berkeley club of france - online magazine - first edition 2009 online magazine first edition 2009 berkeley club of france
in this issue... The BCF Online Magazine Published by the Berkeley Club of France We welcome your suggestions and comments. Please send correspondence to: berkeleyclubfr@gmail.com Current and archived copies of this publication are available to view or to download in PDF format on the Club s website http://international.berkeley.edu/franceclub/index.html Copyright 2009 Berkeley Club of France, Editor, Publications Coordinator Contributing Authors: If you also wish to be a contributing author, send us an email at berkeleyclubfr@gmail.com 2
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berkeley club of france - online magazine - first edition 2009 The Berkeley Club of France is a declared French not-for-profit association governed by the Law of July 1st, 1901 with as SIREN number 512 237 843. If you wish to support the Berkeley Club of France or UC Berkeley, please contact Ms. Belinda Hopkinson 89, our Fund Raising Director. It aims at connecting Cal alumni, students, faculty and parents with each others and helping raise UC Berkeley s profile in France. You may also directly send us checks by mail at: Berkeley Club of France C/O Alinea Avocats Associés 48 rue de Provence 75009 Paris We all had great time back in Berkeley. Now it is time to share that experience and give back to Berkeley. Remember to update your information with us by sending the registration form below each time you want to notify us of any change: http://caldrupal-01.berkeley.edu/france_club/registration_form.doc If you know Cal alumni living in France, please refer them to our website, to the Facebook group or to LinkedIn group. http://international.berkeley.edu/franceclub/ If you wish to advertise in the next issue of the BCF Online Magazine, send us an email at berkeleyclubfr@gmail.com 7
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Give to Cal... More than ever, the University of Califor nia, Berkeley needs us. U C B er kel ey ranks first nationally in the numb er o f g r a d u a te p r o g r a m s i n th e to p 1 0 i n th ei r f i el d s, a c co r d i n g to the most recent National Research C o u n ci l s tu d y. 3 5 o f 3 6 B er kel ey g r a d u a te p r o g r a m s r a n k i n th e to p 1 0 in their respective fields. B er kel ey i s the only university in the nation to a ch i eve to p 5 r a n k i n g s f o r a l l o f i ts Ph D p r o g r a m s i n th o s e d i s ciplines covered by the US News and Wo r l d Re p o r t g r a d u a te s ch o o l s u r vey. T h e l a tes t Shanghai Jiao Tong University s Aca d e m i c R a n k i n g o f Wo r l d U n iver s i ti es r a n ke d B er kel ey th i r d in th e Wo rld. H owever, according to the Center for Measurin g U n iver s i ty Per f o r m a n ce i n 2 0 0 8, U C B er kel ey o n l y ra n k s 2 3 r d in ter ms of endowment assets with U S D 2. 9 B i l l i o n. Fa r b eh i n d H a r va r d (1 s t wi th U S D 3 4. 6 B i l l i o n ), Yale (2nd with USD 22.5 Billion), Sta n f o r d (3 r d wi th U S D 1 7. 2 B i l l i o n ), Pr i n ceto n ( 4 th wi th U S D 1 5. 8 Billion) or the MIT (5th with USD 1 0 B i l l i o n ). U C B er kel ey is also only ranked 21st in ter ms o f a n nu a l g iv i n g w i t h o n l y U S D 2 4 2, 6 0 2 g iven i n 2 0 0 7, f a r b e h i n d S tanford (1st), Har vard (2nd), USC (3rd ) o r even U C L A (9 th ). In th e m eantime, the Legislature of the State o f C a l i f o r n i a en a cted i n Ju l y 2 0 0 9 a n ew s ta te b u d g et th a t cu mu l a tively reduces suppor t for the Univer sity o f C a l i f o r n i a by m o r e t h a n U S D 8 0 0 m i l l i o n. B eca u s e we do not want UC Berkeley s academ i c p r o f i l e to p l u n g e i n th e ver y n ea r f u tu r e, i t i s i m p o r ta n t th a t ea ch of us feel responsible for our univers i ty. Give to Cal by clicking h er e: h ttp : / / g ivet o ca l. b er kel e y. ed u / Contact berkeley club of france - online magazine - first edition 2009 Editor berkeleyclubfr@gmail.com President/Primary Contact Nicolas Tollet 05 +336 34 61 58 72 nicolastollet@cal.berkeley.edu Secretary Patricia Basset 05 patricia.basset@free.fr Treasurer Daniel Bonnieu 05 daniel.bonnieu@alinea-avocats.com Rhone-Alpes Region Director Pierre-Eric Bethoux pierre.eric.bethoux@sommets.biz South-East Region Director Jean-Claude Tagger 79 jtagger@yahoo.fr South-West Region Director Belinda Hopkinson 89 belindahopkinson@yahoo.com North Region Director Aldo Massa 74 aldo.massa@voila.fr By mail C/O Alinea Avocats Associés 48 rue de Provence 75009 Paris