We will salute our class of 2020 on Friday, May 15 with a 12-hour virtual celebration filled with videos, photos, social streams, inspiring personal messages, performances and special celebrations from our individual schools. We hope you will join in the festivities and drop in and out during the day, or even get comfortable and stay with us for the duration.
Category: President
Messages from the President
4/24: Celebrating USC’s Graduating Class of 2020
USC President Carol Folt shares important details with the Class of 2020 regarding the virtual conferring of degrees on May 15.
4/15: Message to Trojan Community from President Folt
Even as the challenges continue, the spirit, creativity, and generosity of Trojans everywhere are a force for good. President Folt shares several stories that lift our spirits and remind us that our empathy, creative thinking, humor, and progress in science and medicine will get us through this crisis stronger and more united than ever.
3/30: Important Modification to Undergraduate Grading Policy
Undergraduate students will have the freedom to opt for a letter grade, a Pass or a No Record up to a week after official class grades are posted. The deadline is May 27 to select these options.
3/30: Join USC in Helping Those Impacted by COVID-19
Watch a video from President Carol Folt to discover how you can help USC students, health care workers, community members and employees who are most affected by COVID-19.
3/24: COVID-19 New Actions
Read the latest updates from President Carol Folt and Provost Charles Zukoski about commencement, university housing, paid administrative leave for employees, pay for student workers, and more.
3/20: COVID-19 Latest Updates and Actions
President Carol Folt and Provost Charles Zukoski share the latest updates regarding child care for employees, scholarships and financial aid, course grading options, guidance for employees working from home, and more.
3/16: COVID-19 New Actions
President Carol Folt and Provost Charles Zukoski share the latest updates regarding classes, university housing, commencement, campus access, guidance for employees, and more.
3/13: A Message about COVID-19 from USC President Carol L. Folt
As COVID-19 changes campus life this semester, President Folt shares her thanks with a video update to the USC community.
3/13: Message from the USC President
As we head into Spring Recess and an extended period of remote teaching, cancellations and delays of events, and uncertainty about the next few weeks and months, President Carol Folt expresses her gratitude for everyone in the Trojan family.