Provost Garrett, USC School of Social Work welcome Dr. Jill Biden
Provost Garrett welcomed Dr. Jill Biden to a roundtable discussion spearheaded by the USC School of Social Work to highlight the importance and methods for supporting military families including the School’s $7.6 million Building Capacity in Military-Connected Schools Program.
Recent News and Announcements
Welcome
The USC Office of the Provost is accountable for the oversight, coordination, budget, and review of USC’s academic units and initiatives. This includes the seventeen schools and two hospitals, educational policies, deans and faculty, research and grants, and strategic planning. In keeping with the university mission, Provost Elizabeth Garrett stewards an academic community of broad disciplines that fosters intellectual inquiry, reflection, and innovation.
On January 9, 2012, Provost Garrett announced the launch of the new USC Strategic Vision: Matching Deeds to Ambitions.
The Campaign for USC
The most ambitious and important fundraising campaign in USC’s history will touch and transform every aspect of the university.
Strategic Vision
The Strategic Vision is a collaborative guide for setting priorities and identifying opportunities in USC's continued ascension as a premier global research university.
USCNow
Through USCNow, students can earn a USC Professional Master’s Degree by taking courses online.
Visions and Voices
With over 100 events each year - all free to students - the provost's university-wide arts and humanities initiative is unparalleled in higher education.
Transformative Hiring in Neuroscience
Raising USC’s neuroscience programs to a level of undisputed academic excellence through the hiring of transformative faculty.
McNair Scholars Program
As McNair Scholars, first-generation college students and students of underrepresented ethnicities engage in original research under the mentorship of USC faculty advisors.
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship
A partnership between Dornsife College, Student Affairs, and the Office of the Provost, this Fellowship is the centerpiece of Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's initiative to increase the commitment to diversity in the faculty ranks of universities.
Annenberg Fellowships
USC Annenberg Fellows conduct cutting-edge communication and digital media research.
USC International Artist Fellowship
The USC International Artist Fellowship Program provides graduate fellowships to promising artists from the broad Pacific Rim, including India and Brazil, for study in USC’s five preeminent arts schools, fostering a creative community that celebrates global perspectives, artistic exchange and academic values.
Provost PhD Fellowship
USC’s Provost Ph.D. Fellowships are awarded to individuals who show outstanding promise for careers in academic research and teaching.
Faculty Mentoring
Awards and support for individual faculty who help to build a supportive academic environment at USC.
USC Global Conference – Hong Kong 2011
The 2011 USC Global Conference in Hong Kong (Oct. 13-15) brought together leading experts in education, government and business, to discuss the new challenges and opportunities that arise in an interconnected world.
Continuing Education
USC and the New York Times Knowledge Network collaborate in continuing education.
Honorary Degrees
USC may award Honorary Degrees to individuals who have distinguished themselves through extraordinary achievements in scholarship, the professions, philanthropies, or other creative activities.
USC US-China Institute
Enhancing understanding of the 21st century’s definitive and multidimensional relationship through cutting-edge research, innovative student training, and influential public events.
