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Alexander Melnik, 2016-2017 Boren Scholar in Indonesia Featured on Boren Awards YouTube Channel

Alexander “Alex” Melnik, a USC Trustee Scholar as well as a a Boren Scholarship recipient, traveled to DC for a Boren Awards Career Fair. At the event, he participated in a Digital Storytelling Workshop where he made a short video about his experience in Indonesia.   Alex is currently a junior studying International Relations and Urban Studies…

Global East Asia China and Mork Scholar Michael O’Krent

Michael O’Krent is a senior majoring in Comparative Literature. EASC spoke with Michael to discuss how his research and travel during the GEA program has enriched his understanding of China and informed his academic and professional plans.

Wind, Solar, and Sloths: A Recap of 10 Months in Peru

By Hai-Vu Phan, 2016-2017, Fulbright Public Policy Fellow to Peru

Incoming scholar’s path to USC includes an escape from war-torn Syria

Born in Boston but raised largely in Damascus, the new freshman has big ideas — and a special calling based on what she’s seen firsthand.

Academic Honors and Fellowships Summer 2017 Newsletter

2017 Leonard D. Schaeffer Fellows, Stamps Scholars National Convention, Rotary Global Grant Recipient, Carnegie Junior Fellowship Recipient

2017 Fellowship Recipients
Link to AHF recipients archive

2017 Boren Scholarship Recipients Caroline Chen is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in both International Relations and Political Economy with a minor in Business Finance.  She will spend the 2017-2018 academic year studying Mandarin in China as a Boren Scholar. Edith Conn is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in both International Relations and East Asian Languages and…

Valedictorian Cooper Nelson plans to go Hollywood — but can always fall back on law

Her USC adventure has stretched from cinema to history, with a little Voltron and Bigfoot thrown in for good measure

Salutatorian Amanda Semler dives into a future in marine science

Her home state of Minnesota is about as far from the ocean as you can get, but her experiences at USC showed the sea was her true calling

Salutatorian Jordan Kondo left his Hawaii home and hasn’t stopped traveling — or learning

He says USC’s interdisciplinary outlook and short-term international programs changed his entire career trajectory

Congratulations to Class of 2017 Stamps Scholars

Five students will be graduating this May as the 2nd class of USC Stamps Scholars. Stamps Scholars receive full-tuition scholarships for their undergraduate studies, plus additional Enrichment Fund stipends for internship and extracurricular learning opportunities. Congratulations to the Class of 2017 Stamps Scholars: Jesse Fuentes, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Nim Mann, graduating…