NTSAF Goals
The NTSAF strives to encourage and support Scholars and Fellows in their academic achievements as well as their involvement in community service. The ultimate goal of the Fund is to help develop a sense of community within the university for all Scholars and Fellows. To achieve this goal, the NTSAF provides the following services to the Topping Scholars and Fellows:
- Create a deepened sense of community among Topping Scholars and Fellows
- Promote and maintain the original spirit of the fund
- Encourage Topping Scholars and Fellows to eagerly embrace the responsibility of student service at the University of Southern California
- Maintain the integrity of the Governing Board as being primarily student administered
To encourage Topping Scholars and Fellows to eagerly embrace the responsibility of student service at USC, they are required to complete 20 hours of community service each semester. From tutoring students in neighboring elementary schools to providing support through such programs as the USC Mobile Clinic and local homeless shelters, Topping Scholars and Fellows offer hundreds of hours of service to the communities surrounding the University Park and Health Science campuses.
Outreach is an integral part of the Norman Topping Student Aid Fund’s commitment to offer supplemental scholarships to incoming students, particularly those from the surrounding community. The Topping Scholars, Fellows, and staff volunteer their time and efforts to promote the Fund and the University by visiting high schools and community colleges immediately surrounding the University Park and Health Sciences Campus to promote the NTSAF scholarship as well as higher education in general.
