The University of California Office of the President issued the following message today, March 13, 2017:
University of California President Janet Napolitano today announced that she has selected Carol T. Christ, UC Berkeley’s interim executive vice chancellor and provost and the former president of Smith College, as her choice to become the campus’s next chancellor, the first woman to serve in the role.
Dear colleagues,
The Berkeley brand platform and accompanying website (brand.berkeley.edu) were first launched in February 2013. In the four years since, the gradual adoption of these guidelines campuswide has helped unify and improve our overall brand image while saving time and money for campus units. As an added bonus, alumni report that there is greater synergy among the messages they now receive from units.
Applications are currently being accepted for Staff Advisor to the UC Regents at http://staffadvisors.universityofcalifornia.edu/ due March 10th.
Dear Students, Staff, and Faculty,
Berkeley Law and the Division of Equity & Inclusion invite you to a special event:
A Conversation with
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
of the U.S. Supreme Court
Thursday, March 9 at 4:00 PM
Zellerbach Hall
(doors open at 3:15 PM)
Join Cal Staff for an informal lunch with your colleagues and campus leaders on March 28 in the Wells Fargo Room at Haas. We will be sharing stories and identifying next steps to take to address current workforce issues. Through a series of simultaneous small table chats (6-8 staff per table), we will be exchanging ideas/questions/best practices across the following broad categories:
Dear Staff,
The Berkeley Staff Assembly’s (BSA) Excellence in Management Committee is now accepting nominations for the 2017 Excellence in Management Awards (EIM). These awards have been given by staff to staff for 29 years.
Dear campus community,
Dear colleagues:
What’s new?
We're pleased to announce Lynda.com, the gold standard of industry video training, as our new e-course vendor. UC Berkeley staff now have Lynda.com available to learn business, technology and creative skills. With over 5,500 courses taught by subject matter experts - on your desktop, laptop or phone - new skills will be right at your fingertips. In addition, UC Berkeley Library’s extensive collection of online books and professional reading are available to all staff.
Sounds great - next steps?
Visit the Wisdom Cafe.
Dear students, faculty, and staff,
As part of the 2016-17 season of Berkeley Talks, Cal Performances is honored to bring to campus Jamaican author Marlon James, whose monumental latest novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings, earned him the prestigious Man Booker Prize in 2015.
Dear Campus Community,
I am pleased to announce the call for nominations for the annual Chancellor’s Awards for Public Service, recognizing students, staff, and faculty for their individual and collective efforts to benefit others locally and globally.
Please take time to submit nominations by March 8, 2017 at 5 p.m. for the following categories:
Dear Colleagues,
It is with a mixture of both sadness and pride that I write to announce that Vice Chancellor of Equity & Inclusion Na’ilah Nasir will be leaving UC Berkeley in June to become president of the Spencer Foundation, one of the nation’s leading educational research foundations. This was a very difficult decision for Na’ilah – who has deep ties to Berkeley as an alumna, a longtime faculty member, and an administrator – but we wish her the best in an exciting new role. Her last day at Berkeley will be June 15.
Dear Campus Administrators,
We would like to encourage UC Berkeley chairs, deans, and unit directors to nominate candidates for the 2017-18 Regents’ Lectureships program:
http://vpf.berkeley.edu/faculty-fellowships/regents-lectureship-program
presents
THE FUTURE OF THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY
Christopher Newfield, in Conversation with Carol Christ
Moderated by Wendy Brown
Sibley Auditorium, 2-4p.m., February 1st. 2017. Open to all.
The public university is facing unprecedented challenges: mounting budgetary pressures and a more hostile political climate. Two distinguished commentators will discuss the path the public university has taken so far, and possible roads ahead.
Dear Campus Community,
I would like to remind you to send your nominations for individual staff members and/or teams of staff for the 2017 Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Awards. The Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Award (COSA) is one of the highest honors for staff at UC Berkeley.
This award recognizes staff who have demonstrated exceptional initiative in at least two of the following areas:
Dear Colleagues,
Planning is underway for Cal Day 2017, our annual campuswide open house showcasing the best of Berkeley for thousands of newly admitted students – many of whom choose to attend our institution as a result of this experience – as well as their families and other visitors. Cal Day will take place on Saturday, April 22nd, from 9 am to 4 pm.
Dear members of the campus community,
Do you have a colleague who has created significant positive impact on the UC Berkeley campus community?
The Chancellor's Staff Advisory Committee invites nominations for individual staff members and/or teams of staff for the 2017 Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Awards (COSA). This award is one of the highest honors for staff at UC Berkeley.
The award recognizes staff who have demonstrated exceptional initiative in at least two of the following areas:
Dear Colleagues,
As we close the Fall Semester, I am writing to you to let you know what new large scale projects the Vice Chancellor for Research Office will be focusing on in the Spring of 2017. We will continue to work hard on the collaborative research initiatives that we selected for development in the Fall term, and we will also continue on the path we have charted for improvement in Research Administration. In addition to these, we will also undertake exploration and planning on two important topics:
Cal Nourish - Give a gift of food to Berkeley Students in Need!
You can help by donating a gift card for food by Monday, December 12th!