This page is filled with places and activities of which many graduate students are unaware, but would find useful to know about. If you would like to suggest an item, please e-mail gpss@usc.edu

Physical Health

• Recreational Sports
• Eric Cohen Student Health Center (HSC) - Get treated by highly skilled medical residents
• Dental School - Low-fee dental work by dental students or in the faculty practice
• Medical, Dental (NEW!), and Eye Insurance for TA/RA/Fellowship students
• Health Promotion and Prevention Services: Free condoms; AIDS/STI testing; Free AIDS testing in February

Mental Health

• Graduate Student Therapy Group @ The Counseling Center - for grad students to commiserate
• Meditation Group @ The Human Relations Center (Clinical Psychology Program; call 213.740.1600)
• Marital and Family Counseling @ The Human Relations Center (Clinical Psychology Program; call 213.740.1600
• Department of Psychiatry
• Center for Women and Men - confidential place to report/cope with sexual assault, gender-based harm or abuse, issues related to sexual identity.

Educational/Occupational Assistance

• Career Center - Diana Jaramillo (djaramil@usc.edu) works specifically with graduate students
• Center for Excellence in Teaching - assistance for TAs and future professors
• Preparing Future Professors Course
  Application can be found here.
• The Learning Center - get disability services for arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome!

Student Activities

• HSC Student Activities Satellite Office (SASO)
• Student Organizations - current list and way to create new groups!
• Program Board - free events ranging from speakers to concerts from LGBT Pride Fest to International Students Food Fair

Entertainment

• Spectrum - The Arts at USC
• Cheshire Cat - Coffee House every Friday night with free music
• Ground Zero - a coffeehouse that holds many band performances and other social events
• Program Board
• What Matters To Me and Why - a monthly discussion about personal philosophies from faculty and administrators

Food

• Cheshire Cat
• Ground Zero
• Intersection - vending machines galore in CHP at the Health Sciences Campus
• Upstairs Commons
• Hospitality Services - Dining Halls, meal plans, etc

Miscellaneous

• Mail Stop - a post office in the student union across from the pretzel place (M-F 9:00-4:30)
• One Stop Express - a post office in Seaver Hall lobby on HSC (across USC Credit Union)
• Ticket Office - discounted tickets to the movies, theme parks, and other fun venues
  
  

USC Quicklinks have been organized into 7 Categories:

• Physical Health
• Mental Health
• Educational/Occupational Assistance
• Student Activities
• Entertainment
• Food
• Miscellaneous

Other Useful USC links:

• Student Directory- Allows you to search for another USC Student by name, e-mail, department, etc.
• UPC Campus Map
• HSC Campus Map

• GradLife 101
• Publicity
• USC Hot Spots
• UPC Map
• HSC Map
• Inter-Campus Directions