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Touring a college campus is an exciting rite of passage for many high school students as they explore their future stomping grounds. For a variety of reasons students and families might not be able to visit in person—but that doesn’t mean they have to miss out! Below, 15 of the many virtual college campus tours available online right now.

University of Southern California

Get a glimpse of USC’s beautiful campus and historic University Park with this video that showcases the school’s classic architecture, park-like grounds, museums, cafés, entertainment, and more.

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Harvard University

Take a virtual tour of the oldest university in the United States. And even visit places you can’t even see during an in-person campus tour! Explore classrooms, laboratories, residence halls, and more.

Location: Cambridge, MA

This self-guided virtual tour of Penn State University Park gives students an insider’s view of classrooms, residence halls, athletic facilities, and much more. You’ll even learn about the school’s majors and vibrant student community along the way.

Location: State College, PA

College of William & Mary

The second-oldest school in the country invites you to a virtual engagement where you’ll learn about William & Mary’s academic programs, unique student research opportunities, study abroad programs, and supportive campus community of passionate students and faculty.

Location: Williamsburg, VA

Texas A&M

Get an up-close view of Texas A&M, the state’s first public institution of higher learning. This research-intensive flagship university is committed to sending leaders out into the world prepared to take on the challenges of tomorrow.

Location: College Station, TX

University of Miami

The University of Miami offers one of the most extensive virtual college campus tours on this list. Choose from many different locations including the main campus, library, Campus Arena, residential college, and more!

Location: Coral Gables, FL

Howard University

Tour the historic main campus, situated upon a hilltop in Northwest Washington just a few blocks from the storied U Street and Howard Theatre. Howard University is also located just two miles from the U.S. Capitol building where many students have both interned and gone on to shape national and foreign policy.

Location: Washington, D.C.

Vanderbilt University

The 10 schools at Vanderbilt University reside on a parklike campus set in the urban heart of Nashville. To explore, move along the tour route and then click the “360,” “photo,” and “video” icons to see even more.

Location: Nashville, TN

University of Oxford

Visit the oldest university in the English-speaking world. This 360° virtual tour offers views of facilities such as the dining hall, library, and chapel. Also find an example of a student room, garden or quad, and the porters’ lodge.

Location: Oxford, England

Hampton University

You’ll feel just like you’re strolling through campus with this very extensive virtual college tour. Explore many areas of Hampton University including the dorm courtyard, student center, library, and even Armstrong Stadium.

Location: Hampton, VA

Northwestern University

Take Northwestern’s online guided tour which offers an interactive 360-degree view of the campus including academic and residential buildings, dining halls, athletic facilities, and more.

Location: Evanston, IL

Boise State University

Boise is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. And this virtual college tour provides a view of the university’s state-of-the-art research labs, living and dining spaces, and brand new high-tech home for visual arts.

Location: Boise, ID

University of Nebraska

Enjoy an aerial view of the entire University of Nebraska (courtesy of drone footage)! Next, check out residence hall living spaces, the library, recreation, and wellness centers. There’s so much to see on this virtual college campus tour!

Location: Lincoln, NE

Duke University

There are several ways to enjoy this extensive online tour of Duke University. You can jump to recommended spots, click on the map to visit specific buildings, or simply “walk around” and take in the sights. Plus, you can click the interactive elements at each stop for more details!

Location: Durham, NC

Meredith College

Begin your tour of Meredith by the flagpole that marks the entrance to the school’s campus. From there, select any location by using the links on the page to see everything from the residence hall and courtyard to the Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center and athletic complex.

Location: Raleigh, NC

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USC students and professors collaborate in the Extended Reality Lab to create virtual, augmented, and extended reality experiences, environments and educational inducements.

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Undergraduates at USC have several choices:

• ARCG 305L : Virtual and Digital Culture, Heritage and Archaeology See the  video and article  from Dornsife Magazine
• CTAN 502L : Experiments in Immersive Design
• CTAN 504L : Creative Production in Virtual Reality (2.0 units)
• CSCI 526 : Advanced Mobile Devices and Game Consoles (4.0 units)
• CSCI 538 : Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality

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Students interested in XR, VR, and AR authoring and learning or 3D photogrammetry and photography should contact  Lynn Dodd  Director of the USC Extended Reality Lab.

