Ascend Berkeley Chapter

Description:

 Ascend is a premiere national accounting and finance organization with 25 student chapters, 13 professional chapters and over 5,000 members from 200 companies. As a student interested in business, you will need advice and the know-how to start your career and get an advantage in the recruiting process. Ascend’s extensive network offers you with an unmatched support through formal and informal mentorship programs and get advice from alumni and professionals. Tap into our extensive networks by becoming part of our student chapter at Berkeley.

Our student chapter provides a plethora of events to develop your professionalism, help you explore your career options and make friends! 

Mission statement: Ascend’s mission is to continually influence and encourage the development of finance, accounting and business professionals and students while serving as a collective voice for the Asian and Pacific Islander communities in the finance, accounting and related business fields. 

Contact information: [email protected].
Website: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~ascend
Meeting time and place: N/A
Upcoming events:
SFSU Joint Social – Saturday, Nov. 17 at Golden Gate Park 

American Red Cross at Cal

Description: Composed of a passionate group of college students dedicated to the mission and spirit of the Red Cross, we are a club that loves volunteer work, fun, food, and, of course, broomball! 
Come join us and our various lines of service: Blood, Youth, International, Health and Safety, and a collaborative Disaster Services. We look forward to working with you!

Mission statement: The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.

Contact information: [email protected]

Website: http://redcross.pftq.com

Meeting time and place: General meetings are held monthly and are announced through e-mails and fliers. Come check out our table for the latest news! We’re located on Upper Sproul and love it when we have visitors!

Upcoming events:

The Berkeley Group

Description: Interested in solving real-world problems? Want to gain valuable business experience? The Berkeley Group provides pro-bono consulting services for non-profits in the Bay Area. Each semester, we work with a number of clients and work with them to solve the financial, strategic and marketing problems that they face. TBG is open to all majors and years, and recruits new consultants at the beginning of every semester.
Mission statement: To achieve lasting social impact through helping Bay Area non-profit organizations overcome the challenges they face.
Contact information: [email protected]
Website: http://theberkeleygroup.org/
Meeting time and place: Wednesdays, 7-9 PM
Upcoming events: TBG is hosting a Non-profit Speaker Panel on November 14th at Haas. (Check our Facebook page for details and updates.) Recruitment for our Spring 2013 Consultant Class begins in January.

Asha

Description: Asha was founded in Berkeley in 1991 with the goal of providing basic education to underprivileged children in India. In the years since its inception, the organisation has grown to having chapters all over the United States and in other countries as well. For more than a decade, Asha for Education has managed to live up to the d

reams of its founders and demonstrated that it is possible for a few dedicated individuals to improve the lives of many others to a great extent, and make the world a better place to live in. Our success is evident from the studies of Charity Navigator, an independent organization evaluating the performance of more than 5000 charities world-wide, has ranked us the Be

st Charity in the world.
Mission statement: To catalyze socio-economic change in India through the education of underprivileged children
Contact information: [email protected]
Website: www.ashanet.org/berkeley
Meeting time and place: Thu 7-8, 206 Dwinelle
Upcoming events:

Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy (BOAA)

Description: We work on various projects such as pamphlets, flying, and attending and hosting animal rights related events. We also work with other animal rights organizations in the Bay Area.

Mission statement: The Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy is the campus’ only social justice group dedicated to raising awareness about is

sues of animal oppression. We, at BOAA, firmly stand against the abusive, gendered, and exploitative nature of the treatment of animals in our society. We believe that the ills of factory farming are felt not only by non-human animals, but also by the environment, people of color, low income people, and the health and culture of our society. As a group, we are dedicate

d to raising awaren

ess and promoting compassionate, socially just, and sustainable diets, and advocating for the liberation of animals, people and the environment from systems of human oppression.
Contact information: [email protected] or our Facebook page www.facebook.com/calveg
Website:
Meeting time and place:
Upcoming events:

 1. Movie screenings: “Peaceful Kingdom” on November 15th from 6-9pm (location tba,

contact boaa for location)

2. Meatless Mondays (in progress!)

Sather Health

Description: An ASUC-sponsored online publication group. Please visit us at www.satherhealth.org for new blogs every week and over 100 health topics to consult for.
Mission statement: To provide accurate health information from Cal students to all students.
Contact information: [email protected]
Website: www.satherhealth.org and please Like us at https://www.facebook.com/satherhealth to receive updates for new publications.
Meeting time and place: Wednesday, 6-7pm. B51 Hilderbrand for Spring 2013.
Upcoming events:

1. Applications for the DeCal and to join our staff will be available in our website by Thanksgiving and are due by Friday, Dec. 7th.
Talk by Dr. John Swartzberg (Clinical Professor, Emeritus from School of Public Health) on “Infectious Diseases in College”

2. Thursday, Feb. 7th, 2013 from 6-7:30pm. Location TBD.