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Tidings from Troy Dear Fellow Trojans, Last summer, we watched 44 of our Trojan athletes win 21 medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro—bringing USC’s Olympic medal tally to 309. No other U.S. university has more all-time Olympians, medalists and gold medalists than USC. In fact, if our alma mater were competing in the Olympics as a nation, it would rank 16th overall!
Over the past 85 years, USC Olympians have twice competed for gold here in Los Angeles, which hosted the Games in 1932 and 1984. Now the City of Angels is in the running to again host the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, with plans for some of the events to be held at USC. We can help make this happen by doing what’s second nature to the Trojan Family: volunteering.
By giving freely of our time and energy to the LA2024 Initiative, we can show the International Olympic Committee that Los Angeles has the volunteer force necessary to support the Games. More... |
Alumni Headlines | Bring the Games Back to L.A.
Calling all SoCal-based alumni, friends and families: the LA 2024 Initiative needs you! Sign up today to participate in LA2024’s Volunteer Service Program and help bring the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games back to L.A. and USC in 2024. Let’s show the world what the Trojan Family can do!
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 | Meet the Newest USC Trustee
Congrats to Rod Y. Nakamoto ’83, MBA ’94, who has been elected to the USC Board of Trustees. A financial adviser and longtime USC volunteer, he served as president of the USC Alumni Association Board of Governors (2016-17) and USC Asian Pacific Alumni Association Board of Directors (2011-13).
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 | 2017 USC Global Conference
Registration is now open for USC’s 2017 Global Conference in Tokyo, September 21-23. Sony Corporation President & CEO Kazuo Hirai will deliver the keynote, and USC Judge Widney Professor General (Ret.) David H. Petraeus (pictured) will lead a conference discussion.
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 | Weekenders 2017
Join the USC Alumni Association to cheer the 2017 Rose Bowl Champions to victory at the Cal and Notre Dame away football games! Grab your cardinal-and-gold jersey and pack your Trojan Spirit! Our 2017 Weekenders kick off in Berkeley on September 23, when the Trojans face the Bears! |
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 | Reunion Weekend 2017: Reconnect, Rediscover, Register!
Register now for Reunion Weekend, November 3-4. This year we welcome the undergraduate classes of 1967, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002 and 2007 back to campus for the two-day celebration, capped by the ultimate Trojan Family get-together: Homecoming 2017! |
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 | Forging a New Path
Rather than settling into retirement, USC Dornsife alumnus Barry Shaffer ’70 is following his long career as a dentist with a new life as a successful photographer. His first major book of fine art photographs, Echoes of Bhutan, debuted recently at the Telluride Mountainfilm Festival. |
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Trojan Alum-inaries
Aja Brown ’04, MPL ’05 has been reelected Mayor of Compton, California. Sei Fujii, a Class of 1911 graduate and revered Japanese-American advocate, has been posthumously admitted to the California State Bar. David Gilbert ’98 has been named EY Entrepreneur of the Year in San Diego. |
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Young Alumni Spotlight
| He scored more than 1,000 points and played in the 2016 NCAA Tournament during his USC men’s basketball career. Now Nikola Jovanovic ’16 has set his sights on playing in the NBA.
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