, and crisis response. In addition to helping our community thrive, the office can help you get connected to support resources, understand your options and suggest new pathways, and help you make wise decisions to continue to succeed academically and socially.
To that end, we developed a new student health leave policy and process, and we will soon hire a new health leave policy coordinator who will work closely with you and your academic units. The health leave process assists students in developing an individualized care plan so that they will get the help they need while they are away from campus. Upon return, it will be determined what, if any, support the student needs.
Together, the Office of Campus Wellness and Crisis Intervention and the Undergraduate Student Government are preparing to launch a pilot, first-year experience class to better prepare students to flourish at USC. This course will focus on thriving, lifestyle design, self-care, healthy relationships, and meaning and purpose.
Our Trojans Care for Trojans (TC4T) online care reporting program helps us identify students, faculty, and staff who may need assistance. This is a university resource that allows you to anonymously report concerns so that we may reach out directly and provide support to those in need.
The Office of Religious Life has more than 50 chaplains on staff representing all the world’s major religious traditions and many denominational perspectives as well. The deans of religious life, as well as the chaplains, are available for pastoral care and spiritual counseling for all students, regardless of religious, spiritual, theistic beliefs, affiliations, or identities.
I invite you to join us as we move toward an even more compassionate, inclusive, and nurturing campus culture. I hope you have a good end to the semester, and that your summer is healthy, safe, and productive.
Cc: C. L. Max Nikias
Academic Senate
Academic Deans
President’s Cabinet
Provost’s Cabinet
USC Faculty
USC Staff
Students are invited to attend the inaugural event for Center EDGE (Engagement-Driven Global Education). There is a limited number of seats available. Please RSVP by the end of the day on Thursday, April 26th. The electronic invitation is attached. In the RSVP form, type in “Student” under affiliation.
The Rossier Mentoring Committee in coordination with the Office of Faculty Affairs and the Office of Research is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Rossier Faculty Mentoring Award. This award will be presented at the 2018 Rossier Fall Kick Off event to honor individual faculty members whose contributions to the academic and professional success of Rossier programs, students, and scholarship deserve special recognition. Please refer to the attached call for nominations, which include the criteria for the award and the award nomination instructions. Please submit nomination materials as a single PDF to Deborah Karpman, Assistant Dean for Research at dkarpman@rossier.usc.edu by May 15, 2018. Late or incomplete nominations will not be accepted.
Sincerely,
Lawrence O. Picus
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs
Richard T. Cooper and Mary Catherine Cooper Chair in Public School Administration
Hello USC Rossier students,
Here are two upcoming opportunities in which you might be interested:
First: The Education Writers Association is coming to USC on May 16-18. Five hundred of the nation’s education reporters will be here to learn and network and meet educators and professors who are leading their fields, including several faculty members from USC Rossier. The university is looking for volunteers to help out during smaller sessions by doing some light room management—making sure microphones are turned on, helping connect laptops to projectors if needed, etc. All volunteers will be able to attend conference sessions for free ($700 value). If you would be interested in volunteering, please let me know (rossbren@rossier.usc.edu). Here is more information about the national seminar: https://www.ewa.org/71st-ewa-national-seminar. Please note that this event is the week after commencement.
Second: USC Rossier has several scholarships to attend the Wednesday, April 18 session at the ASU+GSV conference. The ASU+GSV Summit attracts more than 4,000 leaders from across the learning and talent spectrum. Attendees will include leaders from the enterprise, investment, higher education and PreK–12 communities. The scholarship waives the registration fee ($900 value); attendees will be responsible for their own travel. Here’s the agenda for Wednesday: https://www.asugsvsummit.com/agenda/Wednesday. If you are interested and available to attend this conference, please contact Doug Lynch at douglael@usc.edu.
