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Sunday,
May 5
SuperCPR(9AM - 3:30PM)
SuperCPR is an annual event that our organization holds in which we certify 100 Hill residents in Heartsaver/AED CPR for no cost. The certification will cover adult, pediatric, and infant CPR/AED. Location: Carnesale Palisades
Honoring SwD Mamas!(12PM - 3PM)
Join us at University Apartments South as we honor Mama's within the UV Villiage & commuting Mamas too! Food, Crafts, Games & Gift Bags to celebrate wonderful you! Don't forget to RSVP!
The Lowell Milken Center I Music for American Jewish Experince celebrates the 95th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer and pianist Yehudi Wyner with a concert of his chamber music. Awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for his Piano Concerto, “Chiavi in mano”, Yehudi Wyner (b.1929) is one of America's most distinguished musicians. His compositions include over 100 works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, solo voice and solo instruments, piano, chorus, and music for the theater, as well as liturgical services for worship. He has received commissions from Carnegie Hall, the Boston Symphony, the BBC Philharmonic, The Library of Congress, The Ford Foundation, Koussevitzky Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Fromm Foundation, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and Worldwide Concurrent Premieres among others. His recording “The Mirror” on Naxos won a 2005 Grammy Award, his Piano Concerto,“Chiavi in Mano” on Bridge Records was nominated for a 2009 Grammy, and his Horntrio (1997) was a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Other honors received include two Guggenheim Fellowships, The Institute of Arts and Letters Award, the Rome Prize, the Brandeis Creative Arts Award, and the Elise Stoeger Prize given by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for “lifetime contribution to chamber music.” He currently serving as President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and is a member of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Yehudi Wyner has also had an active career as a solo pianist, chamber musician collaborating with notable vocal and instrumental colleagues, teacher, director of two opera companies, and conductor of numerous chamber and vocal ensembles in a wide range of repertory. Keyboard artist of the Bach Aria Group since 1968, he has played and conducted many of the Bach cantatas, concertos and motets. He was on the chamber music faculty of the Boston Symphony’s Tanglewood Music Center from 1975-97. He has been composer-in-residence at NMOP (2014), June in Buffalo (2012), DePaul University (2012), The Shepherd School of Music, Rice University (2012), Civitella Ranieri (2009), the Eastman School of Music (2008), Vassar College (2007), the Atlantic Center for the Arts (2005), the Rockefeller Center at Bellagio, Italy (1998), the American Academy in Rome (1991), and at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival (1982). Mr. Wyner was a Professor at the Yale University School of Music from 1963-1977 where he also served as Chairman of the Composition faculty. He became Dean of the Music Division at State University of New York, Purchase, in 1978, where he was a Professor for twelve years. A guest Professor at Cornell University in 1988, Mr. Wyner has also been a frequent Visiting Professor at Harvard University since 1991. From 1991-2005, he held the Walter W. Naumburg Chair of Composition at Brandeis University, where he is now Professor Emeritus. Born in Western Canada, Yehudi Wyner grew up in New York City. He came into a musical family and was trained early as pianist and composer. His father, Lazar Weiner, was the preeminent composer of Yiddish Art Song as well as a notable creator of liturgical music for the modern synagogue. After graduating from the Juilliard School with a Diploma in piano, Yehudi Wyner went on to study at Yale and Harvard Universities with composers Paul Hindemith, Richard Donovan, and Walter Piston. In 1953, he won the Rome Prize in Composition enabling him to live for the next three years at the American Academy in Rome, composing, playing, and traveling. Recent compositions include Sonnet: In the arms of Sleep for soprano and two mezzo sopranos, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and harp (2015) commissioned in honor of Tanglewood Music Center 75th