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Join this workshop and share your work and offer constructive feedback for refining dissertation projects pursuant to the development of dissertation & postdoctoral fellowships applications. The workshop is open to five undergraduate and twenty graduate students in the Humanities & Qualitative Social Sciences.

Congratulations to Eric Jorgensen, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Theater and Dance, who will be taking the stage as this year's Student Speaker at the 2018 Graduate Division Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, June 18. In this GradPost special feature, Eric talks about being chosen as our student speaker, his research goals, and his ambitions for the future.

All international graduate students and friends are invited to join OISS and Graduate Division for a year-end BBQ event. Burgers, hot dogs, and vegetarian options available. RSVP today to secure your spot and a free BBQ lunch!

Popular news shows like Good Morning America and publications like Science News Daily are talking about research on gender in navigation conducted right here at the UCSB Hegarty Spatial Thinking Lab. In this GradPost feature, we chatted with Psychological & Brain Sciences grad student Alexander Boone to set the record straight about what his research is all about.

Are you interested in helping your fellow grad students find careers outside of academia? The UCSB Beyond Academia organizing committee is now recruiting graduate students and postdocs to join the team for next year’s conference. Join them for free lunch and more information on how you can help shape the future of this great opportunity for grad students!

UCSB’s Department of Chicana/o Studies has open TA positions for 2018-2019 to teach Introduction to Chicana/o Studies, Racism in American History, and Chicana Writers. Interested students should submit application materials to Joann Erving no later than Wednesday, June 13, 2018.

Join UCSB Media Arts and Technology program for their End of Year Show, a presentation and celebration of this year’s research in electronic music, emergent media, computer science, engineering, and art.

Holly Gore brings a milestone honor to our UCSB campus as the only UC graduate student to be recognized this year with the 2018-2019 Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship in American Art. We caught up with Holly to find out about her research interests, her future aspirations, and the impact the fellowship will have on her graduate school career.

Join fellow grad students on June 8 for an interdisciplinary art and science event that examines oceanography through the lens of art. The event will showcase the music, art, and film created during the cruise, manifested as a documentary and magazine, as well as provide a spotlight for local artists who share their passion for the marine world.

The Higher Education Act (HEA) is the primary law governing post-secondary education, including federal student aid programs. UC has developed materials to assist with advocacy efforts regarding the reauthorization of HEA. As the Higher Education Act (HEA) reauthorization process continues, the University of California wants to share materials recently added to the HEA advocacy toolkit.

Want to learn more about LGBTQ+ research in the STEM fields? Join OUTreach on June 4 for a seminar talk by Dr. Izel Tekin, a postdoctoral fellow in the Craig Montell Lab. Snacks and drinks provided by the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity.

Summer is almost here, which means that if you're planning to go on the academic job market this fall, it's time come up with a game plan. This workshop will give an overview of the academic hiring process as well as information on how to search for an academic job, what materials you will need to prepare for applications and campus visits, and how to develop a realistic time frame.

Still looking for funding? Or planning ahead for 2018-2019? Attend the next Finding Funding Workshop on June 5th with Funding Peer Advisor Noreen Balos and learn about campus and external funding sources. Bring your computer to search funding databases, and we'll bring the free snacks!

NextProf Nexus is a three-day workshop that gives participants a candid view of academic life along with the tools and network to support their success. Each workshop brings together a select cohort of diverse engineers for three days of learning and interacting with peers and mentors. Application deadline is June 15, 2018.

Join the UCSB Library for a talk by Johanna Drucker, a Breslaur Professor of Bibliographical Studies in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA. Dr. Drucker's talk will assess the challenges of appropriating visualization methods from natural and statistical sciences for use in digital humanities, and will outline a set of proposals for alternatives.