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Changemakers 2025 – Radical Kinship in Action: A Day at Homeboy Industries

Take a look back at Changemakers 2025: Radical Kinship in Action, held Friday, Oct. 17, at Homeboy Industries, the world’s largest gang rehabilitation and reentry program.

Through a guided tour and conversations with Homeboy leadership — including co-CEO Shirley Torres ’03 — participants explored how hope, community, and wraparound services can transform lives. From social enterprises to education and workforce development, the event offered a firsthand look at how Homeboy’s holistic model puts healing and kinship into action.

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new bruin send-offs 2025 San Mateo

UCLA Alumni Affairs was thrilled to host one of our favorite summer traditions — New Bruin Send-offs!

The San Mateo Send-off was an unforgettable gathering where incoming students, families, and alumni came together to celebrate the start of their Bruin story. Hosted by alumni and UCLA families, the event brought everyone together for a lively afternoon filled with Bruin pride, shared stories, and the beginning of lasting memories and friendships.

For students and families in the Bay Area, the San Mateo Send-off was the perfect way to connect with the UCLA community before beginning their Bruin journey.

new bruin send-offs 2025 Campbell

UCLA Alumni Affairs was delighted to celebrate one of our favorite summer traditions — the New Bruin Send-offs!

The Campbell Send-off offered an unforgettable afternoon where incoming students, families, and alumni gathered to mark the beginning of each student’s Bruin story. Hosted by dedicated alumni and UCLA families, the event was filled with Bruin pride, shared experiences, and the start of meaningful new connections.

For students and families in the Bay Area, the Campbell Send-off provided a warm and welcoming way to meet the UCLA community before embarking on their Bruin journey.

Big Ten® Alumni Relations Institute (BTARI) 2025 - Day 1

BTARI is a three-day gathering of alumni relations professionals from across the Big Ten® that explore emerging trends, share innovative strategies and build meaningful connections.

These are images captured from the first day of BTARI.

Travel Journal - Cruise The Heart Of Europe 2025

May 6 - 21, 2025

Photos taken by the tour group

*UCLA Alumni Travel Group Photo in Cologne, Germany*

UCLA Alumni Travel cruised through the heart of Europe on a 14-night journey along the Rhine, Main and Danube rivers. Bruins explored five countries: The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary, with stops in iconic cities like Vienna, Budapest and Amsterdam. Alumni enjoyed guided tours, immersive local experiences and stunning scenery, all from the comfort of a first-class river boat.

If you enjoy river cruising through the heart of Europe, you’ll love the Holiday Markets Cruise along the festive Rhine River. Feel the magic of this seven-night journey offering the same first-class experience, this time set against the backdrop of charming towns dressed up for the holidays.

Waterland Bike Ride - Amsterdam, Netherlands

Documentation Center Exhibit - Nuremberg, Germany

Schnitzel Lunch - Nuremberg, Germany

Wurzburg Residenz - Wurzburg, Germany

Walking Tour - Cologne, Germany

Passau - Germany

Cheesemaking Demo - Amsterdam, Netherlands

Apple Strudel Making

Wachau Valley Cycling - Durnstein

Kitchen Tour Aboard Cruise Ship

True Bruin Traditions Keeper - 2025

We recently recognized graduates who fulfilled all of the True Bruin Traditions Keeper qualifications ahead of their graduation with a special ceremony! The evening honored their program completion, highlighted memories from each tradition and awarded recipients one-of-a-kind medals to be worn at commencement. We can't wait to see their continued involvement as UCLA's newest and most spirited alumni!

2025 UCLA Awards

Since 1946, UCLA has paid tribute to its most distinguished luminaries who have lit the way for UCLA's brightest stars to shine. From larger-than-life legends to community heroes, UCLA Awards are bestowed upon Bruins who have brought great honor to the university and whose contributions impact the world.

The 2025 ceremony was on Saturday, May 17.

For more information on UCLA Awards and the 2025 recipients: https://alumni.ucla.edu/awards/

Bruins Business 100 Reception - 2025

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Fireside Chat

On May 12 2025, UCLA Alum hosted an inspiring evening with Bruin legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as he launches his powerful new memoir, We All Want to Change the World: My Journey Through Social Justice Movements from the 1960s to Today. As part of UCLA Alum and the UCLA Student Alumni Association’s annual I ♥ UCLA Week, The UCLA community was invited to hear the NBA icon, bestselling author, and lifelong advocate for equality reflect on the experiences that have shaped his life and activism.

Bruins in Business Networking Night: Featuring Sharpe Fellows

The UCLA Alumni Association hosted the second annual Bruins in Business Networking Night: Featuring Sharpe Fellows on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at the James West Alumni Center. The panel, moderated by Julie Sina, Associate Vice Chancellor, Alumni Affairs and CFO/COO The UCLA Foundation, included:

Emily Tseng '13, Senior Director, TMT - Corporate Finance & Restructuring, and Chief of Staff to Global Head of Strategy & Transformation at FTI Consulting
Jim Adams MS '99, MBA '05, Partner at McKinsey & Company
Kyle Kearney '16, Vice President, Consumer & Retail Investment Banking at Intrepid Investment Bankers
Michael Terry '96, MBA '04, Executive Vice President of Account Management at PIMCO
Sharad Aggarwal, MBA '24 Global Head of Vendor Strategy and Solutions at Google.

Both Andrew Atkeson, Stanley M. Zimmerman Professor of Economics and Finance, and Mia Seleshi ’11, MBA, Director, Alumni Career Engagement, UCLA Alumni Affairs, presented on the UCLA William F. Sharpe Fellows Program as the founding faculty director and the program director respectively.

We also shared the Bruins in Top Organizations Data Dashboard that our team put together to empower Bruins, which includes hyperlinked data from LinkedIn:

that lays out where Bruins work in consulting, investment banking, finance, and technology
by target location and company
of Bruins in leadership positions by position, including the C-Suite

Go Bruins!