TRIP DESCRIPTION:
Join us for a moderate morning trek up to one of LA’s defining icons with Robin Romans, USC’s Vice Provost of Academic Affairs! The moderate hike up to the top of Mt. Lee is filled with beautiful views of LA and we will end up right above the famous letters. Romans earned his doctorate in political science, teaches courses on political thought and gender studies, serves as a faculty adviser for the Polymathic Academy, and used to direct the Thematic Option Honors Program… best of all, he’s eager to join us for his first Peaks and Professors hike!
PEAK: MT. LEE
DIFFICULTY: 3/5 (6.5 miles, 1100 ft elevation)
SCENERY: The freakin’ Hollywood Sign (!!), views of Downtown LA
FUN FACT: Each letter in the Hollywood sign is 45 feet tall :O
PROF:
ROBIN ROMANS
DEPARTMENT: USC Office of the Provost
FUN FACT: Romans wrote the original proposal for the USC Polymathic Academy.
TRIP LEAD: Dario Offstein
Contact Dario: offstein@usc.edu
Read Dario’s bio here.
ADDRESS: 3200 Canyon Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90068