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UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA OF SOUTHERN
USC AND THE COMMUNITY
A Report on the Involvement
of the University of Southern California
with its Surrounding Communities
January, 1993
PUBLISHED BY USC CIVIC AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS
AND THE OFFICE OF UNIVERSITY PUBLIC RELATIONS
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
(213) 740-5480
USC AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA :
A SNAPSHOT
From its very founding this university was expected to be an integral and
contributing part of the larger Southern California community, and it has lived
up to that expectation throughout its 111-year history.
- President Steven B. Sample
Inaugural Address
September 20, 1991
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his compendium has been assembled to assist USC alumni, faculty, staff and student volunteers in
identifying the community outreach activities that best suit their time and talents, and to facilitate
access by the community to these programs. And it has a secondary value: it creates a vivid
snapshot of a university connected to the region through formal and informal educational, community
and academic outreach programs, through health care and through individual volunteer effort.
USC has always been deeply connected with the surrounding communities. As early as 1916,
when President George Finley Bovard was approached with the idea that USC should abandon its
central city location, the commitment was made to root this university in the heart of Los Angeles and in
the goodwill of students, alumni and neighbors who look to it as a valuable anchor institution.
As Southern California's only comprehensive private university, we have played a major role in
the development of the region, educating generations of highly trained professionals and providing
extensive public service and public leadership. USC also has an important function as a primary
economic engine for the city of Los Angeles. Our current operating budget of more than $900 million
stimulates an estimated $3 billion in the local economy. As the city's largest private employer, we utilize
17,000 full-time and part-time employees and generate an additional 40,000 jobs beyond our walls. The
University Park and Health Sciences campuses are a magnet for tuition revenue, gifts, research grants,
patient income and contracts drawn from throughout the country and around the world. As USC
flourishes, so does the city of Los Angeles.
Our history of educational, social and economic links to the community is integral to USC's
definition as a university. President Steven B. Sample has recognized this commitment to the community
and the region by declaring one of his five major priorities to be to "continue to expand the USC tradition
of public service in Southern California, with special emphasis on the neighborhoods in the immediate
vicinity of our two campuses."
The educational, community and academic outreach programs outlined in this compendium
represent hundreds of thousands of community service hours contributed annually by USC alumni,
faculty, staff and students. We applaud those efforts and continue to work in partnership with the
community, addressing common educational, social and economic issues as we go about the process of
transforming our city.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I Community Outreach
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Coordinating Agencies
5
USC Civic and Community Relations
Joint Educational Project (JEP)
Student Volunteer Center
Office of Student Activities
Office of the University Chaplain
Emeriti Center
Community Service
7
Health-Related Programs
10
Programs in Business and Law
14
Social Services/Family Support Programs
15
Safety
16
Environment
17
Food/Clothes/Toy Drives
17
Resources and References
18
II Outreach to Local Schools
21
USC in the Schools (USCiS)
21
Magnet Schools
21
32nd Street/USC Magnet School
Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School
Museum Science School in Exposition Park
Education Consortium of Central Los Angeles (ECCLA)
22
Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI)
22
Joint Educational Project (JEP)
23
Educational Opportunities Programs Center
23
Center to Advance Precollege Science Education
24
PROGRAMS
College Preparatory Programs
25
Financial Aid Programs
26
Programs in Business and Law
27
Health-Related Programs
28
Journalism
29
Language and Literacy Programs
30
Leadership and Mentoring Programs
30
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Programs in the Performing Arts
31
Programs in Science and Math
31
Programs in the Social Sciences
33
Social Service Programs.
33
Special Education Programs
33
Sports-Related Programs
34
Teacher Enrichment Programs
35
Tutoring Programs
36
Programs in the Visual Arts
37
III Academic Outreach
39
Educational, Research or Creative Projects
39
Community Service
45
Appendix I: Community-Oriented Programs
Affiliated with USC
49
Appendix II: Economic Impact
53
Index
57
Those programs offering volunteer opportunites are marked with
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through such coordinating agencies as the Joint Educational Project, USC Civic and Community
Relations, the Student Volunteer Center, the Office of Student Activities, the Office of the
University Chaplain, and the Emeriti Center, USC sponsors programs providing a wide range of
community-oriented outreach opportunities.
Student volunteers are at the forefront of many of these projects. Alternative Spring Break, for
example, utilizes teams of undergraduate, graduate and nursing students, along with faculty and staff, to
provide basic health care and assist with construction projects in South Central Los Angeles and on a
Navajo reservation in Bluff, Utah. Graduate architecture students, working with USC faculty and
community organizations through the Common Garden Program, have helped to revitalize the urban
landscape of Los Angeles by replanting canyons, creating inner city parks, and studying industrial land
rehabilitation.
Community outreach programs have been particularly responsive to health and social service
needs. The Uhuru Family Research Project provides education, counseling and an intensive day-
treatment program for drug-abusing mothers. The Mobile Dental Clinic offers dental care to needy
children and the elderly at 10 different sites in central, southern, and Baja California. USC's Cancer
Information Service provides medical information in English and Spanish concerning cancer and
experimental cancer treatments available throughout the country.
COORDINATING
USC CIVIC AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (USC-CCR)
AGENCIES
This office is the university channel for technical assistance and community
development planning. USC-CCR staff cultivate relations with the surrounding
community and maintain active relationships with community agencies, leaders
and public officials, identify economic development opportunities and urban
planning strategies, and serve as a resource for administrative and academic
units. Tasks include facilitating USC's efforts to improve the social, economic,
physical and cultural quality of life in the University Park neighborhoods;
promoting intercultural, interracial and inter-generational harmony and
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cooperation based on equity and justice with an area of special involvement
focusing on the neighborhoods bounded by Olympic, Alameda, Crenshaw and
Slauson Boulevards.
The office serves as campus coordinator/sponsor for events held on
campus organized by community organizations.
USC-CCR also administers such programs as the Educational
Opportunity Programs Center (Upward Bound, Upward Bound Mathematics
and Science Regional Center, Educational Talent Search, Project EEXCEL,
Student Speakers Bureau, Peer Counseling Program, Russell Caldwell
Neighborhood Scholarship Program), the School for Early Childhood Education
(Head Start) and the Neighborhood Academic Initiative.
This work is carried out with input from the 50-member USC
Community Advisory Council. Council members are appointed biennially by
the Office of the President to provide advice, criticism and assistance regarding
the civic and community affairs of the University. The council is made up of
people representing organizations, business, education and the professions
reflecting the diversity of people in Los Angeles.
Contact: Alvin S. Rudisill, associate vice president,
Civic and Community Relations, 740-5480
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
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USC-CCR HEALTH SCIENCES
USC Civic and Community Relations is represented on the Health Sciences
Campus by the associate vice president for health affairs. The goals and
activities of the USC-CCR are carried out in the communities surrounding the
Health Sciences Campus, particularly Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights and El
Sereno.
Contact: John C. Hisserich, associate vice president
for health affairs, 342-2077
JOINT EDUCATIONAL PROJECT (JEP)
JEP is a partnership between USC and seven local elementary schools, a middle
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school, a high school and an adult school, plus a near-by learning center, senior
centers, and health care facilities that provide teaching, tutoring, counseling, and
health care assistance to area residents, and practical and academic experiences
to more than 1,400 USC students each year. Students receive credit for
participation through various classes, becoming enriched in the process as they
enrich others by venturing into the surrounding community. Students may teach
hygiene to a kindergarten class, teach guitar or French, provide a geography
lesson, be a mentor to a young community resident, or be involved in a variety
of other activities.
Since 1972, undergraduate students from more than 65 different
academic courses have attempted to understand the practical implications and
applications of course-related concepts, theories, and skills, working in centers
and non-profit agencies. Their work involves weekly reflective exercises as well
as an end-of-semester paper and is supported by classroom instructors and
teaching assistants primarily in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. (Also
see pages 23 and 45.)
Contact: Richard E. Cone, director, 740-1837
STUDENT VOLUNTEER CENTER (SVC)
The Student Volunteer Center is a University of Southern California program
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that offers volunteer opportunities in a variety of areas on campus and in the
immediate community. Located in the Norman Topping Student Activities
Center, Room 101A, the center provides assistance in determining the most
appropriate opportunities for students or their organizations. The SVC
maintains a computerized database of more than 100 public service programs.
Throughout the year, students can participate in community service as their
schedules permit in the following areas: health care, working with the elderly,
youth activities, government agencies, political organizations, substance abuse
treatment centers, women's services, ethnic organizations, literacy programs,
ministries and religious organizations, and homeless shelters.
Contact: Sharyn L. Slavin, assistant dean,
student affairs, 740-9116 or 740-5693
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OFFICE OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES
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Virtually every fraternity and sorority and most special-interest student
organizations perform community service.
Contact: David Crandall, director of student activities, 740-5693
OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY CHAPLAIN
This office provides direct and referral pastoral and counseling services to
faculty, staff and students. It facilitates the ministries of the various campus
religious programs. It works closely with neighborhood churches and temples
on various ecumenical and community development activities and provides
referrals to students seeking worship opportunities with a group not
represented on campus.
Contact: Alvin S. Rudisill, university chaplain, 740-6110
EMERITI CENTER
Established in 1978, the Emeriti Center provides services and support for faculty
П
and staff during pre- and post-retirement. As well, through its Emeriti College,
it serves the community-at-large through seminars and lectures at senior centers
on such topics as health issues, cultural diversity, public affairs, the humanities
and pre-retirement planning. The center cooperates with other USC
organizations in initiating and supporting neighborhood programs. For
example, USC retirees meet with parents of urban secondary school students in
the Neighborhood Academic Initiative program, discussing such topics as
family communication, behavior and values, nutrition, business and taxation.
One of our retirees is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Angelus Plaza
multicultural center in downtown Los Angeles. Through the Retired Faculty
Association, USC retirees also support the Russell Caldwell Neighborhood
Scholarship program with financial contributions and participation in its
mentoring service.
Contact: J. Tillman Hall, director, Emeriti Center, 740-8169
COMMUNITY
Many student and faculty groups sponsor community service programs.
SERVICE
Among them:
ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK - Alternative Spring Break organizes
undergraduate and graduate students to spend their vacation helping others in
need - raising money and collecting books and clothes in addition to providing
basic health care and assisting with construction projects. They have worked on
a Navajo reservation in Utah; they now plan to work in South-Central Los
Angeles.
Contact: Dinesh De Silva, coordinator,
Student Volunteer Center, 740-9116
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
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ASIAN PACIFIC STUDENT OUTREACH (APSO) - APSO is a service organization that
works with children with disabilities, elders in nursing homes, orphans, and
hungry and homeless people, as well as families.
Contact: Yuri Okajima, program director, 740-4999
ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATE BUSINESS STUDENTS (AGBS) - The AGBS is the
recognized student government body for the Graduate School of Business
Administration. The AGBS members participate in numerous volunteer
activities.
Contact: Mark Zupan, associate dean, masters program,
School of Business Administration, 740-1843
CAMPUS COMPACT - Coalition of universities and colleges dedicated to
encouraging and improving public service activities of U.S. college students by
providing information and assistance to its member organizations.
Contact: Sharyn L. Slavin, assistant dean,
student affairs, 740-5693
CIRCLE K - Circle K is a national service organization which is involved in a
number of community related activities in the USC area.
Contact: David Crandall, director of student activities, 740-5693
COUNCIL OF GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS (COGPS) - The Council of
Graduate and Professional Students is a clearinghouse for all graduate and
professional schools, their organizations, and individual students who have a
desire to get involved in community-wide programs. In all areas of
volunteering, the council is dedicated to the active involvement of its members
and encourages this involvement by providing a variety of activities to
participate in, and groups to work with.
Contact: Lee Wallach, chair, 740-5649
EL CENTRO CHICANO - El Centro coordinates numerous community-outreach
efforts, such as: Latino Unity Banquet, which recognizes prominent community
members; voter registration drives; Latino Parents Association meetings, which
provide information and make parents feel part of USC; Parent Leadership
Conference for neighboring elementary, middle and senior high school parents;
Los Angeles Health Fair; and Clean L.A. Project, which improves neighborhoods
in West Los Angeles.
Contact: Abel Amaya, director, 743-5374
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EMERITI COLLEGE - Retired faculty members present lectures and seminars at
senior centers and other locations on such topics as health issues, cultural
diversity, public affairs, the humanities, and pre-retirement planning.
Contact: Paul E. Hadley, director, Emeriti College, 740-8841
FISHER GALLERY - USC's official museum presents a wide range of art to USC
and the outlying community. Offers "Tuesday at Fisher," an educational and
cultural program of concerts, lectures, and poetry readings, dance, etc. A new
discussion series, "Wake Up Call," is a direct response to the Los Angeles riots.
Docent tours are available upon request.
Contact: Kay Allen, associate director, 740-4561
HELENES - Helenes is a service organization that works with the community on a
number of different levels. Members have worked with children from USC Head
Start, who range in age from 3 to 5, spending time with them and helping them
to celebrate the holidays. In addition, Helenes are involved in Spirits In Action,
Swim with Mike, Songfest, JEP and other community-related organizations and
activities.
Contact: David Crandall, director of student activities, 740-5693
KUSC IN THE COMMUNITY - KUSC has developed a stable of music-related
premiums for children which are distributed through pledge drives four or five
times a year. KUSC and its on-air hosts have sponsored and participated in pre-
concert lectures at various Southland concerts, including those of the Los
Angeles Children's Chorus, as well as special children's events such as the
Pasadena Symphony's "Musical Circus" and the Los Angeles Chamber
Orchestra's "Bach to the Future."
