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A Season of Gratitude
A t the onset of a new year, resolutions are made, goals are established, and in some cases, specific words are chosen to be the theme for the next 365 days. Entering his fifth, and final, season at the helm of UCLA’s football program, Bruin quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson has labeled the upcoming season with one…
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Who Gets Hired and Why?
The ideal executive candidate is the sum of multiple variables. Yes, we expect the résumé to shine and the interview to be stellar, but what is the DNA of the ideal candidate? Integrity is in the genetic code of an honest, sincere and principled leader. It is an ever-present code of conduct that is noble…
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Bruin Professionals: Who We Are and What We Can Do for You
W hat do you get when you take the best of business networking organizations and mix in some Bruin fun? Bruin Professionals (BP), of course. Now in its 20th year, what began as a network within the Alumni Association now has 12 chapters and three affinity groups across Southern California, with over 8,000 subscribers on…
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Updates From Ukrainian UCLA Student Olha Shevchenko
A s the crisis in Ukraine continues, we checked in with Ukrainian UCLA student Olha Shevchenko, exp. Ph.D. ʼ26, to see how she is holding up since we last spoke with her at the start of the war. Olha came to UCLA from Kharkiv in September 2021 and is wrapping up her first year of…
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Distant Dreams to Reality: Experience the World With Alumni Travel
I magine yourself strolling through a city in Vietnam as French-accented buildings cast silhouettes onto the busy streets strewn with merchants and motorbikes as you eventually find yourself in the cascading nature and waterscape of Ha Long Bay. Or visualize yourself floating through brisk Antarctic air as you sail from Ushuaia to Antarctica, staring off your cruise ship,…
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Lessons I Learned at UCLA By Antonia Klima, Class of 2021
W hen I began my studies at UCLA in the fall of 2017, I was thrilled to be attending the No. 1 public university in the nation as a psychology and theater minor. I was hopeful that I would make lifelong friends and create memories that I would cherish forever. But most of all, I…
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A Letter to My Freshman Self: Five Things I Learned at UCLA
D ear Hedy, Congrats on becoming a Bruin! You’ve worked so hard to get this point, and you’re finally about to start your first quarter at the (soon-to-be) #1 public university in the nation! If you’re reading this, it’s probably September 2016, and you’ve just moved into your new dorm in De Neve Dogwood 104.…
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