UC Berkeley raises more than $1B in ‘Light the Way’ campaign

UC Berkeley raised a record-breaking $1.039 billion this fiscal year, with donations from more than 61,000 donors.
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UC Berkeley raised a record-breaking $1.039 billion this fiscal year, with donations from more than 61,000 donors.
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As national conversations around race continue, Black students and faculty members at UC Berkeley are bringing attention to issues the Black community faces, including isolation, frustration and impostor syndrome.
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Despite funding and campus climate challenges, the UC Berkeley African American Initiative expects to double its number of scholarship recipients in 2020.
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Tucked in the corner of the Hearst Field Annex building is the Fannie Lou Hamer Black Resource Center, one of the various resources for the Black community at UC Berkeley. As a part of UC Berkeley’s African American Student Development, the center serves the academic, social, cultural and political needs of the campus Black community.
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The initiative is a “a comprehensive effort to address the underrepresentation of African American students, faculty, and staff,” according to the UC Berkeley Division of Equity & Inclusion’s website.
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It has taken more than two years of organizing rallies, marches and demonstrations for the Black Student Union, or BSU, to obtain a five-year contract for the Hearst Field Annex space with a $30,000 annual stipend to pay for its programs.
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The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a significant victory to supporters of affirmative action June 23 when it upheld the consideration of race in the admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin. But the decision won’t impact the university’s admissions policy because California state law supersedes the verdict.
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Students often notice banners around campus that signal important events, such as department anniversaries and community campaigns — but most don’t know how they get there.
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The 38th annual RAZA Day was held Saturday on campus, featuring speakers and workshops intending to demystify the college experience for Latino and Chicano students.
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In the past month, dozens of colleges across the country have protested racial discrimination on campuses in a movement that is forcing higher education administrators to take another look at racial misunderstandings and reevaluate administrative diversity.
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