Graduate Student Government
The GSG mission is to enhance the University of Southern California graduate and professional student experience by serving as the face of the student body. To accomplish this, GSG is responsible for managing student resources efficiently, providing a voice for the student community, building a community that fosters interdisciplinary exchanges, and informing students about their rights, resources, and opportunities.
President: Joycelyn Yip
Email: gsgpres@usc.edu
Website: gsg.usc.edu
GSG Recognized Student Organizations
PASA Network
The PASA Network is a student run organization for the PASA program that works to promote the academic and professional development of graduate students in the field of postsecondary administration and student affairs. We also coordinate social networking opportunities aimed to develop connections between students within the program, program faculty and staff, alumni and prospective students.
President: Victoria Alexander, vlalexan@usc.edu
Email: pasa.network@gmail.com
Website: https://pasanetwork.wixsite.com/rossier
Affiliated programs: Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs (PASA)
SHiEC
The Students of Higher Education Counseling (SHiEC) is a graduate student organization for students in the Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Educational Counseling (EC) program at USC. Our organization strives to promote the academic and professional development of graduate students in the field of educational counseling. SHiEC aims to engage members with the community and current events through programming and networking, both within the USC campus and other higher education institutions. As an organization, SHiEC also unites its members and alumni as a support system and professional network for each other throughout their time at USC and beyond.
President: Mahitha Rao
Email: mahithar@usc.edu
Website: http://shiecusc.wix.com/usc-shiec
Affiliated programs: Educational Counseling (EC)
Inactive Organizations
(These organizations do not currently have leadership but would be easy for interested student leaders to restart)
Educational Doctorate Student Assembly (EDSA)
The Educational Doctorate Student Assembly (EDSA) is the official USC student organization for EdD students. EDSA helps EdD students get to know each other outside the classroom and across cohorts, establish and sustain alumni relations, explore and promote academic and career issues in the field of Education. Throughout the year, EDSA sponsors and co-sponsors lectures, research presentations, mixers, networking events, and other social and academic activities.
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Affiliated programs: Ed.D. (Educational Leadership, Organizational Change and Leadership, Global Executive)
Educators for Queer Alliance (EQuAl)
The graduate organization Educators for Queer Alliance was created in the Fall of 2008. EQuAl is a graduate organization for anyone interested in promoting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer, and Intersexed (LGBTQI) awareness on campus and among fellow educators. We work alongside the LGBT Resource Center and other organizations on campus, including other LGBT graduate organizations, to promote this awareness.
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Website: http://sites.google.com/site/uscequal
TESOL/TEFL Society
The purpose of this organization is to promote networking, share resources within the field of education, assist members in reaching professional goals, hold social gatherings so that those interested in the field can build closer relationships with one another outside the classroom.
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Affiliated programs: Teaching English to the Speakers of Other Languages/Teaching of English as a Second or Foreign Language (MAT-TESOL)
JENGA Doctoral Association (JDA)
JENGA Doctoral Association (JENGA aka JDA) is an African-centered Swahili term meaning to build. The JDA is open to all doctoral students at Rossier who have a desire to access a diverse cultural and social network that will serve as a support towards persistence and completion of a doctorate of education degree. The purpose of this organization is to explore professional development, promote academic and career opportunities related to the field of education while establishing and sustaining alumni relationships through mentorship. Members will participate in community outreach events cooperatively with the university and other organizations. As well as bring in experts in the field of Education to promote diverse cultural awareness.
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Affiliated programs: Ed.D. (Educational Leadership, Organizational Change and Leadership, Global Executive)
MAT Club
The purpose of the MAT Club is to promote networking, share resources within the field of education, assist members in reaching professional goals, continue to develop the welfare of the MAT program, and to help those interested in the field to get to know one another more holistically. Apart from that, the MAT Club’s main goal is to promote a community of educators to be able to get to know each other as we journey through this program together and along the way create long-lasting friendships.
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Affiliated programs: Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
Marriage and Family Therapy Student Organization (MFT-SO)
The Marriage and Family Therapy Student Organization (MFT-SO) was founded as way to bridge the gap between the first-year cohort, second-year cohort and third-year cohort. The organization strives to be four things-a social organization, a professional organization and a community organization and most importantly to have a great time with our fellow classmates.
On the social front, we plan get-togethers such as the one welcoming the incoming first-years in July, and two Christmas/holiday parties in December. As a professional organization, we hope to have speakers come and present, as well as attend conferences in the area to help advance our professional development, such as the upcoming AAMFT conference in Sacramento. As a community organization, we have participated in the USC Friends and Neighbors Day program helping a local organization clean and beautify their facilities by planting flowers and organization all their supplies.
MFT-SO strives for collaboration between the cohorts to plan many fun and exciting events for all to enjoy.
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Affiliated programs: Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT)
Rossier Association of Distance Graduate Learners (RAD)
RAD Graduate Learner’s mission is to deliver a seamless, virtual student governance experience online, providing equitable access to governance interest groups to the Rossier Graduate Distance Learners. Its vision is to build global connections for Rossier Graduate Distance Learners. The purpose of this organization is to explore and promote academic issues related to the field of leadership, to help current Rossier Graduate Distance Learner students to get to know one another better through online collaborative group meetings and to provide mentoring through online workshops and activities.
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Affiliated programs: all online learners
Student Community of PhD’s in Education (SCOPE)
The Student Community of PhDs in Education (SCOPE) provides a forum for students to share ideas and voice opinions about issues in urban education research and policy, and provides opportunities for collaboration as students progress through the program. SCOPE also fosters a sense of community and facilitates social interaction among PhD students and faculty.
Officers:
Email: rossierscope@gmail.com
Affiliated programs: PhD