Longtime Volunteer Mike Landreth ’89 Steps Up
This is the third in our series introducing some of CAA’s longtime District Chair volunteers.
Posted on November 19, 2018 - 9:00am
CAA Announcements
After Fulfilling a Longtime Goal, Marketing Exec Kelli Jones MBA ’89 Helps Others Do the Same
Kelli Jones MBA ’89 held high-level marketing positions at Hewlett-Packard and consulted for companies such as Yahoo, Oracle, Brocade, and others. She had firmly established herself as a leader, yet a missed opportunity hovered in the back of her mind.
Posted on November 12, 2018 - 9:00am
CALIFORNIA Magazine Recognized in Best American Science and Nature Writing
Third Recognition in Ten Years by Prestigious Annual Anthology
The Cal Alumni Association is proud to announce that, for the third time in ten years, CALIFORNIA Magazine has been anthologized in The Best American Science and Nature Writing, the prestigious annual collection published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Posted on November 9, 2018 - 9:00am
Building a Cal Network in Chicago: Marcus Powell ’00
Most Cal alumni living in Chicago aren’t from Chicago. They move for a job, or possibly a partner’s job, and adjust to the frigid winters as best they can.
Posted on November 5, 2018 - 12:38pm
UC Berkeley and CAA Celebrate the Volunteerism of Berkeley Community Members at the 2018 Volunteer Awards
On October 12, 2018, the Cal Alumni Association (CAA) and UC Berkeley hosted the Volunteer Awards at Alumni House. Awardees are members of the UC Berkeley community who have made significant contributions to the Berkeley community through volunteer service.
Posted on October 26, 2018 - 1:55pm
A Warm Welcome for CAA’s 2018 Alumni Scholars at the Lair of the Golden Bear
The newest class of Cal Alumni Association (CAA) Alumni Scholars kicked off the fall semester at a welcome retreat in Pinecrest, California, at the Lair of the Golden Bear. CAA’s Alumni Scholars Program began a new annual tradition of inviting new student recipients from The Achievement Award Program (TAAP) and the Kruttschnitt Aspire Scholarship Program (KASP) to the Lair last fall, as part of the program’s work to increase the support provided to students throughout their journeys at Cal.
Posted on October 26, 2018 - 10:56am
Alumni House Facilities Director Takes Cal Spirit to New Heights
Stuffed Oskis of various sizes grin behind a glass display case inside Alumni House, a simple structure tucked away near Haas Pavilion. Old newspaper clippings hang next to class pennants and an axe that commemorates “The Play” from the infamous 1982 Cal-Stanford game.
Although the Class of 1938 started Cal’s memorabilia collection, and other alumni have contributed, Donna Houser ’82 has taken Cal’s memorabilia archives to new heights.
Posted on October 8, 2018 - 9:00am
Cal Alumni Association Hosts Board Reunion
On Thursday, September 13, nearly 100 current and former members of the Cal Alumni Association (CAA) Board of Directors came together for a reunion event. Special guests included Jim Knowlton, Director of Athletics at UC Berkeley, as well as former CAA Executive Directors Bert Barker ’57; Jim Burk ’62, MBA ’63; and Tuck Coop ’67.
Posted on September 24, 2018 - 1:21pm
An Interview with Skydeck’s Caroline Winett MBA ’90
Caroline Winnett MBA ’90 is executive director of SkyDeck, UC Berkeley’s startup accelerator. At SkyDeck, she leads a program that hosts over one hundred companies per year. She recently launched the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund, a VC fund investing in SkyDeck startups that donates fund carry back to UC Berkeley.
Posted on September 17, 2018 - 1:08pm
Christie Poitra ’07, Ph.D. Devotes Her Career to Indigenous Education
This summer, Christie Poitra ’07, Ph.D. spent a few days talking about video game development and STEM at the Indigenous Youth Empowerment Program (IYEP) Summer Enrichment Camp in Lansing, Michigan. A collaboration between Michigan State University (MSU) and several other agencies, IYEP summer campers learn about citizenship and, among other topics, how to use games for STEM education.
Poitra’s hometown—Old Station, California, population 50—had nothing of the sort. “We had a gas station,” she says. “The nearest grocery store was 45 minutes away.”
Posted on September 14, 2018 - 3:27pm
Introducing CALIFORNIA Magazine’s New Editor-in-Chief, Pat Joseph
Pat Joseph has been promoted to Editor-in-Chief of CALIFORNIA, the award-winning publication of the Cal Alumni Association (CAA). He succeeds Wendy Miller, who retired in July. Of her former colleague, Miller says, “Pat joined the organization a week before I did and we worked closely all those years to produce a quality print magazine and website.
Posted on September 14, 2018 - 1:20pm
Director’s Chair: Fall 2018
Each fall, the Cal Alumni Association (CAA) greets incoming students and welcomes alumni returning to campus, but this season is different—we are particularly enthusiastic about what awaits in the coming months.
Posted on September 13, 2018 - 10:08am
UC Berkeley Trailblazers: Recognizing Cal’s First Women Scholars, 1870–1900
Heather R. Johnson
As you swim laps in one of the campus pools or get checked out at the Tang Center, thank Cal’s first female graduates.
Posted on September 10, 2018 - 2:31pm
A Rock, a Paleontology Book, and Rosie the Riveter
by Courtney Cheng ’16
Alexis Williams ’17 knew from the first moment she set her foot on the UC Berkeley campus that she wanted to become a Golden Bear. She had the chance to visit Cal as a high school student through the AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program at her high school, which offered students the opportunities to travel from Southern California to Northern California to tour colleges.
Posted on August 29, 2018 - 3:41pm
Janet Napolitano Visits the Lair of the Golden Bear, Addresses State of UC System
In mid-July, University of California President Janet Napolitano spent a weekend at the Cal Alumni Association’s Lair of the Golden Bear in Pinecrest, California. During her stay, Napolitano sat down for a campfire conversation with Lair Week 5 campers and Cynthia So Schroeder ’91, UC Regent Emerita and Past President of the Cal Alumni Association (CAA) Board of Directors.
Posted on August 7, 2018 - 1:31pm
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