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USC Working Group on Scholarly VR, AR, and 3D Modeling

Introducing the USC Working Group on Scholarly VR, AR, and 3D Modeling, sponsored by the Humanities in a Digital World Program (USC Dornsife) and the Ahmanson Lab at the USC Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study.

This working group presents a year-long works-in-progress series focused on innovative scholarship using virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D modeling, and other visualization/virtualization technologies. This series asks: How can these emerging technologies elevate and enliven scholarship? How can these technologies open us to new possibilities and perspectives? How can they help us engage audiences within and beyond the academy?

Using VR to Explore Illuminated Manuscripts

January 27, 2022 | 2:00pm | zoom.

Bunker Hill Refrain 3D

February 17, 2022 | 2:00pm | zoom.

California Text + Terrain

March 31, 2022 | 2:00pm | zoom.

Decolonizing Western Modes of Monumentality

April 21, 2022 | 2:00pm | zoom.

October 1, 2021 | 1:30pm | Zoom

Remastering the Renaissance

October 21, 2021 | 1:00pm | zoom.

Chinatown AR

November 11, 2021 | 1:30pm | zoom.

Can't make any of these? Join our Working Group email list and stay in the loop about our Spring 2022 schedule.

Contact Sean Fraga ([email protected]) or Curtis Fletcher ([email protected]) with any questions about this Working Group.

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Established in 1999, the USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) is a Department of Defense (DoD) University Affiliated Research Center (UARC), sponsored by the US Army. Harnessing Hollywood-derived creativity with academic innovation and military-domain expertise, ICT conducts award-winning R&D in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computer Graphics, Geospatial Sciences, Human Performance, Learning Sciences, Modeling, Simulation & Gaming, Mixed Reality (MxR), Medical VR, Narrative, and Virtual Humans.

ICT Accomplishments:

2,000 Peer-Reviewed Publications with 100,000+ Citations.

140+ Honors and Awards Highlighting Faculty and Staff.

49 Hollywood Movies/Series use ICT Technologies.

278 Intellectual Property Disclosures.

29 Patents.

3 AAAI Fellows.

2 Academy Awards (Science & Technology).

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Labs & groups, body computing & human performance, intelligent human perception lab, affective computing, learning sciences, medical virtual reality, mixed reality lab, modeling & simulation, dialogue group, narrative group, vision & graphics lab, integrated virtual humans, social simulation, human-inspired adaptive teaming systems, geospatial terrain research, technology evaluation lab, virtual human therapeutics lab.

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Admission letters and certificates will be mailed following the release of admission decisions online.

Developed for elementary and middle school students, Tommy’s Tours aims to spark curiosity about, and nurture interest in, higher education. Current USC students lead young visitors on a campus tour, highlighting our history, traditions, academic programs and student life — all while providing tips for doing well in and out of the classroom so that young students can prepare for the college of their dreams.

Please note that regular tours and information sessions for high school students and their families can be requested through our meet us  page., tommy’s tour information.

Interested in a tour? Tommy’s Tours are geared toward elementary and middle school students who want to learn about higher education.

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Volunteer Tour Leaders are USC student volunteers who are eager to give back by sharing the excitement and possibilities of higher education with visiting schoolchildren. Tommy’s Tour is a student organization with a team of dedicated Executive Board Members that provide direction and oversight of the Volunteer Tour Leaders.

President Major: Business Administration Hometown: Santa Clara, California Why I joined Tommy’s Tours: My mom has been a first grade and kindergarten teacher for most of her career, and she would often have me come into class and interact with her students. In college, I realized I missed hanging out with younger kids, so I joined Tommy’s Tours because I want to encourage them to think about pursuing higher education and just be able to interact with them more.

Vice President/External Affairs Major: Human Biology and Business Administration Hometown: Saratoga, California Why I Joined Tommy’s Tours: I I always dreamed of being a campus tour guide. When I came across Tommy’s Tours and saw that it was geared towards inspiring children to pursue higher education, it aligned perfectly to my interests. As a freshman, it also allowed me to become more easily acquainted with the USC campus and community.

