- ASUC grant applications now available online
- Welcome to ASUC Video
- CalLink debuts for ASUC student groups
- ASUC partners with Career Center for "Turn the Tables"
- Please take the Global Outreach Week survey
- ASUC Senate to hold special session on budget cuts this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
- Day of Action
- Budget Cuts Faculty Panel
- Attend the Walkout Debrief student assembly on Sunday, September 27
- ASUC to host free campus-wide barbecue on October 9
- ASUC partners with Reval for Marrow Drive
- ASUC President meeting with Chancellor on Friday; give feedback on the agenda
- Check out CourseRank! New service from the ASUC to help students pick classes
- Read about Lower Sproul redevelopment as planning continues for a new Cal student center
- Acclaimed novelist Jonathan Safran Foer book signing at the Multicultural Center on November 6
- Delta Sigma Pi hosts “Take Me Out to the Board Room: The Business Behind Sports” on November 4
- Check out Fundraising Blog
- ASUC Auxiliary sponsors “The 2009 Canned Food Drive”
- The ASUC asks you to send in your story; how have budget cuts affected you?
- Summary of Public Higher Education Advocacy from the ASUC's Student Town Hall
- Learn how to use the ASUC's CalLink with new video tutorials
- Last day to apply for ASUC Grants for Fall 2009 is Friday, November 13
- ASUC-sponsored Fashion and Student Trends to put on fashion show on November 22
- Be one of 10,000 to write a letter inviting President Obama to Cal
- In observance of the 3-day strike, ASUC Senate meeting to change venue
- Sign the petition to delay the Regents' vote on a 32% fee increase!
- ASUC EAVP sponsors “Quakesafe” to educate Berkeley community on earthquake safety
- Third monthly Police Forum from EAVP office on December 1
- ASUC Office of the President releases fifth newsletter
- The ASUC endorses the Strike --- get a list of actions you can take here!
- ASUC's Student Advocate Office ready and able to help students involved in protest
- Keep Free Speech Alive. Join the Online Conversation. Be there on Dec. 2.
- UC Commission on the Future meeting on Dec. 3, students encouraged to attend
- Undergraduate/Graduate Mentorship Program to provide support and academic guidance
- Follow the footsteps of Ishaara and audition for America's Got Talent
- Join the ASUC in helping with Haiti Relief efforts
- calhaitiweek
- budgetprimer2-2
- The ASUC’s Student Advocate Office (SAO) is hiring new caseworkers for 2010
- Kappa Kappa Gamma’s “Jog for Jill” to raise awareness and donations for lung cancer research
- The South Asian Council and the ASUC present “MELA: The Colors of South Asia” on February 23
- The ASUC’s Office of External Affairs promotes dialogue with Student Police Forum on February 11
- The ASUC and Chancellor Birgeneau endorse student protest initiatives, sponsor student buses for March 1 rally in Sacramento
- Disability Awareness Week begins this Monday, March 8th, with a comedy event featuring Greg Walloch
- Oxford Seminars hosts free information session for students interested in working abroad
- Major Madness Week to help students explore major options and opportunities
- Malcolm X and Hip-Hop: What Malcolm's message means for students of color today
- Finance Officer Releases Spring Budgeting 2010-2011 Applications
- The Cal Student Store "Apple Tax Free Sale" begins Monday, March 15
Summary of Public Higher Education Advocacy from the ASUC's Student Town Hall
Get involved. Take action. Make public education accessible. Click here for information disbursed at the ASUC's Student Town Hall with the Chancellor on November 5, 2009.
UC Level
- Demand for more budget transparency from UC and UC Berkeley
- Participate in the Student - Worker - Faculty Strike from Nov 18-20 to protest the Regents vote increasing fees by 32%.
Nov 18: Rally on Sproul, 12-1 PM. Students, walk out of your classes if you can.
Nov 19-20: Open University, bring your family, friends from outside of UC (CCC and CSU too) to your class - Tell us your story about how the budget cuts have affected you and people around you. Part of a statewide blog http://californiacuts.org. Email us @ contactcuts@gmail.com to setup photo or video shoot appointment.
- Democratize the Regents! The UC Regents should be elected by students, faulty and staff, not appointed by the governor. To get involved visit ucdemocracy.org or email ucdemocracy@gmail.com.
Actions at the State Level
- Keep California's Promise: a project by the Council of UC Faculty Association
- Visit legislatures over winter break, send emails reinforcing the message of refunding higher education
http://keepcaliforniaspromise.org/?page_id=22
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html - California Democracy: majority rule, budget & revenue: proposition framed by UC Berkeley Professor George Lakoff for the November 2010 ballet: "All legislative actions on revenue and budget shall be determined by majority vote."
Visit www.camajorityrule.com - End corporate property owner tax loophole in proposition 13. www.closetheloophole.com
- Support AB 656 to save public higher education in California. An oil tax proposed by State Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico.
Visit www.asm.ca.gov/torrico
UC Berkeley's Strategy Plan (from EVCP Breslauer)
Posted on 06/11/2009 by EVP Tran