Sep 17, 2020 | Feature Articles, Success Stories
The Writers’ program is thrilled to announce the latest recipients of the Phyllis Gebauer Scholarship in Writing. This year was one of our strongest years for qualified applicants, and we are very excited for these passionate students to embark on a writing...
Sep 10, 2020 | Success Stories
Former student Paria Hassouri has just released her debut memoir. Of the experience, she says, “I’m a pediatrician and mother of three who took my first UCLA extension class in September 2018, and now just two years later, I am a published author. My book,...
Aug 20, 2020 | Feature Articles, Success Stories
This past weekend, the Entertainment Studies program held their fifth annual FilmFest celebrating student filmmakers. Like most film festivals, this was originally planned as an in-person event with film screenings, panels, and a networking party, however the...
Aug 13, 2020 | Success Stories
Current Certificate student Renata Khoshroo Louwers’ essay, “Renounce and Abjure All Allegiance” was included in the anthology, My Shadow Is My Skin: Voices from the Iranian Diaspora, published by the University of Texas Press in March 2020. About her essay, Renata...
Aug 6, 2020 | Success Stories
Former student Hamilton Mitchell recently won first place in Fade In’s Comedy Screenplay Competition. Of his experience, Hamilton says, “I was just a working actor when I started and made the same mistakes a lot of beginners do — I assumed I knew how to write,...
Jul 30, 2020 | Success Stories
Current Certificate student Maggie Morris had a personal essay published earlier this year. Maggie says, ““Hyena,” my personal essay published by Entropy this past April, confronts the culpability of women in the age of #metoo. Structured through manic Google search...
