Dear USC Rossier Faculty, Staff and Students,
I am delighted to announced that John King, president and CEO of The Education Trust, will deliver USC Rossier’s first Centennial Lecture this fall.
A former social studies teacher and middle school principal who was born into a family of educators, Dr. King has had a remarkably distinguished career. He was the first African American and Puerto Rican to serve as New York State Education Commissioner. He later went to Washington, D.C., to serve in President Barack Obama’s administration first as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education and then as U.S. Secretary of Education.
Dr. King’s personal and professional experiences reflect many of the core principles that are fundamental to USC Rossier’s mission, including an emphasis on equity, innovation and civic engagement in PreK-12 settings and beyond.
It is a privilege to welcome Dr. King to USC for our first Centennial Lecture on November 14, at noon, in Bovard Auditorium. This event is part of USC Rossier’s year-long commemoration of our 100th anniversary as a school of education, during which we will celebrate the achievements of the past and look ahead to the challenges and opportunities the future holds. To learn more and get involved, please visit http://rossier100.usc.edu.
An invitation and link to RSVP will be sent out next week. I hope you’ll be able to join us for an enlightening and inspiring lecture and discussion.
Sincerely,
Karen Symms Gallagher, Ph.D.
Emery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean
USC Rossier School of Education
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