Communications Chair Major: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Hometown: Visalia, California Why I joined Tommy’s Tours: I joined Tommy’s Tours as a way to inspire younger students to pursue higher education. I have always wanted to be a tour guide, and Tommy’s Tours has granted me this opportunity as well as provided me a way to give back to others.

Social Chair Major: International Relations (Global Business) Hometown: Shanghai, China Why I joined Tommy’s Tours:  I joined Tommy Tours because I thought this organization would be a great way to learn more about USC and make new friends. I also love working with children so this opportunity was a great fit for me.

Trainer Major: Business Administration Hometown: Santa Clarita, California Why I joined Tommy’s Tours: I joined Tommy’s Tours because I want to give younger kids the amazing first look at USC and university in general that inspired me to apply here when I first had a tour of campus.

Trainer Major: Themed Entertainment Hometown: Frisco, Texas Why I joined Tommy’s Tours: I joined Tommy’s Tours because working with kids is something that’s always been both enjoyable and rewarding and the organization would also allow me to in some small way help out these younger kiddos by teaching them a little bit about USC and especially college in general.

If you have questions or feedback regarding the tour, please contact us at  [email protected] .

Become a Volunteer Tour Leader

Weekly Membership Meetings For the first 8 weeks, you’ll have one weekly training meeting (Location and Time TBD– currently Monday at 6:00 p.m.). Once you are a fully trained volunteer tour leader, you will have bi-weekly meetings to refresh your training and mentor new volunteers. VolunTOUR Leaders, or VTLs, are required to attend these meetings, as we will be going over important training topics!

Tours & Availability You will be required to make yourself available for at least 1-2 tours per week (1 hour each) and be available for our weekly meetings.

Community Involvement We pride ourselves on commitment to the USC community. Our volunteer tour leaders are expected to volunteer with other organizations across campus. In the future, we will be forming meaningful partnerships with other organizations that promote access to higher education.

Apply to Be a Volunteer Tour Leader (VTL)

Fill out this form to apply!

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Community As a member of Tommy’s Tours, you are an official representative of the University of Southern California and are part of a vibrant community in the Admission Center. The “AC,” as we call it, is the first point of contact with the thousands of guests who visit campus each year. As a Tommy’s Tours Volunteer Tour Leader, you get to work with elementary and middle school students. You will be providing a meaningful service to the South Los Angeles area and other visitors. Not to mention, you will be a part of our AC family!

Philanthropy We are dedicated to philanthropy here at the Admission Center. We strive to provide opportunities for our members to get involved in the LA community outside of giving tours. We partner with other organizations at USC who work with children to maximize our efforts. If you would like to partner with Tommy’s Tours for a philanthropic event, please contact us at  [email protected] .

Commitment to Excellence Being a member of Tommy’s Tours means that you are representing the university and the Admission Center to all students and chaperones you interact with. You are also serving as a window into life at USC and what it means to be a Trojan. We expect a lot from our members because YOU are the face of USC.

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New Virtual IWalk Web App Brings Remote Users to Holocaust-Related Historical Sites

USC Shoah Foundation today launches a new Virtual IWalk web app that enables students and teachers to tour historic sites online while watching and listening to witness testimonies from the Visual History Archive.

First launched by USC Shoah Foundation in 2014, IWalk is an interactive educational app (available from  Apple App Store &  Google Play ) that connects concrete physical sites with the testimonies of people who were there.

USC Shoah Foundation currently offers 52 mobile app IWalks in 12 countries and 12 languages, enabling users in Poland, for instance, to listen to testimonies as they tour the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto and gain a sense of the daily struggles of those forced to live there.

The original IWalk app requires a user to be physically present at the site of a tour—in the case of the Warsaw Ghetto experience, in the Polish capital—with a mobile device. The resulting in-person experience, with survivor testimony humanizing the surrounding spaces, is unique.

The new Virtual IWalk web app, launched today to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, brings the physical sites to the student, with at-home or in-classroom users able to explore historical locations while engaging with compelling survivor testimony.

“With rising hatred and antisemitism globally, the need for innovative, student-centered learning opportunities has never been greater,” said Lesly Culp, Head of Programs in Education at USC Shoah Foundation. “This next-generation Virtual IWalk technology empowers educators to take their students on revelatory online field trips that would otherwise be impossible without travel.”

