Former South Bay Lakers point guard shooting for medical school gets an assist from USC Dornsife
Marcus Allen

“Both my parents are doctors, so I thought about going into medicine, and being around all the team doctors at Stanford and with the Lakers, I realized I wanted to go into the medical field and hopefully become a team physician myself one day.”

Inspired by Daughter’s Graduation, USC Marshall Student Joins Online Master’s Program
shari austin

“Don’t stop. Make a plan and just keep going because it’s never too late to make a change or learn or grow. You’re never too old. You could be 41; you could be 60. Just don’t give up on the dream to keep going.”

Pioneering pharmacy professor learned early to work hard and help others
jean chen

“Most women like me didn’t know what our rights were. When anything would happen to us that wasn’t fair, we just thought, ‘That’s the way it is.’”

Noel Nichols joins the USC School of Dramatic Arts in 2022 as Assistant Professor of Sound Design
Noel Nichols

“I’m so thrilled to be empowering so many students, especially in a department that is primarily non-cis-male identifying at the moment, in the student body. Equipping them with high level technical skills that are immediately translatable into the greater theatre production world.”

Award-winning student startup aims to revolutionize brand deals
DEVIN MARTIN (LEFT) AND NICK HENSEL

“We started to realize that these brands were spending millions of dollars a month on influencer marketing, but they were not using any software. Everything was done manually. All their data was handled on Excel spreadsheets.”

Native American PhD candidate presses for understanding of tribal sovereignty by focusing on policy
Erika Salinas

“It’s really having to trust, even though the federal government has not always been great to Native communities, but to trust that our voices are being heard and the voices of those being impacted by ICWA are heard.”

USC alumna Kim Kircher named LAUSD’s 2021-2022 Rookie of the Year
Kim Kircher

“USC helped me build a foundation for my pedagogy, and I would love to help future educators in the same way.”

Political science major brings global experiences to bear on societal problems
Madina Zermeño

“Just coming into the room with confidence and letting people know that, while people may underestimate me because I’m a woman, a person of color, or someone from a different religion than they are, I am just as knowledgeable, just as skilled, and I deserve a seat at the table.”

USC alum Buu Van Nygren elected to Navajo Nation president
Buu Van Nygren

“I’m used to being held accountable in every job. I’m taking that approach. If I don’t perform, I have no business being here.”

A Trojan Physical Therapist In Uganda
Sharae Tejada

“One of the big things that drew me to this trip was the teaching component. It is so much more valuable for us to spend our time educating other practitioners to leave a lasting impression and to hopefully make every subsequent group of students better than the one before them.”