Contact: Maryanne Horton, director of development, 743-5872
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY OUTREACH - Students from the USC Department of
Occupational Therapy have joined the City of Los Angeles Department of
Recreation and Parks as volunteers at the Elysian Adaptive Recreation Center
Summer Day Camp, which provides activities for school-aged children with
disabilities from multi-cultural and multi-ethnic families.
Contact: Linda Fazio, associate professor of clinical occupational therapy,
health affairs, 342-2878
PROJECT READ - Project READ helps adults in a local adult school in becoming
literate. Recently the project received a grant from the Department of Education
to take a more preventative approach to adult illiteracy by helping elementary
school children whose reading skills are slow in developing.
Contact: Richard E. Cone, director, Joint Educational Project, 740-1837
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
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TROJAN LIFE CUDDLERS - This student volunteer organization devotes time to the
care of premature babies in local hospitals.
Contact: Michael Hardesty, president, 740-2080
UNIVERSITY RESIDENTIAL STUDENT COMMUNITY (URSC) - URSC is the residential
student government created to provide opportunities for education and
interactive experience, including community services, for all those who reside
within the University community.
Contact: Carol Schmitz, assistant director, Residential & Greek Life, 740-2080
USC SPEAKERS BUREAU - Facilitates the connection between USC faculty and
staff members and corporations and community groups. Can supply a list of
speakers on a topic or topics and suggest which speakers seem best suited to
each particular audience.
Contact: Anita Goldstein, director, public relations projects, 740-6951
WEBB TOWER RESIDENCE HALL - Residents and staff of Webb Tower have a
commitment to create ties with the local community through community action.
Programs have included Light-a-Candle for the Children, work with local food
kitchens, a tree planting and involvement in JEP.
Contact: Beverly Treadwell, resident coordinator, 745-2078
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH CENTER - Studies Alzheimer's disease and
HEALTH-
provides caregivers with support and education. Also offers diagnosis and
RELATED
experimental drug treatment.
PROGRAMS
Contact: Eileen A. Haller, program coordinator,
Andrus Gerontology Center, 740-7777
AMNESTY II - Tobacco prevention program directed at adult Latino immigrants.
Tobacco prevention classes are conducted in Amnesty and ESL classes
throughout Los Angeles county. The program will serve 2,000-3,000 Latino
immigrants over a two-and-a-half-year period.
Contact: Maria Vargas, Institute for Prevention Research, (818) 457-4164
CANCER INFORMATION SERVICE - The USC Cancer Center is a cooperating
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institution in the regional NCI-Sponsored Cancer Information Service, where
trained volunteers answer questions from the public in English and Spanish at
1-800-4-CANCER. In addition to answering specific questions, the CIS mails free
publications on the various forms of cancer and printouts from the Physician's
Data Query, a computerized listing of experimental cancer treatments available
around the country.
Contact: Eva Jackson, outreach coordinator, (310) 206-0278
CHILDREN'S CANCER HELP-LINK - Help-Link provides direct services to children
with cancer and their families. The following programs address the
psychological, social and practical consequences of the diagnosis of cancer in a
child: Careline, a parent-to-parent support system; Families Attacking Cancer
Together (FACT), a support group that meets once a month; Information and
Management Programs Addressing Cancer Treatments (IMPACT), bilingual
educational presentations and a collection of videotapes, booklets and
brochures; School Reintegration Program, designed to help children with cancer
succeed in a school setting; and Teen Impact, a program that offers emotional
support, education and social activities.
Contact: Kathleen Ruccione, coordinator,
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 669-2198
COMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT -
Develops substance abuse prevention committees to provide support, education,
information and appropriate referrals for families affected by drug/alcohol
abuse.
Contact: Karen Bass, executive director, 750-9087
COMPREHENSIVE SICKLE CELL CENTER - A comprehensive program of basic and
clinical research, professional and community education, and direct services for
adults and children. Provides consultation services and interfaces with a
community non-profit organization, which provides education and community
services (the Sickle Cell Disease Research Foundation). Supported by the
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and local funding.
Contact: Cage S. Johnson, director;
Patricia Corley, coordinator, 226-3653
DENTAL MONTH HEALTH FAIRS - Dental students and dental hygiene students
provide free dental screenings for community children and adults at a variety of
Health Fair sites throughout Los Angeles.
Contact: Charles Goldstein, chair,
Community Dentistry and Public Health, 740-1423
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DRUG ABUSE COLLECTION - The Norris Medical Library in cooperation with the
Los Angeles County Drug Abuse Office (DAPO) maintains an extensive
collection of drug abuse-related books and audiovisual materials. These
materials circulate to DAPO and its contract agencies throughout Los Angeles
County.
Contact: Janis Brown, Norris Medical Library, 342-1968
HEALTH INFORMATION TO COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (HITCH) - The Norris Medical
Library assists community hospitals and other health-care institutions in
meeting their educational and information needs. Health Information to
Community Hospitals (HITCH) is a contract service through which a USC
medical librarian is shared among health-care institutions. The librarian
provides a full range of information services on site and draws on the collections
and information services of the Norris Medical Library.
Contact: Alice Karasick, HITCH coordinator,
Norris Medical Library, 342-3313
MEDICALLY COMPROMISED PATIENTS (MCP) CLINIC - Provides dental care to
those patients with a significantly compromised immune system - such as HIV-
infection, cancer chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant - in a well-
contained and physically controlled environment.
Contact: Ramon Roges, director, Emergency Clinic, 740-1582
MOBILE DENTAL CLINIC - Provides dental care free of charge to needy children
by dental and dental hygiene students at 10 different sites in central, southern,
and Baja California each year. Funded by contracts, grants and donations. All
mobile units and equipment donated.
Contact: Randall Niederkohr, director, Mobile Dental Clinic, 740-1523
SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY DENTAL CLINIC - The dental clinic provides care in all
phases of dentistry by pre-doctoral and graduate students at reduced fees.
Contact: Ronald Johnson, associate dean, patient care,
School of Dentistry, 740-0419;
dental clinic information, 740-2800
SICKLE CELL EDUCATION PROGRAM - Supported by a funding contract with the
State of California, this program provides education-training for sickle cell
counselors and educators who provide direct services to patients and families
and supports community educational programs specifically related to newborn
screening and at-risk populations.
Contact: L. Julian Haywood, director; 226-7116
Helen Powell, coordinator, 226-3653
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SPANISH-SPEAKING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH PROGRAM - Provides
diagnosis, experimental drug treatment, educational materials for caregivers,
and educational conferences for the Hispanic community.
Contact: Maribel Taussig, program director,
Andrus Gerontology Center, 740-1709
SPECIAL PATIENTS DENTAL CLINIC - Provides specialized handling of the dental
care needs of individuals who require special behavioral or medical
management during their dental treatment, such as the developmentally
disabled, the significantly medically compromised, and the psychiatric patient.
Contact: Roseann Mulligan, chair,
dental medicine and public health, 740-8140
TOBACCO CESSATION AMONG Low-INCOME LATINAS - This project investigates
the effectiveness of a health provider-based stop smoking intervention for low-
income, Spanish-speaking, pregnant women and is adapted from National
Cancer Institute and American Lung Association components. The intervention
is being delivered to several hundred women in Los Angeles County public
clinics. One-month and post-delivery follow-ups are being conducted to
determine changes in knowledge, attitude, and behavior related to active and
passive smoking.
Contact: Clyde Dent, Institute for Prevention Research, (818) 457-4094
TROJAN HEALTH VOLUNTEERS - Trojan Health Volunteers is an organization
targeted at pre-Med students on the USC campus who work with local health
clinics and hospitals assisting physicians. In some cases, these students also act
as translators.
Contact: Suzanne Mooney, student director, or
Richard E. Cone, director, Joint Educational Project, 740-1837
UHURU FAMILY RESEARCH PROJECT - Through the collaboration of the USC
School of Social Work, the Watts Health Foundation, the South Central Los
Angeles Regional Center for Developmentally Disabled Persons and the Los
Angeles County Department of Childrens Services, outpatient drug abuse
counseling and rehabilitation services are provided at two sites in South Central
Los Angeles to women with infants prenatally exposed to psychotropic drugs.
Contact: Irma Strantz, School of Social Work, 740-3469
USC-ANGELUS PLAZA GERIATRIC DENTAL CLINIC - Provides geriatric dental care
to senior citizens of Angelus Plaza and the immediate downtown community.
Contact: Steven Sobel, director, 620-9086
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PROGRAMS IN
COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE PROJECT (CEP) - As part of the USC School of Business
BUSINESS
Administration's ongoing activities, CEP provides assistance to small businesses
affected by the civil unrest in Los Angeles. Volunteers, most of whom are MBA
AND LAW
students, help business owners complete Small Business Administration
Disaster loan forms, and provide entrepreneurial information seminars and
consulting services.
Contact: Kathryn Anderson, coordinator, 740-0646;
Debra Esparza, director, 740-0644
COMING SOON TO A NEICHBORHOOD NEAR You - Marketplace, KUSC's daily
national business news program, is producing a series of stories about the
economic and class roots of the Los Angeles riots entitled "Coming Soon to a
Neighborhood Near You." Coverage will include an in-depth investigation of
the underlying causes of the riots, with weekly reports and commentaries which
will include voices of the underclass.
Contact: Jim Russell, executive producer of Marketplace, 743-6555
LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Graduates of the Law Center who are
employed by nonprofit public service offices and are earning below a certain
salary are given financial assistance in order to repay student loan debts.
Contact: Karen A. Lash, assistant dean, Law Center, 740-6473
SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE - Senior-level business students, supervised by an
entrepreneurship faculty member, offer free assistance to small business owners
as part of their small business management course. Depending on the client
company's needs, teams of three students conduct management audits, prepare
marketing plans, analyze computer feasibility, and examine human resource
plans and production plans. The project is co-sponsored by the Los Angeles
office of the Small Business Administration.
Contact: Joan H. Hill, School of Business Administration, 740-6411
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICE - The University's Minority and Women-
Owned Business Enterprise Program seeks actively to increase the opportunities
for departments of the University to procure goods and services from minority
and women-owned businesses, and to enrich the University's relationship with
businesses in the surrounding community. Its Preferred Vendor Program
facilitates use of local small businesses in a designated catchment area, ensuring
that USC is a responsible neighbor.
Contact: Amanda Vallejo, manager, 740-9783
TAX ASSISTANCE - Each year School of Accounting students assist community
members and students who cannot afford professional tax assistance in
preparing their personal income tax returns.
Contact: Beta Alpha Psi, 740-4807; or the Accounting Society, 740-4809
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UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM (UCOP) - This program is
administered through the Entrepreneur Program in the School of Business
Administration. UCOP's mission is to promote entrepreneurship in the
USC/Los Angeles community. To achieve its objectives, UCOP directs various
component programs, partnering the wealth of human resources at the
University with the economic and educational development needs of its
surrounding inner-city community. Program components and highlights for the
past year include:
The Young Entrepreneurs Program, which taught 19 high
school students the basics of starting their own business;
Eight new micro-
businesses, which received part of $3,500 in venture capital seed money;
The
Technical Assistance Program, which successfully matched 23 projects between
community businesses and USC business students, across a range of functional
areas; and
The Fast Trac entrepreneurial training series, which assisted 30
community businesses in learning about and developing a business plan for
growth and expansion. USC business students, faculty and alumni are involved
in each of these programs as mentors or consultants.
Contact: Debra Esparza, director, 740-0644
USC LAW STUDENTS Do IT FOR FREE - Law students have volunteered in the
past in a campaign called "USC Law Students Do It For Free." These students
performed pro bono work on behalf of clients in such programs as the Public
Counsel's Homeless Advocacy Project, the Central American Refugee Center
and the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles.
Contact: Karen A. Lash, assistant dean, Law Center, 740-6473
SOCIAL
ANDRUS OLDER ADULT CENTER (AOAC) - Provides comprehensive direct
SERVICES/
services for older adults (55 years of age and older) and their families. The
program is designed to assist with issues or problems that accompany the aging
FAMILY
process. Services include: individual, couple, and family therapy, as well as
SUPPORT
support groups.
PROGRAMS
Contact: Anne Katz, assistant director, School of Gerontology, 740-3493
COUNSELING AT KEDREN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER - Graduate
students in Clinical and Counseling Psychology earn class credit by providing
counseling to adults and children under the supervision of licensed
professionals.
Contact: Donald Polkinghorne, professor, School of Education, 740-3263
FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER - A joint endeavor of the USC School of Social Work
Child Welfare Training Center and the Los Angeles County Department of
Children's Services (DCS) will offer social work services to DCS-referred families
and children affected by drugs who live in the USC neighborhood. The center is
staffed by DCS workers and USC social work interns.
Contact: Paul Carlo, School of Social Work, 743-7002 or 740-2711
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HUMAN RELATIONS CENTER (HRC) - Outpatient clinic that provides mental
health services to the community on a sliding scale basis. Advanced graduate
trainees provide services: individual psychotherapy; marital, couple, family and
group therapy; psychological testing; etc.
Contact: Barry Reynolds, executive director, 740-1600
Los ANGELES CAREGIVERS RESOURCE CENTER (LACRC) - The Center serves
families and caregivers of brain impaired adults. Services include: resource and
information; support groups; family consultations; respite for caregivers; legal
and financial consultations; and workshops for families. Brain impairments may
include but are not limited to Alzheimer's Disease, traumatic brain injury,
Parkinson's Disease, stroke and brain tumors.
