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UC Berkeley contributes 57 graduating seniors to Teach for America

07/20/2010

Teach for America has named UC Berkeley as one of the top five large universities contributing graduating seniors to its 2010 teaching corps.

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Bill Gates on "Giving Back." Presentation online April 21 after 5pm.

04/19/2010

BERKELEY — Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and founder of Microsoft, will speak at UC Berkeley on Monday, April 19. The talk, on finding the best way to solve the world's biggest problems, is Gates' first on a cross-country tour of universities.

The presentation will be available after 5 p.m. on April 21 on webcast.berkeley.edu, on iTunes U, and on YouTube.

(Source: NewsCenter)

Lecture: President Bill Clinton, Online after 5pm February 26, 2010

02/24/2010

As a guest of the The Blum Center for Developing Economies, President Bill Clinton will speak to UC Berkeley students, staff, and faculty about "Global Citizenship: Turning Good Intentions into Positive Action."

Since the event has been sold out, look for an online video of the event after 5 p.m. February 26 at webcast.berkeley, UC Berkeley on iTunes, and UC Berkeley on YouTube.

(Source: http://events.berkeley.edu/)

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News Center: Berkeley undergrad takes action to help Haiti

01/27/2010

With a little help from his friends--and Facebook--freshman Michael Bloch is making a difference

By Wendy Edelstein, NewsCenter | 19 January 2010

BERKELEY — It didn’t take long for Michael Bloch to know he wanted to help the people affected by the disaster in Haiti. So the Berkeley freshman created a Facebook page to focus campus attention on the relief effort, and invited 100 of his friends from the social-networking site to join. Within 24 hours, nearly 1,100 people had become members of Haiti Earthquake Relief – UC Berkeley. By Tuesday, Jan. 19, the number had swelled to more than 2,500.

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Mail Services' "Cal Shredding" program supports Berkeley's sustainability initiative and so can you!

09/14/2009

Campus departments: Are you moving? Running out of space in your file cabinets? Have documents, cds and floppy disks that no longer need to be retained since they're more than 5 years old? Then who are you going to call...Cal Shredding!

For a reasonable recharge fee, Mail Services will pick up and shred your materials for you. They're also recycling all the shredded material as part of the campus' sustainability program.

Visit http://mailservices.berkeley.edu/services/calshredding to learn more about Mail Services' shredding program pricing and how to prepare your documents for pick up. Cal Shredding--call or send an email to Mail Services today!

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