Chancellor Carol Christ issued the following message to the campus community on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019:
Dear friends and colleagues,
As the academic year begins, I want to provide you with an update on the progress we are making with key campus initiatives. Thanks to strengthened financial foundations and extraordinary preparatory work by faculty, staff and students, we are putting the pieces in place for a new era of excellence.
Statement from UC President Napolitano on Public Education Facilities Bond
UC Office of the President | Saturday, September 14, 2019
University of California President Janet Napolitano issued the following statement today (September 14):
The University of California is pleased the recently approved Public Education Facilities Bond will be on the March 2020 ballot and deeply appreciates the $2 billion that the measure allocates to UC, which sets the stage for the biggest capital investment in the University since 2006.
Chancellor Carol Christ sent a message to the UC Berkeley community on Wednesday about an ongoing seismic assessment of the roughly 600 buildings owned or occupied by the university.
Berkeley is in the middle of conducting seismic evaluations of the more than 600 buildings on campus. These evaluations are part of a coordinated effort by the UC Office of the President to assess the seismic safety of all buildings across the 10-campus system using new standards.
Chancellor Carol Christ gave the following remarks during the 2019 convocation ceremony to welcome new students to UC Berkeley:
Welcome!
Welcome to the transfer students, the Class of 2021!
Welcome to the freshmen, the Class of 2023!
My name is Carol Christ, and as chancellor it is my great pleasure to welcome you all to the University of California, Berkeley, and to the next chapter of your lives.
Cal Answers HR Community,
We're pleased to announce we've updated the Cal Answers HR Workforce Detail dashboard to include reports on job funding data.
Cal Answers Community,
UC Berkeley’s self-described “storyteller-in-chief” took her role to heart this week, reminding an audience of campus communicators that, “We are a story-telling species, and we are always writing history in the strands of the present.”
Bisnow has honored UC Berkeley’s Vice Chancellor of Finance Rosemarie Rae with a Bay Area Power Women award. This award celebrates Bay Area Power Women who have helped shape Bay Area cities, neighborhoods, businesses and lifestyles. Fellow honorees included Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and Jackie Safier of Prometheus, among others. The winners were honored on May 30 at Bisnow's Bay Area Power Women award ceremony at Hotel Nikko in San Francisco.
Cal Answers HR Community,
In 1970, when Chancellor Carol Christ joined UC Berkeley’s English department as an assistant professor, only 3% of the faculty on campus were women. “I always felt like a pioneer, in part, because I’m of the generation of the feminist revolution,” says Christ.
By Public Affairs, UC Berkeley | APRIL 10, 2019
Chancellor Carol Christ issued the following message today:
To the Berkeley Campus Community
Dear Colleagues,
UCPath is live! Please review this email closely for information about how to access UCPath Online, where to get help, and more. You can also refer to the UCPath Fact Sheet and the Berkeley UCPath website for more information.
BFS Community,
As a result of the UCPath implementation, there will be changes affecting the general ledger.
The last PPS pay journal transmitted to the general ledger will be for the bi-weekly pay period ending March 9th. All subsequent pay journals will be coming from UCPath. We've listed the changes we've identified so far, along with recommended actions for you to take below.
CalPlanning Community,
The implementation of UCPath, the new UC-wide system for payroll, personnel, HR and benefits, is taking place during March.
During UCPath implementation, CalPlanning will continue to be available as usual. No changes to the CalPlan environment will take place until after the divisions finish entering their plans (budget submissions are due in CalPlan on Friday, March 22) and after the Financial Planning & Analysis team reviews those submissions.
Cal Answers Community,
The implementation of UCPath, the new UC-wide system for payroll, personnel, HR and benefits, will take place in March.
Cal Answers Financials and BAIRS Community,
Now that we’ve completed all the releases necessary to transition from BAIRS to Cal Answers, we’re working on incorporating your feedback on Cal Answers and implementing some upgrades to the system. The Cal Answers upgrade will be released in February and will improve the user experience by providing the ability to copy data directly out of Cal Answers reports and enabling users to create and reuse custom columns.
A warm welcome and updates on the budget, housing, free speech from UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ. Read the article on Berkeley News.
Read the full story on Berkeley news: A first look inside Blackwell Hall, Berkeley's newest freshman living space.
Dear Staff, Faculty and Students,
We are delighted to share information about positive developments regarding the state budget and philanthropy – two areas where faculty, students, staff and alumni have joined forces to build support for Berkeley.
State Budget
Cal Answers Financials and BAIRS Community,