Recipients of the Norman Topping scholarship in 2012 August 31, 2012 – To make sure they started the school year prepared, recipients of the Norman Topping scholarship gathered for the annual new scholar breakfast and all-scholar retreat. “Everyone in the Topping group is there to help one another,” said Natalie Parra, a freshman majoring in communication. “They’re a family that …
USC Dornsife News: “Restocking Hope in Japan”
Topping Japan Summer Immersion Program 2012 Cohort – For the past few months, 13 students in USC Dornsife’s Japan Immersion Program have collected 300 American studies books from schools across campus. The students carried the books on a plane for Japan for their two-week Maymester trip sponsored by the Norman Topping Student Aid Fund. The books have arrived in Sendai …
USC Daily Trojan: “Local Children Visit USC for Safe Trick-Or-Treating”
Norman Topping Safe Halloween November 1, 2011 – USC organizations held trick-or-treating events Monday to provide families in the surrounding community with a safe environment to celebrate Halloween. According to a LivingSocial survey this week, one in five parents said their city is not safe for trick-or-treating and nearly two-thirds of parents…
USC Dornsife News: “Taking the Emperor’s Reign”
Topping Japan Summer Immersion Program, 2010 Cohort November 1, 2010 – On the Tokyo subway trains passengers were packed in like Pringles. Each train typically had a designated “pusher” whose job was literally to shove people inside so the doors could shut. On the streets, people walked so closely behind, you could hear them breathe. “We were jam-packed, squeezed into …
USC News: “Topping Scholars Kick off Year at Annual Retreat”
Christina Yokoyama Topping Director September 8, 2010 – With 106 scholars in tow, the Norman Topping Student Aid Fund traveled to Palm Desert for its annual Topping Scholar Retreat in August. “The retreat is the event that the students look forward to every year,” said director Christina Yokoyama. “It establishes our community and sets the tone…
USC Dornsife News: “Take a Trip of the Vicarious Kind”
Topping Japan Summer Immersion Program 2010 Cohort June 16, 2010 – For the first time in USC College history, a transnational American Studies and Ethnicity (ASE) course is being conducted in Japan as well as in Los Angeles — and you’re officially invited to hitch a ride during their travels.Led by George Sanchez, professor of ASE and history, students, faculty …
SFGate News: “About time for a Latino governor in California/Latinos will become the state’s largest ethnic group by 2014”
Oralia Catalan Topping Class of 2018 May 11, 2003 – Coming to California from her native Mexico, Oralia Bahena-Catalan has traversed more than miles. She has gone from living homeless under a Calistoga bridge to now attending UCLA with the fierce dream of becoming California’s first governor of Latino descent in more than a century.
LA Times: “Community Service: Clinton Plan Has Familiar Ring at USC: University Launched Topping Fund After Watts Riots to Aid Cash-Strapped Scholars”
Topping Scholar Alumni: Boris Ricks, Thao Dang, Vivian Hernandez, Carl Beverly, Kelly Flores March 7, 1993 – Last week, President Clinton–following through on a campaign promise–unveiled a proposal for a national service plan that he said would foster a new civic spirit and help pay for the cost of college education. If approved by Congress, the program would begin this …