September 2018 – USC University Relations

USC Good Neighbors Campaign’s key donors celebrate program’s success

Wanda M. Austin and Ariana Tores shaking hands

The 24-year-old program, which has raised more than $23 million to send neighbor kids to college, honors USC faculty and staff who donate 1 percent of their pay Wanda M. Austin had some important words for the gathering of USC faculty and staff who have pledged 1 percent of their salary toward the USC Good…Continue Reading USC Good Neighbors Campaign’s key donors celebrate program’s success

L.A. sixth-graders start their path to college on a red carpet at USC

More than 100 sixth-graders — the 28th class of the USC Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative scholars — walked the red carpet in grand style, their first step as part of the seven-year college prep program at USC. Accompanied by cheers from previous NAI scholars, who will soon be their peers and mentors,…Continue Reading L.A. sixth-graders start their path to college on a red carpet at USC