Meet Berkeley staff organizations and learn how to get involved!
Head over to Goldie's for a free cup of drip coffee (provided by Peet's), tea, pastry, or banana courtesy of People & Culture. Must be present and show staff ID to receive. ///// Goldie's is proud to be an Eat Well Berkeley restaurant.
Berkeley is known as a place that continuously disrupts the status quo. But not all advocacy efforts are as successful as others. In this session, Lasana Hotep, Director of DEIB at UC Berkeley, will share approaches gleaned from a career successfully advocating for change in a variety of organizations, institutions, and systems. Participants will leave understanding how they can strategically influence positive changes in their organizations.
Lasana O. Hotep leads the Office of DEIB at UC Berkeley. Lasana’s leadership experience spans broad educational and administrative arenas including his service as the Assistant Vice Chancellor of Equity for the Peralta Community College District, the Director of Multicultural Affairs at Estrella Mountain Community College, Dean of Special Programs and Grants at Merritt College, and the inaugural Dean of Student Equity and Support Programs at Skyline College.
As an educator, Lasana has delivered talks throughout the United States and internationally in Beijing, China and Accra, Ghana. Lasana is published in edited volumes including; African American Men in College (Jossey-Bass, 2006), The Black Male Handbook: A Blueprint for Life (Atira/Simon Simon & Schuster, 2008), and is co-author of Minding the Obligation Gap: Striving for Equity in Community Colleges and Beyond.
Enjoy IN-PERSON Bingo at Pauley Ballroom with your colleagues and get a chance to win prizes!
RSVP and join us for VIRTUAL Bingo with your fellow Berkeley staff and win some great prizes!
Whether you are new to campus, have recently returned after working remotely, or have been here for years, explore our beautiful campus on a guided tour. Choose from an hour-long tour at 12pm, or 3pm. Tours are limited to 35 people each, so register early to snag a spot.
Be on the lookout for our Staff Appreciation Week reminder e-mail next week to get (2) free tickets for the Cal home football game on 10/22.
We asked you in the September 2020 Employee Morale Survey which forms of appreciation were most meaningful to you as a UC Berkeley staff member. Explore offerings based on the top 3 responses:
Learn the 6 salary setting situations and 6 principles that are considered when determining equitable salaries at Berkeley, and negotiation strategies that will benefit everyone, especially women of color.
The session will include an overview about salary setting at Berkeley, contextualized by J.S. Henderson, Director of Total Rewards, and offers best practices and strategies presented by guest speaker, Jacqueline Twillie, a global expert on Women’s Leadership.
Take a snack or wellness break and head over for a free cup of drip coffee (provided by Peets) and a pastry courtesy of People & Culture. Must be present and show staff ID to receive.
Sound Bath returns this Staff Appreciation Week with Maryzelle Undo. Experience the healing frequencies and sounds of the crystal quartz bowls and bring balance, peace, and harmony into your physical, mental, and energetic body. The bath that will be in service to you and will include an intentionally tuned 7- Chakra Crystal bowl set, meaning each bowl is tuned to the similar frequencies of each chakra in the chakra energy system. When received, this can look and feel like a promotion in sleep, mood, and health, and a decline in stress and anxiety. Please join Maryzelle for an hour of healing, grounding and love. Learn more about Maryzelle and her sound healing practice.
WATCH THE SOUND BATH ON DEMAND
Maryzelle is a San Franscican born Salvadorena-American who is passionate and committed to a life of music and healing. While exploring healing, love, and light in her inner universe, Maryzelle transmutes healing, love and light to her outer universe by hosting and creating sound-baths and sound-healing events across the Bay Area. She utilizes a range of instruments and mediums including crystal quartz bowls, tibetan bowls, tuning forks, electric guitar, african drums, gongs, electronics, bells, divinity, and love. She also actively works in the San Francisco Music Industry as a Music Studio Assistant, a radio host, a co-director, A music promoting researcher, photographer, and music journalist. Her work can be recognized at Hyde Street Music Studios, 102.5 KXSF Radio, and Psyched Radio.
Play outdoor games with other staff and enjoy a live DJ! Bring your Cal ID. There'll be something for everyone.
Test your strength on high strike, challenge a co-worker on the meltdown or snap a silly pic in one of four photo booths!