Contact: Phyllis Meltzer, information/resource specialist,
Andrus Older Adult Center, 740-8711
PROJECT EEXCEL - Provides pre-college educational preparation, social service
referrals, and college financial assistance to residents of low-income residential
complexes located within the Century Freeway corridor.
Contact: Jeffrey L. Clayton, director,
Educational Opportunity Programs Center, 743-6395
THE STUTTERING CENTER - The Stuttering Center, directed by Dr. William H.
Perkins, serves adults and children of USC's community, as well as the
neighboring community-at-large. It provides group and individual programs for
those who seek treatment. The center's scholarship program has enabled those
seeking help to be assessed and to take part in the intensive treatment program
at reduced cost.
Contact: Debora C. Sue-O'Brien, speech pathologist, 743-2476
SAFETY
NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME PREVENTION - Provides workshops for community
residents on crime prevention, focusing especially on organizations such as
church groups, Boy Scouts, seniors and LAPD Neighborhood Watch groups.
Contact: Gary E. Rus, crime prevention officer, University security 740-4356
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH
ENVIRONMENT
COMMON GARDEN PROGRAM - A cooperative effort with a School of Architecture
faculty member and King-Drew Medical Center has resulted in a 2.5-acre
demonstration urban garden in South Central Los Angeles.
Contact: Achva Stein, associate professor of architecture, 740-4592
RECYCLING PROGRAM - A student-initiated recycling program began in 1989 by
SAFE (Student Action for the Environment). A campuswide program now
collects paper, polystyrene and glass, diverting trash from landfills in an effort to
help heal the environment. In 1991, USC doubled the amount of material it
recycled in the previous year.
Contact: Jonathan Proulx, interim recycling coordinator, 740-5752
FOOD/CLOTHES/
BoB PORTER FOUNDATION CHRISTMAS TREE GIVE AWAY - Christmas tree
Toy DRIVES
giveaway held annually on the USC campus and co-sponsored by the Bob Porter
Foundation and USC Civic and Community Relations. Shut-ins can make
arrangements to have trees delivered to their residences.
Contacts: Janice Hsia, Civic and Community Relations, 740-5480;
Bob Porter Foundation, 755-8455
CHRISTMAS Is COMMUNITY - Annual food and toy drive in which students, staff
and faculty members participate. Collected items are given to a coalition of local
П
churches, synagogues, and "safe" houses in the USC neighborhood for
distribution to needy households.
Contact: Richard McCormick, administrator, 740-2121; or
Edward Sarpy, assistant administrator, 740-3575
HOLIDAY TOYLIFT - This special event is administered through the University
Community Outreach Program in cooperation with the Association of Graduate
П
Business Students in the School of Business Administration. Student volunteers
celebrate the season and deliver toys to area children.
Contact: Kathryn Anderson, coordinator, 740-0646;
Debra Esparza, director, 740-0644
SC FOR SC - This program was begun by the Student Volunteer Center
following the L.A. riots to collect food and clothing for riot victims in South-
Central Los Angeles. Its efforts are on-going.
Contact: Jennifer Ramo, coordinator, Student Volunteer Center, 740-9116
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
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RESOURCES
A HUMAN MOSIAC: AN ATLAS OF ETHNICITY IN Los ANGELES 1980-1986 - Atlas
AND
with 78 maps and 72 tables which describe in detail ethnic population trends in
REFERENCES
Los Angeles; utilizing innovative computer technology and imaging to depict
graphically the ethnic demographics which reflect the 1980 and estimated 1986
population of Los Angeles County by 20 ethnic categories. Compiled by the
USC Population Research Laboratory.
Contact: Janice Hsia, Civic and Community Relations, 740-5480
CANCER INFORMATION SERVICE - The USC Cancer Center is a cooperating
institution in the regional NCI Sponsored Cancer Information Service, where
trained volunteers answer questions from the public in English and Spanish at
1-800-4-CANCER. In addition to answering specific questions, the CIS mails
free publications on the various forms of cancer and printouts from the
Physician's Data Query, a computerized listing of experimental cancer
treatments available around the country.
Contact: Eva Jackson, outreach coordinator, (310) 206-0278
DIRECTORY OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY OF THE COUNTY OF Los ANGELES -
Bilingual Spanish/English reference book that lists some 1,000 Hispanic
organizations, as well as agencies that can provide services to Hispanics in the
County of Los Angeles.
Contact: Samuel Mark, assistant vice president,
civic and community relations, 740-5480
GOOD BEGINNINCS/EMPEZANDO BIEN FAMILY OPPORTUNITY CENTER - A
collaboration between the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, USC School for
Early Childhood Education and the United Neighborhood Council that offers
low-cost child care, GED and high school diploma courses, English as a second
language courses, educational courses and workshops for families, and
information and referral services.
Contact: Rosa Ramirez, project director, 747-6254 or 749-3601
OFFICE FOR WOMEN'S ISSUES - Information, referrals and educational programs
on communication between boys and girls and women and men, rape
prevention, sexual harassment, courtship and domestic violence, self-defense
and personal safety.
Contact: Kathleen M. Bartle-Schulweis, director, 740-5693
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STUDENT VOLUNTEER CENTER (SVC) - Offers on-campus and community
volunteer opportunities to USC students in a variety of areas. Provides
assistance in determining the most appropriate placement for students through a
computerized database of more than 200 service programs and agencies.
Contact: Sharyn L. Slavin, assistant dean, student affairs, or
Jennifer Ramo, coordinator, SVC, 740-9116
USE OF UNIVERSITY FACILITIES - Assists with reservations of campus facilities by
community organizations.
Contact: Janice Hsia, Civic and Community Relations, 740-5480
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OUTREACH TO LOCAL SCHOOLS
U
SC students, alumni, staff and faculty are involved in numerous programs with local schools and
school districts, as volunteers, as interns, as paid employees and as part of USC's educational
program. In addition, USC has joined forces with the Los Angeles Unified School District to
develop magnet schools near the two campuses. USC is an active partner in the Education Consortium of
Central Los Angeles, an association of private and public educational and cultural institutions dedicated
to the advancement of neighborhood schools in Central Los Angeles.
Each year, tens of thousands of Los Angeles school children benefit from programs involving
USC students, alumni, staff and faculty. Through the ECCLA, USC in the Schools, magnet schools, and
other programs, we offer educational outreach programs responding to the social, health and financial
aid needs of community children. These programs range from Troy Camp, an all-volunteer student
organization offering a week-long summer camp in the mountains for 4th-6th graders, to Spirits in
Action, which sponsors a Special Olympics track meet for mentally or physically handicapped athletes,
and KUSC in the Schools, a project designed to introduce classical music into the lives of local children.
USC is in the forefront of educational outreach with revolutionary new projects like the
Neighborhood Academic Initiative and Project EEXCEL, which offer enhanced academic training and a
far-reaching service program for neighborhood children and their families. The importance of teacher
enrichment programs has also been recognized through innovative multi-agency programs like the
Latino Teacher Project.
USC IN THE
USCiS is a network and coalition of various programs of the University that
SCHOOLS
work with schools and educational organizations in the neighborhoods
surrounding its campuses. These programs extend and enrich the academic,
(USCIS)
educational and research mission of the faculties and academic programs that
compose this urban, international research University; assist its efforts to
improve the quality of life for campus and community people; and provide
opportunities for public and private community ventures. The programs
represent a wide range of activities located in academic units, student and
alumni/ae volunteer efforts, and administrative initiatives.
Contact:
Alvin S. Rudisill, USCiS convener,
USC Civic and Community Relations, 740-5480
MAGNET
32ND STREET/USC MAGNET SCHOOL - This arts-oriented grade school is located
SCHOOLS
near the University Park Campus. Opened in 1978, it serves close to 1,000
students from kindergarten through 9th grade.
Contact:
Greta S. Pruitt, principal, 748-0126
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FRANCISCO BRAVO MEDICAL MACNET HICH SCHOOL - This high School has been
in existence near the Health Sciences Campus for about 10 years; through a
partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District, the Los Angeles
Department of Parks and Recreation and National Medical Enterprises, Inc., a
new building was constructed in 1990, allowing the school to expand from 300 to
nearly 2,000 students with special interests in the health sciences.
Contact: Rosa Maria Hernandez, principal, 342-0428
MUSEUM SCIENCE SCHOOL IN EXPOSITION PARK - Currently in development with
the USC School of Education, in partnership with the LAUSD and the California
Museum of Science and Industry, this school will serve a maximum of 900
elementary school students, as well as acting as a resource center for the 48
schools in the local area.
Contact: Guilbert Hentschke, dean, USC School of Education, 740-8313
EDUCATION
The ECCLA draws on the resources of member institutions and of the public and
CONSORTIUM
private sectors to design, implement and evaluate programs to enhance the
OF CENTRAL
education of students enrolled in the 48 LAUSD and parochial target schools.
Member institutions are California Afro-American Museum, California Museum
Los ANGELES
of Science and Industry, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los
(ECCLA)
Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles Trade Technical
College, Mount St. Mary's College and University of Southern California, in
partnership with the Education Department of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese
П
of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District. Recent programs
include: informational monthly newsletters; motivational video; teacher
recognition awards; student scholarships; workshops for educators; intersession
and summer programs; and student competitions.
Contact: Greta S. Pruitt, president;
or Samuel Mark, secretary, 740-5480
NEIGHBORHOOD
This program was developed by USC and LAUSD and began to provide
ACADEMIC
educational services to disadvantaged youngsters living near the University in
INITIATIVE
1991. It delivers educational and social services to selected 7-12th grade students
and their families residing in communities contiguous to USC. Participating
(NAI)
students who fulfill certain requirements will be given a complete financial aid
package at USC. Each year the program selects 60 local seventh-graders and
ushers them and their families through six years of intensive academic
preparation. At the end they will step into a fully-funded, four-year education at
П
USC. Students who choose to do undergraduate work at another university will
be offered financial assistance to cover two years of graduate study at USC. The
program includes the Family Development Institute, which provides instruction
for parents and guardians on such issues as parenting, adult literacy and family
conflict resolution; an array of learning services; an outreach program to help
talented juniors and seniors from area high schools qualify for admission to
USC; and a three-phase research and development component to evaluate the
effectiveness of the initiative's programs.
Contact: James C. Fleming, executive director, 740-6313
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JOINT
JEP is a partnership between USC and seven local elementary schools, a middle
EDUCATIONAL
school, a high school and an adult school, plus a near-by learning center, senior
PROJECT (JEP)
centers, and health care facilities that provide teaching, tutoring, counseling, and
health care assistance to area residents, and practical and academic experiences
to more than 1,400 USC students each year. Students receive credit for
participation through various classes, becoming enriched in the process as they
enrich others by venturing into the surrounding community. Students may teach
hygiene to a kindergarten class, teach guitar or French, provide a geography
lesson, be a mentor to a young community resident, or be involved in a variety
of other activities.
Since 1972, undergraduate students from more than 65 different
academic courses have attempted to understand the practical implications and
applications of course related concepts, theories and skills, working in centers
and non-profit agencies. Their work involves weekly reflective exercises as well
as an end-of-semester paper and is supported by classroom instructors and
teaching assistants primarily in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. (Also
see pages 6 and 45.)
Contact: Richard E. Cone, director, 740-1837
EDUCATIONAL
This center oversees six outreach programs that focus on providing educational
OPPORTUNITIES
opportunites for local low-income school children and their parents.
PROGRAMS
CENTER
PROJECT EEXCEL - This project, Educational Excellence for Children with
Environmental Limitations, is a partnership between developers, local schools,
and USC's School of Education which seeks to build a closer link between home,
school and community services. It provides pre-college educational preparation,
social service referrals and college financial assistance to children of residents of
low-income complexes located within the Century Freeway corridor. The first
complex opened in 1992 in South Los Angeles, houses 42 tenants and will serve
80-plus children. It will feature on-site USC doctoral interns as tutors for
children, a study room stocked with textbooks, computers and reference
materials, as well as the participation of parent volunteers. Children
participating in the program earn incentives for completing extra learning
activities, and those who meet minimum college entrance requirements after
graduating from high school will earn a scholarship to USC.
Contact:
Jeffrey L. Clayton, director,
Educational Opportunity Programs Center, 743-6395
UPWARD BOUND - Pre-postsecondary education preparation program that
provides instruction on reading, writing, mathematics and study skills during
the school year. Participants take part in a summer residential program at USC
and a school-year Saturday follow-up program, which includes preparation for
the ACT, SAT, PSAT and achievement tests.
Contact:
Margaret Antonio, assistant director,
Educational Opportunity Programs Center, 743-6395
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UPWARD BOUND MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE RECIONAL CENTER - Residential
summer program for high school students who are from low-income families or
whose parents have not achieved a college degree.
Contact: Jeffrey L. Clayton, director,
Educational Opportunity Programs Center, 743-6395
PEER COUNSELING PROCRAM - Sends USC students to 16 surrounding area high
schools to work on-site with college counselors to provide pre-college
information.
Contact:
Jeffrey L. Clayton, director,
Educational Opportunity Programs Center, 743-6395
STUDENT SPEAKERS BUREAU - Undergraduate USC students present a 45-60
minute scripted, motivational presentation on college preparation to local 6th-
10th grade students. Funds provided by USC Civic and Community Relations.
