History Station: Public Service
USC was always a university with a heart, but during the past hundred years, community service has been institutionalized in increasingly sophisticated ways. In 1972, two undergraduates proposed that USC students tax themselves to fund scholarships for low-income students, and named the fund in honor of USC’s then-president, Norman Topping. From Troy Camp, founded in 1948, to the Joint Educational Project, founded in 1972 and one of the country’s first service-learning programs, to the Good Neighbors Campaign, inaugurated in 1994, this station celebrates USC’s tradition of public service. Sponsor: USC Class of 1992