Academic Honors and FellowshipsThough she didn’t set foot on campus until orientation, Shaw-Wakeman quickly got involved in causes aimed at leaving the university — and the world — a little better for the next generation and beyond.
Salutatorian Jake Bubman following family footsteps into legal career
From assisting in immigrant courtrooms to singing with the SoCal VoCals, Bubman has grown into himself during his Trojan tenure — and he’s looking forward to saying goodbye to his peers in person.
Salutatorian Ashwin Bhumbla wants to use his engineering and tech background to make an impact
Through student organizations like Code the Change and Engineers Without Borders, Bhumbla assists underserved communities at home and abroad. He’s also a proud member of the Trojan Marching Band.
USC Dornsife junior earns a coveted Goldwater Scholarship
Pursuing degrees in quantitative biology and quantitative and computational biology, Bryson Choy will use the scholarship to help advance human health.
2 USC grads named Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Alums Jeremy Pathmanabhan and Héctor Reyes were awarded full-tuition scholarships to Stanford graduate programs. They’re the first Trojans to be named Knight-Hennessy Scholars.
Rangel fellowship offers alumna hands-on (and around-the-world) training
Carolina Cortez hopes her time with the State Department will allow her to pursue her dream of being a diplomat to a Latin American country.
From USC student to the U.S. Foreign Service
Betty Thai earned a fellowship that could lead to a job as a U.S. diplomat, an ideal fit for the first-generation college student who wants to help solve global challenges. By Eric Lindberg
Panel of Black Fulbright Alumni
February 19, 2021 2:00-3:00pm PSTFulbright U.S. Student Program Part of USC Black History Month, this session will feature a panel of Black Fulbright alumni will speak on their unique experiences living abroad, and the intersection of their identity with the role of serving as an ambassador of the U.S. while carrying out their Fulbright project as a grantee. View Recording Here
2021 CSPC Presidential Fellow
One USC student is selected annually by the University for the CSPC Presidential Fellows program, a year-long program to complete research relating to the study of the U.S. Presidency and Congress. Fellows also participate in three-day leadership conferences in Washington, D.C. during the Fall and Spring semesters. Evelyn Camacho ’21 is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a progressive degree …
2021 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellow Recipient
The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State in which they can help formulate, represent and implement U.S. foreign policy. The Rangel Program selects outstanding Rangel Fellows annually in a highly competitive nationwide process and supports them through two years of graduate …