Michael Soules ’89

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What sets Mike Soules apart from his peers is are his extraordinary contributions to UCLA and the community. From the moment he first set foot on campus, he has devoted long hours to making UCLA a better, more accessible place for the many people who comprise its community. In 1986, as executive director of Spring Sing, he revived a UCLA tradition. In 1987, he was a member of the Alumni Association Long-Range Planning Committee and served as executive director of UCLA Homecoming Week.

Soules’ greatest legacy at UCLA will most likely be the people he has helped and inspired. In 1986 and 1987, he was an academic and personal counselor in the Orientation Program for incoming students and their parents. He proved himself adept not only at establishing a rapport with both students and parents, but also at presenting UCLA in its best possible light. As a member of the steering committee for the new Student Involvement Project, which seeks to match incoming students with appropriate clubs, programs and services on campus via computer, Soules once again proved his perceptiveness and integrity, as well as an uncanny ability to anticipate problems and suggest viable alternatives. The result exemplifies his efforts throughout is college career – a commitment to helping others make the most of the extraordinary opportunities that are intrinsic to the UCLA experience.