UCLA Graduation
![From left, UCLA students Austin Henderson, Ken Fukada and Woody Strassner, all 22, and Bobbak Sabet, 21, display headshots on their graduation caps so their family and friends in the seats above can find them more easily at the graduation ceremony for the College of Letters and Science at Pauley Pavilion. About 4,100 graduates participated.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c851e71/2147483647/strip/true/crop/586x396+0+0/resize/586x396!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb6%2F98%2F493f67fb705e7b75791a0d0b215f%2Fla-me-ucla01-kl5mz0nc.jpg)
From left, UCLA students Austin Henderson, Ken Fukada and Woody Strassner, all 22, and Bobbak Sabet, 21, display headshots on their graduation caps so their family and friends in the seats above can find them more easily at the graduation ceremony for the College of Letters and Science at Pauley Pavilion. About 4,100 graduates participated. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
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Yalda Safai, 21, left, and Tara Kansarlou, 22, pose for a picture with the Bruin before the ceremony. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
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Adam Draper, 23, knows how to be noticed: the purple boa look. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
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Adam Draper, 23, sports a purple boa while gathering with classmates before start of Friday’s graduation ceremony for the College of Letters and Science, held inside Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. A total of 4,100 graduates participated in the commencement ceremony. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
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Adora Elisapeta Jones, right, embraces a friend after commencement at the School of Public Affairs at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Commencement ceremonies for the various colleges continue through Sunday at UCLA,