] Marion M. Bovard (1880–1891) Joseph P. Widney (1892–1895) George W. White (1895–1899)

The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) makes decisions representing the undergraduate students of the university. It consists of an appointed executive leadership board, popularly elected legislative branch, and judicial oversight, along with a programming board (commonly referred to as "Program Board"). All USG activities are funded by the student activity fee, which the Treasurer has control over setting and that the Senate approves. In addition to USG, residents within university housing are represented and governed by the University Residential Student Community (URSC), which is divided by residence hall. The Graduate Student Government (GSG) consists of senators elected by the students of each school proportional to its enrollment and its activities are funded by a graduate and professional student activity fee.
List of university presidents[edit]
Marion M. Bovard (1880–1891)
Joseph P. Widney (1892–1895)
George W. White (1895–1899)
George F. Bovard (1903–1921)
Rufus B. von KleinSmid (1921–1947)
Fred D. Fagg, Jr. (1947–1957)
Norman Topping (1958–1970)
John R. Hubbard (1970–1980)
James H. Zumberge (1980–1991)
Steven B. Sample (1991–2010)
C. L. Max Nikias (2010–present)
Department of Public Safety[edit]
USC’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) is one of the largest university law enforcement agencies in the nation. The Department of Public Safety headquarters is located on the University Park campus, and there is a substation on the Health Sciences campus. The department operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The authorized strength of the department is 293 full-time members. The Department enjoys an excellent working relationship with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
There are a total of 115 armed officers who provide services to the two campuses. The Department’s Public Safety Officers (PSOs) are police academy graduates who must pass an extensive screening process and background check before they are hired.
DPS also has 143 un-armed Community Service Officers (CSOs) who complement the services provided by the Public Safety Officers.
The Department’s 24-hour communications center coordinates and supports the activities of field personnel. 19 Public Safety Communication Operators coordinate communication among the c

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The University Park 2030 Master Plan[22] The Uytengsu Aquatics Center

ion including:
The USC Medical Center
The Leavey Library
The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center expansion
The Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute
The International Residential College at Parkside
The USC Marshall School of Business's Popovich Hall
The Galen Center – home to USC Basketball and USC Volleyball
The USC School of Cinematic Arts Complex
The Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Trojan Plaza, and Steven and Kathryn Sample Hall
The John McKay Center, opened 2012 – a new $70 million, 110,000 square feet USC Football Complex, Plaza, and Gardens[17][18]
The Roger and Michele Dedeaux Engemann Student Health Center, opened 2013 - A new five-story, 101,000-square-foot student health center[19]
Major new facilities that are being developed or under construction include:
The Annenberg Building at USC - New Communications Building[20]
The University Village Shopping Center, Campus Offices, and Student Housing Redevelopment Project[21]
The University Park 2030 Master Plan[22]
The Uytengsu Aquatics Center[23]
The Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall - New Social Sciences Building[24]
The USC main campus is served by several Metro bus routes as well as LADOT DASH Route F.[25] In addition, the Metro Expo Line, a light-rail line began service in 2012. The Expo Line has three stations in the vicinity of the USC main campus: Jefferson/USC Station, Expo Park/USC Station, and Vermont/Expo Station.[26]
Health Sciences campus[edit]


The original Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
Located three miles (5 km) from downtown Los Angeles and seven miles (11 km) from the University Park campus, USC's Health Sciences campus is a major center for basic and clinical biomedical research in the fields of cancer, gene therapy, the neurosciences, and transplantation biology, among others. The 50-acre (20 ha) campus is home to the region's first and oldest medical and pharmacy schools, as well as acclaimed programs in physical therapy and occupational therapy (which are both ranked #1 by U.S. News & World Report). As well, USC physicians serve more than one million patients each year.
In addition to the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, which is one of the nation's largest teaching hospitals, the campus includes three patient care facilities: USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, USC University Hospital, and the USC Eye Institute. USC faculty staffs these and many other hospital

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ughout Los Angeles. These outreach programs, as well as previous administrations' commitment to remaining in South Los Angeles amid widespread calls to move the campus following the 1965 Watts Riots, are credited for the safety of the university during the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. (That t

construction and established its Romanesque style and 45-degree building orientation.


The Von KleinSmid Center of International and Public Affairs, topped by a 5,500 lb (2,500 kg) globe, is the tallest structure on campus.[15] Built under the second master plan, reflected a trend towards modernism.
The second and largest master plan was prepared in 1961 under the supervision of President Norman Topping, campus development director Anthony Lazzaro, and architect William Pereira. This plan annexed a great deal of the surrounding city and many of the older non-university structures within the new boundaries were leveled. Most of the Pereira buildings were constructed in the 1970s. Pereira maintained a predominantly red-brick architecture for the new buildings, but infused them with his trademark techno-modernism stylings.
USC's role in making visible and sustained improvements in the neighborhoods surrounding both the University Park and Health Sciences campuses earned it the distinction of College of the Year 2000 by the Time/Princeton Review College Guide.
Roughly half of the university's students volunteer in community-service programs in neighborhoods around campus and throughout Los Angeles. These outreach programs, as well as previous administrations' commitment to remaining in South Los Angeles amid widespread calls to move the campus following the 1965 Watts Riots, are credited for the safety of the university during the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. (That the university emerged from the riots completely unscathed is all the more remarkable in light of the complete destruction of several strip malls in the area, including one just across Vermont Avenue from the campus' western security fence.) The ZIP code for USC is 90089 and the surrounding University Park community is 90007.


The Leavey Library, completed in the mid-1990s, reflected a shift to designs closer to earlier, Romanesque architecture.
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Video of Traveler horse statue at University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA
USC has an endowment of $3.7 billion and also is allocated $430 million per year in sponsored research. USC became the only university to receive eight separate nine-figure gifts:[16] $120 million from Ambassador Walter Annenberg to create the Annenberg Center for Communication and a later additional gift of $100 million for the USC Annenberg School for Communication; $112.5 million from Alfred Mann to establish the Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering; $110 million from the W. M. Keck Foundation for USC's School of Medicine; $150 million from the W. M. Keck Foundation for USC's School of Medicine; $175 million from George Lucas to the USC School of Cinema-Television, now renamed USC School of Cinematic Arts, $200 million from Dana and David Dornsife for USC's College of Letters, Arts and Sciences to support undergraduate and Ph.D. programs and $110 million from John and Julie Mork for undergraduate scholarships.
These and other donations funded numerous new construct

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