ATTENTION: Reporters covering higher education, local news
WHAT: Chancellor Nicholas Dirks will give his first campus news conference as the 2013-14 school year begins. He took office as UC Berkeley’s 10th chancellor on June 1.
The chancellor has said he aims to engage the campus community in a collective effort to “imagine new futures for the university.” At the news conference, he and other campus leaders will unveil a collective set of new programs and initiatives for one of his initial priorities – the quality and centrality of education for UC Berkeley’s undergraduate students. Undergraduates are estimated to number 25,770 this fall.
WHEN: 1 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 26.
WHERE: The Club Room, Haas Pavilion, UC Berkeley. The building is off Spieker Plaza, near the corner of Bancroft Way and Dana Street. See campus map . Reporters should enter the main doors of the pavilion, make a left, and where the corridor dead-ends, make a right. About three-fourths of the way down the hall, the Club Room is on the right.
WHO: Speakers will be:
- Chancellor Nicholas Dirks
- Catherine Koshland, vice provost for teaching, learning, academic planning and facilities
- Harry Le Grande, vice chancellor for student affairs
- John Wilton, vice chancellor for administration and finance
- Anne De Luca, associate vice chancellor for admissions and enrollment
- Maura Nolan, director of Berkeley Connect and associate professor of English
DETAILS: Short presentations by each speaker will be followed by time for questions from reporters. No press release will be issued, but a press packet with supplementary materials will be available. Reporters who cannot come to the event can call in via a teleconference phone line: (866) 740-1260 (access code 3843618#)
RSVP: Reporters interested in attending, or in participating by phone, should RSVP to Andy Pino, director of communications and media relations, at andypino@berkeley.edu .