Hello Trojans,

We hope everyone is having a wonderful week. This is a friendly reminder of the upcoming Fall 2022 schedules.

Registration Memos for Fall 2022 will be e-mailed to students on Monday, June 27, 2022. Fall registration for OCL students will begin on Monday, July 11, 2022 at 9:00am PST. You may refer to the schedules for Fall 2022 at https://classes.usc.edu/term-20223/classes/educ/, which will be published online on Monday, June 27, 2022.

Important dates for Fall 2022 are shared below:

• June 27, 2022 – Registration Memos will be emailed to students
• July 11, 2022 – Registration begins for OCL students (please note that this is after the university-wide registration date for Fall)
• August 22, 2022 – First Day of Classes
• September 9, 2022 – Add/drop deadline (drop without mark of “W”)
• November 10, 2022 – Withdrawal Deadline (drop with mark of “W”)
• December 3, 2022 – Last day of Classes
• December 7-14, 2022 – Finals testing period

Please note that the university reserves the right to withdraw or change the hours of any course listed in the Schedule of Classes. Classes may be rescheduled or cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances or low enrollment.

Thank you, and please reach out to your Academic Advisor if you have any questions.

Best,

EdD Program Office

Dear OCL Students,

I am reaching out to share with you a new and exciting change in the leadership of the OCL Program.  Last fall, I shared with the Dean my intention to step down as OCL Governance Chair at the end of this fiscal year. The early discussions gave us time to thoughtfully plan and prepare for the transition.  I am so very pleased to announce that Dr. Courtney Malloy will be the new OCL Governance Chair starting July 1.  As many of you already know, Dr. Malloy brings her extensive experience in applied research into OCL through the courses she teaches and the dissertations she supervises.  I know the program will continue to thrive under her leadership.

When I became the chair at the beginning of the program, my intent was to remain in the position for four years or so.  The end of this June will mark 8 years in the position.  I remained as chair because I thought it was important to support several curricular and programmatic changes. Even though I am stepping down as program chair, I will continue to teach classes and advise dissertations in our doctoral programs.

Spring is always a time of reflection, as we look towards commencement, and reflect on the road traveled in the last year.  I am truly grateful to have interacted with so many wonderful students, staff, and faculty since the very first OCL cohort. I look forward to continuing to learn with and from you in your doctoral journeys.

With much gratitude,

Kim Hirabayashi, Ph.D.

Professor of Clinical Education

Chair, Organizational Change and Leadership Ed.D. Program

March 25, 2022

Dear OCL Students,

Thank you to all those that participated in the nomination and voting process for the 2021-2022 OCL Student Representative Committee- Open Position.

We are pleased to announce that Vanessa Danielle Marrero is the new member of OCL Student Representative Committee for the 2021-2022 Academic Year.

Please join us in congratulating her! The primary responsibility of the OCL Student Representative Committee is to serve as a consultative body to the OCL Program Governance Committee to represent students’ perspectives, interests, and priorities related to forwarding our mission of equity, including priorities related to promoting racial equity and disrupting anti-Blackness in the OCL Program.

The appointment for this position will continue until May 2022 with an option to continue for one additional academic year.

Best,

EdD Program Office

March 14, 2022

Greetings OCL Students,

Thank you for submitting your nominations for the 2021-2022 OCL Student Representative Committee Member Position. The Voting Poll for the Special Election is available now through Sunday, March 20 at 11:59pm PST.

How to Vote

There are five (5) candidates for the open position (sorted in alphabetical order by first name).

To cast your vote, we ask that you please:

1. Review the profile of each candidate (see attachment), and;
2. Vote for up to one (1) candidate via the Qualtrics Survey: https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_73ApIIgYSwgA3UG

Each OCL student is permitted to submit their voting ballot once. Please note that while your responses are anonymous and will not be shared, your name will be asked at the end of the survey to ensure that there are no duplicate votes.

About the Position

The primary responsibility of the OCL Student Representative Committee is to serve as a consultative body to the OCL Program Governance Committee to represent students’ perspectives, interests, and priorities related to forwarding our mission of equity, including priorities related to promoting racial equity and disrupting anti-Blackness in the OCL Program.

There will one (1) open member position. The appointment for this position will begin in March 2022 and continue until May 2022 with an option to continue for one additional academic year.

If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the EdD Program Office at rsoeedd@rossier.usc.edu.

Thank you, and have a great day.

Best,

EdD Program Office

Dear OCL Students:

We are emailing to inform you that there will be a Special Election to fill a vacancy that just opened up for the 2021-2022 OCL Student Representative Committee. We are inviting nominations for one (1) open OCL Student Representative Committee position.  The term commitment would be from March 2022 through May 2022, with an option to continue for one additional academic year.