Anniversary, Into the evening air for Wind Quintet (2013), commissioned by the Boston Symphony for the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, West of the moon for guitar, mandolin, flute, oboe, violin and cello, (2013) commissioned by Cygnus, Concordance for violin, viola, cello and piano (2012), “Save me O God;” Psalm 49 for chorus a cappella (2012), Refrain for solo piano (2012), “The Lord is close to the Heartbroken” for chorus, harp and percussion (2012), commissioned by Soli Deo Gloria’s psalms project; “Give thanks for all things” for Orchestra and Chorus (2010), commissioned by The Cantata Singers; Fragments from Antiquity for Soprano and Orchestra (rev 2011); Fantasy on B.A.C.H. for Piano (2010), commissioned by Wigmore Hall and Angela Hewitt; TRIO 2009, for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, commissioned by Chamber Music San Francisco for Lynn Harrell, Robert Levin and Richard Stoltzman. Recordings of his music can be found on Naxos, Bridge, New World, Albany, Pro Arte, CRI, 4Tay, and Columbia Records. His Bridge release, Orchestra Music of Yehudi Wyner, was chosen by American Record guide as one of the Ten Best Recordings of 2009. Location: Lani Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Monday,
May 6
The UCLA First-Gen College to Career Pathways (FGCCP) is a newly launched initiative developed by the Career Center designed to intentionally engage and guide First-Generation College Undergraduate Students (FGCUS) in achieving career success. As part of the FGCCP programming, we will be hosting First-Gen (FG) Career Drop-Ins throughout the academic year to support FG undergraduate students with the topics listed below. Seeking career advising as a first-generation student? Drop-in for a 1:1, 15-minute undergraduate career advising appointment in the Career Center Studio! Stop by to speak with the Career Center about your career journey this quarter! *Drop-Ins are first come, first serve! Drop-In Topics: • Resume + Cover Letter Review • Career Exploration + Job/Internship Search • Graduate and Professional School Preparation • Networking + Interviewing Tips • And More! Location: Career Studio, 2nd Floor Strathmore Building
In this seminar, we discuss how to cultivate and maintain a network; how to make meaningful connections and leverage those connections throughout your career development cycle. Location: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/events/1507728/share_preview
In this workshop, Princeton Review staff will provide information about the GRE test (structure, content, length, etc.). Attendees will also receive practical tips/suggestions on how to prepare for the GRE. This workshop is sponsored by Princeton Review and a 50% off scholarship for a Princeton Review GRE course will be raffled off among attendees. Pre-Health Services at the Career Center are listed here: https://career.ucla.edu/resources/ucla-pre-health-resources/ Location: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/events/1508040/share_preview
Drop-In with Val(1PM - 3PM)
Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE staff! Whether you want to discuss campus mental health resources, get connected to CAPS, manage academic stress, or just need someone to talk to, we're here for you. Location: RISE Center - Lu Valle Commons
Skills have a huge impact on our day to day tasks and what activities we engage in to get our work done. Identify your skills and what careers utilize them the most and allow it to lead your career exploration better informed. If you are not utilizing our skills, you may not be getting the most out of your career. Identify your skills and what professions utilize them. This is a series of workshops. We highly recommend attending them all, but you are not required to. Location: Room 200, 2nd Floor Strathmore Building
Our Personality determines how we are energized, how we make decisions, and implement our decisions. Many careers may be a good fit while others may demotivate us all together. Discover your personality style and how it impacts your career and life. This assessment can also help you decode how why you get along with some people and less with others. This is a series of workshops. We highly recommend attending them all, but you are not required to. Location: Room 200, 2nd Floor Strathmore Building
