It’s a three-day, two-night stay at a sunny locale close to the beach, with palm trees, pools and tennis courts everywhere. Housing, food and recreation are included in the package price. Read more...

What is a valuable commodity that you can give away but still keep? It’s education, of course! First of all, congratulations to our graduating students. Whether you have finished a bachelor’s or a doctorate, you have completed a degree program that will benefit you for the rest of your life. Read more...

As I think back on my undergraduate years, I have visions of late-night studying ““ sometimes for classes that I loved and sometimes for those that I endured. Read more...

As I walk home from a late class, I am suddenly aware that this is one of the last times I will stroll down Bruin Walk as a student. Read more...

For those of you graduating this quarter, it is hard to believe your college career is almost concluded. What seemed such a big part of your life just a few years ago is now completed so quickly. Read more...

Commencement is an important and unforgettable event in your lives. It honors a significant accomplishment: the successful fulfillment of the requirements for your degree. It also signals the end of a very special and formative period, and it marks the beginning of the great future you have been preparing for while at UCLA. Read more...

It often seems an era is defined by its most influential leaders. But as UCLA students descend from Bruin Walk one last time against the backdrop of a sun-drenched Powell Library and charge forward in a renewed pursuit of happiness, it will be the absence of these influential leaders that will move them. Read more...