Janaki Bakhle

Alice McNeil, who worked intimately with outgoing Chancellor Nicholas Dirks and his family as the former manager of University House — the residence of the campus chancellor — has sued UC Berkeley and the UC Regents for alleged wrongful termination.

The last four years have provided unique challenges to the chancellorship, from routine budget and funding issues to the campus’s changing political climate.

Michael Weinberger, former director of Recreational Sports at UC Berkeley, has filed a whistleblower complaint with the university and the UC Office of the President alleging that the placement of Chancellor Nicholas Dirks’s former personal trainer on administrative leave constitutes a case of economic waste, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Monday.

In the wake of Chancellor Nicholas Dirks’ resignation, The Daily Californian looks back at controversies that have faced the campus’s last three chancellors.

The university is investigating claims that UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks allegedly used public funds for personal travel expenses and that he used campus sports training services without proper payment, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

The Big C at the peak of Charter Hill is once again sporting its traditional King Alfred yellow, after Chancellor Nicholas Dirks hiked to the top of the hill Friday morning to fulfill an undertaking he promised to do last fall as part of a UC fundraising campaign.

Nicholas Dirks was a bit apprehensive. A few months into his new role as chancellor of UC Berkeley, he found himself in a sea of strident blue and gold, surrounded by hordes of screaming students. Dirks was at the first Cal football game of the season — in the student section.