Contact:
Carla Hamilton-Yates, program coordinator,
Educational Opportunity Programs Center, 743-6395
EDUCATIONAL TALENT SEARCH (ETS) - Federally funded outreach program of
information, educational guidance counseling and support for low-income,
junior and senior high school students, dropouts and graduates. Also provides
information about college admission requirements and financial aid programs,
and assists students in completing and submitting admission and financial aid
applications.
Contact:
Gary Craig, assistant director,
Educational Opportunity Programs Center, 743-6395
CENTER TO
The center focuses on programs aimed at increasing elementary and secondary
ADVANCE
teachers' confidence in teaching science, mastery of scientific principles and
PRECOLLEGE
application, and leadership in science curriculum reform. In addition, programs
SCIENCE
for students engage young minds directly in laboratory science research,
stimulating their interest and motivating them to consider science-related careers.
EDUCATION
(CAPSE)
Contact:
Lois Slavkin, executive director,
Center to Advance Precollege Science Education, 342-3169
CALIFORNIA SCIENCE PROJECT (CSP) - Prepares K-6th grade school-based teams
to be effective school-change agents to stimulate excellence in science teaching.
The project includes a pre-institute retreat, two-week training institute, two
follow-up sessions, and on-going individualized support.
Contact:
Lois Slavkin, executive director,
Center to Advance Precollege Science Education, 342-3169
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PRAXIS - Funded by the National Science Foundation, and in association with
the Los Angeles Unified School District, Praxis is a school reform and
professional development program working with 24 schools in the Los Angeles
area. The three program objectives are: restructuring K-6 science instruction;
establishing a science resource center; and creating an after-school student
science club.
Contact:
Lois Slavkin, executive director,
Center to Advance Precollege Science Education, 342-3169
COLLEGE
"Go TO COLLEGE" VIDEO - Informative 12-minute color video that can help 6th-
PREPARATORY
9th grade students prepare for going to college. A project of the Education
Consortium of Central Los Angeles (ECCLA) and USC Civic and Community
PROGRAMS
Relations, produced by the School of Cinema-Television.
Contact:
Samuel Mark, assistant vice president,
civic and community relations, 740-5480
MEET USC - Program for high school students and family members at the
University Park campus that includes a campus tour and admissions
information. Optional activities: residence hall, library and Lyon Center tours,
lunch with USC students, a view of a USC class, and appointments with
academic advisors.
Contact:
Lisa Tomlinson, coordinator,
undergraduate admissions, 740-8925
RESIDENT HONORS PROGRAM - Permits 50 exceptional students to complete their
high school senior year requirements in absentia while enrolled as freshmen at
USC. Participants live on campus in Dean's Hall and take honors classes.
Contact:
Karen N. Segal, director, 740-2961
STUDENT COMMITTEE ON ADMISSIONS AND RECRUITMENT (SCOAR) - Presentations
by SCoar student volunteers provide local high school students with valuable
information needed to pursue a degree in higher education.
Contact:
Leslie Koster, assistant director,
Undergraduate Admissions, 740-6628
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FINANCIAL
Among programs specifically targeted to the local community are:
AID
PROGRAMS
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SUPPORT GROUP SCHOLARSHIP - Endowed scholarships
for undergraduate, graduate and professional students at USC who demonstrate
academic merit and identity founded upon an Asian Pacific American culture,
heritage, and sense of community.
Contact: Jeff Murakami, director, APASS, 740-4999
BLACK ALUMNI ASSOCIATION/EBONICS SCHOLARSHIPS - Fosters growth of a
comprehensive network among USC black alumni, students, faculty and staff to
promote the advancement of black students at USC through commitments of
human and financial resources. Ebonics is an association of African-American
students and alumni which provides financial assistance in the form of
scholarships.
Contact: Tony Walker, director, 740-8342
MEXICAN-AMERICAN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (MAAA) - Develops funds to
provide tuition aid grants to USC undergraduate Hispanic/Latino students.
Also assists students at the USC School of Medicine with full tuition fellowships.
Contact: Raul Vargas, director, 740-4735
FINANCIAL AID RESOURCES OF INTEREST TO U.S. MINORITY UNDERGRADUATE
COLLEGE STUDENTS - Lists sources of financial aid, and includes suggestions for
obtaining additional aid and a bibliography. Updated every year.
Contact: Samuel Mark, assistant vice president,
civic and community relations, 740-5480
LEO BUSCAGLIA SCHOLARSHIP FOR INNER CITY TEACHER EDUCATION - An
endowed full-tuition scholarship for a student from one of five local high
schools: Jefferson, Fremont, Crenshaw, Roosevelt or Manual Arts. Upon
graduation from USC the student will return to the high school they graduated
from to teach in the inner city.
Contact:
Bea Hegyesi, School of Education, 740-3499
NORMAN TOPPING STUDENT AID FUND (NTSAF) - Student supported and
student run, this is a scholarship program for low-income students who live in
П
the communities closest to USC. In addition to scholarships, the program
provides diverse support services to help participants succeed at USC. Scholars
are required to perform at least 20 hours of community service per semester.
Many work in local schools as tutors, peer counselors, playground aides, teacher
aides, etc.
Contact: Gloria Haithman, program director, 740-7575
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RUSSELL CALDWELL NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - USC merit
scholarship program for the most outstanding students from the nine public
high schools closest to USC. A mentor relationship is established between each
participant and a retired USC faculty member.
Contact:
Jeffrey L. Clayton, director,
Educational Opportunity Programs Center, 743-6395
PROGRAMS IN
ACADEMY OF FINANCE - USC volunteers tutor students from three local high
BUSINESS
schools - L.A. High, Wilson High, and LAUSD's Downtown Business Magnet.
AND LAW
Paid internships for high school students at local businesses are offered, and a
college credit course is taught at USC. The Business School faculty teaches a two-
unit course in finance and economics in the fall semester of the student's senior
year; USC waives the students' tuition costs.
Contact:
Richard V. Eastin, associate professor,
finance and business economics, 740-6493
ACCOUNTING CAREER AWARENESS PROGRAM (ACAP) - Sponsored by the
National Association of Black Accountants and people around the community.
High school students were invited to the USC campus for one week in residence
with the purpose of increasing the understanding of accounting and business
career opportunites among high school minority youths in the public and
private school systems. Through ACAP's efforts, participating students receive
the educational enrichment experiences and pratical help they need to prepare
for university-level programs.
Contact:
USC - Ellen Glazerman 740-4863;
Ida Yarbrough, ACAP executive director, 298-0816
LATINO BUSINESS STUDENTS ASSOCIATION (LBSA) - The Latino Business
Students Association is the largest Latino organization at USC, and its student
members sponsor a variety of programs for school children in the local
community.
Contact:
Raul Vargas, director, Mexican-American Programs, 740-4735
MARKETPLACE IN THE SCHOOLS - Marketplace, KUSC's nationally distributed
business news program, is developing a curriculum program based on its news
stories to enhance the study of economics in 12th-grade classrooms. The
curriculum will consist of five modules that correspond to the five broad
economic areas defined in the California History-Social Science Framework for
Grade 12 economics. The project is being developed in conjunction with the
History-Social Science consultant for the Los Angeles County Office of
Education and USC's Entrepreneur Program.
Contact:
Jon P. Goodman, director, Entrepreneur Program,
School of Business, 740-0641
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LAW CENTER PROGRAMS - The USC Law Center is represented on the Technical
Advisory Board of Woodrow Wilson High School's Administration of Justice
and Law Magnet and many students and faculty are guest lecturers at this
predominately Hispanic high school; as part of academic or intern programs,
law students represent indigent clients, federal prisoners who would not
otherwise receive public defenders, and work for judges or public interest and
government offices; law students are planning a "Street Law" program to help
boost the legal literacy of inner-city teenagers with the ultimate goal of making
students aware of their legal rights and responsibilities.
Contact:
Karen A. Lash, assistant dean, Law Center, 740-6473
YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR PROGRAM - This program is administered through the
University Community Outreach Program in the School of Business
n
Administration and provides entrepreneurial training and mentoring
relationships to high school students in the community. With assistance from
MBA candidates, these students start and manage their own micro businesses.
Additionally, UCOP has a similar component designed for junior high students,
Building Relationships to Insure Greater Educational Success (BRIDGES).
Undergraduate business students volunteer as mentors in an all-around
recreational/educational program.
Contact:
Harry Solas, YEP coordinator, 740-2468;
Heidi Roller, BRIDGES coordinator, 740-2468;
Debra Esparza, director, 740-0644
HEALTH-
CHALLENGERS Boys AND GIRLS CLUB HEALTH AND DENTAL PROJECT (KELLOGG
RELATED
FOUNDATION) - Seeks to improve the well being and reduce violence among
inner-city youth through a community-based program of health, dental,
PROGRAMS
educational and social services. Preventive and corrective dental care is
provided to youth ages 6 to 17 at the USC School of Dentistry Ambulatory
Clinics.
Contact:
John Kotick, project coordinator, 752-2394; or
Abraham Yaari, associate professor of pediatric dentistry, 740-2680
INTRAMURAL RECREATION HEALTH SCREENING DENTAL COMPONENT - Once per
year dental screening for youth ages 10 to 16 who participate in USC intramural
sports camps.
Contact:
Charles M. Goldstein, chair,
Community Dentistry and Public Health, 740-1423
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NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMIC INITIATIVE DENTAL COMPONENT - Provides treatment
to all students participating in the Neighborhood Academic Initiative, speakers
to talk to members of the extended families of these students, and information to
the students regarding dentistry as a profession.
Contact:
Charles M. Goldstein, chair,
Community Dentistry and Public Health, 740-1423
SEALANT STUDY - Pits and fissures of permanent first molars of children 6-8
years of age are treated to prevent decay. This program targets disadvantaged
children in Los Angeles.
Contact: Abraham Yaari, associate professor, pediatric dentistry, 740-2680
TOOTH TUTORING - The School of Dentistry's Dental Hygiene Division, in
cooperation with the Joint Educational Project, offers this dental health program
П
in the local schools each year with teams of students preparing and presenting
lessons on proper nutrition and dental care.
Contact:
Sandra Rich, chair, dental hygiene,
School of Dentistry, 740-1093; or
Richard E. Cone, director, JEP, 740-1837
JOURNALISM
JOURNALISM IN THE SCHOOLS - School of Journalism students and faculty
regularly go to local schools to talk about journalism and the need for better
communication among peoples of all ethnic groups and income groups. A "High
School Day" sponsors area high school journalists and advisors.
Contact:
Nancy K. McKey, associate director,
School of Journalism, 740-3914
KING CHRONICLES - About a dozen USC students work with 5th graders at
Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School to produce a school newspaper each
semester called King Chronicles.
Contact:
Jack Langguth, professor,
School of Journalism, 740-3919
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LANGUAGE
CINCO DE MAYO ESSAY CONTEST - Annual bilingual Spanish/English essay
AND
contest for 7th-12th graders in Los Angeles County public and private schools
LITERACY
that awards higher education scholarships as prizes.
PROGRAMS
Contact: Samuel Mark, assistant vice president,
civic and community relations, 740-5480
EMERGENCY IMMIGRANT EDUCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Provides
supplemental education assistance to newly arrived immigrant students.
Concurrent staff development programs offer teachers, administrators,
counselors and student teachers observation opportunities. A federally funded
program.
Contact:
Frances B. Worthington, director, 743-3560
LEADERSHIP
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROJECT - Two-semester
AND
leadership training and development program for university students who plan
MENTORING
and implement a three-day leadership conference for Los Angeles area high
PROGRAMS
school students during spring semester.
Contact:
Jeff Murakami, director,
Asian Pacific American Student Services, 740-4999.
BEST BUDDIES - This program matches USC students with mentally retarded
students at Lanterman High School for academic, social and community service
activities.
Contact:
Angela An, student director, (310) 836-6493, or
Galen Buckwalter, faculty advisor and
associate professor of gerontology, 740-1370
JUNIOR STATESMEN FOUNDATION/USC SUMMER SCHOOL - A week-long speakers
symposium sponsored by USC's School of Public Administration and the Junior
Statesmen Foundation for about 100 high school sophomores and juniors
interested in politics, most from inner-city and disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Half of these students complete an additional three weeks of intensive study,
research, field trips and class sessions on business, government and politics,
thereby developing their leadership and communication skills.
Contact: Christine D. Glogow, assistant dean of
public administration, 740-5728
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PROGRAMS
KUSC IN THE SCHOOLS - KUSC is broadcast in numerous classrooms throughout
IN THE
L.A. due largely to the efforts of its innovative on-air morning host. On-air
PERFORMING
acknowledgments of schools, teachers and children, combined with station visits
by school children, has resulted in a rapport that has blossomed into a classical
ARTS
music education for many community children and over 1,000 drawings sent to
the station by kids, including the developmentally disabled, of what they think
of when they hear music on KUSC.
Contact: Maryanne Horton, director of development, 743-5872
MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS - Various School of Music faculty visit local schools with
USC musical talent such as brass ensembles and jazz groups. As well,
complimentary tickets are given out to high schools and junior high schools so
that these students may attend USC musical events.
Contact:
Mary Reale, director of public information, 740-3233
PEACOCK PLAYERS - A student initiated and operated children's theater company
that performs for local school children and youth groups free of charge.
Contact:
Ellen Ketchum, faculty advisor, School of Theatre, 740-1496
PROGRAMS IN
EDMONDSON SUMMER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM - In 1969, Dr. and Mrs. Hugh A.
