Week 2
Monday January 12
Language Exchange Program Applications
Mon 1/12
Are you working on learning a new language? Do you want to take what you're learning in the classroom a step further? The Language Exchange program connects language learners together to improve their conversation skills and meet people from around the world. Language Exchange is open to members of the UCLA community and all language levels!
Instructor Training & Drop-In for myCAE
Mon 1/12 • 10AM - 11AM PST RSVP
Training and drop-in session for instructors to learn more about myCAE, outline how to access and navigate the myCAE Instructor Portal, and provide opportunity to troubleshoot any brief questions around instructors' use of myCAE.
Student Drop-In for myCAE
Mon 1/12 • 12PM - 1PM PST
Drop-in session for students to troubleshoot brief questions about their use of myCAE.
Student Experiences of Teaching Weekly Drop-In Hours
Mon 1/12 • 3PM - 4PM PST
Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Ed.D., (she/her), Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3:00-4:00 pm Fridays: 12:00-1:00 pm Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2:00-3:00 pm Fridays: 9:00-10:00 am
Student Training for myCAE
Mon 1/12 • 3PM - 4PM PST RSVP
Training and drop-in session for students to learn more about myCAE, outline how to access and navigate their myCAE Portal, and provide an opportunity to troubleshoot any brief questions around students' use of myCAE.
Tuesday January 13
10 + 10 Pop-Up Series: Saving Time with Alternative Assessment Strategies
Tue 1/13 • 10AM - 10:20AM PST RSVP
What if you could grade less, while still providing students with meaningful assessment experiences? This session explores how alternative assessment strategies—such as completion grading, peer and self-assessment, and “ungrading”— can ease your grading burden while supporting students in developing key skills. Presenter: Sammy Solis, Assistant Director for Teaching Development, Instructor Engagement and Educational Development #alternativeassessment #ungrading #efficientgrading 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.
Developing an AI Course Policy (In-person workshop)
Tue 1/13 • 12PM - 1PM PST RSVP
Powell Library, Room 190
This workshop provides space for participants to reflect on the impact of GenAI on their disciplines and professions. Following an overview of UCLA data about how students are using GenAI, participants will discuss the pros and cons of GenAI use in education. Afterwards, participants will draft a deliverable tailored to their teaching context, such as a syllabus statement, a revised assignment prompt that integrates or speaks to GenAI, or a communication plan for addressing GenAI in their course. Participants will peruse examples of each before working to give each other feedback in small groups. This session is designed for faculty, including professors, lecturers, and adjunct instructors. This workshop will be hosted in-person and facilitated by the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). Please contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.
Speaking Across Conflict Workshop for Staff and Faculty
Tue 1/13 • 12PM - 2:30PM PST RSVP
The Dialogue across Difference Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for staff, administrators, and faculty to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences. Based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication, this workshop will allow participants to practice speaking about divisive political topics using effective skills. The session will be highly interactive, and we ask that participants be present for its entirety.
Speaking Across Conflict Workshop for Faculty and Staff
Tue 1/13 • 12PM - 2:30PM PST RSVP
Location shared upon RSVP
The Dialogue across Difference Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for staff, administrators, and faculty to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences. Based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication, this workshop will allow participants to practice speaking about divisive political topics using effective skills. The session will be highly interactive, and we ask that participants be present for its entirety.
Student Experiences of Teaching Weekly Drop-In Hours
Tue 1/13 • 2PM - 3PM PST
Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Ed.D., (she/her), Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3:00-4:00 pm Fridays: 12:00-1:00 pm Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2:00-3:00 pm Fridays: 9:00-10:00 am
Instructor Training & Drop-In for myCAE
Tue 1/13 • 3PM - 4PM PST RSVP
Training and drop-in session for instructors to learn more about myCAE, outline how to access and navigate the myCAE Instructor Portal, and provide opportunity to troubleshoot any brief questions around instructors' use of myCAE.
Student Training for myCAE
Tue 1/13 • 6PM - 7PM PST RSVP
Training and drop-in session for students to learn more about myCAE, outline how to access and navigate their myCAE Portal, and provide an opportunity to troubleshoot any brief questions around students' use of myCAE.
Wednesday January 14
Instructor Training & Drop-In for myCAE
Wed 1/14 • 10AM - 11AM PST RSVP
Training and drop-in session for instructors to learn more about myCAE, outline how to access and navigate the myCAE Instructor Portal, and provide opportunity to troubleshoot any brief questions around instructors' use of myCAE.
Student Drop-In for myCAE
Wed 1/14 • 12PM - 1PM PST
Drop-in session for students to troubleshoot brief questions about their use of myCAE.
Leaders 2 Leaders: UCLA ONE
Wed 1/14 • 4PM PST
Zoom
Join us for our first Leaders 2 Leaders session of 2026! Learn how to maximize your network’s impact using UCLA’s official career development platform, which connects you with 75,000+ alumni and professionals worldwide. In this session, you will learn how to: • Discover potential speakers and event attendees • Offer mentorship and professional development to students • Connect with and recruit UCLA alumni to your network • Post jobs and events • Build a robust online community
Thursday January 15
Student Drop-In for myCAE
Thu 1/15 • 12PM - 1PM PST
Drop-in session for students to troubleshoot brief questions about their use of myCAE.
Bruin Love Station
Thu 1/15 • 12PM - 3PM PST
Intramural Field Southeast Gates
The Bruin Love Station (BLS) is mobile cart that offers free safer-sex supplies, Narcan, fentanyl test strips and opportunities for students to converse with trained peers and professional staff.
