WELCOME TO THE RESIDENTS OF WEST RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE
TO THE RESIDENTS OF WEST RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE WELCOME! We are incredibly excited to welcome you onto campus as an official member of the Trojan Family! Living in a Residential College is a unique experience where students get to meet people from all across the United States and the World. Together, you learn to live, interact, and socialize together and create memories that soon prove that this is more than just a place to sleep—it is their new home for the year. Welcome to USC Residential Education! We hope you are looking forward to your transition and excited about meeting and living among 315 of your peers. We know you’ll love the vibrant, prideful and scholarly living-learning community Fluor and Webb Tower residents have fostered over the years. Through offering you diverse programming opportunities and faculty and staff support, we’re confident that you’ll feel at home in no time! Find us on Instagram: @uscwestres
WHAT WE DO NIGHTS AT TROY Nights at Troy is a yearlong event series hosted by the Residential Experience team. This series includes on-campus and off-campus events that are open to all housing residents. At these events, you have the opportunity to meet other Trojans living in housing, participate in fun activities, explore different parts of Los Angeles, and receive free prizes! UPCOMING EVENTS Aug. 25: Splash Zone Sept. 2: Dodgers Game Sept. 15: Regal LA Live Sept. 25: LAFC Game Oct. 6: Trojan Family Weekend – Totally Totes Oct. 20: Spooktacular Oct. 29: Street Food Cinema Nov. 4: Knowledge Bowl Nov. 14: Paint Night Nov. 21: Grab and Go Goodies Dec. 1: Snow Fest WELCOME WEEK SCHEDULE Monday, August 15, 2022 • Move-In Day • Faculty in Residence Meet & Greet • Community Meeting • Courtyard Connections Tuesday, August 16, 2022 • Move-In Day • Faculty in Residence Meet & Greet • Community Meeting • Courtyard Connections Wednesday, August 17, 2022 • Move-In Day • First Floor Meetings • Floor Dinner • Light Up the Night SC Thursday, August 18, 2022 • Welcome Dinner
RESIDENTIAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION (RHA) The Residential Housing Association (RHA) strives to build community by providing students with ways to enhance and contribute to their residential experience. Find out more information and connect by checking out the links below: RHA Website: bit.ly/uscrha Email: resed.rha@usc.edu Facebook: USCRHARHA Instagram: @usc.rha COMMUNITY COUNCIL Community Councils are responsible for a wide variety of fun, social, and engaging programs throughout the academic year for their respective communities. Consider joining Community Council in various roles elected or appointed by their peers. GET INVOLVED! RESIDENTIAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION MEET THE STAFF & FACULTY OF WEST Residential Education staff work to support your holistic development and success at USC. They directly supervise your resident assistants, develop community through programming, resolve conflict through mediation, and serve as resources for residents. Faculty in Residence serve as your mentors, advisers, and advocates. They facilitate and lead the academic focus, in partnership with the Residential Education staff, for your living-learning community. ANIKO IMRE Faculty In Residence imre@usc.edu SARAH VILARDO Residential College Coordinator vilardo@usc.edu ALEXIS GraduateKARAKASResidentialCollegeCoordinator webbgrad@usc.edu
EXPERIENCERESIDENTIAL USC Residential Education’s residential experience has been designed to deliver intentional learning opportunities for our students. This residential experience focuses on the following Educational Priority and Learning Goals throughout the upcoming academic year. Educational Priority: As a result of living on campus at USC, students will meaningfully contribute to global communities.
SELF-AWARENESS
Self-awareness is an integral component of the residential experience at USC. We believe that our students should have an understanding of their personal identities and values. By developing a sense of self, students can then practice effective communication skills. We seek to prepare students with transferable life skills that demonstrate practical competence.
EQUITY & INCLUSION
WELL-BEING
Informed by Be Well SC’s definition of well-being, Residential Education is committed to being proactive in providing students with strategies to foster self-care. We strive to help students practice learning from failure and overcome challenges they encounter within their residential communities. In thriving communities, residents care for others and share resources, making it important to create a commitment to healthy relationships. Through strategies that students learn, they will be able to contribute to the well-being of their residential communities.
Living in residential housing provides students the opportunity to connect with others and foster a sense of belonging and purpose. By being part of this community, residents are challenged to manage conflict and skillfully engage in discourse with their peers. As an ambassador of the Trojan Family, residents are challenged to practice social responsibility, demonstrate an accountability to self and others, and develop as engaged citizens.
As a commitment to creating an inclusive residential community that values the diversity of all its members, Residential Education seeks to encourage an appreciation for learning about one’s social group identity affiliation. By collaborating with campus partners, we will support, educate, and challenge individual understanding of social justice, equity, and inclusion in order to communicate across difference. We will empower all residents to participate in discourse and learn about systems of privilege and oppression. To that end, residents will be equipped with the tools to move beyond tolerance and commit to creating and maintaining equitable and inclusive communities for all.
LEARNING
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
GOALS
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