Dear USC Parents, On behalf of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, I want to welcome you to the Trojan family. I say this as someone with a vested interest in USC Viterbi. Just like you, I am a Viterbi parent. My son Stevie and daughter Kate both earned degrees here. They graduated as confident, well-rounded young adults equipped for personal and professional success. I want nothing less for your children.
As parents, you have every reason to feel proud. Your sons and daughters comprise the strongest freshman class in USC Viterbi’s history. They are bright, ambitious and diverse, with women making up half the entering class last Fall — one of the highest percentages in the country. At USC Viterbi, they will study with some of the nation’s best faculty. Many of our professors are members of the National Academy of Engineering, the field’s highest honor. Our junior faculty routinely win awards for excellence. And our emphasis is not only on increasing knowledge and skills, but also on developing mindsets of growth for our students. Our emphasis on Engineering +, the convergence of engineering with practically every modern discipline, including the arts, will allow them to explore fields outside of engineering and intellectually flourish. We believe that as much education takes place outside of the classroom as inside. We encourage our students to take advantage of the many extracurricular activities that offer hands-on experience. They could join the USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, the world’s premier undergraduate research group for experimental rocket technologies. Or they could join the National Society of Black Engineers, which won the organization’s coveted 2018 National Chapter of the Year. The choices are limitless. More importantly, we believe that today's society expects trustworthy individuals in our times of unprecedented change. Engineers with competence and engineers with character. All built in a vibrant ecosystem of students and their classmates, of professors and, yes, even deans who will hopefully make the next four years most meaningful and most rewarding. Thank you for entrusting them to us. Welcome, and Fight On!
Dean Yannis C. Yortsos
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