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The Student Union at UC Berkeley provides developmental resources outside of a student’s academic experience at UC Berkeley. Our programs and services add value to students by allowing them to enhance their co-curricular experience beyond the classroom.
10/08/2026
Join us on Lower Sproul as we celebrate the diverse identities, experiences, and beauty of the LGBTQIA+ community! Enjoy free cake, time in community, and fabulous giveaways featuring pride flags and stickers.
Coming out or inviting others into our identities and experiences is a personal journey, not a requirement! We welcome everyone with open arms, regardless of where you are in that process or what these mean to you.
💗 National Coming Out Day
🗓 October 13, 12-2 pm
📍 MLK Activity Zone/Lower Sproul Plaza
Free to all UC Berkeley students!
09/25/2026
Are you trying to feel like Nicole? Stop by Movie Night at Headlands for a showing of Practical Magic, a 1998 film starring Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock!
🎬 Movie Night at Headlands (Showing: Practical Magic)
🗓 October 9, 7-9 p.m.
📍Headlands on Campus
Free to all UC Berkeley students!
09/24/2026
Get ready to kick off Homecoming Weekend with a festive afternoon at Cal-nival! 🎉 Bring your friends and family to Memorial Glade on October 9 and enjoy exciting activities, live performances, free food, and awesome prizes.
🎪 Cal-nival (Sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs)
🗓 October 9, 12–2 p.m.
📍 Memorial Glade
Free to all UC Berkeley students, families, staff, and faculty!
09/18/2026
Join us for the first Drag Bingo night of the semester! Invite your friends to Headlands on Campus to enjoy a night filled with laughter, prizes, and treats hosted by Leggy P*e.
✨ Drag Bingo (Hosted by Thee Leggy P*e)
🗓 September 24, 7-9 p.m.
📍Headlands on Campus
Free to all UC Berkeley students!
09/15/2026
Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month with the Student Union and Chicanx Latinx Student Development @ UCB! Join us on September 23 for an afternoon filled with free crafts and delicious food. Invite your friends to the Activity Zone and create your own beaded cactus together!
🎉 Latinx Heritage Month Celebration
🗓 September 23, 12-2 p.m.
📍 1st Floor of MLK Jr. Building, Activity Zone
Free to all UC Berkeley students!
09/10/2026
Nearly 1,000 student parents at UC Berkeley show incredible strength and resilience as they juggle academics and family life, love and learning, challenges and triumphs. To celebrate their courage, we invite you to join us on September 18 for a Student Parent Family Social!
Enjoy a day of family fun at the MLK Activity Zone, featuring games, snacks, and opportunities to connect with the community.
This event is in partnership with the Student Parent Center.
✏️ Student Parent Family Social
🗓 September 18, 2026, 12–2 p.m
📍 1st Floor of MLK Jr. Building, Activity Zone/Lower Sproul Plaza
Free to all UC Berkeley students!
09/02/2026
Celebrate Friendship Month by crafting the most iconic symbol of friendship, a friendship bracelet! We'll supply the crafting materials, you supply the friends. Make sure to send this to your bestie, because now you know what you'll be doing on September 10!
Our partners at Fun Park will also provide DIY ID Card Holders. Materials for this craft are limited to the first 50 guests, so arrive early.
In partnership with Cub Concerts at Berkeley and Fun Park.
🧶 Crafter Dark - Friendship Bracelets
🗓 September 10, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
📍1st Floor of MLK Jr. Building, Activity Zone Area
Free to all UC Berkeley students!
08/28/2026
The limit doesn’t exist when it comes to how excited we are for the first movie night of the semester! Invite your friends to Headlands on Campus to enjoy a screening of the Y2K classic, Mean Girls. It’s going to be so fetch!
🎬 Movie Night at Headlands (Showing: Mean Girls)
🗓 September 11, 7-9 p.m.
📍Headlands on Campus
Free to all UC Berkeley students!
08/27/2026
Welcome Transfer and Re-Entry Students! Join us for a student mixer featuring fun activities at the Student Union’s Activity Zone and the Transfer Student Center at 100 Student Center. Come by to meet our resource programs, eat free food, create your own pocket journal, and win prizes!
In Partnership with the Transfer Student Center and the Re-Entry Student Program.
🧺 Transfer and Re-Entry Students Mixer
🗓 September 9, 12-2 p.m.
📍 1st Floor of MLK Jr. Building, Activity Zone / 100 Student Center
Free to all UC Berkeley students!
Got Space? Get Posters. Don’t miss your chance to browse the Poster Invasion collection, from now until August 28. 🛸👽
🗓 August 21–28 | 9:30 AM–6 PM
📍 Lower Sproul Plaza
💼 Women-owned
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MLK Student Union 2495 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA
94720
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| Monday | 8am - 10pm |
| Tuesday | 8am - 10pm |
| Wednesday | 8am - 10pm |
| Thursday | 8am - 12am |
| Friday | 8am - 10pm |
| Saturday | 10am - 6pm |
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