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The California Alumni Association provides thousands of Cal grads with rewarding connections to the University, to fellow alumni, and to current students. Founded in 1872, the California Alumni Association has grown into one of the largest dues-paying associations of alumni in the world. The mission of the California Alumni Association is to serve both students and alumni while supporting the University.
With a new strategic plan, the California Alumni Association is modernizing to better serve the University. Read more
Currently, more than 95,000 alumni have shown their loyalty to Cal by joining CAA. Membership dues make a difference and support the many services we offer the Cal community. Join today
Some of CAA's most important services for students and alumni are listed below.
California magazine is published six times a year and is mailed to more than 85,000 alumni readers. It reports on the issues, discoveries, and people of the University of California, Berkeley, and strives to keep alumni readers in touch with each other and with the campus. Through news items, in-depth interviews, and features on topical issues, it reports on the contemporary Berkeley campus with insight, style, and punch. Since 1905, California magazine has ignited, disturbed, and informed Cal graduates about events at one of the world's greatest universities.
The Alumni Scholarship Program distributes nearly $2 million in scholarships and awards to more than 800 students each year. With more than 12,000 applicants per year and a network of 4,000 alumni nationwide handling selections, UC Berkeley Alumni Scholarships are the largest programs of their kind in the country. Many recipients participate in Alumni Scholars Association, designed to enhance its members' experiences at Cal by promoting leadership opportunities. In 1999-00, CAA added a new scholarship program, The Achievement Award Program, providing full scholarships and lifelong support to students who have overcome obstacles to be accepted to Cal.
In conjunction with the University's Undergraduate Admissions Office, the Association has established a strong Student Outreach Program to attract those students who will continue the tradition of diversity and excellence at Berkeley. After comprehensive training in Berkeley, Orange County, San Diego, or Los Angeles, volunteers fan out to high schools around the state, where they give prospective students an idea of what Cal is really like.
Alumni in all levels of experience look to the Alumni Association for help with their career search. CAA's Career Services connects alumni through networking opportunities, provides key online resources, hosts events, features alumni in Bear Profiles, and offers comprehensive resources through partnerships with top career professionals.
Founded in 1949 and staffed by UC students, the CAA's Lair of the Golden Bear Summer Camp accommodates 1,600 families during 11 week-long sessions, beginning each Saturday from mid-June through the end of August. And there isn't always a waiting list -- spots are often available for the Young Alumni Weekend, Singles Week and Special Interest Week.
To meet the needs of Blues from Berkeley to Beijing, the Association has launched more than 115 Alumni Groups in the United States and abroad. Each of our regional, special interest, and ethnic Alumni Groups serves as an excellent source of information on upcoming reunions, academic lectures, local Cal sports events, and University news.
Anyone who has ever participated on a Cal Discoveries tour knows that, at Berkeley, travel means a lot more than sightseeing. The Association's Cal Discoveries has expanded into more educational trips, family travel, full service trips, young alumni trips and service expeditions.
The best way to become involved with any California Alumni Association program is by joining CAA as a member. Membership has its privileges.
The California Alumni Association - We are Cal. Join Us.
For more information, contact us today!
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