![Nikias shakes hands with two students at Bovard Auditorium Feb. 1.](http://presidentemeritus.usc.edu/files/2011/02/nikias-speaks-to-students-300x176.jpg)
President C. L. Max Nikias celebrated the USC community and invited students to celebrate the richness and diversity of Los Angeles in a speech at Bovard Auditorium on Feb. 1, 2011. The event marked the first time in recent years that a USC president formally has addressed the student body.