SCIENCE
Edmondson provided financial support for a summer fellowship program
AND MATH
designed to give high school and college students interested in the medical
sciences an exposure to laboratory medicine. The program was so successful
that Dr. Edmondson endowed it so it would continue upon his death, which
occurred in 1986. Students spend several weeks working in research or clinical
laboratories under the supervision of faculty members in the pathology
department of the USC School of Medicine. In addition, a series of lectures is
offered by faculty to provide an introduction to pathology and medical research.
A small stipend is provided. Since 1969, 722 students have participated in the
Edmondson Program.
Contact:
John W. Parker, program director;
Linda Tedlock, program coordinator, 224-7121
MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING, SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT (MESA) - Works with
junior and senior high school minority students to motivate and prepare them to
pursue math-based college education and careers. Provides field trips, speakers,
weekly meetings, study support, summer program, competitions, etc.
Contact:
Larry K. Lim, director, minority programs,
School of Engineering, 740-1999
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MEDICAL COUNSELING, ORGANIZING AND RECRUITMENT PROGRAM (MED-COR) -
Provides 8th-12th graders with tutoring in English, math and science, assistance
with regular school work, career-related presentations, organized tours of
medical facilities and universities, and summer work in hospitals and
laboratories.
Contact: John A. Davis, director, 342-1882
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH MINORITY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT RESEARCH
APPRENTICESHIP - Provides salary support during vacation for high school
students to work in research laboratories at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.
This program is for students interested in pursuing careers in biomedical
research, and funded positions are limited to minority students. Support is also
available for high school teachers who desire to work in a laboratory during a
summer or vacation period.
Contact:
C. Patrick Reynolds, Division of Hematology-Oncology,
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 669-5646
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION YOUNG SCHOLARS PROGRAM - Provides high
school students with an opportunity to do actual research on an individual basis
with professionals involved in all areas science research. A stipend of $600 is
provided to participating students. Other activities include guidance about
science careers and follow up research.
Contact: Hans M. Bozler, project director, 740-1125
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH PROGRAM (STAR) - Provides junior and
senior high school students at Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School the
opportunity to participate in research projects in laboratories in the USC Health
Sciences Campus. USC student volunteers assist in maintaining archival data on
STAR students, documenting their participation and progress following
graduation. Volunteers also photograph student research projects for archives.
Contact:
Roberta Diaz Brinton, director, 342-1430
TEACHING INTERN ASSISTANTS - A program where USC students go to any
LAUSD high school to assist teachers by helping prepare labs, grade papers,
give lectures, and work with students. The USC students also share recent
scientific techniques and breakthroughs with teachers.
Contact:
Michael Appleman, vice chairman and director of instructional
programs, Department of Biological Sciences, 740-5778
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OUTREACH TO LOCAL SCHOOLS
USC/BRAVO HEALTH SCIENCES PARTNERSHIP - Enhances biomedical science
education at Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School through stipends for
student research projects, field trips, workshops for teachers, computer
interactive learning methods, tutoring, etc.
Contact: Janet Blanks, project director, 342-6620
USCIENCE DAY AND SPACE SCIENCE DAY - Two free science education programs
are held on Saturdays for high school students from the Los Angeles area and
their teachers. USCience Day in the fall provides presentations by USC faculty
in science and math, interactive laboratory demonstrations, and information
about careers in science. Space Science Day in the spring provides a talk by an
astronaut, presentations by scientists from USC, local universities and industry,
and visits to the California Museum of Science and Industry.
Contact:
Edwenna Werner, executive assistant to the dean of the
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 740-4949
PROGRAMS IN
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS PROGRAM - The International Speakers Program
THE SOCIAL
organizes speaking engagements for international students at Los Angeles area
SCIENCES
schools. There are over 100 nationalities represented on our campus, and the
USC international students help to dispel stereotypes by talking about their
countries and cultures.
Contact: Cheryl R. Van Swol, international student advisor, 740-2666
SOCIAL
SCHOOL FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - Preschool and Head Start Program
SERVICE
for economically disadvantaged children, 3-5 years of age. It provides a
PROGRAMS
cognitively oriented program for children, a nutrition component, as well as
social services and parent education.
Contact:
Beatrice Price, director, 743-7520
SPECIAL
BACK TO SCHOOL SUMMER SESSION - Program for K-8 gifted/talented and highly
EDUCATION
able students. A teacher institute runs concurrently with demonstration
PROGRAMS
classrooms of multi-age grouping. Thematic curricula is designed to provide
differentiated learning experiences for the students.
Contact:
Frances B. Worthington, program director,
School of Education, 743-3560
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SPORTS-
BOATING CAMP - One-day clinics in sailing and crew in association with the Los
RELATED
Angeles Unifed School District and the Amateur Athletic Foundation for
PROGRAMS
students ages 10 to 16.
Contact: Mike Garrett, athletic department, 740-4156
CHEERLEADING CLINIC - The USC Song Leaders and Yell Leaders sponsor an
annual cheerleading clinic for high school cheerleaders across Southern
California, and they attend the annual Christmas party for hospitalized children
sponsored by the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Contact:
Dennis Fleming, activities consultant,
Office of Student Activities, 740-5693
JAMBOREE SPORTS PROGRAM - One-day activity, in association with the Los
Angeles Unified School District and the Amateur Athletic Foundation,
combining sports clinics and a trip to a USC football game for youth ages 10 to
16.
Contact: Mike Garrett, athletic department, 740-4156
SPIRITS IN ACTION - Spirits in Action provides an opportunity for USC students,
faculty and staff to gain an awareness and appreciation of a community that
П
they rarely come into contact with - the disabled. It brings together hundreds of
athletes and volunteers to participate in a day of fun and learning.
Contact:
Dennis Fleming, activities consultant,
Office of Student Activities, 740-5693
SPORTS CAMP - Two one-week summer camps allowing youth ages 10 to 16 to
experience intensive training in a specific sport. Includes health and dental
screening. These camps are held in association with the Los Angeles Unified
School District and the Amateur Athletic Foundation.
Contact: Mike Garrett, athletic department, 740-4156
TROY CAMP - All-volunteer student organization that offers a week-long
summer camp in the mountains for 100-150 local 4th-6th graders. USC
volunteers raise funds, design and produce the week of camp, and offer other
year-round programs to the campers.
Contact: David Crandall, director of student activities, 740-5693
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USC SPORTS CLUB/NATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM - Six-week summer
sports and enrichment program for economically disadvantaged L.A. area
youth, 10 to 16 years old. Emphasis on sports skills instruction and competition,
physical fitness, good health practices, and career guidance. Over 400 kids
participate each summer. A new component of the program includes
educational enrichment in math and science.
Contact:
Dave Koch, project administrator,
intramural recreation, 740-5127
TEACHER
COLLEGE OF LETTERS, ARTS AND SCIENCES RECRUITMENT AND ACADEMIC
ENRICHMENT
RELATIONS - Promotes partnerships with schools through collaborative
PROGRAMS
programs for students, teachers, education administrators. Produces staff
development and in-service programs. Organizes conferences and meetings of
educator network organizations, provides support for special campus visit
programs with curricular emphasis, hosts awards and recognition ceremonies
for students, teachers and educational leaders from the community.
Contact:
Diane MacGillivray, director, 740-5930
DINNER-LECTURE SERIES - Each month teachers from local high schools are
invited to hear faculty members explain their research topics in a casual dinner
setting. Some Advanced Placement labs have been reviewed to help local
teachers prepare their students.
Contact:
Duane Nichols, USCience outreach coordinator, 740-9204
EMERGENCY IMMIGRANT EDUCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Provides
supplemental education assistance to newly arrived immigrant students.
Concurrent staff development programs offer teachers, administrators,
counselors and student teachers observation opportunities. A federally funded
program.
Contact:
Frances B. Worthington, director, 743-3560
LATINO TEACHER PROJECT - Creates a career track for practicing Latino teacher
assistants to enter the teaching profession. Provides support and assistance -
financial, social and academic - to enable participants to successfully complete a
teacher education program.
Contact:
Michael Genzuk, director, 740-2360
MOLECULAR HUMAN BIOLOGY PROGRAM - Each summer, elementary-level
science teachers are invited to attend a seminar to help update them with the
newest scientific advancements. The four-week program pays a stipend at the
completion.
Contact:
Michael Appleman, Department of Biological Sciences, 740-5778;
Amanda Ibbetson, 740-5776
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MUTUAL LEARNING - Teachers from local high schools are invited to spend a day
on the USC campus sharing ideas with other science teachers as well as USC
faculty. Teachers have the opportunity to view academic and research labs in
process.
Contact:
Michael Appleman,
Department of Biological Sciences, 740-5778
NORWOOD STREET ELEMENTARY PRACTICE SCHOOL - A school within a school.
This project works to restructure the relationship between teachers and
administrators in the school decision-making process.
Contact:
Johanna Lemlech, principal investigator,
School of Education, 740-3292
TEACHING INTERN ASSISTANTS - A program where USC students go to any
LAUSD high school to assist teachers by helping prepare labs, grade papers,
give lectures, and work with students. The USC students also share recent
scientific techniques and breakthroughs with teachers.
Contact:
Michael Appleman,
Department of Biological Sciences, 740-5778
USCIENCE MORE - A news update for science teachers. An article from a new
scientific journal is reviewed and adapted to help teachers and students
understand its importance more clearly. Each article contains a diagram which
can be copied to help the student visualize the concept.
Contact:
Duane Nichols,
USCience outreach coordinator, 740-9204
TUTORING
ASIAN AMERICAN TUTORIAL PROJECT (AATP) - Through this project USC
PROGRAMS
students work with elementary school children, teaching them English as a
second language on a one-to-one basis in Chinatown and Koreatown.
Contact:
Peter Fang, executive director, AATP, 740-4999
EL CENTRO CHICANO - El Centro provides student tutors to Adams Middle
School and Trinity, Menlo and Norwood Elementary Schools - as part of the
Parents' Neighborhood Youth Program - and to United University Church Kids
Klub. El Centro students give motivational presentations in local schools and
organize campus visits for neighboring elementary, middle and senior high
schools.
Contact:
Abel Amaya, director, 743-5374
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OPTIONS - Provides role models, friends and tutors to 10th-grade female
students from Manual Arts High School. The program forms triads composed of
a female high school student, a USC career woman mentor, and a USC female
student.
Contact:
Maria Calderon, coordinator of community programs,
Joint Educational Project, 740-1058.
PROGRAMS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN FILM ASSOCIATION - Through the medium of film, the
IN THE
African-American Film Association has been able to make a positive outreach
VISUAL ARTS
effort to local youth as well as bring an aspect of African-American culture to the
campus.
Contact:
David Crandall, director of student activities, 740-5693
CINEMA-TELEVISION SUMMER PRODUCTION WORKSHOP - Offers underrepresented
high school and older students from the Los Angeles area scholarships in
intensive five- and ten-week film production and writing courses. Also offers
outreach visitations, including students/faculty from the school and the
screening of a documentary made about underrepresented students in a
previous year's workshop.
Contact:
Duke Underwood, program director,
Cinema-Television, 740-7374
EXPLORATION OF ARCHITECTURE - One- or three-week summer residential
program on campus that offers a variety of activities related to the study and
practice of architecture. About 50 high school students from across the country
take part - six of these are local disadvantaged youths chosen from 8 target
schools. USC students act as studio advisors as participants complete a design
project and tour places of architectural interest and significance in Los Angeles.
Contact:
Dana L. Smith, assistant to the dean, special programs,
School of Architecture, 740-2097 or 740-2723
FINE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL ART SHOW - A juried art show open to high school
students in grades 9-12 who attend public, private and parochial schools in Los
Angeles, Ventura, Orange and San Bernardino counties.
Contact:
Penelope Jones, coordinator, 740-9153
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ACADEMIC OUTREACH
E
very academic department at USC has major research projects, educational and creative endeavors,
or student internships that have a direct bearing on the quality of life of the people of our neighbor-
hood, city, state, and nation. Through academic outreach, USC faculty, staff and students provide
public leadership and public service in such diverse fields as health care, economic development, social
welfare, the environment, scientific research, public policy, and the arts.
Current research projects include investigating the social, economic and political contexts of
homelessness, redesigning the Adams Street Corridor in South-Central Los Angeles, and developing
marine programs for protecting and utilizing coastal resources.
University courses such as the Los Angeles Semester Urban Studies Program regularly explore
urban issues involving race, poverty, ethnic communities and public policy. The newly established
Center for Multiethnic and Transnational Studies fosters interdisciplinary research, lectures and collo-
quia on the study of multiethnic identity problems.
A wide variety of student internships, including the Tom Bradley Program in Multicultural
Understanding, foster greater cultural understanding through direct learning experience in a range of
ethnic and cultural settings.
EDUCATIONAL,
The city of Los Angeles is a great urban laboratory for USC scientists, scholars,
RESEARCH
artists and practitioners. Here are a few examples:
OR CREATIVE
PROJECTS
CENTER FOR MULTIETHNIC AND TRANSNATIONAL STUDIES - Established in July of
1992, the Center is concerned with interdisciplinary inquiry and instruction, sys-
tematic and human knowledge related to experiences and social outcomes asso-
ciated with the presence in societies of multiple-ethnic and racial identities,
locally and globally. It will encourage reflection on the plural social realities of
Los Angeles in relation to comparable situations elsewhere in the world, as well
as analysis of emerging transnational forces. One of the Center's missions will
be to help create a more diverse community of scholars and students at USC, to
enrich and be enriched by the University's neighboring communities. Lectures
and colloquia are planned, as well as an L.A. Semester.
