Go Bears!!! I am also a cal student ant this number keeps calling me....I graduating soon :)

It must be Cal alumni association.  Go Bears!

I used to work at the Cal Calling Center about 4 years ago for the gift campaign where all the callers are current students and they call alumni and parents . If you picked up the phone and no one was on the other line it's probably because you had a newbie who was too scared to actually ask for money. The calls are run through computers where the fundraisers mark whether a call was unanswered/not available to talk (in which case the number would be put back on the current calling list); answered, but refused to give (would then be placed on the calling list for the next fiscal year/quarter I forget the delay); answered and gave donation (donation marked in your donor history and number put on the calling list for the next year/set delay).

If you want the calls to stop then you need to actually pick up the phone and tell them you want to be taken off the list. If it's a scared newbie they might just say 'okay' and set a callback for months later because in order to be taken off the list they need to hand their headset over to a supervisor. So if you want OFF THE LIST make sure they hand you off to someone else. OR you can just tell them that the alumn no longer lives at that number and you don't have their current information.

Trust me, I know how annoying these calls are from both sides. I moved to Japan after graduating and they'd still call me on my Japanese phone  every weekday around 1pm when I was in the middle of work and could never answer. Hope this helps!

Got the call too.  Cal alum.  Perhaps got our numbers from buying season football tix?

Go Bears!!

CALLS ALL THE TIME.  WHEN I TRIED CALLING THIS NUMBER< I ONLY GOT A BUSY SIGNAL.  I WILL REPORT TO THE POLICE>

Cal student parent.  This number calls every few days and does not leave message.

I'm also Cal alumni

Another one here. They are probably making some records up out of us...

Also a Cal Alum.

I work at Cal.
I searched the directory, and found that this phone number belongs to someone who works in university relations.
Her name is Lishelle L. Blakemore.  I assume she has an autodialer left on all the time.  You can search the directory for her contact info yourself, if you have been called by this number and are reading this.

i'm glad i googled this number! and i'm glad i'm not the only person that this weird number calls!! im also a cal grad- 07! does anyone know how we get them to stop calling?

i'm a CAL student too. received this call at night but didn't realize i had a call because my phone was on silent

Cal alum from 1988.  So it must be fund raising.

I'm a Cal student too. I recognized the UC Berkeley exchange, picked up, and nobody responded...

Also Cal student. Just received a call from this number and no one picked up...

I got a call two days ago at 9pm from this number 510-643-2136, no body when anwsered.
call back two times, ring over ten times, nobody answered the phone.
weired.........

This number called 3 times tonight, left no message any time. Got a busy signal when I tried to call it back. I'll track it down.

I got a call this evening with no message. I also attended Cal. They're probably trying to raise money from former Cal students.

My missed call log: april 2, 2009: 510-643-2136
                   april 8, 2009: 510-643-2134
                   april 16, 2009: 510-643-2942
                   april 23, 2009: 510-643-3030

What did I do to get all these calls: I suspect it was my donation to the Italian program last year. Oh Dio Mio!

Cal Grad too

I've been getting calls from them randomly, and friends of mine also. We're all students. I spoke to someone ONCE (I don't pick up anymore), who asked for my father, saying that this is the number they had been given, and soliciting money for the alumni association. I didn't give them my dad's number, but his email address, but he never received an email.
go bears. :)

I got it too!! wtf..and i'm not an alumni

And another one from Cal, weird. Didn't pick it up at the time, but you'd figure if they were going for donations, they'd say something if you answered, no?

I've had a (510) 643-XXXX number call me 10 times in the past 10 days. Grrrr.

It is Cal's alumni fundraising office calling to solicit donations.

Go BEARS!

same here.  graduated in 2007.  go bears!

Me too!! Im also a student at cal. Go bears!!!

Just got a phone call from that number too. I am a student at Cal. Weird...

Also a former cal student (PhD 2005 dept of chemistry).  Strange.

I have the same problem. I get a call almost every day between 5-6pm, and they are all 510-643-XXXX numbers, no one's on the other side of the line when I pick up, no one answers if i call back, no message left. So annoying!!!! I'm also a student at CAL, who should we report this to on campus?