(EE)CS Undergraduate Survey Results

I just looked through the results from the (EE)CS undergraduate survey (https://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~eunjian/Faculty%20Retreat%202012/Survey%20Summary.pdf), and one part of the results really caught my attention.
Three questions on the survey asked:
- 59. Have you ever experienced depression while in college?
- 60. Has someone you know in EECS/CS experienced depression?
- 61. If answered yes to either of the previous questions and you feel comfortable, please comment on your friend’s or on your depression.

I read all the results for question 61 (starts from page 157), and it made my heart feel very heavy. I can relate to majority of the comments left by students; some people took the words straight out of my mouth. Although knowing that I am not alone in my struggles with EECS comforts me, it also saddens me that so many people are on the same boat. I really wish I can help everyone, but I don’t know where exactly to start… Now that I am done with my Senate term, I will be able to narrow my focus and attention to the EECS community… and I will figure something out!!

And this will be my last entry ever on this blog. I think.
Good bye! Thanks for reading!

Thank you

The last Senate meeting for the 2011-2012 school year adjourned at 4am today (whooo 9 hour meeting).

I just wanted to thank everyone–from fellow senators to friends–for everything… from teaching me more about an issue to delivering food when I was starving.

I want to continue serving my peers, so pleaseeeeeeeee let me know if you ever need anything. I will either do my best to serve you or connect you to senators who will have resources that I no longer have now.

Thanks once again!

3 more weeks

3 more weeks of Senate meetings before I’m pretty much done!!
Please please please let me know if there is anything I can do for you or for your student organization before my term ends! I’m really going to miss the ability to help my friends through writing Senate bills or using other resources that I had access to as a Senator. I really want to do as much as possible in the next three weeks to help you. Let me know!

Spring Budgeting 2012-2013 Preliminary Proposals and Appeals

From CalLink:

The preliminary proposals for spring budgetting allocations can be found in this link: https://callink.berkeley.edu/organization/asucsenateonly/DocumentLibrary/View/91780.

If you would like to submit an appeal, please use the following instructions:
Appeal Instructions Spring Budget 2012-2013:

Turning in the application

- Fill out applications at https://callink.berkeley.edu/form/start/9406 any time before Wednesday April 11, 5PM.

- Groups will present to the ASUC Financial Committee (Ficomm) on a first-come, first-serve basis

Presenting at Ficomm on either of the following days:

 

Sunday, April 15, Time: 3-5PM, Location: Senate Chamber

Tuesday, April 17, Time: 8-11PM, Location: Senate Chamber

Friday, April 20, Time: 5-8PM, Location: Senate Chamber

 

Presenting at Ficomm

- Print out 10 copies of your application to distribute to Senators and the Finance Officer.

- You will have up to 3 minutes maximum to present to Ficomm why you are appealing and the amount you wish to receive.

- After your 3 minutes is over, senators will ask clarifying questions and discuss your appeal.

 

Second Appeals- (Proposals finalized in Ficomm)

- Your group’s new amount will be released on April 21, 2011 and will be posted on the Callink website.

- If you are still not satisfied, you must directly contact a Ficomm senator before Monday, April 23, 2011 for your group to be considered for a second appeal. Your senator will lobby on your behalf because your group will not have a chance to present during the Ficomm meeting.

- Senators will discuss your group’s allocation until a majority consensus is reached.

Cal Day 2012 Spots FULL

Edit:
All spots for CalDay are now full. Please add yourself to the waitlist if you were not able to claim a table. If you signed up but are unable to participate in CalDay, please let the Center for Student Leadership know ASAP so that it can give someone else the spot.

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REMINDERS:

1. Each group may only have 1 spot

2. As Lower Sproul is designated as the Public Service Fair, you MAY NOT sign up for tables in Lower Sproul if you are not a service group.  We may remove you from that spot if you sign up for Lower Sproul and are not a service group.

3. If you are service group, there are still a few spots in Lower Sproul and you may sign up for a table as a part of the Public Service Fair.

4. If you do not get a spot, you can sign up on the waitlist.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHpsc0ROSFh1TWZzTl9nU1dOenpaLXc6MQ#gid=0

5. The link to sign up:
https://students.berkeley.edu/osl/studentgroups/signatories/index.asp?todo=selecttable

Provide Student Input For CalCentral!

Below is a message from the CalCentral User Experience Team:

Cal students,

The CalCentral project seeks students to participate in an upcoming usability study. CalCentral’s mission is to provide a single online location for engaging in and managing many of the key activities of academic and campus life at Berkeley. The ultimate goal of this study is to make CalCentral as useful and usable as possible. For more information about CalCentral visit the pilot site:

https://calcentral.berkeley.edu/

Participation will involve one hour of time on either Tuesday April 11th or Wednesday April 12th, 2012. To encourage participation, each participant will be offered an incentive worth $25.

If you are interested in participating, please fill out the screening survey as soon as possible:

http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/877478/Sakai-OAE-Usability-Testing-Round-2-Screening-Survey

The survey should take about 2 minutes to complete.

Once we receive completed surveys, we will contact qualified respondents by email.

Thank you,

Rachel Hollowgrass, Jon Hays and Allison Bloodworth
CalCentral User Experience team

Attend the startup fair!

If you’re still looking for full-time or internship positions for the coming summer, then attend the startup fair! Organized by HKN, IEEE, and CSUA, the startup fair will be held on Tuesday, March 13 from 12pm to 4pm at Pauley Ballroom.
Check out the website to upload your resume, to see a list of startups that will be attending, or to find out more information: http://ucbstartupfair.com/

(EE)CS Undergraduate Survey

Undergraduates in L&S CS or EECS, please fill out the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HWGPSRT
Results from the survey will generate conversation at the eecs/cs undergraduate town hall on March 15.
You will also be entered in a drawing for $50 Amazon gift cards (4) or $100 gift cards (2).

Spring Budgeting Application Instructions – Applications Due March 16

Please find the complete instructions to Spring Budgeting here

2012-2013 Annual Spring Budgeting Application Timeline

Budget Applications Released: Tuesday 2/21/2012 @ 5PM

PUBs Application

SAGs, SISGs, GOVs Application

1st Budget Workshop 3/7: 7-9 PM at Chinquapin Room in MLK

2nd Budget Workshop 3/9: 9-11PM at Senate Chambers

3rd Budget Workshop 3/13: 9-11PM at Senate Lounge

Budget Applications Due 3/16 @ 5PM

Initial Proposals/Appeals Applications Released: Monday April 2nd

Appeals Applications Due: Wednesday, April 11th @ 5PM

Appeals Meetings TBD in the week of April 15th

Spring Budget Finalized in Senate: Wednesday, April 26th

Fundraise through curios.me

http://www.curios.me/studentorganizations/

By asking and answering questions/polls, your student organization (at Berkeley or Stanford) can earn up to $5000!  Spring fundraising just began so sign up or continue doing what you did last semester!