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USC was lacking a strategic and emotional connection as a brand, not only with its’ prospective students, but also its alumni.

ISSUE

Research shows that students and faculty that choose USC believe college should be a place where you can try, grow and figure it out and “learn yourself.”

INSIGHT

Come as you are. Leave as you’re meant to be.

IDEA

$357.6M
Raised in Private Funding

After year one of the campaign.
This is +$100M increase, the highest in the University’s history.

Split image of a young men wearing a red shirt with the University of South Carolina logo. With text 'Braden Giuliano: Passionate Builder to Tech Entrepreneur'.

+13%
OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS

+8%
IN-STATE APPLICANTS

The University of South Carolina experienced a major application surge, crossing 60,000 total submissions for the fall term. 

$323M
Federal Funding Awards

Despite a rapidly shifting federal funding landscape, USC’s sponsored awards, which include research grants, service awards and training awards, rose by 4.5 percent over the same period a year earlier.

A woman with blonde hair standing in front of a split screen background showing an ocean and sharks on the right and a pharmacy shelf on the left. She is wearing a black shirt and a neck gaiter. Overlayed text reads, "I CAME RISK AVERSE. I LEFT FACE TO FACE WITH SHARKS." Below, a smaller image shows a close-up of hands holding a sea urchin with the text "OCEAN DREAM OCEAN SCIENTIST." At the bottom, the logo and name of the University of South Carolina, along with the phrase "COME AS YOU ARE. LEAVE AS YOU'RE MEANT TO BE."
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