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As if the celebration of 100 successful years of graduate education wasn't enough, the Graduate School also will recognize outstanding students and give out fellowships and awards to about 50 students during its gala Jan. 29. The event will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Russell House Ballroom. Rounding out the evening will be refreshments, piano performances by a music student, and an ice sculpture from the College of Hospitality, Retail, and Sport Management.
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| W.S. Currell, served as first dean of the Graduate School, from 1922 to 1929 |
One group of students to be recognized will be the 15 winners of the school's Centennial Poster Contest. Five students will receive awards of $1,000 each; ten students will receive $500. Nearly 50 students entered the specialized competition.
"Graduate students often create posters to present their research, but that isn't what this is about," said Christine Ebert, dean of the Graduate School. "Their task was to answer, in a visual way, this question: 'What about your graduate education experience at USC has been most interesting and personally rewarding?' They might focus on clinical experiences, coursework, professors, research, or other aspects of their experience."
A committee made up of faculty, graduate students, and graduate school representatives judged the entries.
Ebert said an important aspect of the poster competition is to focus attention on the variety of academic experiences among graduate students and the significance of the impact of graduate studies on the campus and in the community.
"We want to share with all students and faculty the hard work and personally meaningful accomplishments of these students," she said. Toward that end, the winning displays will be placed in buildings across campus after the gala.
The 20 recipients of the school's $1,000 Centennial Fellowship also will be announced at the gala. The goal of these special fellowships is to allow each college or department to nominate one student who best exemplifies their specific graduate program. Determining the recipients of these fellowships was a difficult task: a special Graduate School Committee reviewed 50 outstanding nominations--each one featuring multiple letters of support--but could select only 20 winners.
Recipients of other awards--including Graduate School Fellowships, which recognize and offer continued support to incoming graduate students; Minority Incentive Fellowships; and the George M. Reeves Fellowship--also will be recognized at the gala.
Attendees of the event will include former Graduate School deans, college administrators from all campuses, officers from each of the 28 graduate student organizations on campus, award recipients and their professors, and members of the USC Board of Trustees. Other honored guests will include business and civic leaders, as well as distinguished public servants.
Faculty and staff who did not receive an invitation but would like to attend the gala can call Dale Moore at 7-4827.
The Graduate School's Centennial Celebration will continue at the annual Graduate Student Day ceremony April 4. That event will be highlighted by student competitions in research and the performing arts, and a poster contest.
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First hooding ceremony, August 1994
