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BEARS Region

  • About Us
    • What you should know about the BEARS Region.

      • Overview
      • Who we support
  • Regional Services
    • Berkeley Regional Services provides reliable, high-quality administrative support to faculty, academics, staff, student employees, and retirees in support of the UC Berkeley mission of teaching, research, and public service.

      • Overview
      • Research Administration
      • HR and Academic Personnel Support
      • Purchasing and Reimbursements
  • Central Services
    • Review all the tools and resources to onboard newly hired Berkeley employees. BEARS Onboarding provides this support to their campus departments. Note: the Central Services Records Management Team has been re-aligned to People & Culture (P&C). Visit their Records Management webpages on the P&C website for details about the services they provide for the Berkeley campus and how to contact them.

      • Overview
      • BRS Newly Hired Employees and Onboarding Resources
      • P&C Records Management
  • Campus Systems
    • Convenient links to the most used campus systems (IT, BearBuy, etc.)

      • Overview
      • Get financial/general ledger info (BFS)
      • Buy goods and services (BearBuy)
      • Book Travel (ConnexUC)
      • Get HR help (HR Service Hub)
      • Access email & calendar (bConnected)
      • Get reporting/use PI Portfolio (CalAnswers)
      • Get reimbursed (Direct Enter)
      • Open/view IT tickets (ServiceNow)
      • Get proposal/award info (Phoebe)
      • Get other IT services (IT Catalog)
      • View campus network/availability (System Status)
      • Request system access (SARA)
      • View/update employment & pay info (UCPath)
      • Access training (UC Learning Ctr)
      • Record/approve timecard (CalTime)

Welcome to the BEARS Region!

BEARS (Berkeley Educators and Administrators Regional Services) regional staff stands at the ready to support with HR/Academic Personnel, Purchasing & Reimbursements, and Research Administration services.

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Elena Zhukova

HUMAN RESOURCES AND PAYROLL

HR and Academic Personnel Support

HR/APS services, processes and staff contacts

NEW EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING

New Employee Onboarding

Onboarding services, process, contacts, etc.

PURCHASING AND REIMBURSEMENTS

Purchasing and Reimbursements

P&R Services, processes and staff contacts

RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION

Research Administration

RA services, processes, and staff contacts.

BEARS News

April 25, 2023

Apr 25
BRS Fiscal Close Deadlines (FY22-23)

March 8, 2023

Mar 08
2023 Summer Session Hiring processes are announced

March 6, 2023

Mar 06
BRS regions begin communicating 2023 Summer Salary for Faculty processes

February 28, 2023

Feb 28
New combined Multi-Location Appt./Interlocation One-Time Payment Form
News Archive

Want to recognize great service?

Submit a High Five/SPOT Award nomination for a BEARS colleague

We want your feedback!

We welcome your feedback on any aspect of services provided by BEARS

People Cards/People Search

Use the Regional Portal to see quick details about your staff.

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