The USC community has been shaken by and deeply impacted by recent events around racial and economic inequity. Please join the USC Center for Black Cultural and Student Affairs (CBCSA) for a university-wide dialogue on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020, at 1 pm PST for Speaking Out Loud: Enough is Enough. This forum will provide a safe space for Black students, staff, faculty, and allies to decompress and have some rich dialogue about anti-blackness and the many systemic issues that plague the Pan-African community in America….
Year: 2020
Faculty, Staff and Students Chart USC’s Future Through ‘Culture Journey’
(Trojan Family Magazine)
Thousands are voicing their values and vision for how the university should reshape itself, through a process underway across USC’s campuses and centers….
U.S. Education Department, USC Reach Agreement to Confront and Prevent Sexual Harassment
The University of Southern California announced today that it has reached a Resolution Agreement with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to ensure that USC will improve its policies and processes for preventing and responding to sexual harassment to fully comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
“We share OCR’s mission to foster a campus environment free from discrimination and harassment. There is no higher priority for me than protecting the health, safety and well-being of our students, faculty, staff and patients,” President Carol Folt said….
Annenberg Values Poll town hall prompts conversations about culture values
(USC Annenberg Media) The Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism administration is taking steps to shift the culture and values within USC. One of the first steps is the Annenberg Culture Journey Town Hall which explored the results of the Values Poll and the next steps.
“This is not going to be a one-year or two-year engagement. It’s a multiple-year engagement that’s really important because this is the start of conversation for us to figure out as a community, where do we want to go,” James Vasquez, Associate Dean of Operations, said during the town hall….
Dornsife hosts values town hall
(Daily Trojan) Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences administrators emphasized Thursday the importance of the sessions the will hold to discuss needed changes to USC culture at the third of eight town hall. Findings of personal values, current culture values and desired culture values by faculty, staff and students were discussed following the release of results from the USC Values Poll administered last Fall. …
University-wide Discussion Sessions and School/Unit-specific Town Halls and Discussion Sessions Continue
Thank you to the nearly 700 Staff, Faculty and Students who participated in the eight recent USC Town Halls to hear about the Values Poll Results. There are still many ways to engage with the USC Culture Journey – share your voice!…
JaBari Brown brings his dedication to service to a new role as culture facilitator
“We are taking this cultural journey very seriously,” Brown said. “The individuals who were involved in these scandals represent less than .001 percent of everybody who works for the university. I take pride in the fact that the majority of us are following the rules and being good stewards of students’ academic journeys.”…
Sign up for a Town Hall and a Discussion Session
Join us for USC-wide Town Halls and Discussion Sessions for in-depth conversations on the Values Poll results, and aligning our values to behaviors.
The Culture Journey is USC’s university-wide initiative to co-create USC’s values, align the supportive behaviors that bring those values to life and shape opportunities to improve our systems, processes and culture. The journey involves expressing ideas from all groups throughout the entire USC community through our “conversations around culture.” It is an important step in moving toward a culture based on shared values and to rebuild trust across our institution….