Once a Bruin, Always a Bruin! UCLA is taking that a step further with a promise that educational opportunities available to students will also be made available to alumni. A new website has just launched that provides you with unlimited access to the University's vast resources and offerings. It's our commitment to be an enduring presence in the lives of alumni, enlightening Bruins through every stage of life. While still in its early stages of development, see what the Bruin Promise holds for you.
The Alumni Association boasts 43 regional U.S. networks and 14 international networks, together serving 560,000 UCLA degree and certificate holders dispersed all over the planet. International Bruins can be found from Belgium to Brazil, Estonia to India, Taiwan to Turkey. Wherever you go around the globe, chances are there’s someone there who knows the 8-Clap.
When most of us think of a relaxing massage, it probably doesn’t involve knives. In this first installment of the series Bruins in Unconventional Jobs, Olivia Wu ’07 discusses her journey of discovery through lineage and culture, and how it all led her to a career running a healing center in Taipei that offers knife massages.
Interviewed by Alumni President Ann Wang '13, Chancellor Gene Block gets candid about the pressing UCLA topics of the day, from campus expansion in Palos Verdes to the impact of the academic worker strike to the reasons behind the move to the Big Ten. He also shares what keeps him up at night, while pondering what the future has in store.
Arrive as strangers, leave as friends. That's what happens when Bruins feast at dinner tables around the world for the annual Dinners for 12 Strangers gatherings. On Feb. 25, 26 and March 5, alumni hosts are inviting you to join them for a night of food, fun and friendship. Sign up to attend a dinner near you!