In this premiere screening, we share the first episode of Grand Theft Eco, The iBear in the River, which focuses on a vibrant and revitalized LA River landscape that brings together two teenagers, Kerstin Connor and Yolanda Arellanos, in an adventurous chase to retrieve a lost electronic toy. As the girls explore the landscapes and neighborhoods along the river, they forge a temporary friendship that persistent inequalities ultimately drive apart. Sponsors: Department of English, Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA Design | Media Arts Location: UCLA Kaplan Hall, Room 193
Richard Moves Camp, in conversation with the editor and producer of his book My Grandfather’s Altar: Five Generations of Lakota Holy Men, shares stories from this oral-literary narrative account of five generations of Lakota religious tradition. Moves Camp is the great-great-grandson of Wóptu?’a (“Chips”), the holy man remembered for providing Crazy Horse with war medicines of power and protection. The Lakota remember the descendants of Wóptu?’a for their roles in preserving Lakota ceremonial traditions during the official prohibition period (1883–1934), when the U.S. Indian Religious Crimes Code outlawed Indian religious ceremonies with the threat of imprisonment. Wóptu?’a, his two sons, James Moves Camp and Charles Horn Chips, his grandson Sam Moves Camp, and his great-great-grandson Richard Moves Camp all became well-respected Lakota spiritual leaders. My Grandfather’s Altar offers the rare opportunity to learn firsthand how one family’s descendants played a pivotal role in revitalizing Lakota religion in the twentieth century. Richard Moves Camp (Oglala Lakota) is a fifth-generation Lakota healer, tribal historian, and spiritual leader. He teaches at Sinte Gleska University and lectures on Lakota history, culture and traditions. In 2021, he was named a Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellow. Moderated by Jennifer Jessum, book producer and founder of the Mitakuye Foundation and Simon Joseph, book editor and Lecturer for UCLA’s Study of Religion IDP. Co-sponsored by the UCLA American Indian Studies Department, Steve Aron/Autry Museum of the American West, the UCLA American Indian Studies Center and the Mitakuye Foundation. Location: Royce 314
Richard Moves Camp, in conversation with the editor and producer of his book, My Grandfather’s Altar: Five Generations of Lakota Holy Men, shares stories from this oral-literary narrative account of five generations of Lakota religious tradition. Location: Royce Hall Rm 314
Designed as a follow-up to Secrets to Winning College Cash Part 1, this workshop walks participants through the strategic process of conducting routine online searches for scholarships. Participants who wish to enroll in this workshop must attend Secrets to Winning College Cash 1 prior to this Workshop Date. Enrollment closes at 10:50am PT on the day of the workshop. Enrolled participants can access the Zoom link for this workshop in my.ucla.edu Academics -> Advising and Academic Services -> Workshops: https://be.my.ucla.edu/groupmanager/Events/Event/Reservations PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER FOR REMINDER EMAILS. At the beginning of the workshop, you must provide your UID number to verify your status as a UCLA student who is on the Workshop Roster. CSSE workshops are protected intellectual property and recording is not allowed.
Join us to learn how you can afford Graduate and Professional Schools. What are ideal types of ways to afford your professional schools and what types of plans are good and less favorable options for your future. Enhance your financial literacy in affording your professional education and learn about opportunities that can alleviate the burden of paying for your continued education. Location: Room 200, 2nd Floor Strathmore Building
Tuesday,
May 7
Reflect with RISE(11AM - 12PM)
Come to the RISE Center for a moment of stillness. Grab a cup of tea, meet community members, and practice mindfulness, spirituality, thoughtfulness, and stillness. Location: RISE Center - Lu Valle Commons
Hello Bruins! Swing by the Bruin Love Station to pick up free safer sex supplies, Narcan and fentanyl test strips. The UCLA Health Education & Resource Team (HEART) can answer any questions you may have. Location: John Wooden Center Patio
This workshop introduces students to research in the sciences, how to find a faculty research mentor, and opportunities for student researchers after joining a lab.
