Cal Alumni Club of Philadelphia (Cal Philly)
We welcome all Cal alumni to join us in our community! We support alumni of UC Berkeley who live in Philadelphia and the greater Delaware Valley.
Come build the Cal Bears community with us in Philly!
Chapter Announcements
August 6, 2026
Cal vs. UVA Football Road Trip!
Cal Football travels to Charlottesville,VA on Saturday, November 4 to take on the University of Virginia Cavaliers.
If you are interested in purchasing tickets and sitting with other Cal fans, follow this link.
Thank you to the DC Cal Alumni Chapter for coordinating this with Cal Football and Cal Athletics!
Use this link to go to their events page for more information.
Let’s show our Philly in Charlottesville!!
Go Bears! Beat the Hoos!
August 4, 2026
Help Build the Campanile, One LEGO Brick at a Time!
Cal alum Mike Buerchner ’89, MBA ’93 has created a LEGO Campanile design, and it could become an official LEGO set with enough community support.
If you’d love to see one of Berkeley’s most iconic landmarks recreated in LEGO bricks, cast your vote and help spread the word among fellow Bears.
Go Bears, and go LEGO Campanile!
Vote HERE
May 10, 2026
New Cal Student Summer Welcome Party – July 25, 2026
Thank you to everyone who attended!
Check out the pictures on our Instagram site!
Stay tuned for more events coming this Fall.
Alumni News
She Went for Six Months. She Stayed for a Lifetime.
She went to Guatemala for six months and ended up staying for two years. That question — what becomes possible when underserved young people get access to technology and learning — never left her.
The City That Made Her
She left high school in the middle of 10th grade, experienced housing insecurity while at Cal, and never set out to be mayor. Now she runs the city that made her.
Finding Community At Cal
A TLA scholar from a small California mountain town found her community at Berkeley, and now helps others find theirs.