Contact: Alvin S. Rudisill, interim director, 740-5480
CINEMA-TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY - Students from the School of Cinema-
Television, working with students in broadcast journalism, visual anthropology
and professional writing, produced a documentary film seeking to uncover
some of the causes of the Los Angeles riots.
Contact: Mark Harris, associate professor, production, 740-3317
ACADEMIC OUTREACH
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DAY ONE - Day One is a community-based coalition focusing on the problems of
alcohol and other drug abuse in Pasadena and Altadena. Day One works
through a network of over 25 entities, to augment programs of prevention,
awareness and recovery, especially among high-risk groups. Day One is funded
by the Federal Office of Substance Abuse Programs. The USC Institute for
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research is participating in the coali-
tion in two ways. First, it is conducting a five-year evaluation of the coalition.
Second, faculty and students participate in program planning and development
of effective strategies for program implementation.
Contact: C. Anderson Johnson, director,
USC Institute for Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention Research, (818) 457-4000
ELECTRONIC SERVICE DELIVERY AND THE INNER CITY - William Dutton has con-
vened a workshop for the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment focused on
Electronic Service Delivery and the Inner City, which was held on September 15,
1992 at the Annenberg School for Communication. It was one activity of a larger
project of OTA's Telecommunications and Computing Technologies Program,
entitled Federal Telecommunications for the 21st Century, for which Dutton
serves as an advisor to OTA.
Contact: William Dutton, Annenberg School for Communication
and School of Public Administration, 740-0944
ETHICS AND THE CITY ROUNDTABLE - The School of Religion's graduate program
operates an Ethics and the City Roundtable, which encourages USC students to
address urban-related issues such as banking in the inner city, welfare reform
and equity in school services. An L.A. city councilman participates and utilizes
the Roundtable as one resource for formulating positions.
Contact: John B. Orr, director, 740-0280
HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS - Harbors Environmental Projects was
established in 1970 as part of the Allan Hancock Foundation, to enhance
response and planning under the then-new legislation establishing the National
Environmental Policy Act and California Environmental Quality Act.
Emphasizing the local marine environment, contract and grant projects have
included: 1) baseline biology, geology, chemistry, water quality and paleontol-
ogy; 2) field and laboratory experimental investigations on marine impacts of oil
spills and dispersants, fish cannery wastes, sewage, thermal discharges, marina
operations, trace metal and pesticide contamination, and dredging; 3) monitor-
ing and bioassay techniques, kelp bed construction; 4) computer data bank and
mapping techniques; and 5) advisory services for public agencies and private
entities in planning and management of environmental quality and develop-
ment of environmental regulations. Although emphasis is on the local commu-
nity, research and consultation has been undertaken on the Atlantic coast, in
Europe and in the tropical Pacific islands.
Contact: Dorothy F. Soule, director, 740-5151
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ACADEMIC OUTREACH
HEALTH CARE ATTITUDES AND UTILIZATION SURVEY - This study targets the
Soviet, Armenian, Vietnamese and Cambodian populations in Los Angeles.
Data to be gathered will include preferences in health care provider, acceptable
and unacceptable examination modalities, most frequently used medications
and where they are obtained.
Contact: Denise Jamin, School of Pharmacy, 342-1437
HIGH SCHOOL COURSE IN SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION - The School of Medicine
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology assists Marjorie Rydburg, Bravo
Medical Magnet High School faculty member, in establishing and teaching a
course in scientific illustration on a voluntary basis.
Contact: Joel Schechter, 342-1862
HOUSING PROJECTS RESEARCH - Professor James Diego Vigil received a grant
from the Housing Authority to evaluate the drug suppression program at Pico
Gardens Housing Project, and a three-year grant from the Department of Health
and Human Services, Family and Youth Services to study gang families in public
housing projects.
Contact: James Diego Vigil, associate professor, anthropology, 740-1900
INTERPROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROJECT - Interprofessional training for students
in six professional schools (Social Work, Education, Nursing, Dentistry,
Medicine and Public Administration) is being piloted in the 1992-93 academic
year. Students will be trained to provide collaborative integrative services for
families and children through joint classroom experiences and internships in
four local organizations providing preventive and interventive services for high
risk children and their families. The four sites are Norwood Elementary School,
Foshay Middle School, EEXCEL apartments, and the Pediatric and Family
Medical Center.
Contacts: Jacquelyn McCroskey, School of Social Work, 740-2711;
Betty Walker, School of Education, 740-3255
INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM ON CHILD WELFARE - USC, UCLA and Cal State
Long Beach operate the consortium, which helps train social workers who assist
abused and neglected children. The consortium's training programs will reach
all levels, including graduate interns in all three schools, new and veteran social
workers and executive management of the Los Angeles Department of
Children's Services. The project seeks to help social workers identify families at
risk, assist clients in dealing with separation and loss, work with diverse cultures
and locate resources for safe long-term care.
Contact: Paul Carlo, program director,
School of Social Work, 743-7002 or 740-2711
ACADEMIC OUTREACH
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LAW CENTER - The student editors of the Southern California Law Review have
solicited articles for the May 1993 issue that explore legal and policy issues relat-
ed to the city's civil unrest. Law Center faculty, including professor Erwin
Chemerinsky, Legion Lex professor of law, and professor Leonard Long, will
publish articles in this special issue. Students, faculty, administration and alum-
ni/ae all financially support the Law Center's Public Interest Law Foundation.
The money raised pays the summer salaries of students employed by public
interest law offices and to fund a post-graduate position in public interest.
Students and graduates provide legal services to the poor, disabled and victims
of AIDS discrimination, among others.
Contact: Karen A.Lash, assistant dean, 740-6473
Los ANGELES HOMELESSNESS PROJECT - The Los Angeles Homelessness Project
was established in 1987 to conduct research on how geographical process inter-
sects with social, economic and political contexts to produce urban homeless-
ness. LAHP has studied homeless populations, their mobility and locales. It also
publishes papers and conducts seminars, participates in public education, gives
testimony before hearings and shares results with service providers. Its
resources consist of databases which include census information, surveys, and
detailed interviews with homeless people and a research library.
Contact: Jennifer Wolch, project director, 740-0521
THE Los ANGELES ROUNDTABLE FOR CHILDREN - Established in 1983 with the
support of the School of Social Work, the Roundtable is made up of leaders of
public and private agencies, civic organizations and universities concerned with
children and families. The Roundtable identifies and assesses critical issues that
involve multiple systems of services, expands this knowledge base around major
children's issues and encourages cooperation across professional perspectives.
The Roundtable has produced five major research studies on the organization
and financing of services in Los Angeles County: A Profile of the Children
(1984); The Children's Budget (1986); Services to Children With Disabilities
(1989); Private Sector Services (1989-90); and School-Linked Health and Social
Services (1992).
Contact: Jacquelyn McCroskey, director of research,
School of Social Work, 740-2711
Los ANGELES SEMESTER URBAN STUDIES PROGRAM - The Los Angeles Semester
Urban Studies Program in the School of Public Administration is actively
involved in teaching about urban issues, ethnic communities, interest groups,
public policies, race, poverty, culture, planning and economics in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Semester involves its students in an intensive, multi-discipli-
nary, experiential-based program uncovering the urban dynamics of L.A. Its
four components are comprised of: urban foundations, urban policy seminars,
an internship and a strategic community planning seminar.
Contact: Robert John Pierson, director, LASUSP, 743-6872
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ACADEMIC OUTREACH
POPULATION RESEARCH LABORATORY - Established in 1960, the Population
Research Lab is a social science oriented research and training center that pro-
vides for faculty and student research training in demography, human ecology,
urban sociology and the demography of social problems. Its studies have
focused on such issues as the impact of migration to Los Angeles, residential
segregation, ethnic communities in Los Angeles, relations of Los Angeles to
Third World cities, and on ethnic communities in Los Angeles. Research find-
ings are discussed in Monday noon non-credit seminars open to all.
Contact: Maurice Van Arsdol, director, 743-2950
PROGRAM FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF FAMILIES IN AMERICA (PEFA) - The goal of
the Program for the Enhancement of Families in America is to build strong
working partnerships with selected area agencies to develop joint research and
training efforts that focus on supporting or enhancing the quality and effective-
ness of services to families and children in our community. All PEFA projects
are "seed" projects in which PEFA monies are used to develop the project to a
point where major funding can be sought.
Contact: Edina Weinstein, School of Social Work, 740-2020
PROGRAM TO RETRAIN LAID-OFF AEROSPACE ENGINEERS FOR CAREERS IN
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - During the current academic year, twenty engi-
neers who lost jobs in the current wave of defense and aerospace cutbacks
received nine months of free tuition to give them a running start at a master's
degree in environmental engineering. The program its funded in part by a grant
from the city's Community Development Division.
Contact: Mary Kay Fernandes, civil engineering, 740-0587
REBUILDING ADAMS CORRIDOR - Graduate landscape architecture and graduate
urban and regional planning students participate in a joint urban design work-
shop that focuses on the Adams Street corridor, one of the major east-west arteri-
al streets of South-Central Los Angeles. The aim of the workshop is to explore
the urban design possibilities for economic revitalization and improving com-
munity life in a designated segment of Adams Street (from Alameda to
Western). This study may serve as a pilot for the Hoover/Adams/Maple plan-
ning area and for the rest of South Central Los Angeles more generally.
Contact: Tridib Banerjee, professor of urban and regional planning and chair,
Joint Programs in Urban Design, 740-4724, and
Achva Stein, associate professor of architecture, 740-4592
ACADEMIC OUTREACH
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SEA GRANT PROGRAM - The USC Sea Grant Program is part of a national net-
work of 29 university research programs in coastal and Great Lakes states com-
bining research, education and technology transfer for public service. At USC,
the principal university in the Los Angeles region for ocean and coastal research,
Sea Grant professionals and researchers work with industries and the public to
identify coastal problems and to develop the means for addressing them. Sea
Grant scientists work with local and regional sanitation authorities to improve
knowledge of coastal processes as they relate to ocean outfalls. Sea Grant
Marine Advisory personnel work with local planning agencies and organiza-
tions concerned with coastal planning to develop sound programs for protecting
and utilizing coastal resources.
Contact: James A. Fawcett, associate director, 740-1964
THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF THE Los ANGELES RIOTS - "The Social Psychology of
the Los Angeles Riots" is an attempt to look at the civil unrest in terms of the
concepts and theories of social psychological research. Most of the analysis to
date of the causes and correlates of the unrest has focused on macro-social
issues: poverty, unemployment, institutional racism, scapegoating, clashes
between the community and the police. By contrast, this course examines some
of the micro-social processes that exacerbated the events: research and theories
about conformity and leadership, prejudice and discrimination, self-justification
and stereotyping, persuasion and solidarity.
Contact: Vern L. Bengtson, professor of sociology and director,
Gerontology Research Institute, 740-8242
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SSRI) - SSRI has for years used Los
Angeles in general, and more specifically South Central Los Angeles, as a social
laboratory. SSRI is active in decision analysis, design and management of social
program evaluations, as well as locating and interacting with local authorities
and service organizations, which is crucial to any social program's success. The
Center for Research on Crime and Social Control has been USC's focal point for
research on the criminal justice system, juvenile gangs, status offenders, the
criminal courts, and the effects of imprisonment.
Contact: Ward Edwards, director, 740-4252
STUDIO COURSE ON MINI-MALLS - The students who took this course were sent
into the city streets spanning an area from South-Central to Hollywood to find
an intersection with at least three mini-malls, one of which was damaged in the
civil unrest. The students also interviewed people to find out what the commu-
nity was like and to determine its needs. Putting social service offices into mini-
malls was explored as part of the course, and each student chose or was assigned
a social issue, such as rape crisis, adoption, AIDS or hunger and food relief.
Contact: Norman Millar, adjunct professor, and
Christopher Jarrett, lecturer, School of Architecture, 740-2723
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ACADEMIC OUTREACH
UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM, FAST TRAC - This program is
administered through the Entrepreneur Program in the School of Business
Administration. UCOP's mission is to promote entrepreneurship in the
USC/Los Angeles community. To achieve its objectives, UCOP directs various
component programs, partnering the wealth of human resources at the
University with the economic and educational development needs of its sur-
rounding inner-city community. The Fast Trac entrepreneurial training series
assisted 30 community businesses to learn about and develop a business plan for
growth and expansion. USC business school faculty are involved as instructors
and consultants to these local businesses.
Contact: Mack Davis, faculty advisor, 740-0641;
Debra Esparza, UCOP director, 740-0644
UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE - This
School of Business Administration program identifies and develops projects
from businesses within the community that can be paired with graduate level
course work, therefore providing free consulting services which cover all of the
functional areas of business.
Contact: Nitin Bhatt, coordinator, 740-0648;
Debra Esparza, director, 740-0644
COMMUNITY
Many schools and departments tie community service to academic work. Here
SERVICE
are a few examples:
JOINT EDUCATIONAL PROJECT (JEP) - JEP is a partnership between USC and
seven local elementary schools, a middle school, a high school and an adult
school, plus a near-by learning center, senior centers, and health care facilities
that provide teaching, tutoring, counseling, and health care assistance to area
residents, and practical and academic experiences to more than 1,400 USC stu-
dents each year. Students receive credit for participation through various classes,
becoming enriched in the process as they enrich others by venturing into the sur-
rounding community. Students may teach hygiene to a kindergarten class, teach
guitar or French, provide a geography lesson, be a mentor to a young communi-
ty resident, or be involved in a variety of other activities.
