These social media posts were part of the Choose Berkeley campaign for the UC Berkeley Graduate Division, designed to engage and inform admitted graduate students leading up to the April 15 decision deadline. This campaign peaked in March and early April, strategically emphasizing Berkeley’s strengths, student experiences, and resources to encourage enrollment.
Monica De La Cruz is pursuing a PhD in @berkeleysocwel to craft policies that improve peoples’ economic health. A self-described non-traditional grad student, read her story & philosophy: “You either help people or you don’t. You don’t label them.” https://t.co/xe0yTQUWjG
— UC Berkeley Graduate Division (@GradDivision) June 23, 2021
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MFA student Fred DeWitt's research has focused on growing crops 🌱 that represent Black resistance and using them in his art. His work focuses on utilizing mediums to prompt conversations about shared humanity. Read more + view his work on display @BAMPFA https://t.co/KN3OjGdQlm pic.twitter.com/oMG0d9HEVs
— UC Berkeley Graduate Division (@GradDivision) June 22, 2021
Jared Robinson, a fifth-year @UCBerkeley English Ph.D. student, explores how the act of “looking twice” at our past can be an empowering form of self-definition, and even self-creation. https://t.co/0ouLWxGV2H pic.twitter.com/bdASDjrMLo
— UC Berkeley Graduate Division (@GradDivision) March 18, 2021