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Videos: Leaders Answer Your Questions
At the town hall, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Claude Steele and Vice Chancellor Wilton responded to questions submitted by staff. Click the links below to watch their responses.
- EVCP Steele:"What roles do you see staff playing in the future of the University?"
- Vice Chancellor Wilton: "Can you explain the reasons for the recently announced shift in RSSP and what this means to employees in custodial, maintenance, facilities, etc.?"
- EVCP Steele: "When you need to make tough decisions, what criteria do you use to make them?"
- Vice Chancellor Wilton: "The campus has been through A LOT of change lately ... is there an end in sight?"
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Campus Leaders Share Perspectives with Staff at VCAF Town Hall
By Shelby Carpenter
“Whether you spend your days in spreadsheets or sheetrock, we’re all Berkeley,” said Kim LaPean, Communications Manager for University Health Services, at the opening of the first VCAF Town Hall on Monday, May 11. This theme of togetherness was echoed throughout the event as campus leaders shared their perspectives about current challenges and future directions for the university.
Nearly 400 staff attended the event at Zellerbach Playhouse and hundreds of staff tuned in to watch the event online via livestream.
Vice Chancellor John Wilton led off the event with an overview of Berkeley’s financial status, challenges and future goals. In 2008 Berkeley received $506 million in state funding, said Wilton, but by 2014 that number dropped to $319 million, leading to a need for innovative ways to fund the university’s priorities.