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Join the Nontraditional Students Resource Center for a workshop on STEM card making. In this workshop, you will learn to make interactive greeting cards with paper circuits and easy-to-use, light-up, electronic stickers! This program is designed for student parents to attend with their kids (ages 10-17), but anyone is welcome. Register to receive a free card making/circuit kit by May 5th!

UCSB's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is excited to announce two new workshops: "What does it mean to be Anti-Racist?" on May 4th and "Navigating Difficult Dialogues" on June 3rd. Both are available to staff, faculty, and graduate students (with availability for undergraduates coming in the Fall). Read on to learn more!

Join the Non-Traditional Student Resource Center, Professor Edwina Barvosa, and Hugo Santos Gomez on April 30 at 4:30pm for a reading of Side by Side/Lado a Lado by Monica Brown. The story is about Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez and will be read in both Spanish and English. The book is ideal for children aged 4-8 but all age groups are welcome. Read on to learn more!

Check out this great opportunity to serve your UCSB community of international students. The International Student Advisory Board (ISAB) is currently recruiting new board members for the Fall 2021 quarter. Graduate student members benefit from research and mentorship opportunities, as well as access to advisors and faculty who work in international education. Applications are due April 25th.

If you haven't already, don't forget to vote in the UCSB Graduate Student Association Elections by 4pm TODAY! A minimum of 20 percent voter turnout is required for the election to be considered valid. Read on to learn more about the process and the GSA's voter guide!

Please join UCSB's Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the next event in the 2020-2021 series "Addressing Slavery" on Friday, April 23, with a presentation by Dr. Jennifer Nash titled, "Intersectional Iconography: Promise, Peril, Possibility." Read on to learn more!

Join UCSB's CCAMPIS on April 27 for a talk by Mary Rose Gates-Bowes and Marian Harms from CALM on understanding emotions in children. Participants will gain information and learn strategies related to understanding and effectively responding to children's feelings, emotional reactions, and emotional needs. Participants will be provided with some regulating strategies which include mindfulness techniques. Read on to learn more!

Looking to find community on campus? The Graduate Student Organization Series features profiles of social, professional, and affinity groups for graduate students to help you expand your personal and professional communities. This article features WiSE: Womxn in Science and Engineering. Read on to find out how you can get involved!

Come learn how to support LGBTQIA+ students, staff, and faculty through through the RCSGD QTie seminars! QTie Seminars are designed to provide professional and personal development for students, faculty, and staff at UCSB regarding LGBTQ identities and experiences. With an awareness that all forms of oppression are inherently interconnected, these seminars will focus on LGBTQ identity, experience, and culture through a social justice and intersectional lens. Read on to learn more!

Looking to find community? The Graduate Student Organization Series features profiles of social, professional, and affinity groups for graduate students to help you expand your personal and professional communities. This article features the Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA). Read on to find out how you can get involved!

Looking to find community on campus? The Graduate Student Organization Series features profiles of social, professional, and affinity groups for graduate students to help you expand your personal and professional communities. This article features the Society for Advancement of Chicanxs and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). Read on to find out how you can get involved!

Looking to find community on campus? The Graduate Student Organization Series features profiles of social, professional, and affinity groups for graduate students to help you expand your personal and professional communities. This article features the Photonics Society. Read on to find out how you can get involved (their next general meeting is on April 21)!

Looking to find community on campus? The Graduate Student Organization Series features profiles of social, professional, and affinity groups for graduate students to help you expand your personal and professional communities. This article features the American Indian Graduate Student Alliance (AIGSA). Read on to find out how you can get involved!

Looking to find community on campus? The Graduate Student Organization Series features profiles of social, professional, and affinity groups for graduate students to help you expand your personal and professional communities. This article features the Asian Pacific Islander Graduate Student Alliance (APIGSA). Read on to find out how you can get involved!

The UCSB Library is hosting a special talk on Tuesday, April 20 at 4pm titled "Do Environmental Markets Cause Environmental Injustice?" Danae Hernandez Cortes, Economics Ph.D. candidate (and our 2021 Grad Slam People's Choice Awardee!), will be presenting alongside Kyle Meng, Associate Professor at the Bren School of Environmental Management and the Department of Economics. Sign up to attend!