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The Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Awards (COSA) are presented each year to individuals and teams from our staff community who, in addition to performing their normal job duties with excellence, demonstrate exceptional initiative in contributing to the Berkeley campus community. These awards are among the highest honors bestowed upon staff by the Chancellor.  This year's recipients were recently recognized at a 4/25/23 awards ceremony. 

In a campus email on April 21, 2023, the Berkeley Staff Assembly announced the recipients of this year's Excellence in Management Award recipients.

We would like to extend special recognition to the following recipients within the Administrative (VCA) Division:

VCA's first Town Hall Meeting for Directors and Managers since 2020 was held virtually on Thursday April 13, 2023 from 10-11:00AM. If you missed it, here is the recording.

Hosted by Vice Chancellor Administration, Marc Fisher, a panel of presenters and 1-minute "lightning round" speakers provided updates in the following areas: 

Link to the Berkeley News article appearing on 4/4/23.

https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/02/01/its-official-uc-berkeleys-new-polic...

https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/01/17/slideshow-campus-crews-respond-to-w...

This is a link to the Berkeley News website article with the summary of the final Campus Conversation of the year, featuring Chancellor Christ.

This links to the article featured on the Berkeley News website on 12/5/22.

The following CALMessage was sent to faculty and staff on October 20, 2022 which outlined details to help campus departments plan for Vice Chancellor, Administration and Vice Chancellor of Finance departments service impacts during the Thanksgiving and Winter Curtailment periods.

Dear Campus Colleagues,

Editors note: Please refer to this Berkeley Regional Services news article. 

Congratulations to these ten (10) VCA leaders who were recognized as recipients of this year's Excellence in Management Award (EIM).

On 3/30/31, it was announced that Chancellor Christ has approved a new Campus Master Plan that establishes a renewed long-term vision for the physical development of the Berkeley campus. It has been more than 17 years since the campus approved such a plan.

https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/03/30/uc-berkeley-drills-400-foot-borehol...

Berkeley News article featuring details about the enrollment freeze legislation being overturned.

Today, in a campus wide message, Chancellor Christ outlined a new unprecedented partnership between our university, the City of Berkeley and local nonprofit organizations, a collaborative effort that will enable us to offer housing and a new daytime drop-in center to the unhoused members of the community who are currently living in and gathering at People's Park.  Read the full CALMessage here. 

https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/02/03/interim-executive-vice-chancellor-a...

https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/02/01/uc-berkeley-breaks-ground-on-helen-...

https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/01/21/data-privacy-week-2022-keep-it-priv...

Read the official announcement here.