Jimmy Award Recipients

Dylan Goodale

by Casey Gauntt 2022 Recipients

Major: EnglishMinor: Philosophy2022 Jimmy Award Recipient I transferred to USC at twenty-nine years old. Prior to the pursuit of an education, I had travelled the world and competed as a professional surfer. I was drawn to the history, tradition and community aspect of the school, as I recognized the importance of creating lasting relationships: you […]

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Joseph Debaerien

by Casey Gauntt 2022 Recipients

Major: English Since I am a first-generation student, I applied to a generic list of “good schools” at my high school counselor’s direction. USC accepted me. I started at USC as a psychology major determined not to do anything creative, but changed majors as I finished my sophomore year during the COVID-19 pandemic and realized […]

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Faith Florez

by Casey Gauntt 2022 Recipients

Major: Narrative StudiesMinor: American Studies and Ethnicity I was drawn to the University of Southern California and specifically to the Department of English because I was interested in studying literature in historical context. In my sophomore year, I switched over to an interdisciplinary program in the department known as narrative studies, which allowed me to […]

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Jordan Bucknor

by Casey Gauntt 2022 Recipients

Major: English (Creative Writing)Minor: Screenwriting I am a LA born-and-bred writer. Reading was my first love and quickly became an obsession, so majoring in English never felt like a choice for me; I was stuffing 300-page books into my backpack in elementary and was publishing (honestly pretty bad) fanfiction all throughout middle school. I spent […]

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