David Shamash found himself in a dangerous part of town after getting off a boat in the middle of the night in Greece. His hotel was 15 miles away and the city was in the midst of a transportation strike, the fourth-year classics student said. Read more...
Photo: David Shamash, a fourth-year classics student, is one of the commencement speakers for the UCLA College of Letters and Science commencement ceremony on June 14.
Miriam Torres understands how important it is to have access to clean water. As a child, she split her time between a lush, green area in southern Mexico with an abundance of water and a poor town in northern Mexico where water had to be trucked in each day. Read more...
Photo: Miriam Torres, a student in the Luskin School of Public Affairs, will graduate with a master’s in urban planning
Bill Nipper was asked to leave UCLA as a student, had a stint in the military, raised a son and spent decades working various jobs before he really began to take his education seriously. Read more...
Photo: Bill Nipper, 65, is in the middle of his second stint as a UCLA undergraduate student, 40 years after he first attended classes in the 1970s. This time around, he plans to take full advantage of the university’s resources.
The relationship between University of California President Mark Yudof and the student body has been tumultuous over the course of his term, which has led students to push for increased communication with senior level officials at the UC Office of the President. Read more...
Photo: University of California President Mark Yudof will step down from his position this year.
He remembers how the main floor of the Central Hospital of Maputo in Mozambique overflowed with sick or injured children on crowded hospital beds. As a visiting volunteer from UCLA, Cameron Escovedo communicated with patients through hand gestures and broken sentences, helping doctors diagnose them despite the broken CT scanner and lack of medical tools. Read more...
He was 16 years old and needed a job with more structure. But he didn’t have the required identification papers as an undocumented resident. So he turned to identification dealers, who drove him around Santa Ana, Calif. and gave him specific instructions to jump into a different car when they parked. They told him he was going be taken care of. Read more...
Photo: Francisco Lopez, a third-year Chicana/o studies student, works two jobs to support himself and his 7-year-old son, Mordecai.
While living in Rieber Hall last year, Usman Azam became familiar with the sound of construction. As a night owl and late riser, Azam said he was often awoken by the early-morning construction on nearby Sproul buildings. Read more...
