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Join us as we kick off the Jacobson Family Sustainable Impact Lecture Series!

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Join us as we kick off the Jacobson Family Sustainable Impact Lecture Series with a conversation about mental health, society, and how radically affordable technologies can make mental health treatment more scalable and successful.

Wednesday, Sept. 5
12:30–2 p.m.
The Forum, TCC 450

Panelists:

Rich Pierson
Headspace Co-founder, CEO
Headspace launched its now-popular meditation app in 2012 and was named among the world’s most innovative companies by Fast Company in 2017. With nearly 30 million users in 190 countries, Headspace is delivering on its mission to improve happiness and health around the world.
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Cristina Poindexter
Maslo Co-founder, Head of Product
Maslo builds personified AI technology that interacts with playfulness and empathy. The voice-journaling digital companion finds smart patterns in what users share and reflects insights back to them for personal growth.
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Ramsay Brown
Boundless Mind Co-founder, COO
Boundless Mind is a behavioral and persuasive tech company disrupting America’s addiction to technology. By combining AI, neuroscience and machine learning, Boundless Mind makes apps and software more habit-forming to promote education, health and social welfare.

RSVP: techforsociety.eventbrite.com

Reminder of Rossier’s Library Resources

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As we start the new academic year, I want to share some resources and upcoming events that will be of interest to the Rossier community.

 

Education research guide – libguides.usc.edu/education

This guide is meant to give an overview of materials and resources available at USC Libraries for researchers working in the area of education.

 

Data visualization workshops

You are invited to attend a series of workshops focused on a range of data and visualization related topics, tools, and resources. The workshops are intended for both undergraduate and graduate students and faculty. Space is limited and you must RSVP. All workshops will be held in VKC MMR, steps away from WPH.

 

Data Research Grant Program

The goal of this Data Research Grant Program is for the USC Libraries to purchase research data on behalf of faculty, students and staff in order to provide campus-wide access to data and increase the libraries’ impact on data-driven research on campus.

 

Please feel free to share and attend!  Contact me if you have any questions.

 

Thanks!

 

Melanee Vicedo

Head, Education & Social Work Library Services

USC Libraries – University of Southern California

vicedo@usc.edu, 213.740.0545

Pronouns: she/her/hers

USC Mentorship Opportunity

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The Pullias Center’s I AM program embodies the mission of the Rossier School of Education. Consider joining us and serving as a mentor to students from low-income and minoritized backgrounds as they work on their college applications and transition to college. If you’re a graduate student, this is a great opportunity to fulfill fieldwork hours! Please see the attached flyer. Email Christine Rocha (rochac@usc.edu) for an application to become a mentor!

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You’re invited to Student Conversations at the University Park Campus

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August 27, 2018

 

Dear USC Students,

Welcome to the University of Southern California.  Whether this is your first year at USC or you are returning, we are delighted to count you among the Trojan Family.

The purpose of this letter is to invite USC students to attend one of our “Student Conversations”. Please join me and my colleagues in Student Health Services and the Division of Student Affairs for a town hall-style forum. The forum is intended for students and administrators to share important updates, discuss concerns, and ask questions on a broad range of topics important to students.

Student Conversations at the University Park Campus

  • Thursday, August 30th from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM in Tutor Campus Center room 227
  • Wednesday, September 5th from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM in Tutor Campus Center room 227
  • Tuesday, September 11th from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM in Tutor Campus Center Ballroom A

 

Student Conversations at the Health Sciences Campus

  • Tuesday, September 4th from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Mayer Auditorium

 

Your feedback is important to us. I hope you can join us. These discussions are intended for USC students only.

 

Sincerely,

 

Ainsley Carry, Ed. D., MBA

Vice President for Student Affairs

Welcome from Graduate Student Government (GSG)!

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Dear all new and returning Graduate Students ~

Graduate Student Government (GSG) would like to welcome you home to USC and to the new academic year! We hope that you have had a successful first week of classes for this fall semester.

GSG is a student-run organization that works everyday to improve the USC experience for all graduate students. Please find attached our semesterly newsletter, which provides an overview of GSG, the programs we run, our advocacy initiatives for the year, and a few upcoming social events. We also provide contact information and important links, including how to sign up for our weekly newsletter so that you can stay up-to-date on events, policies, and services throughout the year.

