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C a l i f o r n i a G o l d e n B e a r s

The experience


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T here is no other way to aptly describe America’s top public university. There is no other way to describe one of the elite academic set-

tings in the world – especially one that also includes one of America’s most successful athletic departments.

The University of California blends the best of all worlds. Overlooking the scenic San Francisco Bay and ranked as the nation’s top public university by U.S. News and World Report, the flagship campus of the state of California also features an athletic program that annually finishes among the leaders in the Direc-tors’ Cup standings, which rates the overall success of America’s collegiate athletic departments. Cal earned its highest ranking ever in the Directors' Cup standings for the 2010-11 season at No. 3.

Cal attracts what many believe to be the finest ap-plicant pool in the United States featuring a diverse student body population. The University of California is divided into 14 colleges and schools offering 351 degree programs and over 7,000 courses, with 48 of the school’s 52 graduate programs ranked among America’s Top 10. Cal’s 52 programs among the Top 10 is No. 1 among all universities in the country, as is its 32 “distinguished” programs, as rated by the National Research Council.

University Library is ranked as the No. 1 public research library in the country by the Association of Research Libraries with over 10 million volumes in 32 campus libraries.

The current faculty features eight Nobel Laureates, 135 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 32 MacArthur Fellows, 74 Fulbright Scholars, four Pulitzer Prize winners and 359 Guggenheim Fellows, more than any other university in America.

The UniversiTy of california


AmericA’S No. 1 public uNiverSity by the NumberS

Student-to-Faculty Ratio

Nobel Laureatescurrent and former faculty members

16-121

Degree Programs351ServiceThe University of California is the only school in the country to have produced more than 3,000 volunteers since the 161 inception of the Peace Corps.

Universities with the highest number of top-10 graduate program1. CaLiFoRNia2. Stanford3. Harvard4. Columbia5. MIT

Universities with the highest number of “Distinguished Programs”1. CaLiFoRNia2. Stanford3. Harvard4. Princeton5. MIT

In 2008, the Association of Re-search Libraries ranked Cal’s University Library as the No. 1 public research university library in North America.

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3,000Top public universiTies1. cAliforNiA2T. UCLa2T. Virginia4. Michigan5. North CarolinaSource: 2011 U.S. News and World Report

Nobel Laureate Oliver Williamson


SAN FRANCISCO

B erkeley is a part of the San Fran-cisco Bay Area major metropolitan area of approximately 7.5 million

people. The region is considered one of the most beautiful in the world and includes the major cities of San Francisco and Oakland, as well as Berkeley, home of the world-renowned University of California. Just south are San Jose and the Silicon Valley, home to many of the world’s most famous high-tech com-panies. The Bay Area also lies within easy driving distance of the high Sierra resorts of Lake Tahoe and Yosemite, the Monterey Peninsula and the world famous Napa wine country.

Everyone knows San Francisco, a.k.a. “The City,” from the numerous photographs, movies and television shows that capture its magic and beauty. It is a city built on a series of more than 40 hills, offering pan-oramic views of every kind. The hub of a nine-county region and the financial and insurance capital of the world, San Fran-cisco has a resident population of just over 800,000 and is situated on a 46.9-square mile peninsula bounded by water on three sides – to the west by the Pacific Ocean, the north by the Golden Gate strait, and from north to east by the San Francisco Bay. San Francisco has been named the world’s top city twice and the top city in the U.S. in 20 of the last 21 years by Condé Nast Traveler. Cal will play its home football games at

BERKELEY

San Francisco’s AT&T Park in 2011 while Memorial Stadium in Berkeley undergoes an extensive renovation and retrofit.