This workshop introduces students to research in the sciences, how to find a faculty research mentor, and opportunities for student researchers after joining a lab. Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAud-Crqj4qHNAmjrw6rdqppZ03ah0iFVuv
Attention transfer undergraduate students! Join us for an enriching workshop designed to help you make the most of your summer opportunities (e.g., internships, part-time jobs, research positions)! The Career Center is excited to guide you through methods on how to maximize this valuable opportunity. Discover how to gain hands-on experience, build essential skills, and make meaningful connections that will propel you forward in your career journey. This workshop isn't just about internship tips – it's also about celebrating and empowering your unique transfer identity. You bring a wealth of experiences and perspectives to the table, and we'll show you how to leverage them with confidence as you prepare to transition into the world of work. Don't miss out on this chance to kickstart your career on the right foot and set yourself up for success this summer and beyond! Location: Room 200, 2nd Floor Strathmore Building
Check in on your mental health with the STAR Wellness Check! Drop by the the RISE Center and complete this stress and resilience survey. All students who complete the survey will be entered into a raffle to win ASUCLA Coffee Vouchers. Yay free coffee! Location: RISE Center, Lu Valle Commons Basement
How can you negotiate effectively? Join us to learn and practice strategies for identifying your priorities in a negotiation process, communicating your value-add based on experiences and expertise, and navigating the job offer/negotiation process. Participants will leave the workshop with tools and resources to help prepare for negotiation in their professional lives. Location: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/events/1521823/share_preview
Say you need a letter of recommendation for a scholarship or research opportunity, who do you ask? How do you ask? (And how should you *not* ask?) Learn effective strategies for approaching professors and requesting letters of recommendation via email for scholarship applications. Enrollment closes at 10:50am on the day of the workshop. Enrolled participants can access the Zoom link for this workshop in my.ucla.edu Academics -> Advising and Academic Services -> Workshops: https://be.my.ucla.edu/groupmanager/Events/Event/Reservations PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER FOR REMINDER EMAILS. At the beginning of the workshop, you must provide your UID number to verify your status as a UCLA student who is on the Workshop Roster. CSSE workshops are protected intellectual property and recording is not allowed.
Nail Your Network(6PM - 7PM)
Students will learn techniques on how to feel better prepared to connect and network with professionals. Location: Room 200, Strathmore Building
Wednesday,
May 8
Take some time to relax, stretch, and breathe through movement and meditation. Location: RISE Center - Lu Valle Commons
This workshop provides an overview on the various forms of academic dishonesty regarding plagiarism. Participants will learn when, where, and why it is important to cite properly. Students will also learn how to avoid plagiarism and the information presented will stress the need to attribute work to the original author and the potential outcomes for plagiarizing. Additionally, paraphrasing, and direct quoting will be discussed. Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92834500015
Are you interested in writing a review article? Have you been assigned a literature review on a topic, but aren’t sure where to start? This workshop will walk you through the process of planning and organizing a literature review. We will cover research questions, database selection, search strategy, synthesis and more! Instructors: Molly Hemphill, Medical Education Librarian; Renee Romero, Science Librarian This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you're registered, you'll receive the Zoom invitation information the day of the workshop.
