December Graduate Assembly Meeting: Quick Notes Part 1

Guest speaker Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau spoke to the assembly:

He covered:

• The Best Event of his 42 Years in Academia
• Faculty Searches and Retaining Excellence
• Graduate Student Excellence
• Berkeley Looking forward: Access and Excellence
• Hewlett Packard Chairs and Graduate Student Support
• Budget Cuts and the University Financial Situation
• Student Fees
• And progress on projects such as:

Moving ahead on Lower Sproul

Equity and Inclusion Initiatives

Student Mental Health

Campus Safety

And followed up with some question and answer.

Here was one of our favorite parts as observers:

It IS almost like asking you how to make a string quartet more efficient
...sometimes we just want to hug that guy.