Academic Senate
News and Updates
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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.…
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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.
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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…
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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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Response to latest travel ban upholding: Support and resources
With the US Supreme Court upholding the latest travel ban – directly affecting citizens of Iran, North Korea, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Venezuela – our hearts go out to our fellow faculty, and our staff and students, and all of their family and friends who are affected by this. The Executive Board of the Academic…
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Correction to Reports about Appointment of an Interim President
There have been some incorrect reports circulated that Provost Quick had been appointed Interim President by the Board of Trustees. Our understanding instead is that, in keeping with normal university procedures for when the President is on vacation or otherwise unavailable, the Provost automatically serves as the Acting President. If the Provost is also unavailable,…
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President’s Blog, May 2018
Other articles in the May 2018 newsletter: President’s Blog Call to Action Senate Awards & Winners The Academic Senate: Making a Difference Dear Faculty, It was anticipated that this would be a challenging year for faculty leadership at USC, but it was thought that this would be due to the local impact of what was…