Drop-In with Jaci(1PM - 3PM)
Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE staff! Whether you want to discuss campus mental health resources, get connected to CAPS, manage academic stress, or just need someone to talk to, we're here for you. Location: RISE Center - Lu Valle Commons
Drop-in for a 1:1, 15-minute career advising appointment at the Transfer Student Center (TSC)! The Career Center will be popping in the TSC throughout the quarter to support transfer students with the topics listed below. Stop by to speak to the Career Center about your career journey! Drop-In Topics: • Resume + Cover Letter Review • Career Exploration • Graduate and Professional School • Networking Location: Transfer Center - Kerckhoff Hall
A five week long book club dedicated to building resilience through the power of literature and community discussion. Location: RISE Center - Lu Valle Commons
Nursing Jumpstart(5PM - 6:30PM)
Nursing school admissions officers demystify the admissions process. UCLA's MECN program will be in attendance. Gain inside perspectives to help you navigate your journey and shine as a candidate. Network with current nursing students, RN's and NP's! Location: Room 200, 2nd Floor Strathmore Building
Recruiters will be present to answer questions and provide information about career opportunities within Lockheed Martin Location: Conference Room A&B, 3rd Floor Strathmore Building
Join us as we celebrate the release of a new book by Karina Alma, Assistant Professor of Chicano/a and Central American Studies at UCLA. Refreshments will be served. Location: CSRC Library – 144 Haines Hall
Thursday,
May 9
Talk given by John Sullivan a PhD candidate and Quinn Fellow in the History Department at Northwestern University. Between 1788 and 1793, the Frenchman Louis-Benjamin Fleuriau de Bellevue (1761–1852) trekked the length of Italy and climbed its Alpine peaks, a long sojourn that capped his years of training as a geologist and natural historian. Toward the end of his journeys, he passed through Sicily and Calabria, in the peninsula’s far south, to observe the devastating aftermath of a series of earthquakes that had rocked the region in 1783. In this talk, John Sullivan will incorporate Bellevue’s travel notebooks into a rich body of evidence documenting the various historical methods and genres used to comprehend earthquakes and their attendant phenomena in eighteenth-century Naples and Guatemala, kingdoms then within a common Bourbon imperial sphere. Bringing together natural histories, like Bellevue’s, as well as chronology, conjectural history, exemplary history, and bureaucratic testimonies, Sullivan will reveal what historically pregnant moments earthquakes were. On one hand, he will demonstrate how different sociopolitical contexts shaped the types of seismic histories written on either side of the Atlantic. On the other, he will point up the central role of cities as a throughline uniting many of these historical narratives. Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpdO2pqTsqE9B8ACi3YPPA_iWn9BusueOO#/registration
MODERATOR: · Jose Loya, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA Luskin School of Public Policy SPEAKERS: · Sonya Falcone, Partner, Daylight Community Development, UCLA Anderson MBA 2019 · Devean Jamar George, President, Building Blocks · Adriana Quiquivix, Assistant Director of Housing, A Community of Friends; UCLA Luskin MURP 2016 · Malika Billingslea, Senior Development Advisor, NEOO Partners Inc. DESCRIPTION: Housing development generates numerous professional opportunities in development, financing, and related sectors, yet the field affords relatively few opportunities to women and people of color. Nearly 111,000 of the 112,000 real estate development companies in the U.S. are white-owned, and only about a third of the workforce is women and 2% of C-level positions are held by Black men. California is adopting reforms to increase homebuilding, both to improve affordability and address racial and ethnic disparities in housing outcomes, but more housing production also offers the possibility of addressing disparities in the real estate sector itself. This panel, featuring Los Angeles-based Black and women housing development professionals, will discuss the challenges and opportunities for advancing diversity and inclusion in the field. During the conversation, they will address questions such as: How can people from underrepresented groups enter and succeed in the development industry, and housing development specifically? What barriers keep them from doing so, and how can those barriers be broken down? And what benefits could come from a more diverse development sector, both for individuals and society? Registration is Free. Visit the Event Page to sign up. Optional Parking in UCLA Parking Structure 4 Visitor Area parking is available at rates of $3-$15 (1 hour to All Day) for Pay by Spaces. Location: Marion Anderson Hall 110 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90024
Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE staff! Whether you want to discuss campus mental health resources, get connected to CAPS, manage academic stress, or just need someone to talk to, we're here for you. Location: RISE Center - Lu Valle Commons
Presented by the Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion. Since the Hebrew Bible is a sacred text for Jews and Christians many readers naturally assume it cannot contain any humor. This talk will explore several biblical narratives that employ humor to make serious theological points. Becoming aware of such biblical humor can enrich our understanding of these stories and of certain theological ideas the ancient biblical writers wished to emphasize. Joel Kaminsky is the Morningstar Family Professor of Jewish Studies and a professor of Bible in the Religion Department at Smith College where he has taught since 1997. His research explores the intersection between narrative and theological currents in the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinic literature and seeks to illuminate the distinct ways that Jews and Christians over the past two millennia have interpreted the Hebrew Bible. Moderator: Carol Bakhos, Chair, UCLA Study of Religion IDP Location: Royce 306
Learn how to design a slide deck and give a presentation on Zoom for the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase.
