There exists in the depths of Russell House a place where faculty and students alike can create anything from club newsletters to party invitations.
The Russell House Quick Copy is part of Printing Services at USC, headquartered at 1600 Hampton Street.
Vickie Brady, one of the two full-time print and customer service specialists, has worked at the Russell House Quick Copy center for the last seven years alongside several work-study students.
Brady said that in her seven years at the copy center she has not seen as many students use the center as she would like.
“I would get people in here to get their dissertations that didn’t even know we were here until here they are leaving, so I would like for it to get better,” she said. “It would be nice to see more of the students come in.”
Sudents can obtain a Quick Copy Loyalty Card to begin earning free color prints. However, Brady doesn’t think this feature, launched in 2013, is well known, and therefore isn’t been taken advantage of by many students.
According to Jeff Stensland, Associate Director of News and Internal Communications at the Division of Communications at USC, in the 2013 fiscal year the copy center has assisted nearly 9,500 customers — the majority of whom are students — with about $42,000 in orders.
In addition, approximately $275,000 in orders from academic and administrative departments were processed.
Brady said the best part about her job was the people, and she hopes to see more in the future, since she gets to really know her customers and better provide them with the services they want.
“Certain students that come in start coming in when they’re freshmen, and then I see them until they graduate and it’s kind of sad to see them go,” she said.