Good Neighbors Campaign – USC University Relations

Good Neighbors Campaign awards $1.4 million to community partners

Donors, volunteers and community partners came together to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the campaign that has generated over $25 million for more than 900 community-based programs. USC’s Good Neighbors Campaign continued its tradition of local support by awarding $1.4 million to community partners and educational partnership groups. “You are all making a difference,” said…Continue Reading Good Neighbors Campaign awards $1.4 million to community partners

Donation of more than 4,000 books aims to promote literacy in USC’s neighborhood

The books are earmarked for nine schools with K-5 programs within the USC Family of Schools and will be delivered via the USC Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative. As a follow-up to the 24th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the USC Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative will donate more than…Continue Reading Donation of more than 4,000 books aims to promote literacy in USC’s neighborhood

Promising young scholars honored as USC high-school initiative celebrates its latest graduates

More than 1,000 students have now gone through the USC McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative, a seven-year-long pre-college program that helps prepare local students for higher education. BY Saul Garcia and Chandrea Miller MAY 6, 2019 University leaders, fellow Trojans and friends of USC came together Thursday night to honor and celebrate the graduating high school seniors of the USC…Continue Reading Promising young scholars honored as USC high-school initiative celebrates its latest graduates

USC interim president offers encouraging words at Neighborhood Academic Initiative visit

Wanda M. Austin praises parents for their support and recalls the importance of academics in her own life Interim President Wanda M. Austin spoke to parents taking part in the Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative Program’s Saturday Academy on USC’s Health Sciences Campus. “Your love for your children shines through,” Austin told the…Continue Reading USC interim president offers encouraging words at Neighborhood Academic Initiative visit

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