The USC General Alumni Association operates more than 30 alumni clubs and 20 women's organizations in the United States and oversees several international clubs. In addition, USC regional clubs support local scholarships, mentoring programs and career networking. Widney Alumni House, the university's first building, is designated an historical landmark as the oldest university building in Southern California.
The alumni association provides programs designed to encourage parents of students to participate in USC activities. These include the Parents Association, orientation receptions and parents' weekend luncheon.
Located at the same site since USC's establishment in 1880 on eight acres of land in the city of Los Angeles, the University Park Campus has grown to its present size of 150 acres. Situated three miles south of the Los Angeles Civic Center, the campus is adjacent to the museums and recreational facilities of Exposition Park and is served by a network of freeways that provides access to most cultural, business and recreational areas of Southern California.
The University Park Campus consists of 138 major buildings and residential halls totaling approximately 6.5 million gross square feet. Additional university buildings are located off campus, in the immediate vicinity.
The Health Sciences Campus is located in northeast Los Angeles, seven miles from the University Park Campus and four miles from the Los Angeles Civic Center. Consisting of 22 buildings totaling approximately 1.4 million gross square feet, the campus occupies approximately 40 acres adjacent to the Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center.
The campus is home to the USC schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, as well as to the Allied Health Sciences. In addition to its laboratory and classroom facilities, the campus also encompasses several clinical care centers, including USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Doheny Eye Institute and the facilities of the Richard K. Eamer Medical Plaza - a 744,000-square-foot complex which includes the 275-bed USC University Hospital and the USC Healthcare Consultation Center.
Other teaching facilities include the Orange County Center, the Sacramento Center, the Wrigley Marine Science Center on Santa Catalina Island and the Washington Public Affairs Center in Washington, D.C.
Sacramento Center (916) 442-6911 1201 J. Street Sacramento, CA 95814-2919 Public Administration
Washington D.C. Public Affairs Center (202) 638-4949 512 Tenth Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 Public Administration
Orange County Center (714) 752-5505 2361 Campus Drive Irvine, CA 92715 Education, Engineering, Social Work, Safety and Systems Management and Business Administration
Wrigley Marine Science Center at Catalina (213) 743-6792 Wrigley Marine Science Center P.O. Box 398 Avalon, CA 90704
Health Sciences Campus
Other Locations
univpub@stuaff.usc.edu