The San Francisco Bay is spanned by two landmarks, the Golden Gate and San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridges, the latter which is currently undergoing a spectacular renovation of the east span, and graced by four islands: Alcatraz, Angel, Treasure and Yerba Buena. The area is easily navigated by car, BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), bus or ferry, making it easily accessible to all.

top citieS iN the WorlD

1. Sydney, Australia 2. Florence, Italy 3. San Francisco, Ca 4. Charleston, SC 5. Cape Town, South Africa 6. Bangkok, Thailand 7T. Rome, Italy 7T. Vancouver, Canada 9. Santa Fe, NM 10T. Chiang Mai, Thailand 10T. Quebec City, CanadaSource: Condé Nast Traveler, 2010 Readers’ Choice Awards

Berkeley and The Bay area

Tim LincecumSan Francisco Giants

AT&T Park


located across the Bay Bridge from San Francisco and a bordering neighbor of Berkeley is Oakland, a city of just

under 400,000 people, jam-packed with exciting attractions, stimulating arts and an ideal climate. Oakland’s charm exceeds its man-made wonders – tumbling hills rising east above the city, vast forests, hiking and riding trails, beautiful lakes and numerous parks provide a natural escape for those who prefer nature over an urban environment.

Just a 12-mile trip from San Francisco, Berkeley is situated on 17.7 square miles with a population of just over 110,000 people. A study in contrasts, Berkeley is a small town with a big city character. With its world-renowned university, global population and rich diversity of cultural arts, Berkeley reflects and affects the rest of the country.

Six major pro sports teams – the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders, the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, MLB’s

Simply the beSt• Money magazine chose San Francisco as “the best place

to live” among the 300 biggest U.S. metropolitan areas.• Forbes.com ranked San Francisco as America’s “best

city for the outdoors” while American College of Sports Medicine called San Francisco “the fittest of America’s most populous cities.”

• World City Information recently named San Francisco the third most successful city in the world after No. 1 New York and No. 2 Toronto.

• San Francisco is rated the No. 1 city in the U.S. and the No. 3 city in the world in 2010 by Condé Nast Traveler.

OAKLAND

2010 world champion San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics, and the NHL’s San Jose Sharks – as well as six NCAA Division I schools call the Bay Area home.

Sources: San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau, Oakland Convention & Visitors Bureau, Berkeley Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the California Trade and Commerce Agency.

Frank GoreSan Francisco 49ersCandlestick Park

Langston WalkerOakland Raiders

O.co Coliseum


WomeN’S creWPac-10

WomeN’S WAter poloMPSF

Winning is a Cal Tradition!

Michael CavicMen’s Swimming & Diving2008 Olympic Silver Medalist

Nathan AdrianMen’s Swimming & Diving2008 Olympic Gold Medalist

Natalie CoughlinWomen’s Swimming & Diving11-time Olympic Medalist (2004-08)

Emily SilverWomen’s Swimming & Diving2008 Olympic Silver Medalist

2010-11 coNfereNce teAm chAmpioNS

volleybAllPac-10

meN’S SoccerPac-10

2008 Summer gAmeS olympiANScalifornia aThleTics


2010-11 iNDiviDuAl NAtioNAl chAmpioNS

Cindy Tran Women’s Swimming & Diving

100 Backstroke

Jana Juricova Women’s Tennis

SinglesAmanda Sims Women’s Swimming & Diving

100 Butterfly

Tom Shields Men’s Swimming & Diving

100 Backstroke

Nathan Adrian Men’s Swimming & Diving

50, 100 Freestyle

Damir Dugonjic Men’s Swimming & Diving

100 Breaststroke

Varsity 4+ Women's Crew

Freshman 8+Men's Crew

Mike Morrison Men’s Track & Field

Decathlon

rugby (also Pacific League champions)

2010-11 teAm NAtioNAl chAmpioNS

WomeN’S SWimmiNg & DiviNgmeN’S SWimmiNg & DiviNg


Spieker Aquatics Complex

Maxwell Family Field

Briones Reservoir

Witter Rugby Field

Levine-Fricke Field

Edwards Stadium/Goldman Field

T. Gary Rogers Rowing Center

Evans Diamond

Haas Pavilion

Hellman Tennis Complex

Memorial Stadium

Football lacrosse

Rugby BaseBall

Softball Men's and WoMen's CreW

Men's and WoMen's soccer

Men's and WoMen's Track & Field

Men's and WoMen's sWiMMing & diving

Men's and WoMen's Water Polo

Men's and WoMen's CreW

Men's and WoMen's BasketBall

Men's and WoMen's GyMnastics

VolleyBall

Men's and WoMen's Tennis

Field Hockey

aThleTic faciliTies


T he Athletic Study Center supports student-athletes in developing as in-dependent, self-reliant and successful

young adults. As an academic unit within the Division of Teaching and Learning, the ASC encourages student-athletes to integrate, participate and become vested members in the academic community. A supportive and instructional staff provides a broad range of programs including advising, tutoring, career planning, internships, research and profes-sional training.

