From Maui to Medicine, Viterbi Helped Her Chart Her Own Path
April 30, 2026 CLASS OF 2026 – The daughter of Turkish immigrant physicians, Maui-raised Alara Berkmen is graduating from USC Viterbi with a bachelor’s in Biomedical Engineering on the pre-med track, a business club she built from scratch, and a hard-won clarity about who she wants to be and why.
From First-Gen Engineer to PwC: A Four-Year Yes Strategy
April 29, 2026 CLASS OF 2026 – The first engineer in her family, this Industrial & Systems Engineering graduate from USC Viterbi’s Daniel J. Epstein Department is heading to PwC this fall – with two degrees, a passport full of band trips, and a philosophy she learned the hard way.
Engineering Lift-Off: Four Years of Flight, Research, and Curiosity