Learn how to design a slide deck and give a presentation at the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase. This workshop is designed for humanities, arts, social science, and behavioral science students. Location: Powell Library InqLab 3 (room 330) - https://bit.ly/urcworkshop
UX General Meetup(3:30PM - 4PM)
Informal sessions to meet and discuss UX-related topics. All are welcome no matter your experience or background! Join us for: Professional development, Networking, Q&A, Approachable UX tools and techniques. Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtcOisqjoqH9y7kjQNIme4Ia9Mub7Cnw5g#/registration
Learn how to plan your project from start to finish. Cornerstone Research Workshops support you in all stages of the research process, from developing a research question to presenting your work! Learn all about the research process and research opportunities at UCLA. Join us in Powell Library CLICC C (room 320C) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom: https://bit.ly/urcworkshop)
Learn how to plan your project from start to finish at the Cornerstone 6: Developing Your Research Plan Workshop. The Cornerstone Research Workshops support you in all stages of the research process, from developing a research question to presenting your work! Location: Powell Library CLICC C (room 320C) - https://bit.ly/urcworkshop
Thinking about a career in law? Want to learn more about the various law career paths you can pursue with a humanities and/or social sciences degree? Learn from various experts in the field how you can leverage your skills and transfer them into any career in law. You will have an opportunity to hear from alumni about their career trajectories and how you can maximize your undergraduate education to prepare you for a legal career after graduation. Location: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/events/1416682/share_preview
Attention transfer undergraduate students! Join us for an innovative workshop exploring alternative pathways to gaining valuable experience this summer. The Career Center aims to introduce you to resources like Forage and Parker Dewey, which offer non-traditional internship opportunities designed specifically for undergraduates. Discover how these platforms can help you develop essential skills, make meaningful connections, and explore potential career paths in a dynamic and flexible way. Moreover, this workshop will emphasize the importance of networking as you navigate your professional journey and identify your place in the world of work. By leaning into your transfer identity, you'll gain confidence in the unique perspectives and experiences you bring to the table, setting yourself up for success in your future career endeavors. Location: Conference Room A & B, 3rd Floor Strathmore Building
The personal statement can be an intimidating part of any scholarship application! In this workshop, you’ll learn brainstorming and writing techniques that can help focus and hone your writing skills for well-written scholarship statements and essays. Enrollment closes at 10:50am on the day of the workshop. Enrolled participants can access the Zoom link for this workshop in my.ucla.edu Academics -> Advising and Academic Services -> Workshops: https://be.my.ucla.edu/groupmanager/Events/Event/Reservations PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER FOR REMINDER EMAILS. At the beginning of the workshop, you must provide your UID number to verify your status as a UCLA student who is on the Workshop Roster. CSSE workshops are protected intellectual property and recording is not allowed.
