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The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center's 2016-17 Graduate Affiliates Program seeks four graduate students to participate in a pedagogical project in social justice as part of this year’s IHC public programming series Community Matters.

PayJunction is currently hiring for three positions at ​their headquarters in downtown Santa Barbara, and they are specifically looking for MS and Ph.D. candidates in CS/ECE.

If you're looking for a job, the Campus Advocacy, Resources & Education (CARE) program is looking to hire a graduate assistant. The deadline to apply is Friday, September 2.

In this workshop, Lana Smith-Hale and Turi Honegger will cover important techniques for addressing your mental health during career transitions, including how to manage expectations, set realistic goals, and balance competing demands on your time and energy.

Whether you have a letter you're working on or are just thinking about writing a letter, this workshop is for you. All UCSB graduate students and postdocs are welcome, but enrollment is limited to 15 per workshop.

The Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies invites ​graduate students to apply for an opportunity to teach their own course and gain experience and expertise in leading university-level courses. The deadline to apply is Monday, August 29.

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.

The National Endowment for the Humanities recently announced that ​UCSB is one of 28 institutions to receive a Next Generation PhD Grant to ​help universities rethink how they prepare doctoral students for career paths outside ​the academy.

As part of its summer series on preparing for the academic job market, the Graduate Division will host a workshop on crafting a compelling CV for academic positions.

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 fun continues with our next Lunch & Learn event, featuring talks by graduate students in Biomolecular Science & Engineering and Music. Enjoy free lunch and a chance to socialize with and learn from graduate students across the campus!

The Department of Black Studies is now accepting applications for Teaching Assistantships for Winter 2017. ​Application materials are due by September 30.

The UCSB Graduate Division is currently accepting applications for a Diversity and Outreach Peer Advisor position to begin employment in Summer 2016 and run through Spring Quarter 2017. Note: the priority consideration deadline has been extended to Friday, August 12.

The Graduate Student Resource Center is hosting a workshop on writing a​ diversity statement for an academic position on Tuesday, August 16. The workshop is open to all UCSB graduate students and postdocs.

The workshop, led by MRL faculty members Omar Saleh and Ram Seshadri, is aimed towards graduate students and post-­doctoral fellows in Engineering and the Sciences who are contemplating applying for faculty positions and building a career as an academic.