Skirball Cultural Center

The Emeriti Center College is co-sponsoring with the Skirball Center a series of 8 discussions on critical forum relations issues. For more information, contact the Skirball Cultural Center at www.skirball.org

This upcoming November 11-12, USC alumni and friends will return to campus to celebrate Homecoming and participate in an array of social and academic activities in Reunion Weekend 2011 for the classes of 1961, 1971, 1981, 1986 and 2001.The USC Emeriti Center College is collaborating for the third year with the USC Alumni Association in securing speakers for concurrent lectures scheduled on Friday, November 11, at 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center.

Speakers include Robert Tranquada, M.D., former Dean of the USC School of Medicine, who will address the participants on Health Care in the U.S.; Erroll G. Southers, MPA, Adjunct Professor of Homeland Security and Public Policy, USC School of Policy, Planning and Development, who will discuss Counterterrorism and Homeland Security; Susan Estrich, JD., Professor of Law and Political Science, and media commentator, who will present Politics and Television: The Unholy Alliance; and USC Alum, Thomas W. Knapp, Associate Director of the Greif Center in the USC Marshall School of Business, who will discuss You, Inc.: How to Create Your Most Winning Brand.

Elizabeth Garrett, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs has been invited by the Alumni Association to present the keynote address, USC Today, Tomorrow and in the Future!

The number of participants attending the Reunion Weekend activities has been growing every year, with over 800 participants this past year. We invite you to take this opportunity to reconnect with former classmates, tour new campus buildings, attend academic lectures, and cheer on the football team. We look forward to seeing you on Friday and Saturday, November 11 – 12, 2011. For a complete schedule of activities and registration information, please refer to the following link: http://alumni.usc.edu/reunion

The Great American Songwriters is a NEW class that will be offered on Tuesday mornings from 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. for eight weeks by Saul Jacobs and Bob Lipson on the University Park Campus. Classes begin Oct. 11 and continue through Dec. 6. Learn about the music and the lives of the geniuses who produced the “Golden Age” of American popular music: Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Rodgers and Hart, Jerome Kern, Lerner and Loewe, and Cole Porter. The class will be co-sponsored by USC Continuing Education, which joined resources with the New York Times Knowledge Network www.nytimes.com/usc on June 28, 2011. The fee is $120, and a minimum enrollment of 15 students is necessary.

Poetry: Singing It, Writing It, Understanding It is another NEW class that will be presented on Wednesday afternoons from 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. for five weeks by Professor James Kincaid (English) on the University Park Campus. Jim describes it as “a fusion course that engages us in all manner of poetry – including your own – as we explore the connections between poetry and music (which is both aural and philosophical), read some great (and maybe less-great) poems, and try our hand at some fun poetry writing. Previous experience is not at all necessary.” The class will be taught from Sept. 28 – Oct. 26 on the University Park Campus. The fee is $75.

Vocal Conditioning (Cancelled) will be taught for six weeks by former USC Thornton School of Music Dean, William Thomson on Thursday mornings from 11 a.m. – Noon. Songs, readings and exercises are calculated for regaining, strengthening and retaining vigor in your vocal chords. Singing experience is not necessary – the goal is a regimen of proper exercise. The class will be taught from Oct. 13 through Nov. 17 on the University Park Campus. Emily Loynachan, who is majoring in Gerontology and earning a minor in musical studies (voice), has agreed to assist Professor Thomson. The course fee is $30.To enroll in one or more classes, call: (213) 740-7122 or email: ecrsvp@usc.edu.

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