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Lair of the Golden Bear

What to Make This Summer? Art Directors Have the Answers

By Jessie Fisher

This is your role-by-role guide to the jobs that keep the Lair running. By the end, you’ll see how every part—comes together to create the Lair’s special song.

Family smiling and growing like bears Suz McFadden / Cal Alumni Association
Lair of the Golden Bear

Top 5 Reasons to Visit the Lair in the Non-Summer Months

By Heather Johnson

Fall, winter, or spring, Cal alums and friends can stay at the Lair of the Golden Bear at any time of the year to explore nearby nature and enjoy the Lair’s different offerings.

Three students smiling with their arms around each other with woods in the background. They are all wearing Alumni Scholars Program T-shirts. CJ Poloka
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TAAP Scholars Take on the Lair

By Josephine Thornton

On Friday, August 26, an incoming cohort of The Achievement Award Program (TAAP) Scholars and Alumni Scholars Program staff traveled to Pinecrest for a weekend at the Lair of the Golden Bear. The result—a weekend of bonding, hikes to the lake, sunshine, and of course, s’mores.

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