Wellness and Work-life Balance

UCSB Arts & Lectures is hosting two events during Week 5 as part of their CREATING HOPE programming initiative. Discounted tickets to both events are available to UCSB students (student ID required). Read on for more information about these events!

Attend UC Global Health Day 2022 on Saturday, May 7 from 8:30am – 6pm PT (in-person and virtually). This day-long collaborative global health conference showcases innovative research and initiatives occurring across the University of California. This year’s theme of Centering Social Justice in Community Health is exemplified by diverse speakers who are actively engaged across a variety of disciplines and doing work that has benefited communities at local and global levels. Read on to learn more!

Campus Advocacy, Resources, and Education is seeking graduate students to share their experiences with graduate programming and services in virtual listening sessions. All selected participants will receive a $25 gift card to the University Book Store. Read on for more information.

The Mental Health Peers, in collaboration with the GSRC, are offering a virtual workshop on April 19 from 2-3pm: "Graduate School: Unpacking the Realities of Being a Graduate Student." The seminar will focus on helping students unpack the multiple roles they navigate within their graduate programs.

UCSB Health and Wellness has opened the Rejuvenation Station for graduate students, where you can get a free massage from a massage therapist! The Station is open on Thursdays from 2-3pm in the Wellness Center Conference Room, in the SRB.

The Graduate Student Association is teaming up with the Office of Development to host a coffee and donut event for UCSB Give Day on April 7 from 8-10am. Drop in to the GSA lounge (2502 University Center MC 6052) for free coffee and donuts, and also to write a short thank-you note for donors who have supported graduate fellowships.

UCSB Health and Wellness is hosting "36 Questions to Make Friends" from 6-7pm on April 13th at San Clemente Center. "36 questions for closeness" is a scientific test question and answer practice that promotes closeness and intimacy. Come solo or come with a buddy! Free snacks! Read on for more info.

2022 Grammy Award-winning violinist Jennifer Koh and bass-baritone Davóne Tines, are the co-creators of Everything Rises, a new work commissioned by UCSB Arts & Lectures that has its World Premiere Performance Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. at UCSB Campbell Hall. The event is free to UCSB Students, Faculty and Staff. Read on for more information and for the registration link.

The UCSB Library is offering several events in April. These events are free and open to the public. All graduate students are invited.

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 handle conflict. 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!

Are you a STEM graduate student who wants to improve their communication skills? There is still room in Writing 259, "Science Communication," which is offered this Spring. Read on for more information.

Join the Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Association on Tuesday, March 22nd at 2:30pm in Engineering II 3301 for a presentation by Chemical Engineering graduate student Varun Hedge of the Doherty and Squires Group. This event is open to all graduate students and postdocs. Light refreshments will be served.

The Art of Science initiative invites current UCSB undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs to tell the story of their research through the aesthetic. Cast your vote for the winning entries by March 20!

The UCSB Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and the UCSB IHC Research Focus Group “What Is a Shakespeare?: Shakespeare and Global Media” are collaborating to host a virtual conference: "Global Snapshot: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Media, Performativity, and Global Communities." The conference features Keynote Speakers Dr. Peter Eckersall and Dr. Ambereen Dadabhoy, and will run on May 14 and 15. Abstracts are due April 1.

The UCSB Women's Center is now accepting abstracts for its upcoming graduate student conference, "Feminist Pedagogies," which will run on Saturday, May 22. Read on for more information about the conference, and for the CFP. Abstracts are due on March 31.