Since 1972, undergraduate students from more than 65 different academic
courses have attempted to understand the practical implications and applications
of course related concepts, theories, and skills, working in centers and non-profit
agencies. Their work involves weekly reflective exercises as well as an end-of-
semester paper and is supported by classroom instructors and teaching assistants
primarily in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. (Also see pages 6 and 23.)
Contact: Richard E. Cone, director, 740-1837
ACADEMIC OUTREACH
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THE ToM BRADLEY PROGRAM IN MULTICULTURAL UNDERSTANDING - A joint pro-
ject of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and USC designed to
foster greater cultural understanding by providing students from HUC-JIR and
USC with direct learning experience in other ethnic and cultural settings. USC
students from programs such as Black Student Services and El Centro Chicano
serve in Jewish agencies that include the Jewish Federation Council and the
B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League, while students from HUC-JIR serve in
internships in such USC agencies as the Office of Black Alumni Affairs. Students
work together to use diversity to build unity around common concerns and
goals for the community.
Contact: Alonzo Anderson, executive director, student affairs, 740-2421
COMMUNITY SERVICE COURSE - In conjunction with the College of Letters, Arts &
Sciences, the Student Volunteer Center has developed a two-unit academic
course/community service internship scheduled to start during the spring 1993
semester. The internship will allow students to enrich their University experi-
ence while contributing to their community by completing 50 hours of commu-
nity work, a journal, two hours per week of lecture by various faculty members
and discussion sections to be led by graduate students.
Contact: Sharyn L. Slavin, Student Affairs, 740-5693
COMMUNITY SERVICE INTERNSHIPS (LAW) - Law students earn credit by providing
legal assistance to nonprofit public interest and government offices, including
work that helps victims of the civil unrest through Rebuild L. A. and the Urban
Recovery and Legal Assistance program.
Contact: Karen A. Lash, assistant dean, Law Center, 740-6473
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION PROCRAM (HEPP) - This program is devot-
ed to orienting and preparing undergraduate students with an interest in health
sciences for the coursework and clinical experience they will encounter in med-
ical school. It is available to minority freshmen enrolled in one of a consortium of
local undergraduate institutions and is free to students. HePP activities are
scheduled throughout the year. Its core is focused in annual six-week summer
sessions on the University Park Campus.
Contact: Althea Alexander, assistant dean, minority affairs,
School of Medicine, 342-1050
JESSE M. UNRUH INSTITUTE OF POLITICS - Offers placement in over 250 govern-
mental, political, public interest, consulting or media offices. Interns gain valu-
able marketable skills and contacts as they contribute time and energy to organi-
zations.
Contact: Larry L. Berg, program director, Political Science, 740-8964
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PROGRAM IN REAL ESTATE - Graduate and undergraduate students consult with
government agencies and private developers on real estate issues, including new
development projects and adaptive reuse. Clients have included the City of Los
Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, the County of Los Angeles
Department of Public Works, the Los Angeles Unified School District and pri-
vate developers.
Contact: David Dale-Johnson, director, Business Administration, 740-8942
PROJECT EEXCEL (EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOR CHILDREN WITH
ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITATIONS) - This pioneering program, begun in 1992, places
USC doctoral student interns as on-site tutors for children in a new apartment
building site in South Los Angeles. The components of this program include
education, family counseling and psychology services to residents in an effort to
link home, school and community. The University will help evaluate the project.
Contact: Jeffrey L. Clayton, director,
Educational Opportunity Programs Center, 743-6395
PUBLIC INTEREST AND POVERTY LAW CLINIC - In the two-semester Public Interest
and Poverty Law Clinic students represent indigent clients. In a clinical
Internship/Externship students work about 16 hours a week for a judge or for a
public interest group such as the Legal Aid Foundation or the California
Women's Law Center or for a government office such as federal and county pub-
lic defenders or district attorneys.
Contact: Karen A. Lash, assistant dean, 740-6473
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION INTERNSHIPS - Through these internships,
students put into practice management and policy techniques learned in the
classroom. At the undergraduate level, 50% of the students intern in private
organizations, and 50% intern in public or non-profit organizations. They work
in local government offices as well as in organizations that directly deal with
government agencies. Graduate students work in public, private, non-profit and
political offices.
Contact: Betty Cline, director, professional development, 740-0548
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK - An integral part of the graduate social work curricu-
lum is a four-semester (14 unit) internship program. Students are placed in
agencies throughout the Los Angles community providing a variety of needed
services including advocacy, outreach, consultation, education, case manage-
ment and treatment services. The students each spend 1,050 hours in these
internships, and are supervised by master level social workers. There are over
300 students currently placed in these agencies, many of which are located in the
area surrounding USC. Agencies students work and learn in include schools,
hospitals, community centers, government offices, senior services, child guid-
ance clinics, and both public and private social service centers.
Contact: Micki Lackey, director, Field Education, 740-0294
ACADEMIC OUTREACH
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PROGRAMS AFFILIATED WITH USC
These are programs that involve USC human and technical resources and are located close to the
campuses or affiliated USC facilities.
A BETTER CHANCE (ABC) - ABC serves academically talented students of color - African-
Americans, Latinos/Hispanics, Asian-Americans, American Indians - who are usually in
the top 10% of their classes and have strong academic and personal recommendations.
The program's objective is to place these students in the most competitive independent
and public college preparatory schools in the country.
Contact: Michael W. Anderson, program officer, 740-2601
CALIFORNIA CHICANO NEWS MEDIA ASSOCIATION (CCNMA) - Founded in 1972 and
headquartered at USC for thirteen years, the CCNMA is a statewide organization with a
wide range of educational and professional programs. The CCNMA goals are to
increase the educational opportunities for minority youth wishing to pursue careers in
the media, to further the development of Latino journalists and to promote an accurate
image of the Latino community in the news media.
Contact: Henry Mendoza, executive director, 743-7158
CALIFORNIA STATE SCIENCE FAIR - Sponsored by the state science museum, this fair is
where the cream-of-the-crop science projects end up. Projects from junior level (7-8th
grade) and senior level (9-12th grade) students are accepted. It is chaired by a USC
physics professor, and a number of USC faculty members act as judges and help to
encourage young scientists.
Contact: Christopher M. Gould, chairman - California State Science Fair/
associate professor, physics and astronomy 740-1101
COLBURN SCHOOL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS - Originally started in 1950 by educator
Dorothy Bishop as the USC School of Music's Prep Division, the program became known
as the Community School of Performing Arts in the 1970s when it broadened its scope.
In 1980 the school became independent. Since then it has flourished in size and stature,
now offering year-round instruction to some 1,000 students of all ages. There are four
divisions: Early Childhood, Music, Dance and Drama, and the program offers a broad
range of courses from the introductory to the very advanced. It is the only such school
in California accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, an endorsement
enjoyed by fewer than a dozen other pre-college level schools nationwide.
Contact: Toby E. Mayman, executive director, 743-5252
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FIESTA EDUCATIVA - An annual bilingual educational conference for Latino parents of
children with disabilities and for the professionals who serve them.
Contact: Janice Hsia, Civic and Community Relations, 740-5480; or
Rudy Samora, executive director, Fiesta Educativa, 221-6696
Focus ON YOUTH - A project jointly sponsored by the Los Angeles Unified School
District and the Los Angeles Educational Partnership that started as a dropout
prevention program in central city schools, and now functions as a project that
experiments with the integration of educational, social agency and neighborhood
services on behalf of at-risk students and their families.
Contact: John B. Orr, professor, School of Religion, 740-0280
JOHN TRACY CLINIC - Since 1942 the John Tracy Clinic has sought to encourage, guide
and train the parents of young hearing-impaired children in order to help their children
learn and use language. The program of free services include: consultation service;
classes for parents; demonstration nursery school; demonstration home program; Friday
family school; psychological services; correspondence courses; teacher-education
program offered in association with USC's School of Education that prepares graduate
students to teach hearing-impaired children; and summer sessions for parents and
preschool children who live outside the Los Angeles area.
Contact: James H. Garrity, executive director, 748-5481; TTY-747-2924
Los ANGELES CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC (LACGC) - Since 1924, a professional staff of
psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, education specialists and related mental
health professionals have provided diagnostic testing and evaluations, specialized
education and treatment for children with emotional or behavioral problems and their
families regardless of their ability to pay. In addition to the traditional child guidance
services the clinic also provides day treatment programs, a therapeutic preschool, parent
education classes, a home-based treatment program, vocational education and a non-
public school for seriously disturbed children and adolescents. All of these services are
offered in English and Spanish.
Contact: Elizabeth Pfromm, executive director, 749-6474 or 749-4111
PEACE CENTER - The Peace Center initiates film and speaker series to educate the
community. "Changing L.A." brought community representatives together with USC
faculty in Spring of 1992. "Understanding the Riots/Civil Unrest/Rebellion" focused on
the causes, underlying urban problems and the future of Los Angeles in Fall of 1992.
"Films for a Change" is a series focusing on environmental, peace and social justice
issues. The Peace Center, a project of United University Church, has housed meetings of
USC Students for Peace and Justice and the Amnesty International Chapter of USC
students, and GUSTO, a USC student group that worked for peace during the Persian
Gulf War. The Center provides a library of magazines and books on peace and justice
issues, and produces a bulletin board featuring articles of fact and opinion from an
independent perspective.
Contact: Barbara Zheutlin, director, 748-0209
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UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL (UNC) - USC is a member of the UNC, a broad-based
council of residents, organizations, businesses and institutions committed to serve and
further the collective interests of the people who live and/or work in the neighborhoods
near the University Park area. The UNC's purpose is to develop strategies that will
improve the quality of life for all sectors of the community, with special concern for the
low-income and underserved.
Contact: Ezekiel Mobley, executive director, 745-7907
UNITED UNIVERSITY CHURCH KIDS KLUB - Wednesday afternoon program provides
tutoring to elementary and junior high school students in the University community.
Contact: Angelia Dickerson, director, 748-0209
WATTS TELEVISION, FILM AND RADIO TRAINING PROGRAM - The School of Cinema-
Television offers facilities as well as access to faculty advisors and student volunteers in
this joint venture with the community. This program, which uses professionals as
teachers, began in the '60s and closed in the '70s and has now been reestablished to
provide classes in screenwriting, drama, production, lighting and sound to encourage
local at-risk youth to learn about the motion picture industry and express their feelings
through film.
Contact: William L. DuBois III, 756-7545, or
Michelle Gringeri-Brown, Cinema-Television, 740-3317
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APPENDIX II: ECONOMIC IMPACT
USC is an anchor institution in the city of Los Angeles. It is the largest employer in the private sector, the
largest employer of minorities, and the largest export industry, attracting dollars from outside the city
that are spent in Los Angeles. USC's two campuses have an economic ripple effect. USC's annual
budget of $900 million is estimated to generate $3 billion in the local economy and 40,000 jobs outside the
University.
A CITY WITHIN A CITY
USC's assets and budget rank it among the top 100 California corporations and well within the Fortune
500. As a major research university, it is a diversified enterprise: classrooms, laboratories, hospitals,
practice rooms and playing fields; four radio stations; even a 221-foot research vessel. On any given day,
the University is a community where more than 45,000 people live, eat, work, learn, play and park their
cars. Nearly 70 percent of USC undergraduates live within walking distance of the University Park
Campus. The Health Sciences Campus attracts 1,200 patients and visitors daily to its four hospitals and
health care facilities, which together with faculty, staff and students creates a community of 6,200. Next
door, the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center attracts an additional 15,000 patients, visitors and
staff (full/part-time, 24 hours a day) daily. USC physicians serve almost a million patients annually.
Altogether, this is the largest health service complex in California, and perhaps the nation.
Some facts:
With its total student enrollment of almost 28,000, USC is one of the largest private
research universities in the nation.
If USC were a city, it would rank in size with such California communities as Arcadia,
Covina, Laguna Niguel and Davis. In terms of providing services to the community -
housing, parking, dining, security, transportation and full-scale maintenance services -
USC ranks with much larger communities. USC uses as much electricity as a city of
100,000 to run lights, computers and research equipment.
USC has one of the largest university housing systems in the West. USC is the largest
private landlord in the city and county of Los Angeles.
In USC Dining Services, staff serve students, faculty, staff and visitors 5.5 million times
each year, through one of the largest food service retail operations of any U.S. college
campus.
USC Mailing Services handles 3 million pieces of mail per month.
USC's Facilities Planning and Management Department operates and maintains 274
buildings containing just under 11 million square feet of space on more than 200 acres of
property.
USC is the 12th largest consumer of electricity within the Los Angeles Department of
Water and Power district. The combined gas, water and electric utility bill for USC is
$14.3 million a year.
Half of the electricity usage is for running air conditioners, ventilation equipment and
four major computer centers. Among the most important uses: research labs and patient
treatment facilities at the Health Sciences Campus.
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A computerized energy management system is helping control utility consumption and
cost.
A University-wide recycling program was instituted in 1989 by a group of faculty and
students, with proceeds reinvested in the program.
USC EMPLOYEES
The complexity of USC as an academic enterprise is evident in the wide range of occupations required to
support the teaching, research, and service missions of the University. Among the 17,000 employees,
approximately 3,000 are faculty. The remaining employees fit into the following occupational categories:
executive/administrative
professionals/non-faculty
clerical/secretarial
service/maintenance
skilled crafts
technical/paraprofessional
student workers, including research and teaching assistants
These broad categories cover hundreds of specialized occupations, such as: architects, chefs, coaches,
counselors, glassblowers, graphic artists, lawyers, librarians, nurses, postal clerks, and veterinarians.
