Rep. Ted Lieu to Deliver 2021 Commencement Address May 4, 2021
U.S. Representative Ted Lieu (D-California) will deliver the keynote address to the UCLA School of Law Class of 2021 at the law school’s virtual commencement ceremony on May 21.
Rep. Lieu is the congressman who represents UCLA and surrounding neighborhoods in Washington, and he has visited UCLA and the law school several times since his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014. He is admired as one of the staunchest advocates for civil rights, the environment, and issues surrounding technology, among many other things.
Before entering politics, Lieu was an active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force, in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, and he currently serves as a colonel in the Reserves. His distinguished record includes a clerkship on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, work as a litigator at Munger, Tolles & Olson, and terms as a member of the California State Senate, State Assemb
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When photographer Sophie Park approached BU’s Collegiate Recovery Program (CRP) last year about creating a photo gallery of students fighting substance use, it was a no-brainer. “It’s important for the CRP to promote awareness about addiction and recovery, to help create a collegiate atmosphere at BU where students in recovery are welcome and can thrive, ” says Sarah Voorhees, Student Health Services assistant director of substance use, recovery, and sexual well-being.
Recovery@BU is an 18-photo collage of six students shot by Park (CAS’20, Pardee’20) in the pre-masked and pre–socially distanced days of 2019 and early 2020. She conceived the project while working in her student days as a CRP program assistant. “Part of my job was to brainstorm ways the CRP could destigmatize addiction and recovery,” she says. “I also happen to be a photographer, and knew that a photo campaign or story could be a powerful tool to do so. I want viewers to c