Learn about USC’s sustainability efforts and find out how you can help the university achieve its goals. Spend your lunch break with fellow staff members from the USC Office of Sustainability, discovering ways to become more sustainable in your office and at home. This hybrid event will be hosted from noon to 1 p.m. on…Continue Reading How to be a Sustainable Trojan presented by the USC Staff Assembly
Call for nominations is now active for the 2024 Staff and Faculty Recognition Awards! Please submit a nomination or two if you feel so inclined, and please save the date for our event. The University Club Faculty and Staff Recognition Program recognizes contributions to the life of the University. For the 2023–24 academic year, we will…Continue Reading Call for Nominations for Staff and Faculty Awards!
A message from Michael Burroughs, PhD, executive director, organizational change, ethics and culture. Dear Staff Assembly Colleagues, I’m reaching out to encourage you to take the USC Culture Survey which launched on Monday, January 22nd as announced by both President Folt and SVP of HR, Felicia Washington. We are at a significant moment in USC’s Culture…Continue Reading USC Culture Survey Launched
On February 20, the annual Information Security Awareness training will be launched on TrojanLearn to all faculty and staff. The training due Monday, April 1, 2024 is approximately 60 minutes in duration and equips you with the knowledge and tools to better protect your personal and USC data from information security threats. Training Content During…Continue Reading TrojanSecure Information Security Awareness Training launches February 20, 2024
What to know Starting Jan. 24, 2024, the Duo experience is changing for staff, faculty, student workers, and affiliates (iVIPs). To streamline and secure your account: There will be a newer, streamlined Duo experience. We will launch a new security feature called Verified Push. Duo Mobile App Passcodes are being turned off. Other Duo login options…Continue Reading Duo is Changing on January 24, 2024
Dear Colleagues, You are invited to this spring’s “EatWell Bites,” a nutrition education series providing practical tips, hands-on demonstrations, and resources to help you make balanced food and lifestyle choices. Taking place at 12:15 p.m. on the second Thursday of January, then the first Thursday of each month, February through May, these virtual 30-minute webinars…Continue Reading Join Us for EatWell Bites in Spring: A Nutrition Education Series
Please join President Carol Folt and your fellow staff members for a hot breakfast reception to celebrate the holidays. The event will include a candy bar, cookie decorating, a festive photo booth, and a toy drive benefitting CHLA and the LA General Medical Center Pediatrics unit. If you have not yet responded, please click here to RSVP. If…Continue Reading President’s All Staff Holiday Reception – December 13 and 14, 2023
The following letter was sent from Andrew McConnel Scott, vice provost for academic programs and Dean of the USC Graduate School. Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that the university agreed to a tentative contract on Sunday with the union representing graduate student workers, after several successful negotiation sessions over the holiday weekend. The…Continue Reading Graduate Student Negotiations Update: Tentative Contract Agreed
We’re excited to share that USC Hospitality has introduced EatWell meals! These specially-curated offerings fit within a set of nutritionally-balanced guidelines developed by the USC Hospitality’s Registered Dietitian (RD) Lindsey Pine with input from other RDs, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025, the Culinary Institute of America’s Menus of Change, and guidelines from other universities. The guidelines…Continue Reading EatWell Meals: Deliciously Balanced Meals for USC
As part of “Hub for the Holidays” at the USC Sustainability Hub, all USC faculty, staff, and students are invited to participate in a winter clothing drop ‘n’ swap, and a non-perishable food drive benefitting the Trojan Food Pantry/USC Student Basic Needs. From November 17 to December 5, stop by the USC Sustainability Hub in STU…Continue Reading “Hub for the Holidays” at the USC Sustainability Hub