Latest USC Dornsife News in the Category Commencement http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/categories/12/commencement/ Howard Wayne Harris proves his 9th grade teacher wrong. Earning his Ph.D. at the USC Dornsife hooding ceremony May 16, he was lead author on several scientific papers including in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 17:45:00 -0500 USC Dornsife issued more than 2,500 degrees during Commencement 2013: 1,959 bachelor’s, 326 master's, 81 graduate certificates and 168 Ph.Ds. Here are five stories from our cadre of shining grads.]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:00 -0500 USC Dornsife faculty member Thomas Ward was embedded with a gang for 16 years before he wrote his recently released Gangsters Without Borders: An Ethnography of a Salvadoran Street Gang (Oxford University Press).]]> Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:40:00 -0500 During a Maymester course, 26 mostly environmental studies students in USC Dornsife who completed a Spring class teaching them how to dive are now headed to Guam and Palau.]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 14:55:00 -0500 USC Dornsife issued more than 2,500 degrees during Commencement 2012: 1,969 bachelor’s, 291 master's, 69 graduate certificates and 174 Ph.Ds. Here are three stories from our cadre of shining grads.]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 15:28:00 -0500 The first graduates under the name USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences earned their diplomas May 13.]]> Fri, 13 May 2011 15:43:00 -0500 USC Dornsife's Sarrah Shahawy, president of the USC Student Interfaith Council, is valedictorian for Commencement 2011.]]> Mon, 9 May 2011 10:15:00 -0500 Returning student Kenechi Udeze earns his bachelor's degree from USC College, after being drafted by the NFL, playing for the Minnesota Vikings, and being diagnosed with leukemia.]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 17:18:00 -0500 USC College issued more than 2,100 degrees during commencement 2010: 1,662 bachelor's; 259 master's, 31 graduate certificates, and 160 Ph.D's. Here are stories from a small sampling of our extraordinary class.]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 15:24:00 -0500 USC President Steven B. Sample will address graduates on May 14.]]> Tue, 11 May 2010 08:55:00 -0500 USC College issued more than 2,200 degrees during commencement 2009: 1,800 undergraduate; 245 master’s and 170 Ph.D. Here are tales from a few exceptional graduates.]]> Fri, 15 May 2009 15:24:00 -0500 First generation Latino brothers build bright futures with Ph.D.s in history.]]> Thu, 14 May 2009 15:44:00 -0500 Salutatorian Spotlight: Brenda Nuyen]]> Mon, 11 May 2009 12:59:00 -0500