In this UCLA Luskin Lecture, experts in housing and real estate will discuss what they and others are doing to address the challenges of limited wealth, investment, and ownership in Black communities, and to improve housing opportunities in those neighborhoods Housing and real estate development were instrumental in the concentration of Black disadvantage in U.S. cities. Government and private actors erected barriers to investment in Black communities and homeownership by Black households, producing a system that equates housing conditions with race. Now, many Black neighborhoods are locked in a downward spiral of devaluation, disinvestment, and deterioration. When investments are made, low homeownership rates in Black neighborhoods mean many longtime residents do not benefit from rising property values, and they are increasingly priced out of rental housing as well. This panel discussion will feature Devean George, a three-time NBA champion with the Lakers and current president of Building Blocks, a housing development company in Minneapolis; Malcolm Johnson, CEO of Langdon Park Capital, which invests in affordable and workforce housing in Black and Latino communities; and D’Angelos Svenkeson, CEO of NEOO Partners, a commercial real estate development and planning firm. In a session moderated by Professor Michael Lens, they will discuss the history of Black disadvantage in U.S. cities and provide real-world examples of how they and other Black leaders are investing in Black communities and housing. LOCATION National Center for the Preservation of Democracy Located across from the Japanese American National Museum GUIDELINES Admission is free, but registration is required for each attendee. TRANSIT and PARKING Public Transportation: Metro (Line A&E), Big Blue Bus (route 8), Culver City Bus (Line 6) Parking: Parking Lot 2 off E Temple St, $9 flat rate Parking Lot 7 off Judge John Aiso St, $7 flat rate Japanese Village Plaza Parking off S Central Ave Aiso Parking Garage off Judge John Aiso St Visit event page to view speaker biographies and walking instructions Location: National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at the Japanese American National Museum 100 North Central Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 United States
Join us for performances of original compositions by UCLA undergraduate composition students. Location: Schoenberg Hall
Friday,
May 10
Did you ever wonder what happens to the blood donated by students/faculty/staff at Ackerman? Now is your chance to find out when you join us for fascinating tour of our Component Processing Lab. You will see how donated blood is tested, processed, and prepared to be transfused to one of our patients. • Tour Location: CHS Building, UCLA Campus (we will meet at the Career Center, 2nd floor and walk to CHS) • Guide: Tom King, UCLA BPC • Tour time: 40 mins • More info: https://www.uclahealth.org/news/what-happens-your-blood-after-you-donate • Note: Space is limited to 15 attendees, so please email Tom King for further questions at tlking@mednet.ucla.edu • Can’t attend the tour? Consider a blood donation today! Location: Career Studio, 2nd Floor Strathmore Building
Join us for an afternoon of music and memories to celebrate UCLA’s acquisition and digitization of Rev. Shuichi Thomas Kurai’s audiovisual holdings. Rev. Tom was a well-known taiko teacher and performer in the greater Los Angeles area as well as a Soto Zen priest. Taiko is a tradition of Japanese drumming that is immensely popular in Japan, North America, and Europe. For Japanese Americans, taiko is a heritage practice and a site of intense contemporary creativity. Rev. Tom was known for both. We will share footage from his extensive personal video collection documenting forty years of his activities as a taiko master. His former student, ethnomusicologist Deborah Wong, will provide a short keynote, followed by taiko performances by the Taiko Center of Los Angeles (Rev. Tom’s ensemble, now led by Maceo Hernandez) and UC Riverside’s Senryu Taiko. Rev. Gyokei Yokoyama from Sozenji Buddhist Temple will provide a blessing. Also performing will be Terry Nguyen (UCR’s current taiko instructor) and Shih-Wei Wu (a former student of Rev. Tom’s). The Taiko Center of Los Angeles (TCLA) was founded by Reverend Shuichi Thomas Kurai in 1996. It members perform throughout Southern California, the U.S., and in Japan as well. Maceo Hernandez has served as its Artistic Director since 2018. Senryu Taiko is an intercollegiate Taiko group, meaning that it was founded and has been maintained by college students. There are countless other intercollegiate Taiko groups throughout North America, and nearly every University of California campus is home to an intercollegiate Taiko group. Senryu Taiko is composed of college students who have spent a year or more learning Taiko-playing techniques and applied those techniques to teaching newcomers and writing Taiko music exclusive to Senryu Taiko. One unique aspect of Senryu Taiko, an aspect that is rare amongst the