Jazz Studies alum took advantage of opportunities at USC to compose for jazz and orchestral musicians 
Ethan Chilton

“The creative process isn’t just when you’re writing it, it’s also when you’re performing it and when you’re mixing it and then when you’re doing the video. So the process of making it just gets spread out and I like that.”

Nearing 70, USC student proves it’s never too late to get your master’s degree
virginia polley

“The actual learning was a redemption. Learning is so much better when you’re older. I wasn’t intimidated by the professors … If I messed up, it didn’t bother me.”

USC Bohnett Fellow Katrina Manrique says working at the L.A. Board of Supervisors has been an invaluable experience
Katrina Manrique

“Public policy isn’t just something you learn in the classroom. I value the fact that (USC) Price understands this on a very fundamental level.”

Artist noé olivas, draws on his parents’ work ethic and his USC cohort’s encouragement to bring communities together in Inglewood
Noé Olivas, an artist and activist, photographed on his truck at the Crenshaw Dairy Mart. The CDM is an art and community space in Inglewood, Los Angeles. Olivas graduated from USC's Roski MFA program in 2019 and operates the CDM with other fellow Roski alumni. (Photo/Damon Casarez)

“A lot of my work is very much responding to where I come from, with my family immigrating here, but also where I’m living right now in South Central, and Crenshaw Dairy Mart being in Inglewood.”

Haylee Mota Can Only See Light and Shadows. Yet She Sees So Much More.
Hayley Mota

“People think you can’t do certain things because of your disability and that just annoys me. I’m stubborn, and I don’t like to be told what to do or what I can’t do by other people.”

“Looking for a needle in a haystack – in the middle of a tornado.” Sani’s quest to decipher emotions and the brain.
Omid Sani

“So much of what I did was enabled by the kind and supportive faculty and staff and the resources that I had access to. Being a member of the Trojan family is something that will always stay with me.”

Advocating for change all the way to Paris Fashion Week
Tiana Day

“It’s just a really inspiring environment. I knew that with my passion being multifaceted and wanting to be a changemaker and shake things up, being in a space with people who are like-minded to have those same kinds of goals was really important.”

Trailblazing pilot and flight instructor M’lis Ward is grateful for women who fought for Title IX
M’lis Ward is first Black woman to serve as both a flight instructor for the U.S. Air Force and as a captain flying for a commercial airline.

“I’m so grateful to all the women who really fought for Title IX because my life would have been so different. I hope it’s something that we always celebrate because it really did make such a huge difference for the women of my generation.”

President Biden appoints USC Professor Shaun Harper to National Board
Shaun Harper USC

“I accepted this important assignment because it is a consequential opportunity to help inform federal investments into high-impact, responsive, and rigorous research that actually does something to fix longstanding inequities that chronically disadvantage particular schools and long-underserved student populations.”

Aram and Arminé Chaparyan shared parallel experiences and now both are city managers in L.A. County
Aram and Arminé Chaparyan

“We got the highest level of education with the best professors at USC Price so we do all we can to support the university.”