tutoriAl progrAmThe Tutorial Program offers services and programs with

the goal of advancing student-athlete independence, self-reliance and integration into the academic community. The program also promotes and enhances students’ academic skills through individual and drop-in tutoring, study groups, workshops and intensive special programs. In providing these services, the ASC works closely with other academ-ic support units on campus such as the Student Learning Center, the academic centers in the Residence Halls, the Graduate School of Education, and other academic de-partments on campus. Tutors have a professional commit-ment to education and undergo a rigorous screening and training process that emphasizes working collaboratively with students.

Athletic Study Center Staff

academic achievemenT

ADviSiNg progrAmThe Advising Program provides broad academic guid-

ance in response to specific and individual needs of stu-dent-athletes at Cal. Students are assigned to advisors according to sport. Academic advisors assist students in:

•Understanding, negotiating and complying with col-lege, university and NCAA rules and requirements

•Selecting courses and majors according to individual interests and goals

•Resolving personal issues unique to student athletes

As students approach graduation, advisors continue to monitor the completion of requirements and support students as they plan for graduate school and career opportunities.


in addition to pursuing success in fields of competition and in the classroom, Golden Bear student-athletes place a high priority on community and campus

involvement. Often coordinated through Bear SAAC, Cal’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council, Bears are engaged in many areas of service throughout the Bay Area, including local community outreach programs, such Read Across America, handing out sack lunches to the homeless, supporting Special Olympics activities, one-on-one tutoring with the Sage Mentorship Project, and Jogs for Jill to raise funds and awareness for lung cancer research.

commUniTy service

“The passionate commitment that we have received from these esteemed individuals has been a vital key to our continued growth. Most importantly, the positive influence, which they impart unto the youth of our communities, has been simply amazing and impactful beyond belief.”Michael Okinczyc, Former President of The Sage Mentorship Project

Shareef Abdur-Rahim – NBA All-Star, 2000 U.S. OlympianScott Adams – Creator of Dilbert comic strip Lisa Arce – Pro beach volleyball starSteve Bartkowski – No. 1 overall pick in 1975 NFL DraftStephen Bechtel – Founder of world’s

largest constructional engineering firmZulfikar Ali Bhutto – President and Prime

Minister, PakistanMatt Biondi – Three-time Olympic swimmer,

winner of eight gold medalsRose Bird – Chief Justice, Supreme Court of

CaliforniaW. Michael Blumenthal – U.S. Secretary of the

TreasuryJerry Brown – State Attorney General, two-time

Governor of California, Mayor of OaklandThomas Cech – Chemist, Nobel Prize winnerPeter Chernin – Owner of Chernin Entertainment

and The Chernin GroupLeroy Chiao – First Chinese-American astronautChoon Kun Cho – President, Korean AirlinesRachelle Chong – Member, Federal Communica-

tions CommissionSteven Chu – U.S. Secretary of Energy Beverly Cleary – Author, “Ramona the Pest”Natalie Coughlin – Winner of 11 Olympic

medals in swimmingJoan Didion – Author, “Play It as It Lays”Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle – World War II hero,

Medal of Honor recipientAdam Duritz – Lead singer, Counting CrowsMaria Echaveste – Deputy Chief of Staff,

Clinton AdministrationJoy (Biefeld) Fawcett – Member of three U.S.

