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Providing academic leadership to USC

Provost Michael Quick

USC Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Michael Quick discusses the academic priorities for the university. The USC Office of the Provost provides oversight, coordination, budgeting, and review of USC’s 19 academic units and initiatives. This includes the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the professional schools, educational policies, deans and faculty, research and grants, and strategic planning. In keeping with the university mission, Provost Michael Quick maintains an academic community of broad disciplines that fosters intellectual inquiry, reflection, and innovation.

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Prof. Camille Rich instructs our 2018 cohort of Warrior-Scholars (USC Photo/Josh Byun)

Hitting the ground running

Welcome back to USC for what will be an exciting and engaging semester. We’ve all already hit the ground running.
Our impressive 2018 cohort of high school students from military families. I’m the one in the suit. It was hot. (USC Photo/David Sprague)

We don’t break for summer at USC

This university is an active and exciting place in the summer. We’ve had several outstanding programs on campus the last few weeks.
Vice Provost of Academic Operations Mark Todd (far right) and his JCOC cohort in front of a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicle at the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story

Vice Provost Mark Todd Observes Military Training in Norfolk

Vice Provost of Academic Operations Mark Todd was personally invited by Defense Secretary James Mattis to a Joint Civilian Orientation Conference
March 2018 ASB Navajo Nation Trip (photo/Vanessa Gomez Brake)

USC and the Native American community

I want to share with you the steps we have taken over the past year toward supporting students from American tribes.
USC trustee Wanda Austin and Dornsife professor Viet Thanh Nguyen (USC photo/Steve Cohn)

Congratulations to honorees at the 2018 Academic Honors Convocation

USC trustee Wanda Austin and Dornsife professor Viet Thanh Nguyen were awarded USC’s highest honor, the Presidential Medallion.
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The 2018 USC Strategic Plan – Answering the Call

We have created a vision for the university that builds on our past to lead us forward. It calls on all of us to action, to lead our fine university with deep values, excellent teachers and researchers and mentors, strong impact in our community and in the world, and a commitment to transformation.
At USC, we provide our students with rigorous and exciting academic programs, access to the world’s best faculty and the chance to work across disciplines in an inclusive and intellectual environment. It is our privilege and our responsibility to educate leaders who will tackle society’s most intractable problems and who will change the world.

Provost Michael Quick

Supporting Our Community

We are a vibrant, diverse, intellectual community of students, faculty and staff. We have myriad ways to support our community and we continuously work to ensure a safe, productive atmosphere for all Trojans -- regardless of national origin or religious affiliation.

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Announcements

Letter to International Students

August 15th, 2018

As we begin fall semester, I want to take time to write to you, our international students. We are glad that you are here, and we are excited by the promise of new experiences that lie ahead.
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Bovard Scholars

August 9th, 2018

I just wanted to take a moment to share with you an article detailing a terrific program at USC.
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Training to Foster Diversity in Faculty Hiring

July 20th, 2018

It is critical that our faculty population accurately represents the diverse cultural makeup of our Southern California location and includes a range of perspectives that positions us to fulfill our role as a thought leader of global impact on the Pacific Rim.
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Joint Provost/Academic Senate Task Force on Sexual Harassment

July 16th, 2018

An extensive report this year from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine illustrates the far-reaching impact of sexual harassment of women working in these fields of academia across the nation.  The report offers a number of key recommendations on how institutions of higher education can effect organizational changes to reduce and prevent cases of harassment. 
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Los Angeles CA 90089-4019
(213) 740-2101
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