Marc Benioff

Maz Jobrani was so excited to be invited to give a speech at the campus’s spring 2017 commencement ceremony that he accepted the offer right away — but as the date approached, he “began to lose sleep.”

After nearly seven months of campaigning, 69 previously subcontracted workers have officially been insourced as UC employees, ending an ongoing campus speakers’ boycott.

Wednesday’s announcement that Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, will deliver the keynote address at UC Berkeley’s spring 2016 commencement ceremony has generated mixed responses from the campus community.

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer known for her efforts to empower working women, will deliver the keynote address at UC Berkeley’s spring 2016 commencement ceremony, the campus announced Wednesday.

Protesters took the stage during a campus event Wednesday evening held at Zellerbach Hall, resulting in one arrest and several other citations, according to UCPD spokesperson Sabrina Reich.

Campus administration has announced that public policy professor Robert Reich will deliver the commencement address for the 2015 winter graduating class.

Campus administration has announced that professor Robert Reich of UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy will be the December commencement speaker.

In his address, Benioff said that in founding Salesforce, he realized that companies, rather than simply manufacture products, can participate in activism and philanthropy, and “change the state of the world.”

After weeks of speculation, Marc Benioff, founder and CEO of the cloud computing software company Salesforce, was announced as the keynote speaker of the 2015 general commencement ceremony Thursday morning.

Marc Benioff, founder and CEO of the cloud-computing company Salesforce.com, will deliver the keynote address at UC Berkeley’s 2015 general commencement ceremony, the campus announced Thursday.