News briefs

31 October 2001 |

Final flu shot clinics set for November
Two flu clinics remain to be held at the Tang Center, on Thursday, Nov.15 and Friday, Nov. 30. All clinics are on a drop-in, “while supplies last” basis, from noon to 6 p.m. in the Tang Center’s Class of ’42 Room. The cost for non-students is $15. For information call 642-1814.

Interim staff ombuds appointed
Margo Wesley will be the interim staff ombudsperson, following the resignation of Anita Madrid. Madrid, who has worked on campus since 1973, is leaving to become associate director of the U.S. division of Partners for Democratic Change, an organization that advances change and conflict management worldwide.

A search committee chaired by Vice Chancellor Horace Mitchell has been formed to fill the position permanently. Wesley, who has served as associate staff ombudsperson, can be reached at 642-7823.

Comments on calendar due Nov. 15
The campus’s Strategic Planning Committee is soliciting opinions from the campus community on a proposed change to the academic calendar, designed to help accommodate planned enrollment growth.

The proposed 140-day calendar is available for viewing on the Strategic Planning Committee Web site.

Campus forums on the proposal wil be held in November. To make an extended comment at one of the forums, or if you’re unable to attend, post comments under the Web site’s calendar section. The deadline for comments is Nov. 15.

For information on the proposed calendar, e-mail Dennis Hengstler at hengstlr@uclink4.berkeley.edu.

Business school to offer weekend MBA
Beginning in the fall of 2002, students at the Haas School of Business will be able to earn an MBA degree by taking classes on Saturdays only. Half of the program will be offered in Silicon Valley, the first time the school has offered a degree program in the South Bay.

The weekend classes are an expansion of the school’s Evening MBA Program, which is ranked as one of the top 10 in the country.

The new option recognizes the economic importance of the South Bay and the fact that about half of the current Evening MBA students commute to their Haas classes from the South Bay.