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At the annual recognition ceremony on Tuesday, 4/25/23, recipients of the 2023 Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Awards (COSA) were honored plus featured in a campus CALMessage from the Chancellor and the COSA Committee on 5/16/23.

Fiscal Close (FY22-23) deadlines were shared with all Berkeley faculty and staff via a joint Vice Chancellor Finance (VCF) / Vice Chancellor Administration (VCA) CALMessage on 5/3/23.

In order to help departments/units begin their preparations, below is a "preview" of the deadlines that have been identified for services provided by Berkeley Regional Services (BRS). These deadlines will also be included in the VCF/VCA CalMessage.

Congratulations to ERSO's Sanchita Pal, and ProS' Tian Yu on being named two of the outstanding 28 campus managers and supervisors who were bestowed this year's Excellence in Management Award.

(Editors note: the following is representative of an email sent to campus departments on 3/8/23 by Moon Jang-Shinn, COO, SSALL, and the BRS Regional HR Managers.)

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Dear Department Managers and Colleagues,

Beginning on Monday, 3/6/23, Berkeley Regional Services (BRS) regions will begin communicating all the details around this year's 2023 Summer Salary processes to their departments and PIs.

Below are highlights and more detailed processes and timelines can be found on the Summer Salary for Faculty pages of the BRS website:

(Editors note: the following email was sent to campus contacts by APO on 2/21/23)

Dear Colleagues, 

This article links to the full article appearing on the BEARS website. 

This is a link to the content page for 2022-23.

Berkeley Regional Services (BRS) launched the HR Service Hub last October to replace the legacy HR ServiceNow platform. We are now working to close any remaining open cases in the Legacy HR ServiceNow  system, before it becomes “read only” on December 19, 2022. It will remain frozen as a “read only” system indefinitely. Any cases that are not able to be completed by the end of October will be reopened and completed in the HR Service Hub, with a reference to the related ticket in the Legacy HR ServiceNow platform. 

In an announcement on 7/22/22, AVC and Executive Director of Business Operations for VCA, Seamus Wilmot, and BEST Regional Associate Dean, Arash Komeili announced that Maya Serban has accepted the (permanent) role of BEST Regional Director effective 8/1/22. Read full details here. 

Two California bills, AB-119 (passed in 2017) and SB-270 (passed in 2021) outline requirements that public employers, including UC, must provide unions with an accurate list of new and current employee names, job title, department, work location and contact information for all represented employees. This requirement does not pertain to non-represented employees. 

Exciting news that two of the 51 EIM recipients this year are from BRS!

(Updated: 5/9/22)

Fiscal Close (FY21-22) deadlines were shared with faculty and staff via a joint Vice Chancellor Finance (VCF) / Vice Chancellor Administration (VCA) CALMessage on 5/6/22.

In order to help departments/units begin their preparations, below is a "preview" of the deadlines that have been identified for services provided by Berkeley Regional Services (BRS). These deadlines will also be included in the VCF/VCA CalMessage.

Editors note: this represents a joint APO, Graduate Student Services, and People & Culture’s Employee and Labor Relations email sent to campus academic distribution list on 3/31/22.

It is with mixed emotions that we announce that Lori Tannyhill has decided to retire from UC Berkeley as of July 1, 2022 after 22 years of service. "I am deeply appreciative of the many opportunities for professional growth that I have experienced here at Cal. Prior to my role as RD, I was fortunate to hold leadership positions in CSS, Housing and Dining, and at International House. I am a proud UC Berkeley alumna, and I consider Cal both my educational and professional home. UCB will always hold a special place in my heart.

To the BEST Region community - 

(Editors note: The following represents a message sent on 2/10/22 by APO's Heather Archer, and the Berkeley Regional Services Leadership Teams. It provides a "preview" of this year's activities.)

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From: Appolicy Departmental <appolicy@berkeley.edu> 

Date: Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 1:12 PM 

In a CALMessage on 1/12/22, Vice Chancellor Administration, Marc Fisher, and Assistant Vice Chancellor, Seamus Wilmot, announced the official news regarding the realignment of the ChaMPS Region. Read the announcement here.