Category: Connect Newsletter
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UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center: Research for Community with Veronica Terriquez, M.A. ’04, Ph.D. ’09
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center: Research for Community with Veronica Terriquez, M.A. ’04, Ph.D. ’09 Denise Pacheco, M.A. ’04, Ph.D. ’11, Senior Director for UCLA Alumni Diversity Programs & Initiatives connected with professor and Director for the Chicano Studies Research Center at UCLA, Veronica Terriquez, M.A. ’04, Ph.D. ’09 to learn about her work with…
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Bruin Creative Writing Stories
Bruin Creative Writing Stories Last September, we announced a creative writing assignment with a simple premise: In less than 500 words, tell us a story that begins with “I found a hidden door in Kerckhoff and it took me…” Several Bruin creatives had fun with it and submitted these stories that capture the imagination. Can…
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Bruins for Life: A Gathering of Bruin Football Alumni From All Eras
Bruins for Life: A Gathering of Bruin Football Alumni From All Eras A certain camaraderie is forged through competition. Through victories, defeats, home games, road games and practices, memories among coaches and teammates are formed on and off the playing field each season, and last long after the stadium lights shut off. Given UCLA’s storied…
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Pilipino Bruins
Pilipino Bruins Pilipino Bruins have played an essential role in cultivating a vibrant and diverse UCLA community since the University’s earliest days. Students, staff and faculty have championed, educated and celebrated the Pilipino experience to create a more inclusive and welcoming environment. (Note: Pilipino and Filipino are used interchangeably in this article and mean the…
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Bruins in Sustainability: The Intersectional Environmentalism of Nisha Bansal ’20
Bruins in Sustainability: The Intersectional Environmentalism of Nisha Bansal ’20 Cory Rosas ’16, Director for UCLA Alumni Diversity Programs & Initiatives (DPI) connected with recent graduate and featured speaker for DPI’s upcoming program Mixin’ It Up: Empowering Communities for a Sustainable Tomorrow, a program that will bring alumni and students together to engage in conversation…
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UCLA Epicenter Connects Students With Businesses for a Win-Win
UCLA Epicenter Connects Students With Businesses for a Win-Win This past summer, the UCLA Alumni Association became the new home for the UCLA Epicenter, further bolstering the Association’s services to the UCLA community. Founded in 2017, the Epicenter’s mission is “to augment students’ academic curriculum with project-based experiential learning in collaboration with industry partners.” As Executive…
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Becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution With the Help of Latino Alumni
Becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution With the Help of Latino Alumni Photo Credit: Judy Baca ©2012, Gente del Maiz With an unwavering commitment to its role as a public institution, UCLA’s message is clear: building a campus that embraces and celebrates its Latinx communities isn’t just a goal, but an imperative. Chancellor Block recently announced the…
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Bruin-Owned Restaurants Part 3
Bruin-Owned Restaurants Part 3 As the summer sizzles, so should your food. We’ve compiled for you the third edition of select Bruin culinary businesses to tempt your taste buds and lure you to dine out in support of these UCLA alumni. Warning: the following images will make you hungry. Contigo Latin Kitchen Owner/Founder: Deborah Tenino…
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UCLA Library Punk Archive
UCLA Library Punk Archive Punk crashed into the Los Angeles music scene in the late 1970s. At legendary nightclubs like the Masque, Whisky a Go Go and Club 88, iconic bands with names like Black Flag, X and the Go-Gos performed for fans in torn T-shirts, spikes, safety pins and towering mohawks. Los Angeles punk,…
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An Incredible 38-Year Career – Susan Lewis
An Incredible 38-Year Career – Susan Lewis Susan Lewis is a true Bruin, and her incredible 38-year career is proof of that. She started off with Team Alumni, where she made important leadership contributions to Government Relations, Travel, and Marketing. In 2013, she hopped over to what was then called University Communications and Public Outreach…