Stiles Hall, the community service center that serves as Berkeley’s home away from home for many students, has moved its offices to make way for a new residence hall. Its new space, in the basement of the renovated Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union (entrance from Lower Sproul Plaza). Its grand reopening was Friday, and Berkeley News photographer Hulda Nelson and Berkeley Experience photographer Kenny Gutierrez were there; their photos are below.
“We want this to be a welcoming, positive space for students – a place they can feel at home,” said Stiles Hall Director David Stark.
The campus Food Pantry, Berkeley Scholars to Cal, veteran services, the new Wellness Apparel Project and the Underground Scholars are all part of the Stiles community network and can now be found in the new Stiles at the student union. The space is a temporary home for Stiles, which will move back across Bancroft Way into the new residence hall once it’s built.