Nominations are open to all current OCL students. All current OCL students will then have the opportunity to vote for one representative to fill the current open position in a Special Election.

Please see the attached document for more information about the position, including responsibilities, qualifications, and the nomination and selection process. 

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Sincerely,

Kim Hirabayashi, Ph.D. 

Professor of Clinical Education 

Chair, Organizational Change and Leadership Program 

Dear OCL students, faculty, and staff:

I hope this e-mail finds you safe and healthy. I am writing to announce my plans to transition to maternity leave starting Tuesday, March 15, 2022. I will be welcoming my second child, a baby boy, and I look forward to meeting him in two short weeks!

The EdD Program Office staff will be ready and available to assist you while I am out on maternity leave. For any OCL program-related questions or concerns, please contact:

• OCL Students, contact the EdD Program Office staff at rsoeedd@rossier.usc.edu
• OCL Faculty, contact Jessica Gibson at jesstarr@rossier.usc.edu

Thank you, and I wish you all a wonderful rest of your Spring 2022 semester.

Sincerely,

Anna Chiang, Ed.D.

Director, Organizational Change and Leadership Program

Dear OCL Students,

We hope everyone is having a wonderful week. This is a friendly reminder of the upcoming Summer 2022 schedules.

Registration Memos for Summer 2022 will be e-mailed to students on Monday, March 7, 2022. Summer registration for OCL students will begin on Monday, March 21, 2022 at 9:00am PST. You may refer to the schedules for Summer 2022 at https://classes.usc.edu/term-20222/classes/educ/, which will be published online on Monday, March 7, 2022.

Important dates for Summer 2022 are shared below:

• March 7, 2022 – Registration Memos will be emailed to students
• March 21, 2022 – Registration begins for OCL students (please note that this is after the university-wide registration date for Summer)
• May 18, 2022 – First Day of Classes
• June 3, 2022 – Add/drop deadline (drop without mark of “W”)
• July 25, 2022 – Withdrawal Deadline (drop with mark of “W”)
• August 9, 2022 – Last day of Classes
• August 9, 2022 – Finals testing period

Please note that the university reserves the right to withdraw or change the hours of any course listed in the Schedule of Classes. Classes may be rescheduled or cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances or low enrollment.

Thank you, and please reach out to your Academic Advisor if you have any questions.

Best,

EdD Program Office

Dear EdD OCL Students,

We hope your semester is going well. Please see link below for the Spring 2022 OCL Mid-Course Evaluations that is available now and through Sunday, February 20 at 11:59pm PST.

https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a3Khx7KZmekJaES

We want to hear from you each semester so that program leads are able to make adjustments, if necessary, to improve your learning experience while the semester is still in progress.  You will also have an opportunity to provide final thoughts at the conclusion of this semester. Please note that your responses to this survey are anonymous.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at rsoeedd@rossier.usc.edu. We very much appreciate your feedback.

Best wishes,

EdD Program Office

Sent on behalf of Dr. Doug Lynch:

Greetings OCL students. In years past we’ve been able to offer scholarships to attend ASU GSV – a large conference on education innovation (https://www.asugsvsummit.com/).  This year, because of COVID, we don’t have the usual large number of scholarships to include hotel and airfare BUT if you live in the San Diego area or can make your own way there, we do have a handful of scholarships to cover the $3,500 registration fee.  Preference will be given to OCL students in their final year as we hope that by next year things will be back to normal.

If you are interested, send Doug Lynch a short email that describe your professional role and why you are interested in attending (no more than 1 page).  Also let us know your cohort #.  Doug’s email is douglael@usc.edu.

Deadline to submit is Feb 15.

Dear OCL students,

We want to confirm for you the opportunity to change grading options this Spring 2022 semester for courses in our Rossier graduate program.  In the OCL program, your Spring 2022 graduate Rossier courses may be completed through one of two grading options:  “Pass/No Pass” or for a letter grade.

• Graduate students selecting the “Pass/No Pass” option will earn a “Pass” only if the underlying grade is “B” or better in the class. An underlying “B−” or lower will result in a “No Pass” if the “Pass/No Pass” option is selected, and then that “No Pass” grade will not result in earning graduate credit for the course. It is likely that the course would then need to be repeated. However, if you continue with the grading option of “letter grade”, you can earn graduate credit for the course with a C or better.

• The deadline for changing grade options from letter grade to “Pass/No Pass” is February 11, 2022. Once you change your grading option to “Pass/No Pass,” you cannot change it back to letter grade.

If you have any questions, please contact your assigned Academic Advisor for assistance or support.

Best,

EdD Program Office