# Cal Parents & Families

**Source**: https://calparents.berkeley.edu/
**Parent**: https://www.berkeley.edu/academics/schools-colleges/

## Welcome, Cal parents and families!

Background image: two parents and a student in Cal gear stand with Oski on Memorial Glade with Campanile in the background

Image credit: 

Keegan Houser

UC Berkeley is a community like no other. It’s energized by a daily flood of new ideas, and enriched by a diverse student body. It’s enlivened by art, culture, sports and by the best minds anywhere. Your student helps make Berkeley what it is — the world’s premier public university. And we’re here to help you discover all that Berkeley has to offer.

## Important dates

## Messages from campus

### February 20, 2026

Feb 20

[Four UC Berkeley faculty elected to National Academy of Engineering](https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/02/11/four-uc-berkeley-faculty-elected-to-national-academy-of-engineering/?utm_source=Berkeleyan&utm_campaign=d42558d9e6-berkeleyan_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_99ee3800d7-d42558d9e6-388658833)

### February 13, 2026

Feb 13

[Discover AWE Daily with Oprah and Dacher Keltner Did](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/discover-awe-daily-with-oprah-and-dacher-keltner/id1782960381?i=1000747839447)

Feb 13

[Parents Weekend at Homecoming Date Set - October 9-10, 2026](https://homecoming.berkeley.edu/)

[## Cal Central

Delegate access for finances and enrollment](https://youtu.be/3Iz1NT9QKjI)

[## New Golden Bears

Start here](https://orientation.berkeley.edu/new-students/golden-bear-experience/getting-started/)

[## Discover the Cal Parents & Families program](https://youtu.be/6YfdV5X642g)

## [The Berkeley Parent & Family Connection](https://berkeley.campusesp.com/)

## [Enhancing Safety On Campus and In the Community](https://ucpd.berkeley.edu/safety/enhancing-safety-campus-and-community)

For the most up-to-date information regarding safety on and around UC Berkeley

## [Parents & Supporters Orientation August 21, 2024](https://www.youtube.com/live/PWNfl3bpLFc)

## [Parents and Supporters Orientation Fall 2025](/https%3A//www.youtube.com/live/PWNfl3bpLFc)

Parents & Supporters Orientation August 21, 2024

A welcome and overview of parent resources at our annual Parents & Supporters Orientation.

[## How to pay your student's bill

Payment options](https://studentbilling.berkeley.edu/payments-and-refunds)

[## People's Park Housing

A renewed People's Park](https://peoplesparkhousing.berkeley.edu/)