More details on UC Berkeley’s voluntary workforce actions

Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Paul Alivisatos, Vice Chancellor for Administration Marc Fisher and Rosemarie Rae, vice chancellor for finance and chief financial officer, sent the following message to the campus community on Thursday afternoon. Thanks to those of you who tuned into last week's Campus Conversation in which we, along with Chancellor Christ, gave an update on the campus budget; the event was recorded and can be accessed on the Campus Conversations website. We appreciate your questions and engagement. We find ourselves in an enormously challenging time and ask for your partnership as we look to the future. Every part of our community will need to help bridge the COVID-19 budget shortfall we face. Individual divisions and departments have leeway within a range of available approaches to devise a plan that meets local needs in the best way possible. Campus leadership (including division and department heads, chief administrative officers, and division financial leaders) will receive budget instructions next week; budget materials are due to the Office of Financial Planning and Analysis on Friday, September 4 .