Lishelle Blakemore

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education, or CASE, awarded four 2021 Circle of Excellence gold awards in June, with three given to Office of Communications and Public Affairs writers and one for a University Development and Alumni Relations team for its work on the Light the Way campaign's public launch event.

The ASUC Senate met Wednesday night to discuss philanthropy on campus, the initiatives of the Resident Hall Assembly and updates on executive officials’ various projects.

The administration hired consultants from Marts & Lundy to conduct studies on different aspects of the campus's fundraising enterprises over the past year.

UC Berkeley hosted its second year of the Big Give Wednesday, a campus-wide online philanthropy event.

On Thursday evening the campus wrapped up the first of what is planned to be an annual fundraising drive, the Big Give, organizers hope to make the event a tradition coinciding with the week of the Big Game against Leland Stanford Junior University.

UC Berkeley is underway in advertising its newest online fundraising campaign, the Big Give, which encourages members of the community to donate to campus programs in a 24-hour period during the week of the Big Game.

UC Berkeley is developing its own crowdfunding platform with the hopes of joining three other UC campuses, which already operate their own platforms, by early next year.

Since its creation in 1872, the Cal Alumni Association has developed into an establishment that represents more than 450,000 graduates worldwide. The association has launched an online and communications-based campaign to offer opportunities to alumni to become connected and involved to celebrate its 140th anniversary