UCLA Guardian Scholars Program

UCLA Guardian Scholars Program

http://www.guardianscholars.ucla.edu

The Bruin Guardian Scholars (BGS) Program was created in 2008 by UCLA and student advocates to help address the unmet needs of current and former foster youth at UCLA. The Guardian Scholars Program was designed to assist former foster youth, focusing on support services for undergraduate and graduate students.

Program Resources:

  • Community Resources – a listing of Los Angeles-based resources for Foster Youth
  • Transportation
  • Bruin Guardian Scholars Transitional Housing Resources
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Carlos Alberto Torres in Erfurt, Germany, September 30, 2018. (picture taken by Ana Elvira Steinbach Torres)

In the second semester of 2018 Professor Torres spent his sabbatical in Germany, working as a Senior Fellow at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena which is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany.

Erfurt is a famous city in Germany. Max Weber, one of the founders of the discipline of sociology, was born in this city. Erfurt is the home of the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies (Max-Weber- Kolleg) of the University of Erfurt. The Max-Weber-Kolleg combines the functions of an Institute for Advances Studies and a Graduate School.

CONTACT INFORMATION

  • Carlos Alberto Torres,  Distinguished Professor, UNESCO Chair on Global learning and Global Citizenship Education, and Director, Paulo Freire Institute. 
  • UNESCO UCLA Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education
  • 310-206-3167
  • 310-206-5830
  • torres@gseis.ucla.edu
  • www.pfigce.org