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  1. Student Story

    De Oliveira MAT ’15 caps her online education with on-campus graduation

    This year’s Master’s Commencement Ceremony marked a high point for many students. For online students, it was even more exhilarating, as it was the first time as USC Rossier students...

  2. Student Story

    For DSAG Scholar Robert Allard, tenacity is key

    For Robert Allard, education has always been a family matter. “My mom worked as an instructional aide for 32 years in Santa Ana Unified,” he remarked. “Despite the many hours...

  3. Student Story

    EdD student Jana Fukada wins Milken Educator Award

    USC Rossier doctoral student Jana Fukada is the latest recipient of the Milken Educator Award. Created in 1987, the award is designed to recognize exceptional early-to-mid career educators, and comes...

  4. Alumni Story

    USC Rossier alumna prepares Chicago students for college success

    The process of applying to college is often a strenuous one for many high school students. But for students in underserved schools, just figuring out how to apply to college...

  5. Student Story

    Campbell scholarship recipient Xiomara Mateo Gaxiola seeks urban education solutions

    Xiomara Mateo Gaxiola, 2013 recipient of the Gladys Campbell Scholarship, didn’t begin her education expecting to be a teacher. It was only during a break before graduate school when Mateo...

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  6. Alumni Story

    Double alumnus embraces many identities

    Vincent Vigil ME ’04, EdD ’05 says that his path as a leader in student affairs was shaped by six visible and invisible identities. “Being a gay Latino male, raised...

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  7. Alumni Story

    Donor Cheryl Kyle ’62 takes school’s global mission to heart

    When Rossier donor Cheryl Kyle ’62 graduated from the School of Education, she never dreamed she would have an extraordinary two-decade-long relationship with the Maasai in Africa. The union began...

  8. Student Story

    Doctoral student knows the power of community for Black students

    People tried to tell her she wouldn’t succeed. Among those detractors, Raquel Rall remembers a high school teacher who told her she wasn’t college material—despite being an ‘A’ student—and she...