Get Involved

Volunteer Opportunities and Benefits

• Mentoring and Networking


• Speaking Opportunities with Students


• Regional Social Connections

Unless otherwise noted below, please complete our volunteer form for the positions listed.

Engineering @cal Online Community Career Networker

• A networking and mentorship program for Cal students and alumni.
• Join the online alumni community Engineering @ca l by emailing bears@berkeley.edu for a pin number.
• If you are already member click on the Career Networker option.
• Create your own Career Network profile.
• You control what information is viewed by others.

Northern California Engineering Alumni Society Mentoring

• Mentoring program that connects Berkeley Engineering undergraduate or graduate students with alumni for school-related and career advice, as well as suggestions and support on getting the most from their education.
• Sign-up today and we will help match you with a current student.

MentorNet

• An award-winning nonprofit e-mentoring network founded in 1997
• Provides highly motivated proteges from the world's top colleges and universities with one-on-one, email-based mentoring with mentors from industry and academia
• Particularly but not exclusively for women and other underrepresented groups
• Students may request mentors from their current school so we encourage you to sign-up today to be an e-mentor
• Register directly with MentorNet and request a Berkeley Engineering student as your mentee. (MentorNet cannot guarantee a Berkeley Engineer)

Techbridge Mentor

• A program which encourages girls to get involved in science and engineering
  sponsored by the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California.
• Berkeley Engineering alumni may be placed on a mentoring team with a female undergraduate engineering student from Berkeley.
• Work with staff at Techbridge to design a hands-on project that helps the mentee develop her technical aptitude, increase her self-confidence and develop a strong interest in engineering and science.
• You decide the terms for your commitment.
• Volunteer and you will be contacted.
  

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Speaking Opportunities with Students

Cal Day Volunteer

• Volunteer at the Cal Day Engineering Alumni Relations table and talk to prospective engineering students and their families. The next Cal Day event will be held in April 2007.
• Please complete our volunteer form .
  

Real World Engineering Career Conference Panelist

• A career conference for current engineering students held every spring semester. The next Real World Engineering event will be held in February 2007.
• The call for volunteers panelists goes out each November and you must complete the RWE volunteer form to be considered as a panelist.

Resource for the Engineering Joint Council

• EJC is a student group serving as the liaison between the students and the College of Engineering.
• They provide organizational and financial support for their member societies, facilitate communication between students and the College administration, and coordinate efforts and events involving all the students of the College of Engineering.
• They are interested in inviting alumni as guests speakers for student groups.
• Please contact EJC directly for more information on how you can help 510-642-2420, or ejc@cory.eecs.berkeley.edu .

Success Seminar Speaker

• The Engineering Alumni Relations Success Seminars provide meaningful opportunities for our alumni and students to connect.
• The topics focus on training in leadership, corporate structure, personal communication, professionalism, management, and ethics.
• To participate as a speaker please fill out our volunteer form .
  

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Regional Social Connections

Northern and Southern California Engineering Alumni Society Directors

• The Engineering Alumni Society (EAS) Board's purpose is to build a loyal alumni base and foster support for the College of Engineering.
• As a director, one's major responsibility is to promote and further the goals and activities of the Society on behalf of the College by serving one to three year terms.
• A call for board nominations goes out each spring semester.
• Email eas@coe.berkeley.edu to contact the board presidents.
  

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