graduation

To many in leadership roles at universities, higher education is facing an inflection point. Conversations about what education can and should be are permeating the culture, and leaders are having high level discussions about what comes next. There is ...

Just outside of UCLA's Pauley Pavilion, Jasmine Kayla Rivers-Mendez was preparing for her big day. Surrounded by her grandparents, uncle, cousin and boyfriend, she smiled as she fidgeted with her graduation cap and prepared herself to walk into the ...

Patrese Winter Calheiros has pondered what he will leave behind for the next generations. A positive legacy is important to him, and after completing the UCLA Extension Landscape Architecture Certificate Program, he believes he is set up to start ...

Throughout her life, Mia Goldman has always been curious about the law - the laws regulating her father's small business, the laws that have held the United States together since its founding and most definitely the laws she needs to know to be an ...

When Atithi Multani was looking for a second chance to make good on her dreams of becoming a doctor, she enrolled in UCLA Extension's Pre-Medical and General Science Studies Certificate Program. The courses prepared her for the Medical College ...

Arriving from Germany, Angel Hass was not expecting to find a home in Los Angeles. She was a dancer and had hoped to open a ballet school in her native country. When that fizzled out, she decided to give the United States a try. Growing up, she and ...

Entrepreneur, author and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang will serve as keynote speaker at the 2026 UCLA Extension Certificate Graduation Ceremony on June 15. Yang rose to national prominence during his campaign for president in 2020, helping ...

For as long as she can remember, Army veteran Ineka Smith has always enjoyed working with computers, but she has never found the right moment to pivot her career toward that passion - until now. Through UCLA VetJET (Veterans Job, Education & ...

As the announcer called each graduate to the podium, cheers echoed and bounced throughout UCLA's Pauley Pavilion - a call and response among family and friends there to celebrate the UCLA Extension Certificate Graduation Ceremony. Approximately 900 ...

Ho Yun Kang has been on his own for about as long as he can remember. Born in Seoul, South Korea, he convinced his parents to let him go to school in the U.S. by himself when he was 14. More than a decade later, with stops along the way on the East ...