The following links and resources will prepare you for success during WE Launch and the rest of your time in the EWMBA Program. Please bookmark them for easy access in the future.
Check out the overall Fall 2022 Academic Calendar and your Fall 2022 Core Schedule below.
Please note, prior to the start of each semester, you can find the academic calendar on the current student home page.
bCourses is UC Berkeley’s learning management system that hosts the websites for each of your courses.
For WE Launch, we will be setting up a bCourses page where you will access pre-work for two sessions:
- Awareness and Skills for Inclusive Leadership (July 22)
- Case Study Method Workshop (July 23)
An invitation to the bCourses site will be sent to your @berkeley.edu address in early July.
The Career Management Group (CMG) will be your partners in your career journey.
CMG will be leading two virtual sessions prior to WE Launch:
- July 18: Your Career Journey and Partnering with CMG
– Make sure to sign up for either the session at 12PM (noon) or 6PM (both sessions are identical) - July 19: Career Student Panel: 6PM
Stay tuned for a link to register.
Once you are a registered student (e.g. have paid tuition and fees for the semester), you will have access to a number of software programs.
Visit Software@Berkeley website for more information about programs and eligibility requirements.
Once you are a registered student, you will have the ability to sign up for a vast number of clubs and organizations via Campus Groups.
Check out the complete list of clubs here.
Many of the pre WE Launch virtual sessions will be held via Zoom. All registered UC Berkeley students are provisioned a Zoom Pro account. When registering for the virtual sessions, please use your @berkeley.edu email address.
Login to berkeley.zoom.us via web browser
Login to Zoom on Desktop and mobile apps with “SSO”
- Do not enter just your email address and password.
- Click the “SSO” option.
- Enter “berkeley” as the domain.
- You will be prompted to log in with your CalNet username and password.
Note for users on company managed laptops: Students have reported that Zoom defaults to their company Zoom account. We advised using an alternative laptop, tablet, or mobile device when participating in UC Berkeley Meetings/Webinars.
Getting Set Up
Connect your bConnected Account to CalCentral?
- bConnected is UC Berkeley’s suite of tools designed to empower educators and students as they learn and innovate together. This includes the Google Education Suite of Applications.
- You should see an action item in CalCentral prompting you to connect so that notifications can appear in CalCentral.
bMail Aliases and Display Name
- MBA students are automatically provisioned an @mba.berkeley.edu email alias. Manage the alias in your bMail settings or bConnected settings.
- Manage your specific bMail Display Name in your bMail settings.
- More info on FAQ page here.
Manage Your Preferred Name in Campus Systems
- Review our FAQ page here.
Setting Up bCourses
- bCourses is the learning platform at UC Berkeley. It is an important hub for course announcements, lecture materials, assignments, and more.
- Please be sure to update your CalCentral contact information to ensure your @berkeley email address is the default contact method for University communications.
- Review your notifications settings to receive email updates! It may not be the default setting to automatically email you when there is an announcement or other action item.
- Learn how to change how you will receive notifications and how often here.
- Review Display Name
- Your bCourses display name will be what is listed in CalCentral > My Profile. Please update your preferred first name, if you wish to go by another name in class.
- Record your name in NameCoach
- NameCoach is a tool that allows you to record your name so that we can maximize our ability to pronounce each others’ names correctly and create a more inclusive space for all of Haas.
Set Up Your Slack Profile!
- Photo
- Please keep this relatively professional, as it may also be used in instructional planning, such as seating charts for when a professor needs to track participation points!
- Display (aka Preferred) First and Last Name
- This is your different than Full Name, which is your legal name in campus records.
- Current Job
- Preferred Pronouns
- Hear My Name
- After recording your name in bCourses > NameCoach, right click on the purple play icon and select “Copy link address.” Paste that into the “Hear My Name” section of your profile.