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Dinners For 12 Strangers

This Association tradition has been serving up good food and conversation for more than four decades. The award-winning Dinners for 12 Strangers program is based on a simple idea: local alumni host dinners in their homes for students, faculty and fellow alumni in an effort to make UCLA a smaller, friendlier place.

The program began in 1968, when a group of alumni sought to bridge the growing generation gap between alumni and students. Faculty members were invited to help facilitate discussions at these informal dinners held in homes and apartments near campus. The program has continued to grow and in 2008, 120 dinners were held, involving more than 1,500 Bruins. Throughout the years, this award-winning program has been emulated by hundreds of colleges and universities throughout North America.