http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Sat, 18 May 2013 20:48:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/10/legal-services-program-for-undocumented-students-students/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/10/legal-services-program-for-undocumented-students-students/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 18:26:52 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34044 A special project of Berkeley Law's International Human Rights Law Clinic and the campus's Undocumented Student Program has helped 103 Berkeley students decide whether to apply for a special immigration category that allows them to work legally and to avoid deportation. Most have won approval under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/10/legal-services-program-for-undocumented-students-students/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/16/chancellor-visionary-leadership/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/16/chancellor-visionary-leadership/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:18:49 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34444 "I myself am a beneficiary of a community that supported my education," Chancellor Birgeneau told an appreciative audience at Oakland's Scottish Rite Center, where he accepted the Centro Legal de La Raza's "Visionary Leadership Award." ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/16/chancellor-visionary-leadership/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/13/nations-single-largest-gift-for-scholarships-to-undocumented-students-announced/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/13/nations-single-largest-gift-for-scholarships-to-undocumented-students-announced/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:00:39 +0000 José Rodríguez http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33630 A $1 million gift from the Haas, Jr. Fund, announced Tuesday, Dec. 11, will provide scholarship assistance for nearly 200 undocumented students on campus, who come from 20 different countries.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/13/nations-single-largest-gift-for-scholarships-to-undocumented-students-announced/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/11/marco-flores/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/11/marco-flores/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:00:15 +0000 José Rodríguez http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33633 For Marco Antonio Flores, succeeding at UC Berkeley while being undocumented was an arduous six-year journey.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/11/marco-flores/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/11/jessica-g/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/11/jessica-g/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:00:06 +0000 Andrea Lampros http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33646 “I am a believer that if you have a goal, there’s always a means to achieve it,” said Jessica G., a student at UC Berkeley who plans to become a lawyer. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/11/jessica-g/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/18/poi-person-tbd/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/18/poi-person-tbd/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:39:40 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32637 Meng So arrived in the Bay Area the way many people do — as a child, with parents fleeing strife in their homeland. For the next dozen years, the Sos lacked full legal status. Their struggles to provide for the family, So says, inform his work as UC Berkeley's Undocumented Student Program coordinator, the only position of its kind at any university in the country. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/18/poi-person-tbd/feed/ 0 http://dreamstate.dailycal.org/ http://dreamstate.dailycal.org/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:04:45 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=21406 A team of student journalists explores the California DREAM Act, which grants undocumented students access to publicly funded financial aid, in a special project of The Daily Californian. The multimedia package, "Dream State," looks at political, historical, financial and personal dimensions of a controversial issue.]]> http://dreamstate.dailycal.org/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/08/chancellor-endorses-passage-of-california-dream-act/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/08/chancellor-endorses-passage-of-california-dream-act/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:04:28 +0000 Claire Holmes http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=17738 Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau commended California Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday for signing the California DREAM Act, which makes state-funded scholarships available to undocumented students.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/08/chancellor-endorses-passage-of-california-dream-act/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/15/dream-act-discussion-draws-campus-crowd/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/15/dream-act-discussion-draws-campus-crowd/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:32:02 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=16592 A panel discussion, examining the historical context and current debates surrounding immigration reform, drew Dreamers and non-Dreamers alike to Free Speech Café Wednesday.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/15/dream-act-discussion-draws-campus-crowd/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/07/25/ab130/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/07/25/ab130/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:11:32 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=14209 Passage of AB 130 means Berkeley and other state colleges and universities can award privately funded scholarships to undocumented students, but not yet — as envisioned by California Dream Act supporters — state-administered financial-aid programs.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/07/25/ab130/feed/ 0