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  • Academic Senate Meeting with Presidential Search Advisory Committee

      August 28, 2018   Dear Faculty Colleagues, As many of you have probably already read in the recent communication from Rick Caruso, Chair of the USC Board of Trustees, the presidential search is underway, and the Presidential Search Advisory Committee will be seeking opinions regarding the direction of USC as well as desired attributes of a new University President.… Read…

  • Update to Faculty from Academic Senate President

    July 30, 2018 Dear Faculty Colleagues, I am writing to update you as best I can on where things stand in this period of transition at USC.  The creation of the Presidential search committee is underway, and the Executive Board of the Academic Senate jointly with the Task Force for Shared Governance completed its assessment… Read…

  • Joint Provost/Academic Senate Task Force on Sexual Harassment

    MEMORANDUM   To:                USC Community From:          Michael W. Quick Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Yaniv Bar-Cohen President of the Faculty Date:            July 16, 2018 Subject:      Joint Provost/Academic Senate Task Force on Sexual Harassment  … Read…

  • Nominations for Faculty for Presidential Search Committee

    Dear Faculty Colleagues, The Presidential search committee for the next President of USC is currently being formed. In regards to that committee, we would like to make sure that the Faculty voice is represented, and that the values and principles that we care about as a USC community are appropriately infused into the selection process.… Read…

  • Call for Volunteers: Minors on Campus Policy Working Group

    USC Faculty Members: If you are interested in volunteering for a group put together by Provost Quick to address the Minors on Campus Policy, please email Academic Senate President Yaniv Bar-Cohen at barcohen@usc.edu.

  • Introductory Letter to Faculty from Incoming Senate President

    June 26, 2018 Dear Faculty Colleagues, As the incoming Academic Senate President, I wanted to send out a few words of introduction with some brief updates.  Our faculty has gone through much in the last year, and I want to start by thanking Paul Rosenbloom for his tremendous leadership during that time.  Our community is… Read…

  • Interview with Rick Caruso concerning his thoughts on USC topics

    http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2018/06/17/uscs-rick-caruso-promises-openness-and-honesty/

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