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UC Berkeley announces return of in-person services before fall semester
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As UC Berkeley prepares to return to its first in-person semester since spring 2020, many in-person student services will resume before the fall.
Beginning July 12, fully vaccinated students will have unrestricted access to certain facilities and services, including parts of the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union Building and certain libraries.
Students with a vaccine mandate exception may access in-person services but must wear face coverings inside any campus building in addition to being tested weekly.
“We are optimistic about our return to primarily in-person instruction this fall, even as we remain prepared to pivot to meet public health needs,” a campuswide email from Student Affairs reads. “If pandemic conditions worsen, the campus is prepared to return to remote instruction and operations, based upon advice or direction from public health official
UC Berkeley can be an intimidating place to get used to, and living away from home for the first time can be pretty overwhelming. Although you’ll get the hang of things as you begin to live in Berkeley, it’s so much easier to have a guide to cover all your basic needs and more. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, also known as “the pyramid of happiness,” there are five levels of human needs that make us happy. Here are the different ways campus can provide for your needs for each step of the pyramid.
Level 1: Physiological needs