Campus Conversations

Summer and fall 2020

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Elena Zhukova/UC Berkeley

Thursday, June 18, 2020

Campus Conversation: Fall Semester Planning - Overview

  • Chancellor Carol Christ
  • Paul Alivisatos, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost

Chancellor Christ and EVC and Provost Paul Alivisatos answered questions and discussed fall semester plans for campus instruction and operations.

Watch Fall Semester Planning - Overview on YouTube


Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Campus Conversation: Fall Semester Planning - Instruction

  • Randy H. Katz, Vice Chancellor for Research
  • Marc Fisher, Vice Chancellor, Administration
  • Maximilian Auffhammer, Professor of International Sustainable Development and Associate Dean in the Division of Social Sciences
  • Susan Marqusee, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Watch Fall Semester Planning - Instruction on YouTube


Thursday, June 25, 2020

Campus Conversation: Student Engagement and Services

  • Stephen C. Sutton, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
  • Oscar Dubon, Jr., Vice Chancellor of Equity & Inclusion
  • Lisa García Bedolla, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division
  • Catherine P. Koshland, Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education
  • Sharon Inkelas, Special Faculty Advisor to the Chancellor on Sexual Violence/Sexual Harassment

Watch Student Engagement and Services on YouTube


Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Campus Conversation: Student Housing

Speakers:

  • Heidi Scribner, Executive Director, Housing, Events and Facilities, Residential and Student Service Programs
  • Glenn DeGuzmann, Director of Residential Life
  • Mark Lucia, Director of Student Legal Services, Attorney for Students
  • Silvia Marquez, Associate Director in the Financial Aid and Scholarships Office

Campus leaders will provide information and details about plans for on campus fall 2020 housing and will also provide guidance for off campus housing, including information about leases. 

Watch Student Housing on YouTube


Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Campus Conversation: Fall 2020 Instruction

Speakers:

  • Paul Alivisatos, Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost 
  • Oliver O'Reilly, Chair of the Academic Senate
  • Lisa Garcia Bedolla, Dean of the Graduate Division
  • Bob Jacobsen, Dean of the College of Letters & Science, Undergraduate Studies

Campus leaders will provide information about plans for instruction including what to expect and how to prepare for fall.

Watch Fall 2020 Instruction on YouTube


Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Campus Conversation: Newly Admitted Undergraduate Students

Speakers:

  • Samuel Santos, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Engagement
  • Micki Antovich, Assistant Dean of Students and Director of New Student Services
  • Lorena Valdez, Director, Transfer Programs, Centers for Educational Equity and Excellence

Campus leaders will provide tips and advice for newly admitted undergraduate students, including what to expect, how to connect with the campus community, and how to prepare for fall. They will also address issues that are top of mind for transfer students.

Watch Newly Admitted Undergraduate Students on YouTube


Friday, July 31, 2020

Campus Conversation: 20-21 Campus Budget Update

Chancellor Carol Christ
Paul Alivisatos, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
Rosemarie Rae, Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer

Campus leaders discussed the campus budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year

Watch 20-21 Campus Budget Update on YouTube


Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020

Campus Conversation: Student Engagement and Services

Sunny Lee, Assistant Vice Chancellor & Dean of Students
Fabrizio Mejia, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Equity and Success
Mia Settles-Tidwell, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief of Staff, Division of Equity & Inclusion
Marvin Lopez, Director of Student Programs College of Engineering Student Services

Campus leaders provided information about plans for student services buildings and offices, as well as details about remote services and engagement opportunities.

Watch Student Engagement and Services on YouTube


Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020

Campus Conversation: 150W Special Edition: Berkeley's Staff Heroines

Join this special conversation as we recognize this unique representation of the countless Berkeley staff women who have studied, worked and researched from all corners of the campus. After a welcome from Chancellor Carol Christ, panelists will include:

  • Cruz Grimaldo, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director of the Financial Aid and Scholarships Office
  • Sunny Lee, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students
  • Mia Settles-Tidwell, Assistant Vice Chancellor in the Division of Equity and Inclusion
  • Charmin Smith, Head Coach of Cal Women’s Basketball

Watch 150W Special Edition: Berkeley's Staff Heroines on YouTube


Monday, Oct. 12, 2020

Campus Conversation: 150W History Project

October 3, 2020 marked the 150th anniversary of the UC Regents’ unanimous approval of a resolution by Regent Samuel F. Butterworth: “That young ladies be admitted into the University on equal terms in all respects with young men.” Join our conversation on the 150W History Project, the highlight of a year of celebrating watershed moments of the remarkable women who have made immeasurable contributions to our campus and beyond.

This conversation, moderated by Ula Taylor, Professor and Chair of the Department of African American Studies will include:

  • Chancellor Carol Christ
  • Sheila M. Humphreys, EECS Director Emerita of Diversity, Co-Chair, 150W History Project;
  • Catherine Gallagher, Emerita Eggers Professor of English Literature, Co-Chair, 150W History Project

Watch 150W History Project on YouTube


Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020

Campus Conversation: Elections 2020: What's Next?

Join Chancellor Carol Christ, Dean of Berkeley Law, Erwin Chemerinsky, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division, Lisa García Bedolla, the Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy, Henry Brady, and Bertrall Ross, Chancellor's Professor of Law, Chair, Diversity and Democracy Cluster at the Othering & Belonging Institute as they discuss the outcomes of the 2020 elections, and what, in their opinion lies ahead.

Watch Elections 2020: What's Next? on YouTube


Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020

Campus Conversation: Finding Meaning and Social Change Through Crisis

Join Dacher Keltner, founding director of the Greater Good Science Center and professor of psychology as he discusses his studies that focus on the social functions of emotion. Professor Keltner is the host of the Greater Good Science Center’s award-winning podcast, The Science of Happiness.

Watch Finding Meaning and Social Change Through Crisis on YouTube


Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020

Campus Conversation: End-of-Semester Review & Campus Budget Update

Join campus leadership as they provide insight into the past semester, take a look ahead, and give an important campus budget update.

  • Dan Mogulof, Assistant Vice Chancellor Public Affairs
  • Chancellor Carol Christ
  • Paul Alivisatos, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
  • Rosemarie Rae, Vice Chancellor of Finance - Chief Financial Officer
  • Marc Fisher, Vice Chancellor Administration

Watch End-of-Semester Review & Campus Budget Update on YouTube