USC Undergraduate Success Program

02/24/2015

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Now you Know: How to Approach Faculty
Now You Know-Series for undergraduate students. CET undergraduate fellows will discuss ways to connect with faculty to enrich the undergraduate experience.
GFS 222 | 5:00 - 6:00 PM
Presented by: CET Undergraduate Fellows

02/18/2015

http://explorehealthcareers.org/en/issues/news/Article/320/What_Should_You_Do_Before_Graduate_School_Work?pub=1&issue=Volume+10%2c+Issue+2

Stop? Yes, stop. Think about what your next best step is. When you are at the pinnacle of your career success and look back on your achievements, you may be most grateful for something you haven’t even considered: getting some work experience before you head to graduate school.

01/27/2015

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles has newly opened positions for USC work study students and volunteers to work in a research and collections lab. Applicants will be working on BioSCAN, an exciting 3 year project researching insect biodiversity in Los Angeles and the effects of urbanization on these populations.

We are looking for students of all majors to bring different sets of skills to our workplace. We have had engineers, political scientists, fine artists, biologists, and writers who have greatly contributed to our lab. Applicants who have an interest in working with invertebrate animals are encouraged to apply. Students will learn how to identify, sort, and curate specimen as well as interact with the public regarding BioSCAN.

Work study applicants are expected to work 12-15 hours a week and volunteers are encouraged to come in 10-12 hours.

This is a great experience for students who want to work hands-on in a biology lab setting and be involved in a ground-breaking project. We would greatly appreciate your sharing this opportunity with your students.

Students can follow the link to our website for more information: http://research.nhm.org/mbc/jobs

Please direct interested applicants to submit their resume, cover letter, and most current Spring 2015 schedule to [email protected].

01/26/2015

a. Diversity Networking Mixer – Tues 1/27 from 6-8pm, TCC Ballroom
b. Career Fair – Thurs 2/5 from 10am-2pm, Trousdale Parkway
• LinkedIn Photo Booth available! Mentees can get their LinkedIn headshot taken!
c. Internship Week – Feb 9-12, various times, STU B3
d. Explore @4 – various days/times/locations
e. Alumni Event – Taking Charge of Your Career: How to Leverage Opportunities in a Stronger Economy – Wed 1/28 from 5:30pm-7:30pm

Students can find a list of participating employers by logging-into connectSCEvents TabCareer EventsClick on event

01/26/2015

Global East Asia as PwP

EASC's Global East Asia (GEA) summer study-abroad program is now a "Problems without Passports" program! This four-week intensive summer program gives students the opportunity to live, study and travel abroad in China, Japan or Korea for two weeks following two weeks of instruction at USC. Participants will enroll in EASC-360 Global East Asia, an upper-division area studies course taught by USC faculty that allows students from a variety of majors and language backgrounds to join together and experience East Asia in a uniquely engaging way. Students from all USC schools and majors are encouraged to apply. For more information (including the information session video and the financial information sheet) and to apply, please visit our website at https://dornsifecms.usc.edu/eascenter/gea/.
GEA 2015 China: Global Consumer Culture and China
Instructor: Brett Sheehan
The impact of globalization on China and the impact of China on globalization stand as two of the most important issues of the twenty-first century. This course will examine those questions by focusing on China’s history of interaction with global culture and culminate with fieldwork to allow students to address the impact of history on global cultural interaction today.

GEA 2015 Japan: Foreigner and Gaijin – International Understanding in a Global Age
Instructor: Lon Kurashige
The focus is on the United States and Japan, two of the world’s most modern, wealthy, and liberal nations who have moved from extreme enmity as World War II enemies to becoming close military allies and trading partners. This course takes full advantage of problem-based learning that blurs the line between formal curriculum and the classroom of everyday life and experience.

GEA 2015 Korea: Hallyu – Korean Popular Culture in a Global Society
Instructor: Steven Lee
Accompanying Korea’ remarkable transformation in the past few decade has been the growing popularity of Korean Popular culture, known as “Hallyu”. Hallyu, unlike most other popular cultures, characterizes a purpose-driven, systematic approach to ‘Koreanizing’ and globalizing the various forms, concepts and genre of Korean culture.

IMPORTANT: Beginning in 2015, the Global East Asia program will transition into a Problems without Passports (PwP) program.