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Are you a new or current international graduate student looking for funding? Join us on January 22 for a workshop on budgeting resources, job rules for international students, finding teaching assistant positions, and current funding opportunities. Sign up today!

Be sure to check out upcoming events and workshops from the Graduate Student Resource Center. From kick-starting your career search, learning tips to negotiate salary, finding funding, or working on your writing, we hope you'll join us for ​our lineup of ​winter programming.

Applications are now open for the Graduate Student Internship Fellowship, which offers up to five $2,000-$2,500 scholarships annually to help graduate students explore career opportunities and gain valuable work experience while in school. Funds are awarded to students who demonstrate​ financial need as well as how their Summer or Fall 2019 work experience will be ​beneficial for their career trajectory. Application deadline is March 17th.

Join us for our first Lunch & Learn of winter quarter! Our January Lunch & Learn will feature graduate students from English and Dynamic Neuroscience! Enjoy free lunch and a chance to socialize with grads from across campus. Space is limited, so sign up today!

Join us on January 16 for a working session on how to use COS Pivot, a ​​​comprehensive funding source database available to you as a UCSB student. This event is particularly relevant if you are a beginner in understanding funding or an advanced student doing research ​who has not yet found funding options that fit your work. Come with your laptops and your questions! Snacks will be provided.

Mark your calendars! This year, the Graduate Division Commencement ceremony will be held on Friday, June 14th at 1 p.m. on the Commencement Green. This is a departure from previous years, when it has been held on Sunday at 4 p.m., and means that the spring filing deadline will be extended to Tuesday, June 18th. Read on for additional information!

Many a promising job talk has failed because the candidate did not prepare properly. Maybe the talk was too technical. Maybe the visuals were not executed well. In this workshop on January 9, participants will learn the strategies behind how to communicate their research appropriately through spoken, visual, and written communication. Sign up today!

Start off the new year with a resolution to find funding! Come ​to our workshop on January 10 and you'll get clarity on funding-related questions ranging from admissions, external fellowships, project money, and research grants, as well as where to get answers for each type of scenario. Snacks will be provided!

Are you interested in a career in college and university teaching? Do you want to improve your teaching and gain valuable pedagogical insight and training? Then sign up for this Winter 2019 course offering from the UCSB Graduate Division!

As 2018 comes to a close, our campus continues to acclimate to the recently implemented UCPath payroll system. While the Graduate Division hopes that there will be fewer issues with the new system in the winter quarter, all graduate students are encouraged to be proactive in checking their pay and fee payment status. Please read on for more information to assist with that review.

The UCSB Library is currently open and operating on recess hours, but will close this weekend for winter break. 24/7 online access to research databases, electronic journals, and e-books is available to UCSB students, faculty, and staff during the closure. For detailed building and service desk hours, read on!

Looking for practical experience in policy-making and development? Capital Fellows are placed at some of the highest levels of California state government and assist state legislators, senior-level executive staff, and court administrators with a broad range of public policy issues and projects. Application deadline is February 11, 2019.

The UCSB Academic Senate is now accepting nominations for Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards. Teaching assistants play a vital role in enhancing the teaching mission of the University. The Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards recognize the contributions of graduate students to the teaching and learning process at UC Santa Barbara. Nomination deadline is January 2, 2019.

Did you know 1 out of 2 people say they couldn’t live without their smartphone? Yikes. Break the cycle with vitaminwater's scroll-free for a year contest (the "Contest"). How do ​you enter? It’s simple! Share on Twitter or Instagram what you’d do instead of scrolling with hashtags #nophoneforayear and #contest. Go scroll-free for a year, prove it, and you could win $100k. Deadline to enter is January 8, 2019.

The UC San Diego Center on Gender Equity and Health is seeking interns for a three-campus study to assess knowledge, attitudes, and factors surrounding the prevention of sexual assault, harassment, and dating violence at UCLA, UCSD, and UCSB. The researchers on this project are currently seeking a graduate student from UCSB to join their team as a research intern from December 2018 through the end of the current academic year. Apply today!