The mural, which will be the first to adorn the walls of the USC Center for Black Cultural and Student Affairs, features such luminaries as former President Wanda Austin and director John Singleton. A new mural design unveiled Thursday at the USC Center for Black Cultural and Student Affairs — the first to adorn the center’s…Continue Reading Newly unveiled mural will exemplify black excellence at USC
Leaders from USC and the Los Angeles Police Department came together at their annual brunch to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. SC and the Los Angeles Police Department honored the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Saturday at the 11th annual brunch to celebrate his life and legacy. “We are here today to honor a…Continue Reading King brunch honors civil rights leader’s legacy as well as USC-LAPD partnership
Parents and graduating students from South and East L.A. shared breakfast and reminisced about their seven-year path through USC’s premier college prep program. The USC Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative’s senior scholars have embarked on their final semester of high school. Soon, members of the 2020 class will get to celebrate the completion…Continue Reading Neighborhood Academic Initiative students prepare for the next phase of their journey: college
Many parents did not attend college and want to learn how to help. by Larry Gordon (EdSource) It wasn’t a weekend music concert or sports event that brought Vilma and David Martinez to the Cal State Los Angeles campus on a recent Saturday morning. Instead, they came to hear counselors and faculty suggest ways to encourage…Continue Reading Colleges enlist anti-dropout agents: Mom and Dad
On a cold and damp Saturday morning at the Boys and Girls Club of Ramona Gardens, Los Angeles Angels relief pitcher Noe Ramirez held center court. He addressed the kids in attendance about the importance of going to college, not because of sports, simply for the opportunities and network it will provide. Ramirez was joined…Continue Reading Noe Ramirez attempts to change the norm at Ramona Gardens baseball clinic