SEIP Centers and Lounges
USC Student Equity and Inclusion Programs (SEIP) is a cluster of student development centers and initiatives within USC Student Life that offer student support services and programs that focus on intersectionality, sense of belonging and well-being.
SEIP centers and lounges consist of the following:
Asian Pacific American Student Services (APASS)
APASS seeks to educate, engage, and empower the Asian Pacific American community through programming, dialogue, and community-building. APASS advocates for all members of the Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American community.
Instagram: @uscapass
Center for Black Cultural and Student Life (CBCSA)
CBCSA provides intentional, holistic, scholarly and co-curricular programming designed to strengthen the understanding of Black diasporic heritage. We enhance the academic, cultural, leadership and social development of the entire USC community.
Instagram: @usc_cbcsa
Latinx Chicanx Center for Advocacy and Student Life (La CASA)
La CASA provides empowerment through cultural identity, leadership and social consciousness development, as well as community building for all USC students. It strives to educate the campus about Latinx issues and the ethnic diversity represented within the community by offering programs and services that focus on intersectionality.
Instagram: @lacasadeusc
LGBTQ+ Student Center
The LGBTQ+ Student Center provides support, advocacy, education, and community for all USC students. The center welcomes students from across the gender and sexual identity spectra and is dedicated to providing support & programming for all the intersectionality of identities within the university’s diverse community.
Instagram: @usclgbtqplus
Middle Eastern North African (MENA) Lounge
The Middle Eastern North African Student Lounge facilitates a space that helps to educate, support and build community for MENA-identifying students and all those interested to express themselves culturally. The MENA lounge allows for students to create connections, a sense of belonging, acceptance and well being for all students
Instagram: @uscmenalounge
Native American Pasifika (NAP) Lounge
The Native American and Pasifika Lounge provides a space for identifying students as well as all who are interested to explore Native American and Pasifika identities that have ancestral land, federally recognized or not. The NAP Lounge provides a space where conversations about the Native and Pasifika experience are welcome, culture is celebrated, and knowledge about the Native and Pasifika identity is shared.
Instagram: @usc_napl
Student Basic Needs (SBN)
This center fosters a culture of holistic well-being by helping to eliminate life barriers, such as food, housing, and economic injustice, that may jeopardize student academic and personal success.
Instagram: @uscbasicneeds
Veteran’s Resource Center (VRC)
The VRC enhances the individual and academic success of veterans, service members, and their families. It is committed to supporting the veteran community in the areas of higher education, GI Bill benefits, academic success, graduation, career development, and wellbeing.
Instagram: @uscvrc
Registered Student Organizations (RSO’s)
A list of all student organizations and student assemblies can be found through this database: https://usc.campuslabs.com/engage/
The USC Undergraduate Student Government is the official governing body of the nearly 20,000 undergraduates at the University of Southern California. Check out their Undergraduate Student Government Resource Guides
GSG is responsible for building community and representing the graduate and professional student experience.
IDEAS AT USC was founded in Spring 2011 in order to create a safe space and positive dialogue among undocumented students (DREAMers) and allies. This student organization is focused on student needs, concerns, and challenges of the undocumented student communities.
FGSA fosters community for first-generation students at USC through events, programming, and provides a platform for first-gen advocacy.
USC’s Transfer Student Assembly’s mission is to create a platform to advocate for and raise awareness of transfer issues on campus and assist students and administration to bridge the gap between transfer students and the greater USC community.
Campus Centers
The Volunteer Center is dedicated to promoting service within USC, the greater Los Angeles area, and the global community as a whole.
The USC Recreational Sports provides the university community the opportunity to pursue a balances, healthy lifestyle through participation in recreational activities.
USC Student Health is committed to providing the highest quality primary health care to Trojans while at USC.