Month: August 2017

USC Village opens to the Trojan Family with fanfare, streamers and a new campus icon

  • Publication date August 31, 2017
(left to right) Sculptor Christopher Slatoff, USC President's wife Niki Nikias and USC President C. L. Max Nikias unveil the Hecuba statue during USC Village grand opening celebration, Thursday, August 17, 2017. (Photo/Gus Ruelas)

The Trojan Marching Band, led by its Trojan warrior in full regalia, led hundreds into the medieval Tuscan village. You know, the type of medieval village with a Starbucks, Trader Joe’s and lodging for 2,500 students. “Let’s follow them!” a woman shouted from the crowd.   USC Village, the university’s massive development at the corner…Continue Reading USC Village opens to the Trojan Family with fanfare, streamers and a new campus icon

USC Village celebrates grand opening; Hecuba, Queen of Troy unveiled; Bovard Scholars program

  • Publication date August 30, 2017

As our 137th class of students begins a new academic year, it arrives at a milestone moment in our university’s history, as together we celebrate a transformative addition to our University Park Campus: the USC Village…  USC’s campuses have transformed in recent years, and alumni and friends always marvel at the breadth of new facilities.  But this project—the largest in USC’s history and the largest in the history of south Los Angeles—inspires special pride for our Trojan Family, as just a generation ago, USC was viewed primarily as a commuter campus… At the heart of the USC Village is a proud new monument for our university….Continue Reading USC Village celebrates grand opening; Hecuba, Queen of Troy unveiled; Bovard Scholars program