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get_set_up [2019/05/06 17:51]
kelbadry [Registering for Classes]
get_set_up [2019/09/06 22:35]
aantoni
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 ====== Getting Set Up ====== ====== Getting Set Up ======
  
-===== UC Berkeley ID Card and Email ===== +===== UC Berkeley ID Card, Clipper Card, and Email ===== 
-To get your UC Berkeley ID Card, you need to go to the Cal 1 Card office in the Cesar Chavez Student Center in Lower Sproul Plaza. [[http://​services.housing.berkeley.edu/​c1c/​static/​gettingcard.htm|Here]] is their website. You will need your driver'​s license, and will need to have created a CalNet ID and know your student ID number. ​+To get your UC Berkeley ID Card, you need to go to the Cal 1 Card office in the Cesar Chavez Student Center in Lower Sproul Plaza. [[http://​services.housing.berkeley.edu/​c1c/​static/​gettingcard.htm|Here]] is their website. You will need your driver'​s license, and will need to have created a CalNet ID and **know your student ID number**
  
-You will also want to get a "Class Pass," which is a sticker on your ID card that allows you to ride AC Transit (the bus system in the area) for free. You can get this sticker in the first week of the semesteras long as you have already registered for classes using CalCentral.+When you pick up your Cal ID, you will also receive ​your Clipper ​card, which allows you to ride AC Transit (the bus system in the area) for free. 
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 +You may submit your photo to the Cal 1 Card office online ahead of timebut either way you a photo ID and your student ID number to pick up your card.
  
 For your UC Berkeley email (bConnected),​ you should have received your student ID number and passphrase already. You may already have an account, otherwise you will need to create one. Just go to the [[https://​bconnected.berkeley.edu/​|bConnected website]] and log in with your student ID and passphrase. For your UC Berkeley email (bConnected),​ you should have received your student ID number and passphrase already. You may already have an account, otherwise you will need to create one. Just go to the [[https://​bconnected.berkeley.edu/​|bConnected website]] and log in with your student ID and passphrase.
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 ===== Getting Paid ===== ===== Getting Paid =====
-If you have an outside source of funding (scholarship,​ fellowship, etc.) make sure to let Dexter Stewart ​(dstewart@astro.berkeley.edu) know ASAP. +If you have an outside source of funding (scholarship,​ fellowship, etc.) make sure to let Amber Banayat ​(abanayat@berkeley.edu) know ASAP. 
  
-If you are teaching (which should be most of you), you should receive a Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Contract via email from Dexter ​a few weeks before the semester starts. Once you have replied to Dexter ​saying you accept the contract, you should get an email from the staff member in charge of payroll. ​ Make sure to inquire with said staff member about withholding for Federal and state taxes. ​ Much of our pay (fellowships,​ in particular) do not have automatic withholding,​ and if you don't withhold extra during the year, you'll end up with a hefty penalty come tax time.  ​+If you are teaching (which should be most of you), you should receive a Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Contract via email from Amber a few weeks before the semester starts. Once you have replied to Amber saying you accept the contract, you should get an email from the staff member in charge of payroll. ​ Make sure to inquire with said staff member about withholding for Federal and state taxes. ​ Much of our pay (fellowships,​ in particular) do not have automatic withholding,​ and if you don't withhold extra during the year, you'll end up with a hefty penalty come tax time.  ​
  
-You'll also need to sign up for EFT (electronic funds transfer), which you can do [[https://​eftstudent.berkeley.edu/​|by clicking here]]. ​ The account you link to your EFT will receive all paychecks, reimbursements,​ and other Berkeley-related deposits. It is unclear at this time whether this covers everything. ​Dexter ​has been told by the university that students should sign up for direct deposit through [[http://blu.berkeley.edu/​|blu]].+You'll also need to sign up for EFT (electronic funds transfer), which you can do [[https://​eftstudent.berkeley.edu/​|by clicking here]]. ​ The account you link to your EFT will receive all paychecks, reimbursements,​ and other Berkeley-related deposits. It is unclear at this time whether this covers everything. ​Amber has been told by the university that students should sign up for direct deposit through [[https://ucpath.berkeley.edu/home/|UC Path]].