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Dental school receives $1 million endowment
Beauchamp Family Foundations gift establishes Professor m Community Dentistry chair for Dr. Charles Goldstein.
By JAMES R. KOREN
StaH Writer
The Beauchamp family foundation recently gave a gift of Sl million to the USC School of Dentistry to establish a community dentistry professorship honoring faculty mem her Dr Charles (ioldstein and acknowledging the importance of (ommumty outreach programs at USC'.
The gift will establish the C harles M (ioldstein Endowed Professorship m Community Dentistry
(ioldstein is the director of the school’s community outreach programs. which have provided free oral health care to tens of thousands of people in and around Los Angeles.
The gift honors two pioneers of community dentistry, and acknowl edges the importance of community dentistry in the School of Dentistry's curriculum "One of the things our dental school is known for is reac hing out into thp community and providing dentistry for children anti their tare givers." said dentistry school Dean Harold Slavkm
Dorothy Beauchamp started the Beauchamp Family Foundation in 1W9 in honor of hei late husband. Dr Robert Beauchamp, a I SC alumnus who founded Western Dental Services Beauchamps company set up den tal clinics all around California and Arizona, providing access to dental care in previously unserved areas
(ioldstein. on the other hand, founded the USC mobile dental < lime, which travels all over southern California, providing free dental t are to needy children
"Mv father would havr liked Dr (ioldstein a lot and would have had a lot of admiration for the work lies taken on over the years said David set Goldstein page 3
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By BLAKE HENNON
Staff Wntrr
Don't forget your USC ID when driving to campus this fall — you may not be able to get out of your parking structure Card readers that restrict exit from above the second floor in campus parking structures are among a number of improvements Transportation Services is implementing for the fall semester
Any inconvenience for someone who leaves his card at home is "a small price to pay. I think, for keeping our struc tures safe," said Brian dAutremont, director of t ransportation Services.
Transportation Services is making more than $1 million in improvements to its parking structures during the summer Areas above the second floor will be secured and will see Palvtng page 10 I
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Mike Williams says on radio that he would return to USC 12
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500 appeal USC rejections, 32 admitted
Rejected students can appeal the admissions committees decision with 'new and compelling information
By JAMES R. KOfiEN
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“We have arrived at the end of our application review period, and I'm sorry to say that we are unable to offer you a space in next year s entering class ’” F.very spring, roughly 21.(XX) stu dents hoping for a huge package from USC proclaiming “You’re Inf" pull this message from a standard envelope While thus can be a heart wrench
ing experience, there are alternatives to settling for second best A page of fre quentJy asked questions in that same envelope explains how to apj>eal their admission rejection
This FAQ page says that applicants can submit a statement explaining whv their applications should reviewed as well as adding any “new and compelling information"
“An example [of new and com pelling information! might be the sig
nifuant illness of a parent that the\ did n't disclose in their original applit ation, but that explains why they had a bad junior year, or something like that." said | Michael Thompson, dean of adrnis sions This can also include grades that weren t available when the original appht ation was due. he said
Once applicants semi in their ap[H*als. a select committee of senior admissions managers goes over the new information along with tin* original applications ami sees if any students really should be admitted
This year. r>(X) applit ants apjiealed their rejections ot them were grant
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Although tin It tier .isKn l..r ■ • r mation that is new ami i ompcliing many applit ants do not provide sin ft information, anti are simply hoping l«»r another review of their original appln .« tion
"Sometimes they fust give us an ujxlate on their recent activities \\« want students to have confidence that were doing our job thoroughly « want to hear students who |usf want another review, said Kirk Brennan sen lor assoc late direc tor of admissions for file review and a member of the appals I see* Appoala	10
English department making epic changes
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Any Qua*tions? Professor Bill Handley listens to a comment from a student in his summer English 263 class Handley was a driving force in revamping the major and instituting faculty advising
Faculty advising, streamlined reijuiremiiii \ and new hires aim to holster depat tment and give majors ai aderntt freedotti
By BLAKE HENNON
St^ff Wntrr
In April, five c leative writing majors took a look at the F.ngiish department and dec ided it needed to change
What started as a conversation in a fiction writing workshop became a memo that called tor expanded course offerings, particularly additional set lioils ol recjuued classes the hiring ot more ta^u!t> and the hiring of more ai j dermc advisors
When Bill Handley the department director ot undergraduate studies sav\ tlie memo on Apr il 2S he thought “We re addressing ail these question*
Handley and tfie departments under graduate studies committee fiad c reatrcJ a plan that mtrt>duced sweeping i flanges including faiultv advising and academic flexibility and thr department had approved tfie t tianges
Handle) requestrd a meeting with tlie students t>efore tfiev sent tfie memo to rhe deans. t>ut mtscommunu ation led to the memo being sent ahead to the other ot Joseph Auon dean ot tfir ( ollrgr of letters Arts and Sciences
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