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Permanent ink: K Tak brings tattooing to UCLA Extension

K Tak knows that there is a certain baggage that comes with tattoo art. It is often confined to the corners of society, covered up when in company, and somewhat opaque to the average person. "But tattoo art has 5,300 years of history," she added. "And ...

Clifford Brooks creates community in the classroom and in life

Clifford Brooks wears many hats — poet, editor in chief, podcaster, head of a writers collective and UCLA Extension instructor. Through those endeavors he has created a community for himself as a writer, fostering projects across professions and ...

Keith Jefferies stays one step ahead of computer technology

Keith Jefferies has witnessed a lot of change during his 46-year career in computer science at UCLA Extension. From programming in the age before the internet, teaching online classes through chat forums, to learning how to teach software development ...

Their business is organization

Krissy Warlich and Cara Sandoval have been best friends since high school. They went to community college together. And they even earned certificates from UCLA Extension just one year apart from one another. This year, they decided to embark on the ...

The modern classroom and encroaching technologies

Sean Van Aacken has always been driven to help others succeed. Since his early days at McDonald's, to his current role as a leading expert at UCLA Extension on education strategy, Van Aacken has placed an emphasis on building relationships and ...

UCLA Extension alumni full of holiday cheer

Dozens of UCLA Extension alumni gathered to ring in the holiday season and reflect on a year of professional growth. The Second Annual UCLA Extension Alumni Holiday Mixer took place on Dec. 12 at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center on campus. Alumni ...

UCLA Downtown brings Art Deco history to life

Purchased by UCLA in 2023, UCLA Downtown originally housed the Title Insurance and Trust Company, which erected the Art Deco building in 1928. Since then, its uses have fluctuated - at one point a design center, later a garment manufacturing and most ...

Putting the personal in personal finance

Jeff DeLarme watched his father sometimes work 80 hours a week as a Xerox repairman to make a better life for his family. The way his parents thought about money had a lasting impact on a young DeLarme, who grew up wanting to help other families make ...

Surviving the Los Angeles fires through the power of the pen

When fire took her townhome, UCLA Extension instructor Nancy Spiller turned to the one respite she has leaned on throughout her life - putting pen to paper. Spiller is a big believer in the therapeutic nature of creativity in the wake of trauma and ...

Scott Edwards sees the big picture with entertainment marketing

NOTE: Scott Edwards will be moderating a special event at the Bruin Collaborative in UCLA Downtown on Thursday, Nov. 20. From Buzz to Binge: How Creative Teams Build Assets that Drive Demand will gather executives from Fox Sports, Tubi Media Group, ...
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