Alumni Relations
Faculty Highlights
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Alumni Association Chair Rebecca Zuckerman, Ph.D. 00, Chem |
Dear Fellow Alumni,
Busy, busy, busy. Believe me, I know
how you feel. Too busy to help out with the alumni associationor are
you? One vital way to remain connected with the college and the students
is to serve as a career networker via the @cal online community program.
This is a fine way to assist current students in their quest for career
fields and specializations. Later this fall a new feature will be available
that will allow alumni to upload photos for their Directory profile and
Career Network profile, if they so choose.
Speaking of the @cal program, we currently
have just over 10 percent of our eligible alums registered, of whom 26
percent have made themselves available to be contacted via the Career
Network program. To those who are registered and networkers already, a
big thank you. And to those who arent yetwell, come on aboard! I encourage
you to take the time to register for Cals online community program to
stay connected with your fellow Bears. The program has many benefits besides
the online directory and career network. New this fall is Web Conferencing,
which includes a Live Event series that uses real-time web conferencing
to feature notable alumni and faculty members for an ongoing discussion
with @cal members.
Again, I strongly urge you to consider
joining this exciting online community, not only to stay in touch with
classmates but also to assist the college's students. To register, go
to https://chemalum.berkeley.edu. You will be asked for a PIN, which you
may obtain by requesting it from the customer service department at the
time of registration. I hope to see more of you online!
As we go to press, there are several events coming
up this fall:
Continuing Nanotech forums
We are continuing to cosponsor the MIT-Stanford-UC
Berkeley nanotechnology monthly forums, which have been incredibly successful
not only in highlighting the leaders of nanotechnology, but also in reaching
out to the three alumni communities and bringing them together to network
and discuss this growing field.
Homecoming & Parents Weekend
This year during Homecoming & Parents Weekend,
two of our alumni era groups, the Free Radicals (1964 - 79) and the
CHEMillenniums (1980 - 99), will host a brunch in the McCollum Room,
following Assistant Professor Dirk Trauners lecture on October 16. The
chairs from both departments will MC this event and will discuss the latest
happenings in the college. Prior to the lecture we will have a continental
breakfast for all alumni, parents, students, and friends in the Tan Hall
lobby.
AIChE event
The AIChE Alumni and Friends reception will be held
on Tuesday, November 9, at the Hilton Austin in Austin, Texas during the
2004 Annual AIChE Conference. All alumni and friends are invited to attend.
Alumni era events
The Alumni of the G. N. Lewis Era will host their
annual luncheon on Thursday, November 18 in the Heyns Room at The Faculty
Club. Professor Clayton J. Radke of the chemical engineering department
will be the speaker.
In late winter/early spring we will have the Cupola
Era alumni luncheonplease look for more details on the colleges home
page.
RWE, Cal Day and Berkeley Nano in the spring
Real World Engineering, Cal Day, and the Berkeley
Nanotechnology Forum 2005 will be coming up in the spring. RWE 05, hosted
by the College of Engineering, is a great event for current students to
learn from alums about various career specializations, options and suggested
steps to take to obtain their goals. If you live in the greater Bay Area,
please consider participating on an alumni panel.
Cal Day is always fun for alumni, students, prospective
students and their parents, and the surrounding community to tour college
labs, hear a lecture from one of the colleges faculty and participate
in various programs throughout campus.
And, the Berkeley Nanotechnology Forum 2005 promises to
be a dynamic event sponsored by the Colleges of Chemistry, Engineering,
and Letters & Science; Boalt Law School; and the Haas Business School.
Key leaders in the nanotechnology field will be featured at this forum,
which is scheduled for Saturday, April 30.
Last May we hosted a kickoff event for our newest alumni
era group, which has not yet been officially named but is fondly referred
to as the Young Alumni2000 and Beyond. The association planned a celebratory
reception for this new alumni era group and also included the graduating
students of the college. It was such a hit that everyone involved agreed
it should be an annual event.
As another way of congratulating the graduating students,
the association gave out travel mugs and included a certificate for a
cup of coffee from the Coffee Lab in Giauque Hall to give the students
an extra jolt to make it through finals and dissertations!
I do hope to see you at some of the colleges events,
and I welcome your comments about suggested programs, etc. Please feel
free to contact me at rzuckerman@plexxikon.com or Camille Olufson at colufson@berkeley.edu.
I hope that 2004 was a fine year for you and your family,
and that 2005 will even be better!
Best Regards,
Rebecca Zuckerman, Ph.D. 00, Chem
