Welcome to UCLA. You are about to begin one of the most important, most challenging, most exciting times of your entire life. During the next few years most of you will transition from the last days of the relatively confined, somewhat predictable world of adolescence into the wide-open, unpredictable world of the rest of your life. Read more...

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...

Congratulations, and welcome to UCLA. It wasn’t easy getting here, but as a first-year UCLA student you’re on your way to expanding your knowledge and focusing on experiences that will help you build a rewarding career. 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...