Friday January 16
Student Experiences of Teaching Weekly Drop-In Hours
Fri 1/16 • 9AM - 10AM PST
Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Ed.D., (she/her), Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3:00-4:00 pm Fridays: 12:00-1:00 pm Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2:00-3:00 pm Fridays: 9:00-10:00 am
Avoiding Plagiarism Workshop
Fri 1/16 • 11AM - 12PM PST
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. ZOOM. Register through MyEvents on MyUCLA.
Student Drop-In for myCAE
Fri 1/16 • 12PM - 1PM PST
Drop-in session for students to troubleshoot brief questions about their use of myCAE.
Student Experiences of Teaching Weekly Drop-In Hours
Fri 1/16 • 12PM - 1PM PST
Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Ed.D., (she/her), Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3:00-4:00 pm Fridays: 12:00-1:00 pm Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2:00-3:00 pm Fridays: 9:00-10:00 am
The Story of a Small Town
Fri 1/16 • 7:30PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
In-person: Introduction by guest programmer Janet Louie, Ph.D. candidate, Harvard University. Pre-screening Q&A with Louie and Kurt Wong (UCLA ’90), grandson of Tony Quon and Margaret Lew, owners of the Sing Lee Theatre. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. The Story of a Small Town ????, Taiwan, 1979 A man (Kenny Bee) recently released from prison falls in love with a mute woman (Joan Lin) in this classic wenyi film. Wenyi, often translated as “melodrama,” refers to a tradition in Chinese cinema dating back to the 1920s. Characterized by their modern, cosmopolitan sensibility, the wenyi or “literary-art” films of 1970s Taiwan were especially popular among diasporic audiences across Asia and North America. The film’s lasting legacy, however, is its soundtrack — featuring Teresa Teng, whose theme song “Small Town Story” became one of the first major pop hits to enter Mainland China after its 1978 economic opening.—guest programmer Janet Louie DCP, color, in Mandarin with English subtitles, 94 min. Director: Lee Hsing. Screenwriter: Chang Yung-hsiang. With: Kenny Bee, Joan Lin, Ko Hsiang-ting. Part of: Echoes from Spring Street: The World of Sing Lee and Chinese-Language Cinema in L.A.
Saturday January 17
Orange County Network: Volunteer at PATH Soup Kitchen
Sat 1/17 • 11:30AM PST
Path • Santa Ana
The OC Bruins Alumni are proud to partner with PATH (People Assisting the Homeless) for a hands-on volunteer event at their Soup Kitchen. Our team will help prepare and serve warm meals to residents living at PATH’s homeless shelter, neighbors in our community who are working toward stability and permanent housing. PATH is a leading nonprofit dedicated to ending homelessness across California, serving more than 28,000 people annually. In Orange County alone, PATH supported 2,094 individuals last year and helped 314 people secure stable housing. Their Santa Ana meal program, part of PATH’s larger PATH Cooks initiative, provides hundreds of meals daily and relies heavily on volunteers to meet the needs of those they serve. By joining together for this event, the OC Bruins Alumni community would be helping extend compassion, dignity, and support to unhoused individuals in our region, making a meaningful impact right here in Orange County. Must sign waiver after signing up: [https://pathhr.na1.echosign.com/public/esignWidget?wid=CBFCIBAA3AAABLblqZhCe1mLBgIj8h0XUvJuRkwx5Gh0TP-](https://pathhr.na1.echosign.com/public/esignWidget?wid=CBFCIBAA3AAABLblqZhCe1mLBgIj8h0XUvJuRkwx5Gh0TP-_yZrgjL60Emlv_WU9U099mZI4WcT5XVwrcknM*) [\_yZrgjL60Emlv\_WU9U099mZI4WcT5XVwrcknM\*](https://pathhr.na1.echosign.com/public/esignWidget?wid=CBFCIBAA3AAABLblqZhCe1mLBgIj8h0XUvJuRkwx5Gh0TP-_yZrgjL60Emlv_WU9U099mZI4WcT5XVwrcknM*)
A Nice Place / Parasite
Sat 1/17 • 7:30PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. A Nice Place South Korea, 2009 For a decade, sociologist-turned-filmmaker Cho Uhn follows four generations of a family repeatedly displaced from Seoul’s hillside slum of Daldongne. Through grandma (halmeoni in Korean) Jung, the family’s emotional anchor, the film traces their struggle for stability amid demolition and redevelopment. Both ethnographic and experimental, this documentary exposes how urban poverty persists across generations in a rapidly modernizing Korea. A Nice Place premiered at the 2009 Seoul International Women’s Film Festival. Digital, color, 90 min. Directors: Cho Uhn, Park Kyoung-tae. Parasite South Korea, 2019 Bong Joon-ho’s masterpiece peels back layers of class, envy and survival with surgical precision. Following the resourceful working-class Kim family as they infiltrate a wealthy household, this Academy Award–winning film morphs seamlessly from social satire to psychological thriller to tragedy. Through breathtaking use of vertical space — from the custom-built sets of a decrepit basement apartment to the lofty heights of a hilltop mansion — Bong crafts a searing portrait of inequality, where aspiration inevitably curdles into horror and the dream of upward mobility becomes a slippery slope of epic proportions. DCP, color, 132 min. Director/Screenwriter: Bong Joon-ho. With: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam. —Public Programmer Beandrea July Part of: (Dis)placement: Fluctuations of Home, Part II