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Dr. Chavella T. Pittman and nhe National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity are hosting a webinar on Thursday, December 8, addressing potential issues with classroom dynamics following last month’s election.

The Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships (CSEP) is currently hiring for two new positions starting in Winter 2017 to conduct interviews with photonics companies to assess their workforce needs. This opportunity is most useful for photonics students but others are welcome to apply.

UCSB's Interdisciplinary Humanities Center seeks a graduate student to help design and implement a communications project that consists of creating a database of faculty on campus who are involved in publicly-engaged teaching and research. Applications are due December 15.

Dr. Ruby Mendenhall, Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, will host a colloquium, “Racial Microaggressions in Higher Education: Doing the Difficult Work of Building a Diverse and Inclusive Community” on December 2.

Attention all faculty, teaching assistants, and staff: GauchoSpace Support has services beyond email ticketing help! They also assist with gradebooks, assignments and quizzes, and even offer specialized trainings and advanced workshops. Check out their services and let them help you!

On Monday, November 14, the UCSB Library's Sherri L. Barnes led a lunchtime brown bag info session where she presented an overview of ​academic publishing today. This article contains useful handouts, slides, and resources from the workshop.

Take a much-needed break before finals week and support UCSB's incredible dancers in their Fall Dance Concert titled "Exposure: Revealing, Relating, Responding," happening on December 2 and 3.

UC Santa Cruz's ISEE is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2017 Professional Development Program, which provides early‐career scientists and engineers training in effective education techniques as well as other professional skills. Applications are due December 12.

Be sure to stop by the Express Flu Shot Clinics that occur every Friday at Student Health from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Students covered under Gaucho Health Insurance (GHI) receive the flu shot for FREE! Non-GHI students are able to get the shot for $30.

Interested in being a Graduate Resident Assistant (RA) for the 2017-2018 school year? Come to this info session on Monday, November 28, at 7 p.m. in the San Clemente Center! Attending the session does not obligate you to apply and non-attendance does not disqualify you from applying.

Successful collaborations require coordination and planning among investigators and the ability to work together. Come join the UCSB Office of Research for a discussion with a panel of guest speakers about creating and fostering successful collaborations.

End the quarter right with our last Lunch & Learn event of 2016, featuring talks by graduate students in Communication and Environmental Science & Management. Come enjoy free lunch and a chance to socialize with and learn from graduate students across the campus!

Networking is a key component for starting your career, whether in academia or beyond academia. Building a network takes time and commitment but can provide long lasting benefits. Join Lana Smith-Hale for a workshop demystifying the world of networking.

UCSB offers an abundance of valuable campus resources to help graduate students thrive, but sometimes it can be hard to keep track of them all! The Graduate Division has recently compiled a digital resource packet to help faculty connect graduate students with campus resources.

Whether you are just beginning to write your dissertation/thesis and wondering about formatting, or you are close to filing and need to know about policies such as copyrighting and embargoing, the Graduate Division has you covered.