Continuing education division focuses on new initiatives and growth. LOS ANGELES, CA – (December 10, 2020) – Patricia Galea joins the leadership team at UCLA Extension as the Executive Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing. She leads the communications and marketing initiatives for the division across programs in the arts, business, management and legal programs,…
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Perla Hernandez Lastra, Sr. Project Manager at S.L. Leonard & Associates and UCLA Extension Instructor, Earns Honor
S.L. Leonard & Associates, a comprehensive real estate development and project management firm with offices in Camarillo and Long Beach, announces its senior project manager, Perla Hernandez Lastra, has been named a winner in the Engineering News-Record’s Top Young Professionals Contest for 2018. This annual program honors individuals under the age of 40 who have…
Screenwriter and Writers’ Program Instructor Abdi Nazemian to Speak at Writers’ Conference
The 7th Annual Canyon Crest Academy Writers’ Conference will be held on Saturday, Feb. 24, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. High school students from all over San Diego County are welcome to this event, the only free writing conference for high school students in the U.S. Every year, over 200 students attend from Chula Vista to…
UCLA Extension Film Scoring Instructor, Cameron Patrick, Named AFTRS Head of Music
Annie Award nominee and AGSC Screen Music Award winner Cameron Patrick has been named the new head of music at the Australian Film Television & Radio School (AFTRS). Patrick’s career in screen as a composer and orchestrator has spanned almost 30 years, with credits that include Spider-man: Homecoming, Zootopia, Jurassic World and Inside Out. Patrick is a graduate of the…
Exclusive Interview with David Misch: Veteran Comedy Writer, Performer & Teacher
David Misch has been a comic folksinger, stand-up comedian and screenwriter; his credits include the multiple-Emmy-nominated “Mork and Mindy”, the Emmy-losing “Duckman”, the Emmy-ignored “Police Squad!”, the Emmy-engorged “Saturday Night Live”, and the Emmy-ineligible “The Muppets Take Manhattan”. David’s written Funny: The Book and A Beginner’s Guide To Corruption; he blogs for The Huffington Post,…
Must-Attend Class on Music Law Returns to UCLA
“Tort reform is easy, it’s learning the guitar solo on ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ that’s hard,” says entertainment lawyer Dina LaPolt. For the past 17 years LaPolt has taught Los Angeles’ most in-demand music industry class: “Legal and Practical Aspects of the Music Business,” a UCLA extension course which, despite its paint-drying title, has become a breeding…