Monthly Archives: April 2021

HÉCTOR CALDERÓN WAS 19 IN 1965, when he was hired to help compile what would later become the Archive of Healing. He had entered the University of California Los Angeles hoping to become an accountant. That all changed when he started working for Professor Wayland Hand, the Director of UCLA’s Center for the Study of Comparative…

Dear S&P Graduating Seniors, Our Dept is happy to announce that we now have our Dept sash available in the online Graduation Store (Bruin Custom Print) for you to order. Order our Dept sash and patch here. At this link you will find the form to order your sash and also to add our Senior Class Seal Design patch…

Maxwell Gordy | April 20, 2021 Shirley Arora, professor emerita in the UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese, died March 23 in Lake Oswego, Oregon. She was 90. During her 37-year career at UCLA, Arora became the first woman to chair the Spanish and Portuguese department, a position she held for 10 years. She was a…

TO OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS ON GRADUATE APPRECIATION DAY It is that time for Graduate Student Appreciation Day And on this topic, we all have a great deal to say. You came to us from many different world parts, You came to study literature, culture, and the arts. You came to work hard and show your…

“Congratulations to Jaelen Cruz on winning the 2021 Senior Class Seal Design Award!! – This seal is now available for purchase online via Bruin Custom Print to have it included in your Class of 2021 sash. Order our Dept Seal Design here: https://www.bruincustomprint.com/ucla_spanish_portuguese/shop/home ~ student short bio ~ B.A. Spanish, University of California, Los Angeles (2021)…

Dolores Huerta is a labor leader and community organizer. She has worked civil rights and social justice for over 50 years. In 1962 she and Cesar Chavez founded the United Farm Workers union. She served as vice-president and played a critical role in many of the union’s accomplishments for four decades. In 2002, she received…