SIGNATURE EVENTS

Global Culture Night

This event is designed to celebrate Global Culture Month with other cultural assemblies and our member orgs. We want to celebrate our students’ uniqueness and diversity!

Welcome Back Carnival

This is ISA's signature tabling event to kick-off the start of the school year. Our member organizations will host fun games/activities that attendees can earn stamps for completing. These stamps can then be exchanged for food and drinks. This event is an opportunity for our member orgs to recruit new students and promote cultural diversity!

Travel With ISA

In this signature series event, we host trips to nearby travel destinations at discounted prices! In the past, we have taken students to basketball games, musicals, and music concerts. This school year, we went to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios and a LAFC vs Portland soccer game at BMO stadium!

International Trivia Night

Our intern-led event gives the chance for USC students team up to answer trivia questions about different cultures and the international community. It is an opportunity for students to showcase their unique cultures and to test their global knowledge. As a result, students will get to know each other with deeper cultural understandings of not only others, but also their owns!

This year's intern-led International Trivia Night challenged USC students to showcase their knowledge of international cultures. Featuring two rounds of Jeopardy-style trivia, it was an engaging evening where knowledgeable students had the opportunity to win prizes.

Speakers Event

Our signature event, ISA Speaker’s, brings in a key speaker from the international community who comes to campus to share their life story and some insight and encouragement to our student population!

At the 2024 ISA Guest Speaker event, we were thrilled to welcome the Grammy-award winning international singer-songwriter and rising star, Laufey! Members of our organization had the unique opportunity to interview her about her journey through the US and the music industry, drawing from her own experiences as an international student. Additionally, students were treated to a mini concert, making for an unforgettable experience.

Spring 2021: Cooking along with Pepper Teigen

Spring 2022: Dare to Dream: A Conversation with Thomas Brag & Ammar Kandil from Yes Theory

inFusion

ISA’s annual signature free food truck event, providing USC students an opportunity to enjoy local fusion food and socialize.

Globefest

As one of our largest events in scale, we put on numerous booths of activities, food and beverages, and live entertainment on a center stage at the McCarthy Quad!

Globefest 2024, hosted by ISA, welcomed an impressive gathering of students at McCarthy Quad, eager to taste flavors from every continent. We engaged students in quizzes on their international knowledge, offering them the chance to enjoy meals from our delicious vendors!