Hello!
Are you interested in joining a support and skill-building group to help you thrive as a USC student? The USC Kortschak Center for Learning and Creativity will be facilitating groups this semester for individuals who identify with either being a first-generation college student, having the diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or are managing academic anxiety.
Please see the group flyers attached for more information about whom to contact if interested!
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Want to hear and support awesome student poetry? Looking to perform a new piece in a fun, supportive environment? Spoken Justice returns on Thursday, February 28 at Tommy’s Place. Spoken Justice is an open mic, spoken word night where members of the USC community can perform their spoken word poetry, focused on identity and social justice.
Sign-ups to perform begin at 6:15pm and the event will run from 6:30pm-8pm. Food will be provided. Spoken Justice is co-sponsored by Graduate Student Government, Undergraduate Student Government, Rossier Master’s Program Office, and Residential Education.
If you have any questions about our events, please reach out to us at socialjustice@usc.edu. We hope to see you there!
Dear Trojans,
Every year, the Rossier Student Organization (RSO) hosts the Spring Recognition Brunch–an annual brunch and awards ceremony where we celebrate the successes and achievements of students, staff, and faculty at Rossier. We are excited to have Dr. Shaun Harper Executive Director for USC Race and Equity Center and Clifford and Betty Allen Chair in Urban Leadership Professor of Education & Business give this year’s keynote.
The brunch will take place on Saturday, March 23 from 11:30am to 1:30pm in the Tutor Campus Center, The Forum.
By Friday, February 22, 11:59pm: Nominate students, staff, and faculty who’ve made an impact during your time at USC, Nominate HERE!
By Friday March 1, 11:59pm: Let us know if you’ll be attending the brunch! RSVP HERE!
The attached flyer outlines event details.
We hope to see you there!
If you have any questions, please email recalvil@usc.edu with “2019 Brunch” in the subject line.
Fight On!
Becca Calvillo and the RSO Executive Board
| Dear USC Rossier Students, It is with profound sadness that I share with you the passing of Dr. Michelle King EdD ’17, whose death from cancer was announced this past weekend.As many of you know, Dr. King became a member of the Trojan family when she earned her Doctorate in Educational Leadership at our school in 2017. She never missed a class, even though she had been named superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District a year earlier, in January of 2016. She had been on the job for only two years when she stepped down to undergo medical treatment. The first African American woman — and 11th Trojan — to lead the nation’s second-largest school system, she embraced its challenges and set goals that some people thought were impossibly high, such as a 100 percent high school graduation rate. In her all-too-brief administration, she managed to move the needle on that issue and others. She advanced STEM and bilingual education and oversaw the launch of two all-girls schools, with an emphasis on math and science at one and athletic leadership at the other. Those of us who were lucky enough to know her understand with an ache in our hearts what we have lost. “She just exuded leadership, and not from a forceful standpoint but from a standpoint of collaboration,” said Dr. Michael Escalante EdD ’02, who chaired Dr. King’s dissertation committee. He recruited her for our EdD program’s first executive cohort, which was made up of 16 superintendents and assistant superintendents. Their studies took them to Ireland to collect data on school science fairs. In her thesis Dr. King examined the influence of globalization on STEM teaching in the Irish educational system. Dr. King was a native of Los Angeles, who attended LAUSD schools from kindergarten through 12th grade; she graduated from Palisades High School during the years of court-ordered busing to reduce segregation. After earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UCLA and Pepperdine, respectively, she returned to L.A. Unified to teach middle school science. In 1997 she began her ascent through the district’s ranks, serving as an assistant principal, principal, administrator of secondary instruction, regional superintendent and senior deputy superintendent. After a national search, she won the Board of Education’s unanimous support as superintendent, stirring excitement throughout the district and the communities it serves because of her long history in Los Angeles. After a series of superintendents who had come from somewhere else, she was the first LAUSD veteran in a decade to reach the No. 1 job. After accepting the superintendency, she said: “I want to ensure that the enthusiasm for teaching and learning that I experienced in LAUSD … is the reality for all of our students.” “She could never see herself anywhere other than L.A. Unified,” said Dr. Maria Ott, PhD ’94, a former senior deputy superintendent in the district. “She had a lot of innovative ideas. She just didn’t have enough time.” I know you join me in extending USC Rossier’s deepest condolences to her family. She would want us all to Fight On. Sincerely, Karen Symms Gallagher, PhDEmery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean USC Rossier School of Education |
| 2019 K-12 Education Career Fair is Open For Registration |
Date
Saturday, March 30, 2018
Time
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location
850 West Washington Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Registration deadline is Friday, March 22, 2019
Please note that registration is required for participation.
If you would like to see the name of the employers who have expressed interest in hiring from your program, click here.
I would like to inform you that we have a new summer course in Greece that is open to ALL majors, advanced undergrad, grad, and doctoral.
The application deadline is Feb 20, 2019. It is a 4-unit one-month course with a minimum of two weeks in Greece.
This course also counts for credit toward our new MA in Cinematic Arts with emphasis in Media Arts, Games and Health, which can be completed as a progressive degree.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact gotsis@usc.edu.
