Submitted by Alastair Iles on
The Coalition for Healthy Campus Food and Beverages aims to broadly engage campus in decision-making on food and beverage choices, uplift Berkeley values through procurement practices, and raise awareness of human and planetary health in the process. At UC Berkeley, we are in year eight of a 10-year exclusive pouring rights contract with PepsiCo for beverage service across campus. The contract provides annual sponsorship funds to the Associated Students of the University of California, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Recreational Sports, and the Residential and Student Services Program.
This semester-long case will draw on the expertise of 5-10 interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate students to design the next ten years of beverage service at UC Berkeley. It challenges students to think at the intersection of health and business: considering human and planetary health—and health equity—together with short- and long-term financial costs and benefits and corporate responsibility. UC Berkeley is near the end of an exclusive pouring rights contract with PepsiCo, and the results of this case study will help shape the future of beverage options on Berkeley’s campus.
We are looking for 2 undergraduate students to join the case design team. Students will apply their knowledge of food systems to design two proposals for the next 5-10 years of campus beverage service:
• A proposal that includes a pouring rights contract, with any vendor
• A proposal that does not rely on a pouring rights contract
The project team is seeking students with the following skills:
• Work well both independently as well as in a team
• Highly organized and with strong time management skills
• Comfort with creativity, innovation, and hard work
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills, particularly in regards to communications across diverse groups.
• Strong attention to detail
• Professionalism, courtesy, punctuality, and good humor
• Familiarity with analysis of food systems and structural barriers to inclusion
• Interest and experience in food systems research, education, public service, and activism at UC Berkeley
In your application, please address the following:
• Why you'd like to participate
• What skills/knowledge you feel you will contribute
• How many units you want to take (2-3)
• Which days you are available for the 1.5 hour weekly meeting, between 9am – 8pm