Entertainment, activities, and games:
DJ
Bubble Machines
Bungee Run
Corn Hole
Dance Dance Revolution
Giant Jenga
Giant Connect Four
Foosball Table
King of the Hammer
Meltdown
Mini Golf
Penguin Feeding Frenzy
Puttskee
Photo Booths
Pinball Machines
Shoot to Win
Skee Ball
Sticky Drag Race
Teddy Bear Toss
Snack and Beverage
Four water stations are available
Individually Bagged Popcorn
Sparkling Waters
Our ever-popular sonic event returns! Connect with your physical senses, practice restorative rest and gently tune into self-compassion through Sound Healing.
Clickety click - it’s time for virtual Bingo with your fellow Berkeley staff and win some cool prizes!
Come to the Recreational Sports Facility (RSF) on Friday, 10/22 for awesome Cal swag OR two tickets to the weekend football game (see below). You'll also get a free pack of Clorox wipes because, well, Covid.
You're invited to a Cal home football game vs. Colorado on Oct. 23. Two tickets per staff member. Tickets will be on a first-come first-serve basis on Oct. 22 at the RSF main entrance from 12-2pm. Must have a Cal1Card to receive tickets.
Hosted by Chancellor Christ
Think you know Berkeley? Then join your colleagues for a special Berkekey focused trivia game. Several live contestants will have a chance to win raffle prizes.
Presented by Lisa Rykert and Rebecca Anderson
This is your chance to ask any career, interview, or resume question you've ever had and hear answers from Career Experts, Lisa Rykert and Rebecca Anderson. Also learn what strategies will help you advance at UCB and beyond. This will be an informal session tailored to answering your questions- so come ready!
A panel discussion featuring national thought leaders: Dr. Keisha Blain, Jeff Chang, Rosa Clemente, and Tim Wise. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Ula Y. Taylor, Chair of African American Studies.
Presented by Melissa Felsenstein
Enjoy a meditative sound bath brought to you by Melissa Felsenstein of Inner Sounds Yoga. Experience a deeper sense of relaxation and renewal as you are immersed in tone and vibration of quartz crystal bowls and other instruments. Simply lay down and receive sound while reducing your stress and releasing tension.
Presented by Maurice Evans and Justin Panarese
Join Maurice Evans, 11-year NBA veteran for a moderated discussion on redefining success, channeling your inner resilience and winning from any angle.
Often it seems there is an unspoken rule that we must have it all figured out - we need an entry career plan, a five-year plan, and even a plan for what we will do during retirement! The need to have ‘the answer’ to our careers implies there IS an answer, when in fact our careers (and lives) are unique, evolving, and impossible to define. This session will reframe career uncertainty and anxiety into healthy career exploration and an open-minded approach.
Presented by:
Rebecca Andersen, Director of Career Services & Alumni Relations at the Graduate School of Information
Rebecca has been on campus since 2007, starting in environmental protection. A career changer herself, Rebecca is a co-founder of the Berkeley Facilitator's Network, a working parent, and (for now) an educator to two little ones! Rebecca is also working on a doctorate of educational leadership at UC Davis, focusing on equity in STEM careers.
Expand your career strategy toolkit and your campus connections by learning how to conduct engaging informational interviews, even while working remotely.
Presented by:
Lisa Rykert (she/her/hers), Career & Professional Development Lead
Linda Lundberg (she/her/hers), Transition Services Lead
Lisa Rykert serves as the Career & Professional Development Lead on the People & Organization Development team within UC Berkeley People & Culture. Her focus on campus is to support staff career growth and mobility with the goal of helping people to love the work they do and do the work they love within a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging.
Linda Lundberg has been with UC Berkeley since 2009 and leads the Transition Services Program within Talent Acquisition, People & Culture. Linda has a passion for providing resourceful, innovative and motivating career guidance, and is very enthusiastic about all things related to employment.
Learn tools to effectively navigate work during times of change and uncertainty. This session is designed to inspire you with ways to create joy in your day-to-day work, and give you a sense of agency in your career goals.
Presented by:
Catherine Ciano, PhD, Psychologist
Emma Strong, Academic Advisor, Fall Program for Freshmen
Dr. Catherine Ciano is a Psychologist and Teaming Strategist who uses her understanding of people and process to enable change. She hosts the Authentic Work podcast to help people align who they are with how they work.
Emma Strong is an instructional design and facilitation enthusiast with a passion for public speaking, learning, and training. She has led workshops at the UC Berkeley NOW Conference, and has facilitated sessions for the Advancing Practice professional development program for academic advisors on campus.
