Montage of plaques commemorating UCI graduates from 1966 (the first graduating class) through 2001.
(Click on the image above for a high-resolution version to read each plaque)

These plaques used to be center-stage in the middle of the main plaza by Aldrich Hall, but were unceremoniously moved several years ago when the plaza was re-tiled to form a giant anteater image. Now they are hidden away on the concrete at a back corner of the plaza; one plaque (1998) has gone missing when the concrete cracked; and no new plaques have been added since the early years of the new millenium. It does seem a little sad that an important part of UCI heritage is so neglected - one that should document the enormous growth of the campus from 10 bachelors degrees awarde in 1966 to 9404 in 2020.