Launch of the Campaign for the University of Southern California
On September 15, USC President C. L. Max Nikias launched the largest fundraising campaign in the history of American higher education. The Campaign for the University of Southern California seeks to raise $6 billion: $3 billion to augment USC's endowment in support of faculty and students and $3 billion to provide immediate support for academic priorities, capital projects and infrastructure.
During his first year as president, C. L. Nikias worked with the Trojan Family to raise a total of $1 billion for the university, including three transformative gifts of more than $100 million each: $200 million from Dana and David Dornsife for the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences; $110 million from Julie and John Mork to create the USC Mork Family Scholars Program; and $150 million from the W. M. Keck Foundation to accelerate medical research and education.
General University News
In U.S. News and World Report's 2012 edition of America's Best Colleges, USC is ranked No. 23 overall- up three places from 2009. Several of USC's 18 schools are ranked nationally, like the Rossier School of Education, which just received its highest ranking ever from U.S. News and World Report (14th among best graduate schools), and the Viterbi School of Engineering, which U.S. News and World Report named the 11th best graduate school in engineering.
USC is among the top one percent of all colleges and universities in terms of selectivity- and is becoming increasingly more selective every year. For the fall 2011 semester, USC received nearly 38,000 freshman applications- only 8,450 were admitted. USC enrolls more international students than any other American university.
For the third time in four years (beginning in 2008), USC was named one of 10 "dream colleges" in a Princeton Review survey of students and parents.
Our scholar athletes continue to excel- the USC men's tennis team won the 2011 NCAA championship and our men's water polo team won it's third consecutive national title.
USC Alumni Association News
The USC Alumni Association supports the overall advancement of the university by engaging all alumni for life, building a culture of philanthropy among the Trojan Family, and being the representative voice for all USC alumni.
The USC Alumni Association has made a major investment in reunions programming, adding two more class reunions- 30th year and 40th year- and hiring four dedicated reunion staff to ensure the success of this initiative.
For information on all the programs, benefits and services offered by USC and the USC Alumni Association, please visit http://alumni.usc.edu.
The next installment of Talking Points will be updated November 14th, 2011.
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