The groundbreaking Virtual IWalk web app was developed by Substantial, an Insights, Design + Development Studio. It is designed to accommodate 360-degree technology—funded by generous support from the Snider Foundation—that can capture an interviewee and the surrounding location in a single shot, thereby allowing viewers to feel like they are standing with the survivor at the location.  

The new Virtual IWalk web app is another new resource of  The Willesden Project , which is funded by generous support from the Koret Foundation. 

The first Virtual IWalk tour follows in the footsteps of Holocaust survivor and concert pianist Lisa Jura, who, as antisemitism escalated in 1938 Austria, was sent by her parents from Vienna to London on the Kindertransport. Viewers can experience Lisa’s life in Vienna; her trip through the Hook of Holland and Rotterdam; and finally, her arrival to and life in London.

USC Shoah Foundation will hold a webinar in February to train teachers in how to use the technology. The Virtual IWalk web app also functions as an IWitness activity, meaning teachers can assign tours to their students and review their responses to questions and activities on the IWitness platform. 

Looking ahead, USC Shoah Foundation plans to continue to expand its mobile and Virtual IWalk web options, with new content that will include testimonies from survivors and witnesses of the Armenian Genocide and the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

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The USC SensoriMotor Assessment and Rehabilitation Training in Virtual Reality Center (USC SMART-VR Center) is a multidisciplinary center which brings together world-class investigators across movement science, engineering, neuroscience, and rehabilitation to study and develop virtual reality interventions for neurorehabilitation.

Our mission is to establish an interdisciplinary center of excellence harnessing cutting-edge advances in virtual reality to improve motor and cognitive function across multiple clinical populations (e.g., stroke, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s).

The USC SMART-VR Center is funded by a USC Collaboration Fund grant.

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Join AREN to participate in a personal site tour of a newly developed multifamily project in Stanton, CA. VRV is a five-story, 300-unit multifamily property with 7K square feet of retail bringing the city of Stanton to new heights.

Bonanni Development has successfully been one of Orange County’s top residential developers for over 30 years.  With over $500 million in diversified real estate market capitalization to date, Bonanni Development maintains and strives to continue to work well with city municipalities to create housing developments that improve the urban fabric within the community. The firm is a through-process developer that is hands-on and highly disciplined from the acquisition of the property, to the completion of the development, always with the intent of adding value to the land, as well as its surrounding community.  Bonnani strategically continues to be on the forefront of the highly diverse, and ever evolving markets of Southern California.

Attire | Business Casual Parking | Guest parking is available on-site at the property Schedule | Tour will take place from 6:00pm to 7:45pm with a no-host happy hour at Rodeo 39 located across the street. Admission | $20, price will increase to $25 on February 22, 2024  Register for a ticket in advance! Walk-in tickets will only be available subject to capacity limitations.

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Sign up for an in-person walking tour of our beautiful campus, or take a Self-Guided Tour! See our Santa Cruz Area page for more information about our area. For a complete visitor guide, including information on accommodations, dining, activities, and more, see the Visit Santa Cruz County homepage. For families who can’t travel to campus, we continue to offer many virtual options to experience our extraordinary campus environment (see below).

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Join us for a student-led, small-group tour of campus! Our S.L.U.G.s (Student Life and University Guides) are excited to take you and your family on a walking tour of campus. Use the links below to see your tour options.

General Walking Tour

Register here for a tour led by one of our Student Life & University Guides (S.L.U.G.s). The tour will take approximately 90 minutes and includes stairs, and some uphill and downhill walking. Appropriate walking shoes for our hills and forest floors and dressing in layers are highly recommended in our variable coastal climate.

Please note that from April 1 through 19, admitted students and their families will be prioritized for tours. If you are unable to make a reservation during that time, please consider a virtual tour or a self-guided tour . Parking is likely to be highly impacted during the spring season. For a smoother arrival, plan to arrive early, and download the ParkMobile app in advance.

See our frequently asked questions for more information.

Self Guided Tour

VisiTOUR is an app that you can download to your phone for either an in-person or virtual UC Santa Cruz experience! Take a general walking tour, or select your interests to have a route customized just for you! Either way, you can check out videos and photos of different spots on campus along the way. Just text UCSC to 58052, or use the link below.

