Campus Calendar: Nov. 30


Chamber Music Marathon

USC Flora L. Thornton School of Music
5:30pm

University Park Campus
Alfred Newman Recital Hall

Free

Three nights of nonstop chamber music performances by Thornton students, led by Henry Gronnier, the new director of the chamber music program.

What Matters To Me and Why: Courtney Surls 

USC Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics, USC Office of Religious Life
12:00pm to 12:50pm

University Park Campus
Ground Zero Performance Cafe

Free

As one of USC’s important administrative officers, Courtney Surls, talks about what is important in her life.

Making New Year’s Resolutions Stick

USC Wellness
Student Affairs: Recreational Sports
12:00pm to 1:00pm

University Park Campus
General William Lyon University Center
Cardinal Room

Free

Do your New Years resolution’s always seem to fail?

University Club Annual Holiday Party

4:30pm

University Park Campus
University Club
Main Dining Room

Open to all USC faculty and staff, including University Club members. $40 (includes cocktail reception, prix fixe dinner, tickets to the gala, tax and gratuity).

Enjoy a magical evening with the University Club’s annual holiday dinner, held in conjunction with the Thornton School of Music’s Choral Winter Gala.

When the Past Is the Present: Survivors Documenting Genocide

With a Special Presentation by L.A. City Council Member Jan Perry
5:00pm to 7:00pm

University Park Campus
Doheny Memorial Library
Room 240

Free

The USC Shoah Foundation Institute welcomes four inspiring young men from Rwanda, who will discuss their mission to document the past and the purpose of taking testimony.

A Year in Politics 

USC Political Student Assembly, USC Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics
5:30pm to 6:30pm

University Park Campus
Taper Hall of Humanities
101

Free

A panel discussion of this year’s biggest political events, and a look into what might happen in the political world in 2012.

Thornton Choral Winter Gala

USC Flora L. Thornton School of Music
7:30pm

University Park Campus
Bovard Auditorium

Free

The Thornton School’s Choral Music program presents its annual Winter Gala holiday celebration.

Popular Music Showcase 

USC Flora L. Thornton School of Music
8:00pm

University Park Campus
Ground Zero Performance Cafe

Free

The Al Sherman Foundation presents a showcase of first-year students in the Popular Music Performance program, who will play a range of classic and contemporary tunes.