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Your Capacity for Success Is Boundless

Diana Wu, Ed.D.

Diana Wu, Ed.D.
Dean, UC Berkeley Extension

One of the pleasures of my job is meeting the students here in Berkeley or in our other centers in San Francisco and Belmont. Those encounters are always an opportunity to remind me of what our primary mission is at Extension: helping the community to better itself through continuing education. I encourage you to read the student success stories included throughout this catalog to gain your own perspective on what you can achieve.

I am justifiably proud of all of our students, but I want to highlight one who has moved from student to instructor at Extension: Allan Chao, a serial entrepreneur who founded a consulting company for early-stage Web startups. After graduating, with honors, from the Certificate Program in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, he developed an Extension course, Introduction to Web Technology Entrepreneurship, launching this term.

In addition to overall increased enrollments, Extension has been seeing a lot more international students in classrooms. Joining Extension’s post-baccalaureate business training for international students is the new Intensive Academic English Program, which provides tailored instruction in university-level English to develop skills in reading, speaking, listening and academic writing.

Whether you come from another country or just around the corner, stop by to learn how you can be your best. Extension offers free information sessions every term. See a full list of info sessions. And if you happen to see me at a session or event, come up and introduce yourself. I’d love to hear about your educational goals.

Diana Wu, Ed.D.
Dean, UC Berkeley Extension