Students

Creating connections: Student organizations help peers find professional opportunities

December 4, 2017
As company internship recruitment begins earlier every year, students find themselves searching for opportunities prior to the start of a semester. In addition to the campus hosting multiple events, student organizations are also helping their peers find personal and professional development opportunities by connecting with companies through information sessions, weekly workshops, speaker panels, and more.

Berkeley graduate student benefits from Peet’s “Coffee for a Cause” program

August 15, 2019

Nataliya Nedzhvetskaya standing outside of Peet's at The DenIt was 9 a.m. on a Saturday – the last day of the Society for Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) conference – and Nataliya Nedzhvetskaya was feeling anxious.

Nedzhvetskaya had presented at student-led conferences before, but this would be her first time presenting at a professional conference. It...

Bank of the West scholarship recipients recognized for their academic and athletic pursuits

February 1, 2019

 Nina Schank and Tuomas KaukolahtiCal Athletics recently celebrated the 2018-19 Bank of the West student-athlete scholarship recipients, Nina Schank and Tuomas Kaukolahti, during the 2019 Cal Athletics Scholarship Banquet. The student-athletes were selected based on their commitment to making Cal a better place, while also exhibiting optimism and innovation in their...

ABA students rise to the challenge of transforming Peet's "People and Planet" campaign

November 15, 2018

Group of ABA students present their pitch to the Peet's panelIt’s early on a Saturday morning. Students from Berkeley ABA (ABA) slowly gather into their assigned teams, eagerly awaiting the assignment of the day’s ABA Marketing Challenge prompt – transforming Peet’s People and Planet marketing approach into one that excites college students about coffee while compelling them to become more brand loyal...

A Golden Bear Orientation unlike any other

August 18, 2020

hand holding a cell phone with the GBO mobile app featured on screenEvery year in August, thousands of incoming students arrive at the UC Berkeley campus, excited for new adventures, friendships and learnings. For these new students, Golden Bear Orientation (GBO) is the weeklong welcome experience that makes this possible and introduces students to the campus.

This year’s GBO will be special....

How students helped shape the banking agreement

October 29, 2015

Anthony Abril and Raj Bhargava, UC Berkeley undergraduates, played a key role in shaping the campus’s agreement with Bank of the West.Anthony Abril and Raj Bhargava, UC Berkeley undergraduates, played a key role in shaping the campus’s agreement with Bank of the West. The pair sat down recently with Berkeley News to talk about students’ stake in the relationship and their own role...

Agreement with Bank of the West to benefit student programs

October 29, 2015

Image of male and female Food Pantry studentsThe 10-year agreement, which establishes Bank of the West as the “Official Bank of UC Berkeley,” will provide the campus with more than $17 million in revenue to support merit-based scholarships and paid summer internships for students, as well as funding for priority programs like Bears for Financial Success and the UC Berkeley Food...