Life after Berkeley: New retirees from offices all over campus share their feelings about Cal, their reasons for bidding Berkeley adieu, and their plans for the future.  From violin-building to travel abroad, they may be stepping down, but most aren't slowing down.

Additional campus, UC budget cuts pending: The state budget picture as it applies to UC remains unclear, though largely discouraging. A bright spot in the gloom: cuts to vital Cal Grant support for students in need of financial aid are off the table for now.

Good news for campus car commuters: A bit of good budget news: P&T holds the line on parking-permit fees

Philip Brett Fund to support LGBT studies: A new fund to support research into LGBT topics in any discipline has been created to memorialize a professor who pioneered gay studies in music

Political scientist Chhibber named to head IIS: Teacher, scholar, and former chair of the political science department named to a five-year term as director of the Institute of International Studies

Managers who embrace change honored at May ceremony:Twenty-two campus managers receive BSA awards

A summer's worth of science writing: The annual Summer Reading List is a Berkeley tradition. Entering freshmen (and the rest of us) stock our beach bags with books recommended by campus staff and faculty — this year, on the theme of science

A sunny day for graduates — and the many who helped them: Last month's Commencement Convocation was a day full of Happyness, in more ways than one

Obituary: Joe Barker

Obituary: Nick West

Laurels: Blue ribbons, gold stars, honorable mentions

News Briefs: It's the last Berkeleyan of 2008-09, New regulations, policy for hazardous-materials shipping, Numerous ways to support campus's AIDS Walk team, General Catalog on sale at a discount to campus units, For the record...

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Life after Berkeley
In May, Berkeley sends its graduates into the world; five weeks later, a different campus rite of passage occurs when staffers of a certain age retire. Each year, June 30 is the day many eligible staff members elect to retire, closing out the fiscal year — and their Cal careers — with a flourish. The Berkeleyan sought out some of this year's soon-to-be-retirees — call them "the other graduating class of 2009" — to get the lowdown on their plans, highlights of their time at Cal, and advice for those who follow in their footsteps..  (Joseph Daniel Fiedler)