intercollegiate Taiko community, is that members of the group build the Taiko used in rehearsal and performance. Thus, Senryu Taiko does not purchase professional, manufactured Taiko, but instead builds Taiko from scratch using wine-barrels and traditional Taiko-making techniques. Keynote Speaker: Deborah Wong Deborah Wong is an ethnomusicologist, Professor of Music at the University of California, Riverside, and the chair of UCR’s Department Ethnic Studies for AY 2023-24. She has written three books: Louder and Faster: Pain, Joy, and the Body Politic in Asian American Taiko (2019), Speak It Louder: Asian Americans Making Music (2004), and Sounding the Center: History and Aesthetics in Thai Buddhist Ritual (2001). She served as editor for Nobuko Miyamoto’s extraordinary memoir, Not Yo’ Butterfly: My Long Song of Relocation, Race, Love, and Revolution (2021). With Sherrie Tucker and Jeremy Wallach, she is a series editor for the Wesleyan University Press Music/Culture series. Active in public sector work at the national, state, and local levels, she serves on the boards of the Chinese American Museum DC and Great Leap. Her happiest hours of the week are spent going on air with her weekly radio show Gold Mountain for KUCR 88.3 FM in Riverside. She was a member of the Taiko Center of Los Angeles for many years and still dances bon-odori every summer in Southern California Obon gatherings. She worked with Garrett Kurai to house Rev. Tom Kurai’s extensive personal archive at UCR, UCLA, and the Japanese American National Museum. This event is co-sponsored by the UC Riverside Department of Music, the UCLA Center for Community Engagement, the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, the UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, and the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. Location: Lani Hall - Schoenberg Music Building
Drop-In with Josh(1PM - 3PM)
Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE staff! Whether you want to discuss campus mental health resources, get connected to CAPS, manage academic stress, or just need someone to talk to, we're here for you. Location: RISE Center - Lu Valle Commons
Attendees can take a FREE/ONLINE practice GRE test. Note: Once you register, you will have access to the free test for 3 months and you can take it at any time. REGISTER HERE: https://www.princetonreview.com/product/offerings/539980?z=96816 We want to make sure you know exactly how to access your test. To take the full-length practice test, you will want to log in to your Online Student Portal. To do this please follow the instructions below: 1. Go to www.princetonreview.com 2. Click “Sign In” the upper right-hand corner. Enter email address. 3. Enter your password. a. If you have participated in a practice test before, you may have to create a new account using a different email address and sign up for a practice test through the free events page (www.princetonreview.com/freeevents). All of our free practice tests are the same version. More versions of our practice tests are available with our test prep courses. 4. Once signed in you will be directed to the “Test Prep Student Tools” page. This is identifiable by the large “HI (your name)!”. 5. Click on the “Open” on the Free Practice Test for the appropriate test type. 6. Click "Target Scores" on the right side of the screen to set your score goals (optional). 7. Click “Launch Practice Test”. 8. Choose timing option for the test. 9. “TIMED” will simulate standard time and a more realistic score. 10. Click “Start Exam” Once you’ve completed your practice test, you will receive a detailed score report with full answers and explanations. Good Luck! Location: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/events/1508043/share_preview
Join UCLA Film & Television Archive for a special double feature – Golden Gate Girls by S. Louisa Wei and The World of Dong Kingman by James Wong Howe document the lives and work of Chinese American artists. Location: Billy Wilder Theater - Hammer Museum
Saturday,
May 11
Bruin Day is an exclusive, annual event designed for admitted transfer students and their families to learn about our world-class academic programs, research opportunities, financial aid and campus resources. You can also take guided campus tours, explore housing, connect with fellow students and experience Bruin life. UCLA is yours to discover!
This Asian Pacific American History Month, we invite grades 7-12 teachers, education administrators, and community members to join us as we explore the necessity of solidarity in Ethnic Studies implementation and preview UCLA's ongoing project: Foundations and Futures: Asian American and Pacific Islander Multimedia Textbook. Location: 3201 West 8th Street Los Angeles, CA 90005
First To Go will be presenting and tabling at UCLA Bruin Day. and event aimed at incoming students. Feel free to prepare any questions you may have, we are excited to share first-generation student information with incoming students. We are looking forward to seeing you there!