The David M. Wilson Associates, USC’s civil and environmental engineering support group, gathered for its annual holiday party on December 21, 2003.  The event was hosted by Ruth and Ted  McConville (BSCE ’43) at their home on Balboa Island for the third consecutive year. 

 

 

Board of Councilor member Leo Chu and his wife Ivy hosted the Viterbi School at a holiday party for alumni and friends at the Hollywood Park Casino on December 17, 2003.  Over 80 guests enjoyed the Chu’s hospitality and spent the evening playing in a mock Blackjack Tournament.  The first and second place winners of the tournament were given use of the Chus’ box seats at Staples Center, and the third place winner received a bag of School of Engineering gifts.

 

Robert and Carolyne Ferguson, parents of current sophomore engineering student Ryan Ferguson, hosted an alumni reception at Shady Canyon Country Club in Irvine on Thursday, February 12.  Dean Nikias joined in hosting more than 70 alumni and friends for a dinner and lecture.  Senior Associate Dean and Director of the USC Homeland Security Center of Excellence Randolph Hall presented a talk on the “Risks and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events”.

 

 

Career Services and Student Affairs hosted another successful Career Expo on February ???? Dozens of companies, industry alumni representatives and students took part in the one-day expo which is the central event of national engineering week at USC.  Contacts made during the expo often lead to jobs after graduation.

 

 

The Los Angeles Chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation (ARCS) made their annual visit on Thursday, March 25.  The members of the ARCS University Relations committee attended a tour of Professor Gerald Loeb’s laboratory regarding his work on  BIONS, and then joined ARCS scholarship recipients for a lunch.  During lunch, ARCS scholars Santhosh Joseph and Nick Palmer presented their research findings.

 

 

The Honorable Christopher Cox of the U.S. House of Representatives hosted “USC in DC” on March 9 at the Marriott at Metro Center in Washington, D.C.  The event, which featured remarks by Dean Nikias and Senior Associate Dean Randy Hall on the new USC-Department of Homeland Security Center for Excellence, was a networking opportunity for USC alumni and friends living and working around the Beltway, and part of USC’s federal relations outreach.  142 alumni, friends and government representatives were in attendance and they all received USC Viterbi School of Engineering T-shirts as they departed the reception. Dean Nikias also participated in the League of Cities briefing on Homeland Security in the Longworth House Office Building on March 10.

 

                    

The annual Trojan Founders Circle luncheon was held on campus on April 29 to recognize and thank those members of the Trojan Family who have made planned gifts, such as bequests, trusts and annuities, to the University. The USC Viterbi School of Engineering presented commemorative pins to alumni and friends who have designated their planned gifts to the School. Guests also enjoyed a special presentation – “USC Campus: Past, Present and Future”. After the luncheon, guests were invited to take a bus tour of the current construction sites on campus, including Ronald Tutor Hall, the future home of much-needed research laboratories, classrooms and undergraduate student services for the USC Viterbi School.