Update from the USC Presidential Search Committee – October 2025

Dear Trojan Family, Thank you for your continued interest and support as the Presidential Search Committee carries forward its important work. We continue to draw from the insightful input you provided during the listening phase of our search, highlighting the many unique and special characteristics of the Trojan Family and identifying the critical attributes we…

Welcoming Interim President Beong-Soo Kim

Dear Trojan Family, It is with great appreciation and trust that we extend a warm welcome to Beong-SooKim, who will serve as our president on an interim basis beginning today. USC has always been more than an institution of higher education; it is a home where academic achievement, thoughtful dialogue and mutual understanding flourish. At…

Update from the USC Presidential Search Committee – May 2025

Dear Trojan Family, We write to provide an update on behalf of the Presidential Search Committee. In launching our committee, we pledged to engage our broad and diverse USC community. Our goal was to reach out and listen to your aspirations for the future of our university and our next leader. Thus, this first phase…

A Message from Suzanne Nora Johnson and David C. Bohnett, USC Board of Trustees

Dear Trojan Family, We write to provide an update on the search and recruitment process for our next university president, and on important steps that are underway to build on USC’s momentum by ensuring continuity of leadership and a smooth transition at the end of this academic year. We are beginning this process as many…

A letter from the 12th USC President Carol Folt

Dear Trojan Family, It is with heartfelt gratitude that I write to share my decision to retire as the president of USC at the end of the academic year on July 1, 2025…