El Centro Chicano
USC Student Affairs

Class Reunions Fall '09: One Stop Shop

Freshmen Class Reunion 10.13.09

Freshmen Class Reunion 10.13.09

Freshmen Class Reunion

Freshmen Class Reunion

El Centro Special Projects Coordinator introduces Panel for Freshmen Class Reunion

Panel for Freshmen Class Reunion

Panel for Freshmen Class Reunion

From Left to Right: Samuel Ortiz from Financial Aid Office,  Paula Swinford from the Health Promotion and Prevention Services and Ashley Barton, Advisor for the Office of College Advising.

Freshmen Class Reunion: Student Panel

Freshmen Class Reunion: Student Panel

Student Leadership Panel speaks to Freshmen.

Freshmen Class Reunion: Taking in Knowledge

Freshmen Class Reunion: Taking in Knowledge

Class Reunion for Freshmen

Class Reunion for Freshmen

Sophomore Class Reunion

Sophomore Class Reunion

Special Projects Coordinator introduces Panel to sophomores.

Sophomore Class Reunion: Q&A

Sophomore Class Reunion: Q&A

Diverse panel assembled to help Sophomores in their academic and personal success path at USC. Offices in attendance include Health Promotion & Nutrition, Career Planning & Placement Center, Office of Overseas, & Financial Aid. Also, Sophomore Slump was discussed as well as strategies to avoid it and still reach your goals.

Class Reunions: Financial Aid

Class Reunions: Financial Aid

Samuel Ortiz from Financial Aid Office speaks, as Veronica Gomez from Office of Overseas looks on. She had just spoken to sophomores right beforehand about studying abroad opportunities.

Class Reunion: Transfers

Class Reunion: Transfers

Variety of staff from various offices at USC were assembled to speak to the needs of transfer students.

Class Reunion: Transfers Networking

Class Reunion: Transfers Networking

Class Reunion Transfers: One on One

Class Reunion Transfers: One on One

One on one networking and Q&A with panelist.  

Class Reunion: Junior/Seniors

Class Reunion: Junior/Seniors

Special Project Coordinator just introduced staff panel for Junior/Senior Class Reunion and Q&A has begun.

Class Reunion: Junior/Seniors Q&A

Class Reunion: Junior/Seniors Q&A

Q&A with great Pasta from Viztango Cafe courtesy of the Latino Graduate Student Association. LGSA Co-sponsored Junior/Senior Class Reunion with El Centro this year.

Junior/Senior Class Reunion Staff Panel

Junior/Senior Class Reunion Staff Panel

Representatives from L to R: Esther Lee, Career Counselor from Career Planning & Placement Center spoke about the transition from USC into the real world. Tracy St. Dic was also on the panel from Teach for America, a program that is building the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort. Students commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools with the training and on-going support of Teach for America.

Junior/Senior Class Reunion Info Distributed

Junior/Senior Class Reunion Info Distributed

Special Project Coordinator from El Centro passes out handouts from both panelist.

Junior/Senior Class Reunion: Internships

Junior/Senior Class Reunion: Internships

Information from Career Planning & Placement Center on Internships and a variety of other services they offer, including Mock Interviews, etc.

Junior/Senior Class Reunion: LGSA

Junior/Senior Class Reunion: LGSA

Representatives from the Latino Graduate Student Association, who come from various schools and programs at USC, speak to students about the various options in front of them, including how to apply to graduate school and life after USC. 

Junior/Senior Class Reunion: Support

Junior/Senior Class Reunion: Support

LGSA (Latino Graduate Student Association) representatives continue to speak to undergraduate students about the pros and cons of graduate school right afterwards or taking sometime off and developing their professional experiences, and then returning to graduate school. Great questions directly from students were answered with honesty and a variety of perspectives were provided.

The Real Deal by LGSA

The Real Deal by LGSA

LGSA (Latino Graduate Student Association) representatives provided our Junior and Seniors with a wealth of wisdom, knowledge, resources and best of all role modeling. Si Se Puede!  Michelle Rodriguez, current Graduate Assistant of El Centro Chicano talks about her experiences and encourages our Juniors and Seniors to continue to research and ask questions so they can come to the best decision for themselves.