In-person group tours are offered to high schools, community colleges, and other educational partners. Please contact your admission representative or the tours office for more information.

If your group would like to visit before we can accommodate you or you have a group larger than 75, please utilize our VisiTOUR  tour  for your visit.

S.L.U.G. Video Series and 6-minute Tour

For your convenience, we have a playlist of short topic-focused YouTube videos featuring our Student Life and University Guides (S.L.U.G.s) and lots of footage showing campus life. Tune in at your leisure! Just want to get a quick overview of our campus? Try our 6-minute video tour!

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Take a campus tour from the comfort of your own computer! Our interactive program is narrated by our own student tour guides, is available in five languages, and includes 360-degree photos.

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USC Football: Matt Leinart Gives Thoughts on Reggie Bush Heisman Reinstatement

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On Wednesday morning, the USC Trojans announced that former running back Reggie Bush would have his Heisman Trophy reinstated by the school. Bush "lost" his trophy after the program was penalized for recruitment issues when he attended USC.

This has been long in the making and has been one of the better days in recent USC memory. Fans have been clamoring for Bush to get his Heisman back for years now and it has finally happened.

Former teammate of Bush, quarterback Matt Leinart, weighed in on the decision. Like many others, Leinart was ecstatic about the news.

It’s about time!! @ReggieBush #FightOn ✌️ pic.twitter.com/E6mfW3cGlm — Matt Leinart (@MattLeinartQB) April 24, 2024

Leinart was the quarterback for Bush during his time there and the two became very close. This is a special moment for everyone involved with USC and college football, putting an end to the nonsense that has been around for years.

Bush was one of the better running backs to ever step foot on a college field so it was a travesty to take his Heisman award from him. Regardless of what happened involving recruitment purposes, we all witnessed what he did on the field, and that can never be taken away.

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USC cancels guest speakers, honorees at main commencement after valedictorian decision

LOS ANGELES — Following the publicized decision to cancel a commencement speech by a Muslim valedictorian, the University of Southern California said Friday it will have no outside speakers or honorees at the main stage commencement event.

“Given the highly publicized circumstances surrounding our main-stage commencement program, university leadership has decided it is best to release our outside speakers and honorees from attending this year’s ceremony,” USC said in a statement . University leadership will still speak.

The decision comes after the Los Angeles university was criticized by some , including valedictorian Asna Tabassum, over its decision to cancel Tabassum's speech due to security concerns.

“Crazy Rich Asians" and “Wicked” film director Jon M. Chu, an alumnus of USC, was to give the keynote commencement address and was to receive an honorary degree, the university had announced . Tennis star Billie Jean King was among those to get an honorary degree.

Tabassum, a major in biomedical engineering and a minor in resistance to genocide, said she was shocked and disappointed.

She said that she felt abandoned by USC and that the university was “caving to fear and rewarding hatred.”

At least two pro-Israel and Jewish groups complained to USC about the choice of Tabassum as valedictorian, pointing to her Instagram account, which links to a slideshow encouraging people to “learn about what’s happening in palestine, and how to help.”

It calls for “one palestinian state,” which it says “would mean palestinian liberation, and the complete abolishment of the state of israel.” 

Tabassum has she said added the link on her social media account five years ago and was not the author, according to  NBC Los Angeles .

The Muslim advocacy group Council on American-Islamic Relations was among those that condemned USC's decision to cancel her speech.

Protests have been held both on and off college campuses across the United States following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas against Israel, where more than 1,200 people were killed, and Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza that health authorities there say have killed more than 30,000 people.

USC said Friday that those who were to receive honorary degrees will hopefully be awarded them at a future commencement or other academic event.

Tabassum said that she "was hoping to use my commencement speech to inspire my classmates with a message of hope."

She said in a statement that she is imploring students at USC "to work towards a world where cries for equality and human dignity are not manipulated to be expressions of hatred."

The May 10 commencement event, which will celebrate 19,000-plus graduates, is expected to draw around 65,000 people to the campus in the University Park section of Los Angeles, according to USC.

Guest speakers and honorees were cut from the university's main stage commencement, which is for everyone. The schools of USC also have their own commencement events.

Phil Helsel is a reporter for NBC News.