A diverse range of signs are scattered across UCLA’s 419-acre campus, from murals to traffic markers.
But behind the scenes, workers at UCLA’s sign shop spend weeks in the basement of the Facilities Management building creating the signs that guide students, faculty and visitors.

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About 10 miles away from campus, staff at UCLA’s waterfront recreation center are providing a natural escape for students and veterans.

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Samantha Calvillo, a therapist and crisis counselor at UCLA’s Rape Treatment Center, is used to 2 a.m. wake up calls.

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Danny Martinez worked administrative roles at California State University, Long Beach and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona for several years.

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Most UCLA students dread taking 8 a.m. lectures – the earliest courses UCLA offers.
But by 7:30 a.m., John Cluff – the manager of the Mildred E.

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It was lightly raining when Ebony Moore – a customer relations agent at UCLA’s Trouble Call Desk – arrived at her office in the UCLA Facilities Management building.

Student employees at UCLA’s Housing Mail Center sort and distribute everything Bruins receive, from musical instruments to couches to electric scooters.
Arianna Benton, a third-year English student, said she has been a mailroom clerk since fall 2023.

Beep, click, slam.
Then-newly hired nurse Kemi Reeves sat alone in her car, processing her first day of work. That day, she saw nurses managing very sick patients – patients who at smaller hospitals would be in intensive care units but were placed into her intermediate care unit at UCLA, she said.

Martin Castillo set his hands on the rubber handles of a ground drill. He was hunched over, his blue uniform slick with sweat. The roar of the drill throbbed against his eardrums as it dug into the dirt slowly.

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From passing out kindness bracelets to listening to people share their grief, BruinBus drivers do more than transport students to class.