Olympic soccer teamsDon Fisher – Founder and Chairman of the

Board, The Gap

John Kenneth Galbraith – EconomistTony Gonzalez – NFL All-Pro tight endWalter A. Gordon – Governor of the U.S. Virgin

Islands, U.S. District Court JudgeMichele Granger – Olympic gold medalist,

softball pitcherJennifer Granholm – Governor of MichiganAndrew Grove – President and CEO,

Intel CorporationWalter Haas Jr. – President, Levi Strauss & Co.;

Owner of Oakland AthleticsPhilip Habib – U.S. Special Envoy to

Middle EastWilliam Randolph Hearst Jr. – Newspaper

publisherMarguerite Higgins – Journalist, Pulitzer

Prize winnerSusanna Hoffs – Lead singer, The BanglesLance Ito – Superior Court Judge, presided over

1995 O.J. Simpson murder trialIda Jackson – United Nations observer, founder

local chapter of National Council of Negro Women

Jackie Jensen – 1958 American League MVPKevin Johnson – NBA All-Star, Mayor of

SacramentoEdgar F. Kaiser – Founder, Kaiser PermanenteJeff Kent – 2000 National League MVPClark Kerr – Chancellor, UC BerkeleyJason Kidd – NBA World Champion, U.S. Olym-

pian, NBA All-StarMaxine Hong Kingston – Author, 1997

National Humanities MedalBarbara Lee – U.S. Congresswoman Yuan T. Lee – Chemist, Nobel Prize winnerWillard Libby – Physical chemist, discovered

Carbon 14, Nobel Prize winnerTung Yen Lin – World-renowned civil engineerJack London – Author, “The Call of the Wild”Wiley Manuel – First African American Supreme

Court of California JusticeJerry Mathers – Actor, “Leave it to Beaver”Brian Maxwell – Founder, PowerBarJohn A. McCone – Director of CIA, Atomic

Energy CommissionTerry McMillan – Author, “Waiting To Exhale”,

“How Stella Got Her Groove Back”Robert McNamara – U.S. Secretary of DefenseMary T. Meagher – U.S. Olympic swimmer, winner of three gold medalsNorman Mineta – U.S. Secretary of

TransportationGordon Moore – Co-founder, Intel CorporationJulia Morgan – ArchitectHardy Nickerson – NFL All-Pro linebacker

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Kevin Johnson

Jennifer Granholm Steven Chu

Gregory Peck Michelle Tafoya Adam Duritz

Left to right: Natalie Coughlin, Tony Gonzalez, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Jeff Kent, Alice Waters, Chris Pine

Sadako Ogata – U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees

Gregory Peck – Actor, Academy Award winner, “To Kill a Mockingbird”Chris Pine – Actor, “Star Trek”Kenneth Pitzer – Chemist, president, Stanford

UniversityRobert Raven – President, American Bar

AssociationHelen Wills Moody Roark – Winner of eight

Wimbledon championshipsAaron Rodgers – NFL Pro Bowl quarterback,

Super Bowl XLV champion and MVPGlenn Seaborg – Nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize

winner, cofounder of Element 106Margaret Rhea Seddon – AstronautMichael Silver – Yahoo! Sports sportswriterWilliam G. Simon – Director, FBISamuel Smith – President, Washington State

UniversityRobert Gordon Sproul – Presi-

dent, University of CaliforniaLeigh Steinberg – Lawyer,

sports agentMichelle Tafoya – Sportscaster,

Monday Night Football sideline reporter

George Takei – Actor, Mr. Sulu on “Star Trek”

Roger Traynor – Chief Justice, Supreme Court of California

Eugene Trefethen Jr. – President, Kaiser Industries

Rex Walheim – Space Shuttle astronaut

Earl Warren – Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States

Alice Waters – Chef, restaurateur, “Chez Panisse”

Jann Wenner – Cofounder, “Rolling Stone” magazine

Lionel Wilson – First African American mayor of Oakland

Pete Wilson – Governor of California

Dean Witter – Founder, Dean Witter Financial Services

Steve Wozniak – Cofounder, Apple Computer, Inc.

James D. Zellerbach – U.S. Ambassador to Italy

William Randolph Hearst

Earl Warren

Helen Wills Moody Roark


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