The College of Environmental Design Undergraduate Advising Blog

Location: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street, San Francisco Hours per week: 15 hours minimum Commitment: 3 months Start Date: Early September Reports to: Publication and Communications Manager ABOUT SPUR SPUR is one of North America’s preeminent urban planning and public policy organizations. Through research, advocacy and public education, SPUR promotes good planning and good government. SPUR is a member-supported nonprofit organization.
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Impact issues that matter this summer with the Fund The Fund for the Public Interest is a national non-profit organization that works to build support for progressive organizations across the country. We run campaigns for the Human Rights Campaign, USPIRG, and Environment America. This summer we will be in over 50 cities, working and lobbying to help win environmental and social justice campaigns.  We will be holding information sessions and interviews at The University of California, Berkeley on Tuesday, and Wednesday 4/8-4/9 at 10, 2, 4, and 6. To apply, please visit www.JobsThatMatter.org or call 1-800-75-EARTH ( 753-2784 )

On September 29, the UC Berkeley campus will transform into a day-long celebration of the arts, with Cal Performances' fourth Fall Free for All. The entire day is dedicated to bringing together the diverse and stunning talents of world-class musicians, dancers, and performers. Wander through Spieker Plaza and you'll catch the spirited Cal Band; step into Zellerbach, Hertz, and Wheeler halls and Alumni House to experience classical music, Medieval pop music, award-winning jazz, indie folk-rock, and so much more. Children will delight in taking part of shadow puppet creation, or picking up an instrument for the first time in our ever-popular Instrument Petting Zoo. Fall Free for All, hailed as "the coolest open house on the planet" showcases a sampler of performing arts with offerings for every palette. This event on September 29 is no exception, with more than 15 different performances including: Classical, Vocal and Early Music: New Century Chamber Orchestra, membe...

Come to AIAS's first general meeting of Fall 2013! Thursday, September 12th, 7:30pm in 101 Wurster Hall. AIAS, or American Institute for Architecture Students focuses on introducing students to the professional field of architecture and promoting architectural excellence through firm tours, national conferences, workshops, lectures, and socials. At the first general meeting we wil discuss the events that we hold and the benefits of being an AIAS member such as: - having and maintaining a direct link to the professional organization, AIA - firm tours of architecture and design firms (we have many successful local firms lined up for Fall 2013!) - workshops - internship panels - and much more!

Cal Career Fair September 17-19, 2013 11am-4pm Recreational Sports Facility, Field House Gym Sponsored by the Career Center, come join UC Berkeley's premier career fair-- the Cal Career Fair! This fair will kick-off the academic year and the on-campus recruiting season. Recruiters from business, industry, non-profits and government will bring information about entry-level career and internship positions. Recruiting all majors! This is a new location for the Cal Career Fair! Please use the Special Event Entrance to the RSF, located on the west side of the building closest to Edwards Stadium. Don't miss the opportunity to speak with employers such as: Accenture, Cisco, Dropbox, DEA, eBay, General Electric, General Motors, GoDaddy, JusticeCorps, Kaiser Permanente, LinkedIn, Macy's, Motorola, NASA, Pandora, Peace Corps, Procter & Gamble, SpaceX, US Department of State, Walt Disney, Yelp...and many more! Different employers will attend the fair each day! Make sure y...

Are you interested in music, writing, promoting, photography, videography, graphic design, or the entertainment industry? Are you devoted to attending shows but you're a business, engineering, economics, or non-liberal arts major? Maybe music is your life, and you're looking for an outlet that's mightier than your tumblr or personal Wordpress blog.Cal's foremost source for music news, Resound Magazine, might be the perfect club for you. Resound Magazine is an online publication that covers all-things music, including but not limited to: album and artist reviews; gear talk; music events on campus and throughout the greater Bay Area; music listening and exchange; and news and features creatively related to music. This semester Resound Magazine is looking for a strong, committed, and passionate staff of writers, promoters, social media managers, videographers, and photographers. As a writer, photographer, and/or videographer, you'll have the chance to act as member o...

BEACN is an interdisciplinary undergraduate student organization that provides consulting services to local green businesses, and it is design for the interest of Architecture and Sustainable Environmental Design majors. However,BEACN is currently recruiting students from all years and majors to join the consulting project teams. This semester specifically, BEACN has two projects that involve working with sustainable design and architecture businesses. For more information, come to one of our information sessions next week: Info Session #1 : Monday, 9/9 at 7pm in 140 Barrows Info Session #2 : Wednesday, 9/11 at 7pm in 24 Wheeler Check out BEACN's Facebook page, visit beacn.berkeley.edu or email beacn.berkeley@gmail.com for more information.

The College of Environmental Design Students of Color (CED-SOC) is a student-run group with representation from all CED departments - Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and City and Regional Planning- that hope to increase awareness and participation in issues of diversity. The CED-SOC Mission: To develop and expand the academic and social support, mentorship, career networking, and advocacy efforts for students of color and other underrepresented students within the College of Environmental Design. Students of color include those who identify themselves as African-American, Native American, Asian American, Latina/o, and Pacific Islander, however CED-SOC is inclusive and embraces all forms of diversity including LGBTQ students, low-income students, and allies who value and work for equity and justice within low-income communities and communities of color. CED-SOC also promotes and advocates for greater attention and leadership toward social justice and equity within our respect...

Hey everyone! We at BUSSA are glad to announce that on Tuesday, February 5th we will be holding our first general meeting of the semester. For those not familiar with us, BUSSA is a great way to meet and discuss planning with fellow students and professionals enthusiastic cities and urbanism. We host workshops and have several guest speakers come throughout the semester sharing their experiences of working in the fields such as urban design, transportation planning and more! So if you'd like, please join us on Tuesday, February 5th for introductions, activities and pizza! We will be meeting at 6:30PM in 314B Wurster. Hope to see you there, BUSSA For additional details or questions, feel free to write or check us out at: Email: calbussa@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CalBUSSA Twitter: https://twitter.com/CalBUSSA

Brought to you by your fellow CED students: Drop by The Rest Stop! Thursdays 7-8pm 214B Wurster Hall Great work comes from Happy Students. Happy Students come from The Rest Stop. Combat burnout and stress to pursue balance, rest and happiness! As students, we need to learn how to process critiques in healthy ways, like peer to peer discussion. Our goal is to create a more successful, healthy CED student body. The Rest Stop is a safe space to hang out together and have healthy discussions about our struggles as CED students. We are all in this together; let’s actually talk what we are going through! (i.e. long nights, questioning abilities and future, feeling failure, issues about believing in your abilities) Drop by any week for some good food and real talk with CED students!

Early Fall Application Deadline September 30,2012 Click here to find out more about Green Corp’s paid training program in environmental organizing Green Corps is looking for college graduates who are ready to take on the biggest environmental challenges of our day. In Green Corps’ year-long paid program, you’ll get intensive training in the skills you’ll need to make a difference in the world. You’ll get hands-on experience fighting to solve urgent environmental problems — global warming, deforestation, water pollution, factory farming and many others — with groups such as Sierra Club and Food and Water Watch. And, when you graduate from Green Corps , we’ll help you find a career with one of the nation’s leading environmental and social change groups. For more information, read below or visit our web site: http://www.greencorps.org/findoutmore . In your year with Green Corps : You’ll get great training with some of the most experienced organizers in the field: Green Corps organiz...