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The application for 2022-23 San Clemente single graduate student housing for continuing students is open now, and will be until March 10. Apply today! Spaces are limited and not guaranteed. Read on to access the application link.

UCSB's Graduate Center for Literary Research (GCLR) is now accepting abstracts for their annual conference, which will be held in hybrid format on June 5. This year's theme is "Forked Tongues: The Role of (Foreign) Languages in Literature, Film, and the Arts." Abstracts are due soon, on March 11. Read on for more information and the link to the conference website.

Join UCSB's Gradate Student Association next week for two events: their General Assembly for GSA reps, and their Grad Student Appreciation Lunch. Read the post for details.

UCSB Arts and Lectures will be hosting two upcoming events as part of its Justice for All series, one this week and one next week. Read on for more information.

The Resource Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity and Counseling and Psychological Services will be hosting a mindfulness walk from 3-4pm on March 2nd. Come develop mindfulness and self-care practices in community! After the mindfulness walk, attendees will receive self-care packages. Read on for registration info.

UCSB just released a new Work-Life Resource website, My Family Resources! Read on for information and links that will help you access the site's resources. Grad student parents should especially take note, but this site will also be useful to all graduate student employees.

Read on for tips from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD)--an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community--about strategies to help you achieve balance in your life. Membership in the NCFDD (free for UCSB students!) provides several forms of professional support to help combat common problems academics face. Read on to learn more!

The UCSB Library is going to have a book giveaway on Feb 1, handing out free copies of this year's UCSB Reads book, "Exhalation: Stories" by Ted Chiang. Read on for more info about how to get your free copy of this collection of nine sci-fi short stories!

The Second Graduate Center for Literary Research (GCLR) Graduate Student Roundtable will be held on February 28 from 11am to 12:15pm. The theme is translation and translation theory and all graduate students in the Humanities are encouraged to apply. Submit your abstract by Monday, February 7. Read on to learn more!

Check out the On Becoming Educated podcast by UCSB graduate alumnae, Pa Vue! The goal of the podcast is to shed light on the process of pursuing a Ph.D. and make it accessible and possible for anyone, particularly first generation students. The podcast covers Pa's journey through graduate school, from the application process to balancing a busy schedule to collecting data for a thesis or dissertation. Read on to learn more!

Join the Mental Health Peers for a free, four-part series focused on graduate student mental health. Seminars will take place on Zoom on Tuesday evenings from 5-6pm every two weeks in Winter quarter, starting January 25. Attend all four seminars or choose those that best fit your schedule. Read on for more details!

The Alcohol and Drug Program is offering a Digital Wellbeing Group for all UCSB Students. This group will provide participants new ways to take desired control over their devices and time in a safe and collaborative environment.

The Art of Science initiative invites current UCSB undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs to tell the story of their research through the aesthetic. The competition is open until February 25, 2022. Click to learn more!

Each year the Graduate Student Association (GSA) grants awards for Excellence in Teaching by graduate student TA's, as well as awards for service to the graduate student community. These are the GSA Excellence in Teaching Award (ETA) and the Dixon-Levy GSA Service Award. The calls for nominations are now open and will end on February 28, 2022. You may nominate yourself! Read on to learn more about the awards.

Join the STS Futures Initiative on Thursday, December 9th at 10am PST for "Making It Work with a Background in STS," a discussion with recent graduates about advice they wish they’d received as grad students about to launch onto the job market. Read on to learn more!