Category: News

Checklist for Summer

  • Publication date April 8, 2024
  • Categories: News
Illustration of checklist items described in this post.

As we near the end of the academic year, we would like to share some reminders to keep your health on track over the summer.
✅ Continuing Summer Health Care (available to all USC students, including May graduates).
✅ Health visits before May 19 when eligibility ends.
✅ Health Insurance Continuity for Graduating Students. Your SHIP/Aetna coverage continues through August 14, 2024.
✅ Safely discard drugs before you leave for the Summer.

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March news

  • Publication date March 23, 2024
  • Categories: News

Join us for SAAMLAND activities on April 10 from 12 noon – 3 PM in Alumni Park! This event engages in topics around consent, healthy relationships, and community building to create safer, more supportive environments for all. Giveaways and prizes for participants! Read other spring event news.

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January Newsletter

  • Publication date January 17, 2024
  • Categories: News
Book cover of "What Happened to You?"

New Year, New Ideas — Welcome to 2024! Our spring semester “Great Read” explores trauma-informed practices, and helping students build resilience to pursue their best lives. We’ll be using “What Happened to You” by Dr. Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey as a discussion framework. Save the date for monthly blood drives, “All of Us” study participation, the upcoming Student Well-being Index Survey, and other programs this semester.

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Meet Dakari Quimby: Champion of Change in USC’s Mental Health Outreach Team

  • Publication date January 16, 2024
  • Categories: News

Meet Dakari Quimby, PhD, newly appointed as Assistant Director of Outreach and Prevention Services at USC Student Health’s Counseling and Mental Health unit. Most people on campus who know him call him by the more informal title, Dr. Dakari. As one of the newest members of the team, his goal is to make mental health support on campus as common as a coffee run.

Originally from Maryland, Dr. Dakari completed his undergraduate degree at Washington University and earned his Ph.D. from Loyola University of Chicago. After working at Children’s Hospital in L.A. for three years, he served as the embedded counselor at the Black Student Cultural Center at USC for three years….Continue Reading Meet Dakari Quimby: Champion of Change in USC’s Mental Health Outreach Team

Spring Immu-Fest!

  • Publication date January 2, 2024
  • Categories: Event, News
Immunizations fest information.

If you are a new USC student this spring semester and have not yet completed your required immunizations (including a TB screening, if you are an international student), please plan on attending the immunizations fair from January 8-12, 2024. This will be your opportunity to complete all the requirements for vaccinations. You are strongly advised…Continue Reading Spring Immu-Fest!

A look back: 2022-2023 Annual Report

  • Publication date December 19, 2023
  • Categories: News
Annual Report Cover 2022-2023

We are pleased to share with you a December update of activities from 2022-2023. We continuously strive for best-in-class care for you, and to advance the health and wholeness of all of our students and campus communities. This has been another gratifying year of service, ongoing quality improvement projects, and working with our student populations….Continue Reading A look back: 2022-2023 Annual Report

Regional Health Advisory: Recent travel to Tecate, Mexico

  • Publication date December 16, 2023
  • Categories: News

The Department of Public Health (Public Health) is asking for assistance with sharing this advisory information with families. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a health advisory on December 8, 2023, to notify clinicians and the public about an outbreak of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) among people in the United States with recent…Continue Reading Regional Health Advisory: Recent travel to Tecate, Mexico

Health Advisory: Reminder of hygiene to prevent illness

  • Publication date December 4, 2023
  • Categories: Advisory, News

Health Advisory As we are entering the peak season for respiratory illness and the end of semester study period and finals, we advise taking extra care in exercising hygiene precautions to avoid illness. Current campus public health surveillance indicators indicate elevated prevalence of flu (influenza virus) and COVID-19 among students (respiratory symptoms), and well as…Continue Reading Health Advisory: Reminder of hygiene to prevent illness

Countdown to Thanksgiving

  • Publication date November 17, 2023
  • Categories: News

Talking turkey, and food safety: Learn tips for safe food handling, and remember to cook turkey to an internal temperature of 165 degrees F. Traveling: Give yourself the GIFT of secured, free parking if you are leaving your car on campus. LAX airport shuttles are available (limited space availability, reservations are required) from the UPC campus, courtesy of the USC Dept. of Public Safety and USC Transportation.
Packing before you go: Pick up a COVID-19 test from the CSC desks in USC Housing,…Continue Reading Countdown to Thanksgiving