For the first TGLA general meeting of the 2019-2020 school year, Trojan Candy came early to interview any of our Senior Scholars who might be attending the meeting.
TGLA Scholar Jed Kim arrived first. Jed majored in Biochemistry and wants to earn a graduate degree in Organic Chemistry. He has lived all over Los Angeles. Jed has lived in Los Angeles, Hacienda Heights, Fontana, back to Los Angeles and then back to Hacienda Heights! As for his favorite food, Jed instead told me what food he hates...that is onions. For his favorite music, Jed likes to sing and play the cello. Finally, Trojan Candy asked him if he has any hobbies. Jed has many! He likes to run the marathon, scuba dive and, like Trojan Candy, take pictures. However, Jed is a professional photographer! He took prom photos during his high school years. Trojan Candy didn't even own a camera in high school. So nice to meet you, Jed, and FIGHT ON!
Just as I finished interviewing Jed, two more TGLA scholars arrived at the same time. I took two pictures of the scholars. The first picture was of the three scholars with our two 3rd VP Scholarship Lois Booth and Patti Madden. TGLA Scholar Celeste Goodwin, Lois Booth, Jed Kim, Patti Madden and TGLA Scholar Isabella Hauptman posed for me.
My second picture was of two scholars with their two donors. TGLA President Sandy Johnston and Christine Ofiesh posed with Jed Kim and Isabella Hauptman.
Trojan Candy interviewed scholar Isabella Hauptman next. Isabella majored in Cognitive Science and Public Health. She is already starting her Masters at USC. Her mom earned her Master's degree at USC. Isabella's favorite food is Mediterranean food. As for reading, her favorite book is "Death of Ivan Ilyich." Isabella has been active in several organizations. At San Diego State she served on the Executive Board of a Summer Camp. She was Vice President of Neuro Scientists Abroad. Isabella is a research assistant at Children's Hospital and at clinical trials at Keck. Such a busy young lady! FIGHT ON, Isabella!
Then, I was able to interview scholar Celeste Goodwin. Celeste majored in Mechanical Engineering. She is a Viterbi Student advisor. Celeste's favorite food is Thai food. Alternative Rock is her favorite music type. Celeste is very active with work, like Isabella, and with hobbies. She interned in Seattle with Microsoft Corporation. Her hobbies are snowboarding in Mammoth and scuba diving in San Pedro. What a water sports lover! FIGHT ON, Celeste!
Barbara Orechoff and TGLA Associate member Nancy Hoffman attended our meeting, but, unfortunately, Trojan Candy somehow missed them. I will definitely take Barbara's and Nancy's pictures at another meeting.
Now about the meeting. At the beginning of the meeting, 3rd VP Scholarship board members Lois Booth and Patti Madden introduced our three scholars.
Then 1st VP Programs board members Christine Ofiesh and Linda Waxman introduced our guest speaker Mark Manley who is the Director of Professionalism and Ethics at USC. Mark has an active role at USC supporting existing investigative offices on campus and implementing a university-wide complaint tracking software platform. He started his presentation with a few remarks about problems that have developed at USC.
Then he explained his "Investigations and Tracking Responsibilites." Mark said, "You have to start with the 'why.' We're here because the University didn't take care of its students and staff." Then, he said, "You have to centralize a mechanism to hear everyone's complaints and track them." Here is the graph of the organization that he has developed at USC.
Mark also told us that there is a 24 hour Help and Hotline that has been set up. Mark said that there are 20 to 30 new complaints phoned in every day. They are reported to Title IX, DPS-C, Office of Equality. What an informative presentation!
After Mark's presentation, Trojan Candy took a picture of him with our two 4th VP of Programs Christine Ofiesh and Linda Waxman posed for me.
What an informative, and busy TGLA meeting.
Trojan Candy arrived at the first Town and Gown meeting of the 2019-2020 school year early in order to volunteer at the Sign In table on the patio of Town and Gown. Almost immediately, I started taking pictures of my TGLA friends.
Now it was time for the volunteers to go inside Town and Gown because the meeting was starting soon. Inside, Trojan Candy saw a few more TGLA members seated nearby. How did I miss them? So, I walked over to their table to take their picture.
Trojan Candy had someone take a picture of my table.
