http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Thu, 23 May 2013 22:42:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://centrolegal.org/2013/02/13/centro-legal-de-la-razas-44th-anniversary-gala-building-healthy-communities-friday-april-12-2013/ http://centrolegal.org/2013/02/13/centro-legal-de-la-razas-44th-anniversary-gala-building-healthy-communities-friday-april-12-2013/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:16:34 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34287 Centro Legal de la Raza, a Bay Area organization that supports the rights of immigrant, low-income and Latino communities, has named Robert Birgeneau as recipient of a "visionary-leadership award," for his efforts on behalf of undocumented students. The chancellor will be honored April 12 at the center's 44th-anniversary gala.]]> http://centrolegal.org/2013/02/13/centro-legal-de-la-razas-44th-anniversary-gala-building-healthy-communities-friday-april-12-2013/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/2011/09/13/support-offered-for-undocumented-students/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/13/support-offered-for-undocumented-students/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:03:23 +0000 Janet Gilmore http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=16164 Campus officials on Monday (Sept. 12) released the findings of Chancellor Birgeneau’s task force on undocumented students and announced plans to carry out the committee’s recommendations.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/13/support-offered-for-undocumented-students/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