Join USC Black alumni, faculty and staff as we welcome the incoming students of 2022, as well as those students who entered USC in 2020 and 2021, and their family members. The Welcome Pinning and Affirmation Ceremony is an annual tradition, now in its 20th year, during which alumni, parents, faculty and university staff welcome new students into our thriving and richly diverse Black Trojan community. Participants meet fellow incoming and current students, enjoy food and entertainment, and begin building their worldwide network of lifelong friends.