Written By: Christopher Luna Editor-In-Chief: Rick Gibson At the USC Latino Alumni Association Scholarship Gala, alumni, students, and university leadership gathered to celebrate five decades of impact — and the responsibility of continuing to expand opportunity for future generations. “Scholarships are not charity. They are opportunity infrastructure.” — Ray López-Chang A sense of pride and optimism filled the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday March 7, 2026 as more...

Written By: Rick Gibson, MBA, CEC Publisher & CEO: Christopher Luna Alann Russell Klumpp may have been a celebrated figure in the history of the Apollo space program; but, thankfully, he was also a non-compliant NASA employee. On the Apollo 11 moon landing mission, the crew had been trained to activate the rendezvous radar which mysteriously caused a back up of data, interrupting systems’ two-second guidance signals. When the data queue filled up, the computer flushed the commands and...

A Strong Sense of Self to Guides Steve Gunther’s Leadership Style Written By: Ed Mauss Editor-in-Chief: Rick Gibson Publisher & CEO: Christopher Luna Steve Gunther's four-decade career offers a masterclass in knowing your limits, trusting your people, and steering a venerable institution into its boldest chapter yet. Many executives spend their careers accumulating titles and authority. Steve Gunther once gave his back—voluntarily, without another job lined up—because he decided he wasn’t the...