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UC Berkeley is broke and has over $100 million of red ink
Six weeks ago, UC Berkeley faced a $67.2 million budget gap for 2009-10. Amid California's budget crisis which puts the state on the brink of bankruptcy, that anticipated shortfall has now grown to $145 million. The recently-enacted 9.3% student fee increases and other revenue-enhancement measures that become effective July 1, have reduced the $145 million gap by about $30 million, which means that UC Berkeley is still short $100 million. The budget situation is so servere that the Chancellor and Provost of the University of California just sent out the following urgent email this afternoon to all students, staff, faculty, and alumni at UC Berkeley...
In summary, this is what's expected to happen to UC Berkeley this upcoming academic year... Read more
college seniors from Cal, Stanford, Ivies fight over $27,000 per year jobs
The impact of the worsening recession can be felt by graduating students attending some of the most elite universities in the U.S. such as UC Berkeley, Stanford, and Ivy League colleges. Because of a contracting economy, companies are unwilling to hire but are increasingly ready to fire employees every day. As a result, many college students from the class of 2009 and beyond are competing for jobs to teach in low-achieving schools in programs such as Teach For America for as little as $27,000 a year! Read more
wanna be on MTV's The Real World?
MTV’s hit show The Real World is looking for cast members for Season 23. To be considered for a spot as one of the lucky roommates, come on down to its open casting call on Tuesday, March 10 at the Berkeley Bear's Lair Pub from 10:30am to 5:30pm. Read more
Cal Hep B Free is phasing out
To all our supporters:
During the last semester at UC Berkeley, Cal Hep B Free (CHBF) has made an amazing push in creating awareness around the risks and dangers of the Hepatitis B virus. Our goal was to have as many students “B smart, B tested, B free!” and ultimately, it was a big success as witnessed through our B a Hero Benefit Concert and Rally that attracted over 500 onlookers around campus. In addition, we have increased the number of people who got themselves tested for Hepatitis B at the Tang Center by a statistically significant amount - about a 100% increase compared to the number of students that were tested for the Hepatitis B surface antigen and surface antibody each semester during the past few years. Read more
got ideas? Bears Breaking Boundaries 2009 $80,000 contest
Big Ideas @ Berkeley and the ASUC (student government) are launching their 4th annual campus-wide contest for soliciting the best interdisciplinary student ideas. Bears Breaking Boundaries is a series of "idea competitions" that will encourage student teams to propose the next generation of research, education, and service activities on the UC Berkeley campus. Read more
Robert Reich on what it means to be a leader
Last Friday, I had the privilege to lead a workshop entitled "From Vision to Reality: Casting Your Dreams Far and Wide" and listen to a keynote speech by Robert Reich at the 9th Annual Cal Student Leadership Symposium. I was extremely impressed by the large turnout at the event - the entire Pauley Ballroom was completely packed which means there was probably somewhere close to 1,000 people or more present! Read more
BEARS 2009 Open House
The annual Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium (BEARS) Open House is Thursday, February 12 from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) scientists will be on hand throughout to discuss and demonstrate their latest research in networking, bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, speech and natural language processing, and machine learning. Read more
why our economy is heading into a depression
"If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck." Such can also be said of our current economy, where many indicators suggest that the current recession is unprecedented and is no where near an end. In fact, it looks more like a depression is around the corner. We are just on the tip of an iceberg...
new 5-year medical school program at UC Merced by 2010
Despite all the budget cuts and deficits (or as a result of it, one can argue otherwise), Lt. Governor of California and University of California regent John Garamendi recently proposed a bold plan that would allow high school graduates to earn medical degrees in just five years at UC Merced, thus creating a new medical school in the UC system that can generate 23-year-old physicians — the youngest in the nation — by 2010. Read more
10 keys to aligning organizations and brand promises for non-profit campaigns: a Cal Hep B Free case study
Branding is crucial for an organization to be successful in marketing its products to the masses. For instance, let’s take Apple, a technology company everyone knows about with the motto “Think different.” What message does its brand convey and how does it distinguish its products from competitors that also make laptops and media players? Read more
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