University Development and Alumni Relations

As of Sept. 6, the Cal Alumni network no longer processes new alumni email account requests, according to an updated campus bConnected policy. All current students will not have the option to retain their email post graduation. 

For the first time ever, guest tickets for the 2022 commencement ceremony at Memorial Stadium have been sold out.

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.

On its final day of virtual meetings this week, the UC Board of Regents discussed university donations, alternatives to college entrance exams and the state of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In an effort to help underrepresented students at UC Berkeley, Robert and Colleen Haas recently donated $24 million to two scholarship programs.

Chancellor Carol Christ announced Tuesday the results of the previous week’s #GivingTuesdayNow, a “global day of giving” to support the people most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

A campus report shows that about 66,000 donors contributed toward the grand total, which is composed of funds from 108,000 individual gifts.

When UC Berkeley’s winter graduating class of 2016 gathers for commencement next month at Haas Pavilion, the campus hopes to add a little extra gold to the sea of students in blue and yellow.

Chancellor Nicholas Dirks appointed Julie Hooper as vice chancellor for University Development and Alumni Relations on Tuesday, effective immediately.