What We've Learned - UC San Diego Student Affairs

SPRING QUARTER 2023

Weeks 3-4: Brick sans edition.

Oh hi, WWL-eakers!

We don’t normally ask much – other than, you know, indulging our bi-weekly foray into multiple-entendre and punning wordplay – so we’d like to get this quick request in tout suite:

With Student Affairs Staff Appreciation Week kicking off on May 1, if there’s a Student Affairs professional who’s made a positive impact on your experience at UC San Diego – please let them know. They’ll appreciate that you appreciate them. And you could get a pin.

Here's What We’ve Learned since the last time we rubbed off on your inboxes.

Enjoy, be safe, and stay kind to one another. - Ian

Words on the street.

Tomorrow marks the official opening of your favorite road-paved-with-letters, KAHNOP • TO TELL A STORY, the newest Stuart Collection artwork featuring 1,300 quote fragments on bricks that make up an 800-foot-long entryway to campus.

Here’s the rub. You’re invited to join us for a free celebration event on Saturday, April 29 from 2–4 p.m. – including family-friendly activities like stone rubbing, a panel with several of our Kumeyaay scholars, and more.

Star-spangled banger.

Been working on a ‘tight five’ at open mics around town? You’re in luck. We’re still accepting applications through May 1 from Class of ‘23 graduates to be our student keynote speaker at all-campus Commencement on June 17.

Spittin’ (stars and) bars. And hey, if you’ve got what it takes to belt out F.S. Key’s 1814 bop in front of 10K classmates – more power to you! Applications to sing the national anthem are open until midnight on May 14.

Quick Hits and Bits

May the Fourth.
Be with us next Thursday, May 4 for a free screening of Rogue One at the Epstein Family Amphitheater, complete with some live, sci-fi-inspired tunes by the Millennial Falcons – who, as you can imagine, have just jumped to the top of our “Bands with Star Wars Puns in their name” list.