Month: September 2015

Kaufman School welcomes inaugural class; Iovine and Young Academy featured in WIRED; Shoah Foundation Gala honors William Clay Ford Jr.

  • Publication date September 30, 2015

The academic year is off to an outstanding start, and Niki and I were so pleased to personally welcome students back to campus…Among this group of new students is the inaugural class of our Kaufman School of Dance. Their arrival represents a landmark moment in our university’s history…This month, WIRED magazine presented a lengthy cover story on the Iovine and Young Academy and its benefactors….Continue Reading Kaufman School welcomes inaugural class; Iovine and Young Academy featured in WIRED; Shoah Foundation Gala honors William Clay Ford Jr.

Carnegie honors USC President C. L. Max Nikias with Academic Leadership Award

  • Publication date September 24, 2015
USC President Nikias to chair College Football Playoff Board of Managers

Nikias is Southern California’s first awardee. The Carnegie Corporation of New York honored USC President C. L. Max Nikias today with its Academic Leadership Award. Nikias is the organization’s first awardee in Southern California. The foundation established in 1911 by industrialist Andrew Carnegie bestows the accolade every other year, which comes with a $500,000 grant…Continue Reading Carnegie honors USC President C. L. Max Nikias with Academic Leadership Award

Building a New Global Higher Education Model

  • Publication date September 18, 2015

BY C. L. MAX NIKIAS, TONY F. CHAN & ANDREA SIRONI Originally published in the Huffington Post on September 17, 2015 Recent history is littered with examples of multinational corporations meeting spectacular failure on the international stage. Too often, cultural misunderstandings of other nations’ customer bases or corporate environments cripple a company’s efforts to enter…Continue Reading Building a New Global Higher Education Model