Illustration by Julie Phan, Class of 2025
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Orange County Bruins: OC Bruins Hiking at Caspers Wilderness Park
Sat 5/9 • 8AM PDT
Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park • San Juan Capistrano
Join your fellow Bruins for a morning hike at Caspers Wilderness Park in San Juan Capistrano. We will be hiking the East Ridge/Cougar Pass/Bell Canyon loop. Total mileage is 5.4 miles with 721ft elevation gain. This trail is rated as Moderate. Total time is estimated 2-3 hours.
Monday May 11
Dialoguing with your Instructional Team about AI (Online)
Mon 5/11 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
This Zoom workshop supports faculty and graduate student instructors in designing an AI policy for their course. Participants will discuss benefits and risks of GenAI use in education, before exploring their own perspectives from their disciplinary and instructional context. Finally, participants will work together to draft some guidelines for AI use in a course they may teach in the future. This workshop is designed for all instructors, including faculty and graduate students. Please contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.
Health & Wellbeing Drop-ins
Mon 5/11 • 1PM - 3PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE Health and Wellbeing Coordinator! 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.
Bookmark Making Night
Mon 5/11 • 6PM - 7PM PDT
Kerckhoff 128
Create your own bookmark for your studies or your summer reads. Expect drop in crafting with snacks.
Tuesday May 12
Locks of Love
Tue 5/12 • 10AM PDT
James West Alumni Center •
Join ASC for a good cause. Get a free haircut by donating your hair to women and children that have suffered from medical hair loss
10 + 10 Pop-Up Series: Improving AI Prompts to Create Meaningful Assessments
Tue 5/12 • 10AM - 10:20AM PDT RSVP
In this session, explore practical strategies for improving AI prompts to generate higher-quality classroom assessments. We’ll share a structured approach to prompt design, highlight common pitfalls, and offer tips and tricks to produce sensible assessment items. Presenter: Kevin Chan, Associate Instructional Designer, Instructional Design and Media Production #practical-strategies #improving-ai-prompt-design #generate-classroom-assessment Each academic quarter, the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) hosts a weekly series of 10+10 Pop-Up sessions on Zoom. These brief, 10-minute presentations focus on specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and assessment, and are led by instructional designers and developers from TLC and campus partners. The “+10” refers to an optional 10-minute discussion following each presentation, where participants can ask questions and share insights. These sessions are open to all UCLA instructors—including faculty, lecturers, instructors of record, graduate student instructors, and postdoctoral scholars. Please direct any inquiries to instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu.
Health & Wellbeing Drop-ins
Tue 5/12 • 11AM - 1PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE Health and Wellbeing Coordinator! 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.
Movement and Meditation
Tue 5/12 • 1:15PM - 2PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Beginner-friendly stretching and meditation with UCLA Rec Instructor Binny. All equipment provided (yoga mats, blocks).
Colors and Connection Film Series
Tue 5/12 • 4PM - 5PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Join a fun, free Campus Unlonely Films workshop! Watch powerful short fims, express yourself creatively, and connect through conversations. All students welcome -- no art or film background required.
Grads Just Want to Have Fun
Tue 5/12 • 4PM - 6PM PDT
GSRC (SAC B11) & Student Activities Center, Room 4
Join us for a fun filled event featuring tote bag painting, stress ball making, aromatherapy, and more! Enjoy some delicious food on us!
Letters of Congratulations with CCCP & TSC
Tue 5/12 • 5PM - 6PM PDT
Kerckhoff 128
Write letters of congratulations to newly admitted transfer students. Hosted by Center for Community College Partnerships & Transfer Student Center. There will be stationary, writing supplies & prompts and cookies. Bring the good vibes & your celebratory sentiments for admits.
Senior Talk
Tue 5/12 • 5PM - 6PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Join a welcoming, judgment-free space for graduating seniors to unwind, share their anxieties, and navigate the excitement and uncertainty of transitioning beyond college together.
Alumni Mentor Program: Dinner in the Dorms
Tue 5/12 • 5:30PM PDT
De Neve Commons Residential Restaurant •
Join us for a celebration of Bruin community and successful mentorship, and enjoy a shared meal with other members of the 2025-26 Alumni Mentor Program cohort. Following the meal, we encourage mentors and students to attend the My Last Lecture event together at 7 p.m. in De Neve Auditorium.
The Classroom – Millennial Leadership: What Is Leadership?
Tue 5/12 • 5:30PM - 7PM PDT
Zoom
The Millennial Leadership course provides practical skills and builds confidence in key leadership areas, including effective delegation, managing former peers, conflict resolution, mitigating impostor syndrome, and navigating ambiguity.
UCLA Affordability Workshop (Spanish Session)
Tue 5/12 • 6PM - 7PM PDT RSVP
(Sesión en Español!) Únase a Ayuda Financiera y Becas de UCLA para un taller interactivo diseñado para ayudar a los estudiantes recién admitidos y a sus familias a comprender mejor su oferta de ayuda financiera y el costo neto estimado de asistencia. Durante este taller práctico de una hora, un experto en ayuda financiera de UCLA le guiará a través de las partes clave de su Carta de Ayuda Financiera, explicará los diferentes tipos de asistencia financiera ofrecidos y le enseñará cómo calcular de forma más precisa cuánto podría costarle a su familia asistir a UCLA después de tomar en cuenta subvenciones, becas y otros apoyos.
