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Come to the Black Graduate Student Mixer on Thursday, October 4th! Enjoy dinner as you mix and mingle with new and returning Black grads and staff.

McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm that serves a broad mix of private, public, and social sector institutions. They are holding several virtual recruitment information sessions targeted toward data scientists and engineers this Friday, September 28th - RSVP today!

The first Lunch & Learn of the school year will feature graduate students from Clinical Psychology and Environmental Science! Enjoy free lunch and a chance to socialize with grads from across campus. Space is limited, so sign up today!

Our final featured student, Alexandra Noi, is moving to Santa Barbara from Moscow with her husband, Evgeny (featured yesterday). Read on to learn more about ​her research on comparative totalitarianism and some of her plans for when she arrives at UCSB!

In this workshop on October 4, international graduate student TAs will discuss their responsibilities and role in undergraduate courses at UCSB. You will compare schooling in ​your home country and UCSB as a backdrop for determining appropriate ways to facilitate section and grade student work; you will also practice teaching strategies. RSVP today to secure your spot!

DSCasting ​is working on a project with current and former grad students in the Santa Barbara area who took out loans for their education. ​They will be interviewing students for the next two weeks and are looking for interested UCSB students to apply ASAP.

The Office of Summer Sessions is recruiting graduate students to teach INT 93LS (Introduction to Research in STEM fields) courses in Summer 2019 as part of a 4‐week pre‐college program that provides qualified high school students (residential and commuter) an introduction to the research enterprise. Applications are due October 22, 2018.

Evgeny Noi is coming to UCSB with his wife, Alexandra (who will be featured tomorrow), from Russia to pursue his Ph.D. in Geography. Evgeny is excited to begin his studies at UCSB, where he hopes to help solve mobility and health care challenges in urban places.

Still looking for funding? Or planning ahead for 2019-2020? Attend the next Finding Funding Workshop on October 2 and learn about campus and external funding. Bring your computer to search funding databases and we'll bring the free snacks!

Melanie Adams is an incoming Ph.D. in​ Mechanical Engineering from Brooklyn, New York. She received her undergraduate degree from MIT, where she studied Materials Science and Engineering. Read on to learn more about ​​Melanie's childhood in New York and about her travel plans during her graduate program!

Trevor Auldridge has been busy since he graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor's degree in Sociology. He worked at the W.E.B. DuBois institute at Harvard University and also spent the last two years in the City Year Americorps Program in Northern California. Trevor is coming to UCSB to pursue a Ph.D. in Sociology.

This Fall 2018, the Department of Asian American Studies is seeking a teaching assistant for a 50% appointment for Asian Am 5: “Introduction to Asian American Literature.” Candidates with some background in humanities/social sciences preferred.

Interested in entering a raffle for a $50 Visa gift card? Researchers at Suffolk University are looking for graduate students of color to complete an anonymous online survey for a study focused on values and sense of belonging.

Arguably the most important document when applying for any academic job is the cover letter. To kick off the Academic Job Market Writing Workshop Series, we will begin with cover letters: what they are, what they look like, and how to write them to the job that you are applying for. Participants will learn what the major sections of a cover letter entail and how to tailor a cover letter to specific positions.

How do you distill your entire academic and professional career into one document? You may be the best candidate for a job, but if you do not have a well-organized C.V., then you're likely to get lost in the application pile. Come to this workshop on October 10 and learn what the major sections of a C.V. include and how to tailor your C.V. to specific positions.