Regarding the series of instances of sexual violence and poor management culture at USC revealed within the past year and the University’s plan to identify a new president this semester, the GSG Executive Board has repeatedly and persistently requested that there be student representation within decision-making bodies — particularly a spot in the Presidential Search Advisory Committee — as well as a permanent position among the Board of Trustees. However, the Board has denied us a seat at the table, even though students have been impacted the most by the recent scandals, and peer institutions, including Stanford, Princeton, Duke, Northwestern, Dartmouth, and NYU, have recently involved students on their own committees.

In short, the Board of Trustees has voted to exclude students and staff on the Presidential Search Advisory Committee this fall.

GSG and Undergraduate Student Government (USG) will continue to push for a more significant student voice in the governance and management of USC to ensure that we have a meaningful say in the direction of our University and the moral and ethical values of the Trojan Family. Any student with questions, comments, or concerns regarding the lack of student representation may directly contact Chairman Rick Caruso at rick.caruso@usc.edu.

Feel free to contact us if you would like to learn more about GSG and the many services that we provide! We hope you have a wonderful semester, and as always, Fight On!!

Joycelyn

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Joycelyn Yip

President | Graduate Student Government

PhD Student | Biomedical Engineering

University of Southern California

Office Hours: M 2:00-6:30pm & by appointment.

SKS 410 | 213.740.5649 | gsg.usc.edu

Pronouns: she/her/hers

 

Learn more about the Doctoral Support Center!

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How the Doctoral Support Center (DSC) can best help students:

  1. Feedback on student writing for clarity, flow, logic, and general APA issues.
    1. By appointment, the DSC provides feedback on course paper drafts for Rossier doctoral students.
    2. The first year of the program is the best time for a student to seek DSC feedback- ideally for final class papers.
    3. Students who struggle with early class assignments should be encouraged to contact the DSC for assistance.
    4. Students in the Educational Leadership (EdL) program can also seek feedback on dissertation work (prior to chair review). This feedback is for dissertation writing, as well as for proposal and final defense presentations (PowerPoint review and mock defense practice).
    5. Each request by a student for feedback should be made online: REQUEST FORM
  2. Online Resources
    1. Students and Faculty are encouraged to review and use a Doctoral Writing Guidance Google Document managed by the DSC. Students are particularly encouraged to use this while writing.
    2. Navigating the Dissertation also contains helpful information.
    3. DSC Blog
  3. Presentations and Workshops
    1. The DSC aims to put together relevant presentations and workshops. Please contact the DSC if you have any special requests.
    2. New students (and their faculty) are encouraged to skim through our Tips for Better Academic Writing recording. The downloadable files and links within this presentation are also helpful.
  4. Special Events and Retreats
    1. Weekend Write events are designed to provide doctoral students an opportunity to write in a dedicated time and space.
    2. Operation Dissertation Acceleration (ODA) retreat participation is ideal for EdL students seeking to make substantive writing progress within a short period.
  5. Live Meetings (in-person, phone, or webcam), by appointment

 

FAQs

  1. Editing help? – Students in search of editing assistance should contact their chair, committee members, and/or instructors. The DSC does not maintain a list of professional editors.
  2. Writing Center assistance? – With the exception of online students, the USC Writing Center offers support.
  3. Who is the wonderful person at the library that I heard about? – Melanee Vicedo of USC Libraries offers a wealth of research guides and information.

Additional helpful links:

A welcome message from Dean Gallagher

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Dear USC Rossier Faculty, Staff and Students,

As we begin the new academic year at USC Rossier, I want to welcome all of our new students and wish continued success to our returning students. I also want to express my gratitude to our faculty and staff, whose dedication will ensure that our students become the kinds of educational leaders that will advance educational equity—as teachers and admission officers, as researchers and administrators, as counselors and advisors.

This fall we are commemorating the centennial of USC Rossier as a school of education. We have actually been preparing teachers at USC since the 1890s, when we were a small department of pedagogy in the College of Liberal Arts. Our early success led to the establishment of a formal school of education in 1918, and over the ensuing decades we have grown and adapted while expanding our impact in our neighboring district, across the country and around the world.

