Provost-Senate Retreat: The future of education at USC (April 9 and 10, 2021) This Retreat aims to engage senators in the university’s strategic reflection on the future of our educational offerings. How do we serve our students better in the future, and for longer than their normal 4+ years as degree students? With a decline…

The Trojan Council hosted a university-wide forum on Feb 23, 3:30 – 4:30 pm on the Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI) Task Force report. Pres. Carol Folt opened the forum, and the Task Force co-chairs, Prof. Manuel Pastor and SVP Washington, presented the main points of the report. The recording is here. Information on REDI is available here. (The…

The Senate’s Faculty Environment and Employment Committee has completed their report on faculty workload, productivity, and caregiving concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is available here. The Executive Board will be discussing the report’s Recommendations with the Administration and will report back to the Senate.

Presented by Dr. Sarah Van Orman (Chief Health Officer for USC Student Health, and Division Chief for College Health, Keck School of Medicine), 2-3pm Friday Jan 8. The Academic Senate and Staff Assembly co-hosted this briefing. A recording is posted here: https://uscadm.zoom.us/rec/share/_kagPIEYUAAzQUF0g7k3AmbxsmogOLvQh1A0j_IDTK_5MBZMP0EzwWV7xo4VHtBe.L3h5yVfOuRj6Z8pp?startTime=1610143284000 Here is the closed caption file/transcript: https://uscadm.zoom.us/rec/sdownload/GkPSIgUC5rb3NyguCCaWX5RBIpBs3rwxdqSZAA1cExhO2Lo76FnK4JH2pjhWk6T3F1ESDi-_-SRoCl8m.7QPiH-fgmXOlts2l And here is the Q&A report which has…

October 8, 2020, 2:00 – 3:00 PM Pacific Time – Virtual Please click HERE (Passcode: ^ZT39@AW) to watch the Webinar Recording  

Secretary-General election results: Congratulations to Devon Brooks (Social Work) on his election as the Senate’s new Secretary-General. We thank him and the other two candidates — Laura Castenada (Annenberg) and Jim Moore (Viterbi) — for their willingness to stand and serve, and the great number of faculty for their participation in the vote.

August 21, 2020 (Virtual, All Day) Agenda for the Senate Fall Planning Retreat Aug 21 Videos of the presentations are available here: President Carol Folt:  The two years ahead. Our teaching purposes: what we have learned going online.  Chair: Tracy Tambascia (Senate Academic VP). Speakers: Helena Seli and Patricia Mills The evolving nature of faculty…