There are, for example, resident supervisors, audio-visual technicians, editor-writers, marine technicians,
purchasing agents, theater managers and bookstore directors.
Among the approximately 9,000 faculty and staff, males and females are nearly equal in number;
44 percent are minority members, including 10 percent black, 14 percent Hispanic, 19 percent Asian,
.2 percent American Indian, and .6 percent other non-white employees.
USC offers child-care facilities on both campuses, tuition remission for staff and numerous other benefits.
USC operates job training programs in cooperation with city, county, state, and federal governments.
These programs upgrade the skills of local workers. More than 700 local people have taken part in such
programs; about 125 are trained every year.
ECONOMIC MULTIPLIER EFFECT
USC's impact on the economy is subject to what economists describe as a "multiplier effect,"
on the surrounding community. By this analysis, USC's total expenditures of more than $900 million
each year generate almost three times as much revenue in the city-$3 billion. This in turn helps support
an additional 40,000 jobs outside the University. USC is also the largest private export industry in Los
Angeles. An "export industry" is one that attracts dollars from outside the community for goods and
services created inside the community. In fiscal 1991-92, USC attracted more than $540 million from
sources outside the city of Los Angeles. This number does not include medical reimbursements; it does
include:
$278 million for tuition, room and board;
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$202 million in research funding;
More than $60 million in gifts.
Other financial impacts:
Almost 60 percent of USC's undergraduates are from families who need some type of
financial aid. For the academic year 91-92, financial aid provided through USC, Cal
Grants, federal scholarships and loans and other sources was more than $132 million. Of
that total, more than $67.5 million was provided directly by USC in scholarships and
loans.
USC contributes more than $4 million in direct tax payments to local governments
annually. In 1991, USC made $2.5 million in payments to the city of Los Angeles and
$2.2 million in payments to the county of Los Angeles for taxes, permits, fees, etc.
including $420,417 in property taxes alone.
Special purchasing programs in 1991-92 resulted in approximately $4.5 million in
contracts for firms within six-and-a-half square miles of USC's two campuses. More
than $8.1 million in contracts went to firms owned by women and/or minorities
nationwide.
In 1990, the average earnings of a high school graduate who didn't go on to college were
$23,500; the earnings of college graduates, without advanced degrees, were $36,800. The
higher earnings mean they pay far more in taxes over their lifetimes.
FUELING THE ECONOMIC MACHINE
USC attracts some of the best minds in the world to its faculty, and many faculty members serve as
consultants and advisers to local schools, government, businesses and non-profit agencies.
USC faculty members, as sole or principal authors, turn out 100 books and monographs each year on
subjects throughout the range of human enterprise. Their research and development work creates jobs,
improves productivity and stimulates business. Universities perform 60 percent of the basic research
and development of the nation, much of it federally sponsored. USC is a member of the Association of
American Universities (AAU), and ranks as one of the top 10 private universities in the United States and
one of the nation's top 20 universities, public or private, based upon federal research and development
support. USC drew $206.3 million in contracts and grants in fiscal year 1991-92, and $106.5 million in
voluntary contributions.
USC research generates new technology and products, ranging from biotechnology to aerospace
innovations. And special programs foster transfer of technology and spawn new businesses. One
federally contracted center brings technology from the space program to small businesses, for example;
and an academic program trains students to start their own businesses. Another example: the National
Center for Integrated Photonic Technology, headquartered at USC, focuses on bringing together
academic, industrial and government research and putting new photonics technology to productive use
in information processing and communications.
In the last few years, USC has applied for hundreds of patents. This number does not account for the full
impact of the work of USC faculty members that generates patents elsewhere. One faculty member
alone, for example, has generated nearly 700 patents over the span of his career, through work with
industry, government and foundations, in addition to his work at USC.
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USC faculty attract other talented people to the region, including some of the best students in the nation.
Most of these students stay in Southern California, often starting businesses and generating more jobs.
Of the more than 200,000 USC alumni, 70 percent live in Southern California.
EDUCATING LEADERS
As the only major comprehensive university in Southern California for the last half-century, USC was
called upon to provide the knowledge and training for a burgeoning region. By 1930, most of the
region's doctors, lawyers, judges, teachers, dentists, pharmacists, urban planners and government
officials were USC-trained. The world's finest cinema courses were offered in that decade. By the late
1940s, USC's School of Architecture was instrumental in solving the postwar housing crisis. USC
graduates virtually designed the Los Angeles skyline, including such familiar edifices as City Hall, the
Department of Water and Power, St. Basil's Catholic Church and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Today, USC is a major power in the "knowledge industry" of Southern California, supplying the nation
with highly trained professionals. For example:
Alumni of the School of Journalism number some 2,000 and hold responsible positions
in the major media outlets across the nation. These positions include editors-in-chief of
newspaper chains, television news directors, syndicated columnists, White House
correspondents, chairs of the board and CEOs, authors and producers, and presidents
and vice presidents of public relations firms.
The School of Business Administration has supplied thousands of well-educated
professionals in the areas of finance, accounting, marketing, management, organizational
behavior, communications and entrepreneurship. 28,000 alumni are currently working
in all areas of the increasingly complex world of national and international business.
They reside in all 50 states and overseas, with over 80 percent living in California. The
Pacific Rim has the largest concentration of the school's internationally-based alumni.
Since courses began in 1929, USC Cinema-Television alumni have worked in the motion
picture and television industry. Each year for the past 20 years, alumni of this school
have been nominated for Academy Awards.
Approximately 65 percent of the more than 22,000 graduates of the School of
Engineering (since 1910) live and work in the Los Angeles area.
The Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, established in 1964 as the first school of
gerontology in the country, has awarded more than 200 Ph.D.s and 350 master's degrees;
students are prepared for academic careers as teachers and researchers, and trained as
professionals specializing in issues of aging from many perspectives: health, urban
planning, architecture, social services.
A large number of judges in Southern California are graduates of the USC Law Center,
including four of seven State Supreme Court justices. There are approximately 7,000
graduates of the Law Center.
Over 6,000 practicing dentists in the Southern California area have received dental
degrees from or taken advanced courses at USC.
Since 1885, the School of Medicine has produced over 4,000 physicians and surgeons.
Today, over 70 percent of the more than 3,600 alumni practice in Southern California.
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INDEX
A Better Chance (ABC)
49
Academy of Finance
27
Accounting Career Awareness Program (ACAP)
27
African-American Film Association
37
Alternative Spring Break
7
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
10
Amnesty II
10
Andrus Older Adult Center (AOAC)
15
Asian American Tutorial Project (AATP)
36
Asian Pacific American Leadership Development
30
Asian Pacific American Support Group Scholarship
26
Asian Pacific Student Outreach (APSO)
8
Association of Graduate Business Students (AGBS)
8
Back-to-School Summer Session
33
Best Buddies
30
Black Alumni Association/Ebonics Scholarships
26
Boating Camp
34
Tom Bradley Program in Multicultural Understanding
46
Bravo Health Sciences Partnership/USC
33
Bravo Medical Magnet High School
22
Leo Buscaglia Scholarship
26
Russell Caldwell Neighborhood Scholarship Program
27
California Chicano News Media Association (CCNMA)
49
California Science Project (CSP)
24
California State Science Fair
49
Campus Compact
8
Cancer Information Service
11, 18
Center for Multiethnic and Transnational Studies
39
Center to Advance Precollege Science Education (CAPSE)
24
Challenger Boys and Girls Club Health and Dental Project
28
Cheerleading Clinic
34
Children's Cancer Help-Link
11
Christmas Is Community
17
Cinco de Mayo Essay Contest
30
Cinema-Television Documentary
39
Cinema-Television Summer Production Workshop
37
Circle K
8
Civic and Community Relations (CCR)
5
Colburn School of Performing Arts
49
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57
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Recruitment and Academic Relations
35
Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You
14
Common Garden Program
17
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment
11
Community Enterprise Project (CEP)
14
Community Service Course
46
Community Service Internships (Law)
46
Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center
11
Council of Graduate and Professional Students (COGPS)
8
Counseling at Kedren Community Mental Health Center
15
Day One
40
Dental Month Health Fairs
11
Dinner Lecture Series
35
Directory of the Hispanic Community of the County of Los Angeles
18
Drug Abuse Collection
12
Edmonson Summer Fellowship Program
31
Educational Opportunity Programs Center (EOPC)
23
Educational Talent Search (ETS)
24
Education Consortium of Central Los Angeles (ECCLA)
22
El Centro Chicano
8, 36
Electronic Service Delivery and the Inner City
40
Emergency Immigrant Education Assistance Program
30, 35
Emeriti Center
7
Emeriti College
9
Ethics and the City Roundtable
40
Exploration of Architecture
39
Family Resource Center
15
Fast Trac
45
Fiesta Educativa
50
Financial Aid Resources of Interest to U.S. Minority Undergraduate College Students
26
Fine Arts High School Art Show
37
Fisher Gallery
9
Focus on Youth
50
Good Beginnings
18
"Go to College" Video
25
Harbors Environmental Projects
40
Health Care Attitudes and Utilization Survey
41
Health Information to Community Hospitals (HITCH)
12
Health Professional Preparation Program (HePP)
46
Helenes
9
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High School Course in Scientific Illustration
41
Holiday Toylift
17
Housing Projects Research
41
A Human Mosaic
18
Human Relations Center (HRC)
16
International Speakers Program
33
Interprofessional Training Project
41
Inter-University Consortium on Child Welfare
41
Intramural Recreation Health Screening Dental Component
28
Jamboree Sports Program
34
John Tracy Clinic
50
Joint Educational Project (JEP)
6, 23, 45
Journalism In the Schools
29
Junior Statesmen Foundation/USC Summer School
30
King Chronicles
29
KUSC In the Community
9
KUSC In the Schools
31
Latino Business Students Association (LBSA)
27
Latino Teacher Project
35
Law Center, USC
42
Law Center Programs
28
Law Students Do It For Free
15
Loan Repayment Assistance Program
14
Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center (LACRC)
16
Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic
50
Los Angeles Homelessness Project
42
Los Angeles Roundtable for Children
42
Los Angeles Semester
42
Magnet Schools
21
Marketplace
27
Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA)
31
Medical Counseling, Organizing and Recruitment Program (Med-COR)
32
Medically Compromised Patients (MCP) Clinic
12
Meet USC
25
Mexican-American Alumni Association (MAAA)
26
Mobile Dental Clinic
12
Molecular Human Biology Program
35
Museum Science School
22
Music In the Schools
31
Mutual Learning
36
INDEX
59
National Institutes of Health Minority High School Student Research Apprenticeship
32
National Science Foundation Young Scholars Program
32
Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI)
22
Neighborhood Academic Initiative Dental Component
29
Neighborhood Crime Prevention
16
Norman Topping Student Aid Fund (NTSAF)
26
Norwood Street Elementary Practice School
36
Occupational Therapy Outreach
9
Options
37
Peace Center
50
Peacock Players
31
Peer Counseling Program
24
Population Research Laboratory
43
Bob Porter Foundation Christmas Tree Giveaway
17
Praxis
25
Program for the Enhancement of Families in America
43
Program in Real Estate
47
Program to Retrain Laid-off Aerospace Engineers
43
Project EEXCEL
16, 23, 47
Project READ
9
Public Interest and Poverty Law Clinic
47
Rebuilding Adams Corridor
43
Recycling Program, USC
17
Resident Honors Program
25
SC for SC
17
School for Early Childhood Education
33
School of Dentistry Dental Clinic
12
School of Public Administration Internships
47
School of Social Work
47
Science, Technology and Research Program (STAR)
32
Sea Grant Program
44
Sealant Study
29
Sickle Cell Education Program
12
Small Business Assistance
14
Small Business Development Office
14
Social Psychology of the Los Angeles Riots
44
Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
44
Spanish Speaking Alzheimer's Disease Research Program
13
Speakers Bureau
10
Special Patients Dental Clinic
13
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Spirits In Action
34
Sports Camp
34
Sports Club, USC/National Youth Sports Program
35
Student Committee on Admissions and Recruitment (SCoar)
25
Student Activities, Office of
7
Student Speakers Bureau
24
Student Volunteer Center (SVC)
6, 19
Studio Course on Mini-Malls
44
Stuttering Center
16
Tax Assistance
14
Teaching Intern Assistants
32, 36
32nd Street/USC Magnet School
21
Tobacco Cessation Among Low-Income Latinas
13
Tooth Tutoring
29
Trojan Health Volunteers
13
Trojan Life Cuddlers
10
Troy Camp
34
Uhuru Family Research Project
13
United Neighborhood Council (UNC)
51
United University Church Kids Klub
51
University Chaplain, Office of
7
University Community Outreach Program (UCOP)
15, 45
University Residential Student Community (URSC)
10
Unruh Institute of Politics, Jesse M.
46
Upward Bound
23
Upward Bound Mathematics and Science Regional Center
24
USC-Angelus Plaza Geriatric Dental Clinic
13
USC/Bravo Health Sciences Partnership
33
USCience Day and Space Science Day
33
USCience MORE
36
USC In the Schools
21
Use of University Facilities
19
Watts Television, Film and Radio Training Program
51
Webb Tower Residence Hall
10
Women's Issues, Office for
18
Young Entrepreneur Program
28
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