But this is also a time for reflection and renewal at USC. At convocation last Thursday, interim president Wanda Austin appealed to the strength of the USC Trojan Family as she invited all of us to begin the process of rebuilding community right here at USC.

Varun Soni echoed these words when he spoke at the annual kick-off event for USC Rossier faculty and staff last Thursday afternoon. As the Vice Provost for Campus Wellness and Crisis Intervention, Dr. Soni reminded us that wellness and community are shared responsibilities. He called on each of us to be part of a culture change that will help us create the conditions whereby our whole community can flourish and thrive.

Our foundation as a school of education is built on 100 years of innovation and renewal. I believe we have the ideal conditions at USC Rossier to begin this new year with hope, healing and justice.

Thank you for joining us in our shared mission.

 

Fight On!

 

Sincerely,

Karen Symms Gallagher, Ph.D.

Emery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean

USC Rossier School of Education

Waite Phillips Hall

Los Angeles, CA  90089-0031

Asst: hardison@usc.edu

213.740.5756 (office)

213.821.2158 (fax)

 

Fall 2018 USC Safe Ride Program presented by Lyft

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Welcome back, USC students!  As the Fall semester gets started, we’re happy again to partner with Lyft to provide the USC Safe Ride program.  Program parameters remain the same as last year – if a pre-registered student uses the Lyft app to travel within USC Safe Ride boundaries between the hours of 7:00pm and 2:00am, seven nights a week, then USC will pay for that ride.

Specific details and reminders for the Fall 2018  program appear below:

  • Invites will be sent from this email address to each student this Thursday, August 16th. Do not share your invite – it is unique for each user and can only be activated once!
  • Program resumes on Saturday, August 18th at 7:00pm
  • How it works

o   Activate your account through the link in the invite

o   Take a SHARED ride in USC Safe Ride boundaries between the hours of 7:00pm-2:00am

o   If your ride qualifies it will say FREE

o   Program works with credits that apply to your ride and you’ll get a 0.00 receipt.  Credits cover you and the extra charge for 1 friend.

  • NOTE: Credits don’t cover high primetime fares, cancellations, or tips!  These charges will be the student’s responsibility.

o   Hours may change for special events, such as football games; watch for notifications or check our website (www.usc.edu/parking) for announcements

o   A flyer detailing the program is attached, along with a map of the approved pick-up and drop-off Rideshare Zones. Please note pick-ups and drop-offs are not allowed at any time along the length of 34th Street within campus, nor at the Pardee Entrance (Entrance 2) off Exposition Blvd.

 

Please review the attachments, and look for our program invite email on August 16th.  Please let us know if you have any questions.

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auxtrans@usc.edu

620 USC McCarthy Way

Los Angeles, CA 90089

Free digital storytelling workshop!

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Dear Students,

Once again, this year we are partnering with StoryCenter to hold a free digital storytelling workshop for students. Our goal is to better communicate who USC Rossier students are and why you are passionate about a career in education.  In the three-day workshop, you will be assisted in writing, narrating and editing a short, first person video. We post the videos on our website, share them in our enewsletters, with other students and friends of the School. HERE and HERE are two examples of stories that came out of past workshops.

 

This year the workshop will be held from 9-5pm Tuesday August 14th through Thursday August 16th at Waite Phillips Hall.

 

The workshop is free to you, but there is only space for a small number of students.  If you would like to participate, please write a short paragraph about why you are pursuing your degree, what you hope to accomplish in your career, and why you think the workshop would be valuable.  Put Digital Storytelling in the subject line and email it to carlawohl@rossier.usc.edu by May 31st.

Rossier Research in Equity Online Lectures

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Hello EdL Students!

 

Below you will find the links to the Rossier Research in Equity lectures that were video recorded and posted. You can visit the Rossier YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/USCRossier/videos, or go to the specific videos that were posted as part of the lecture series, below.

 

DeLeon Gray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWwisFMuVKU&t=578s

 

Fantasy Lozada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o84fa9HbyB0&t=122s

 

Also of potential interest is Seth Gershenson’s talk, from March: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FzU_bjMrFQ. His lecture was not part of the series, but deals explicitly with equity issues.