Dear Colleagues,
Golden Bear Orientation (GBO) was a great success last year in large part because faculty and staff provided a warm and welcoming environment. This fall there will be even more opportunities for you to be involved. Please look for announcements about volunteer opportunities later this summer! Golden Bear Orientation will be one day shorter this year, beginning with Move-In on August 14 and lasting through August 21.
Parking on Move-In Day, Tuesday, August 14
Thanks to you, Move-In day parking went smoothly last year with approximately 7,000 students and their families arriving in one day. We are asking for your help again during Move-In this year.
To ease congestion on August 14, campus leadership is asking department chairs and managers to:
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Review their business for that day and offer staff alternatives to traveling to campus, such as telecommuting or approving requested vacation days.
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Consider holding planning meetings, retreats, and other activities off-site that day.
If you need to be on campus that day, please note the following:
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Bike, walk, or take public transit, if possible.
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Campus parking will be extremely limited in most cases.
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Parking and Transportation will be sending an email this summer with more detailed information on parking during Move-In.
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If you must drive to campus, factor in additional traffic congestion and commuting time (for example, thirty additional minutes each way) and be prepared to park in alternative lots away from campus, including public pay lots.
For more information, contact New Student Services staff at nss@berkeley.edu or visit the New Student Services website
Thank you for your ongoing support of our incoming students.
Sincerely,
The Golden Bear Orientation Steering CommitteeStephen C. Sutton (co-chair), Interim Vice Chancellor for Student AffairsCathy Koshland (co-chair), Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate EducationOscar Dubón, Jr., Vice Chancellor for Equity and InclusionBob Jacobsen, Dean, Undergraduate Studies, College of Letters and SciencePhilip Kaminsky, Executive Associate Dean, College of Engineering
If you are a manager who supervises UC Berkeley employees without email access, please circulate this information to all.