My Last Lecture
Tue 5/12 • 7PM PDT
De Neve Plaza Room • Los Angeles CA
On Tuesday, May 12, the Alumni Scholars Club and UCLA Residential Life will host a ceremony to award her the honor and she will present a lecture that will answer the question: "What would you tell your audience if this was your last lecture on Earth?"
Wednesday May 13
Thriving in the Gap: How to Make the Most of a Survival Job Without Getting Stuck Featuring Markell Morris
Wed 5/13 • 12PM PDT
Zoom
Many professionals take “bridge” jobs out of necessity, after a layoff, career disruption or while re-tooling for more meaningful work. While these roles can provide stability, they can also quietly stall long-term career progress. In this practical, experience-based webinar, career counselor Markell R. Morris, MA, NCC, DCC shares real-world strategies drawn directly from job seekers who successfully used survival jobs as stepping stones, rather than dead ends. Participants will learn how to reframe their mindset, leverage everyday work experiences and strengthen their network to intentionally plan their next move and avoid burning out or losing momentum. This session is ideal for mid-career and late-career professionals navigating transition, as well as recent graduates balancing financial realities with long-term career goals.
Health & Wellbeing Drop-ins
Wed 5/13 • 1PM - 3PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE Health and Wellbeing Coordinator! 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.
Campus Community Conversation about our True Bruin Values: Share your Voice!
Wed 5/13 • 4PM - 5:30PM PDT RSVP
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Join us for a campuswide conversation designed to bring together students, staff and faculty in meaningful dialogue around the draft refreshed values. These gatherings are an opportunity to share perspectives, listen deeply and strengthen our sense of connection across the UCLA community. Read more about the True Bruin Values Refresh and check out the draft values here: https://truebruin.ucla.edu/
Queer Creative Writing Space
Wed 5/13 • 4PM - 5:30PM PDT RSVP
LGBTQ Campus Resource Center
The Queer Creative Writing Space meets bi-weekly during the academic year. This space is for writers of all backgrounds and experience levels who would like to stretch their creative writing muscles and meet other writers!
Ace and Aro Space
Wed 5/13 • 4PM - 6PM PDT RSVP
LGBTQ Campus Resource Center
The Ace and Aro Space is a weekly dialogue and affinity space wanting to build community or learn more about the asexual and/or aromantic spectrums.
Books & Bonding
Wed 5/13 • 5PM - 6PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Love books? Care about mental health? Crave good convos with great people? You’re in the right place! Books and Bonding is a weekly club that meets to discuss ideas around improving resilience and create a community of resilient Bruins.
Sacramento Network: UoBruin Trivia Night!
Wed 5/13 • 6:30PM PDT
University of Beer - Roseville • Roseville CA
Put your knowledge to the test (with other Bruins) at Trivia Night, hosted every Wednesday at UOB (there are multiple locations). Prizes are given to winning teams!
Thursday May 14
Orange County Network: UC Alumni: Trivia Night
Thu 5/14 • 8AM - 5PM PDT
6 Executive Circle • Irvine CA
Come join us for UC Alumni Trivia Night and see how much of that lecture hall knowledge, late-night cramming, and exam-season survival instinct is still tucked away in your brain. Alumni from UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UCLA, and UC San Diego are coming together for a fun night of trivia, teamwork, and UC pride. Whether you were a front-row note taker, a study-group regular, or someone who somehow always pulled it together by finals week, this is your chance to put that college knowledge to use. Grab some friends, form a team, and compete for prizes, bragging rights, and the satisfaction of knowing those tuition dollars taught you something. We’ll have light food and drinks to keep everyone fueled between rounds. Come ready to think fast, laugh a lot, and represent the best of the University of California alumni community.
Accessibility and Universal Design in post-pandemic higher education classrooms
Thu 5/14 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
Pritzker 1531
The learners, technologies, and policies educators must consider in a post-pandemic setting may seem overwhelming, while also offering instructors new opportunities to review, reflect, and restock their pedagogical toolkit. In this workshop, we will present key findings on the post-COVID students in higher education. Using these data, participants will discuss case studies and consider a range of practical, evidence-based practices to engage learners. Topics will include digital accessibility (including current requirements) and University Design for Learning.
Bi+ Space
Thu 5/14 • 4PM - 6PM PDT RSVP
LGBTQ Campus Resource Center
As we approach the end of the school year, join the LGBTQ CRC for a social space for decompression and to celebrate bi+ identities! Whether you identify under the bi+ umbrella (including bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, bigender, biromantic, etc.) or are interested in learning more about bi+ identities, all are welcome to join us in discussing cultivating queer joy and hang out with other bi+ individuals. Snacks, arts and crafts supplies, and games will be provided. RSVP to celebrate bi+ joy!
South Bay Book Club - May
Thu 5/14 • 7PM PDT
Hybrid: In-person or via Zoom •
Come join Bruin Alumni and Friends for a fun and relaxing discussion of books. We try to curate a wide variety of genres (all recommended by our own members) to accommodate all tastes and to encourage each other to read something we wouldn't on our own. We would love to have you join us. All are welcome! May: A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. Please email bkronbeck@social.rr.com to be added to the waitlist for the South Bay Book Club.
Friday May 15
Men's Rowing vs American Collegiate Rowing Association National Championship
Fri 5/15
Oak Ridge, TN
American Collegiate Rowing Association National Championship (ACRA)
QTBIPOC Space
Fri 5/15 • 3:30PM - 4:30PM PDT
LGBTQ Campus Resource Center
The QTBIPOC Space is an intentional space for all folks of different and similar lived experiences to build community, decompress, and practice collective care.