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The UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science & Management presents the 21st annual public presentations of the school's master's thesis projects: Environmental Solutions in Action. Please join UCSB Bren in learning and celebrating the wonderful work their students have completed on science-based solutions to today's environmental challenges.

Now is your chance to make your voice heard in the the 2018 Graduate Student Association elections! The results affect not only your student government representatives but also the future funding of campus services for graduate students. Casting a ballot takes just a few minutes, and we need at least 20% participation from grad students or the election results for the ballot initiatives are not valid, and we have to do it all over again. So be sure to vote by 4 p.m. this Thursday!

It is time for the 2nd annual Black Summit/Celebrating Black Scholarship event presented by UCSB's Black Graduate Student Association! A day full of exciting workshops and talks highlighting the awesome work being done on and around UCSB.

Garden Street Academy, a private K-12 school, seeks a dynamic Middle School Language Arts Teacher with appropriate credentials and degrees to provide a quality, dynamic, and innovative curriculum for 6th - 8th grades, committed to thematic, inquiry-based, student-centered instructional practices.

UCSB’s Division of Humanities and Fine Arts is now accepting applications for the Dean's Prize Teaching Fellowship to reward excellence in teaching, curricular design, and pedagogical practices. Prize winners are appointed as Teaching Associates for one quarter to offer an independently-taught seminar. Application deadline is May 25, 2018.

If you are considering entering the job market any time soon, a complete and compelling LinkedIn profile is a must-have. Join our May 1 workshop on using LinkedIn and Versatile PhD as powerful tools for your non-academic career search!

Are you stressed about your finances? If so, UCSB researchers are looking for married couples who are interested in being in a study on financial stress. Information is confidential. Participants will be given $60 per couple for their participation.

Come ​work alongside your fellow graduate students! The Graduate Writers' Room reopens on Monday, April 23, for the Spring 2018 Quarter. Enjoy free snacks, coffee, and wifi while working in our quiet, comfortable space.

Nominations are now open for two awards honoring graduate students who have distinguished themselves as mentors of undergraduates. Nominations may come from academic and research units as well as individual faculty. The nomination deadline is Friday, April 27.

If you're ​applying for a teaching-​focused academic job, you will almost certainly be asked to provide a teaching philosophy statement. ​So what is it and how do you even begin to describe your own philosophy? The Graduate Student Resource Center ​will host a handy workshop ​to answer ​these and other rhetorical questions. In this workshop, we will look at ​​teaching philosophy ​statements and ​ask the hard questions that will help you ​figure out what your own philosophy is.

The Graduate Division is offering ten paid registrations to the first ten graduate students indicating their interest to us about this year's Gaucho Gallop, an annual fundraising fun run put on by the Alumni Foundation on Saturday, April 28. This opportunity is first come, first served, so sign up today!

Join the UCSB Gevirtz Graduate School of Education on April 23 for their 2nd Dean's Lecture on Education, Diversity, and Democracy ​by Dr. Daniel Solorzano, Professor of Education at UCLA. Dr. Solorzano will use a Critical Race Theory framework and the tools of racial microaggression to study everyday racism inside and outside of university spaces.

Lunch & Learn resumes next month with graduate students from Art History and Technology Management giving talks on May 4! Enjoy free lunch and a chance to socialize with grads from across campus. Space is limited, so sign up today!

The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center seeks graduate students to work as instructors in a correspondence program on “Foundations in the Humanities” for people incarcerated in California Men’s Colony and Kern Valley State Prison. Apply now to be a Graduate Teaching Fellow in this IHC Prison Correspondence Course. Deadline is June 1, 2018.

Come join an interactive workshop co-led by BASF, where facilitators will discuss concrete ways to connect with audiences of varied backgrounds and to translate scientific research for them. They will use case studies and video clips to illustrate effective strategies for identifying bridging points, distilling out unnecessary detail, explaining through metaphors, and engaging through emotion.