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The Graduate Diversity Program is currently seeking volunteers for the upcoming first-generation panel called "Thriving, Not Surviving 2022: Navigating Higher Education as a First-Generation College Student." This event will run from 4-6pm on Wednesday, August 17. Read on for details.

UCSB Arts & Lectures' popular FREE Summer Cinema Series “Hot Fun in the Summertime” kicked off last Wednesday, July 6 at UCSB Campbell Hall, and continues through August 26. Films also screen Fridays at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden. Wednesday screenings at Campbell Hall are open to UCSB students only (UCSB student ID required).

Are you interested in teaching at a community college? Check out a new mentorship program called The Rancho Academy, designed for students interested in a faculty or administrator career at the community college level. The program is a six-week to ten-week commitment at no cost. Apply by September 1, 2022. Read on to learn more!

Grads, do you have questions about how to establish California residency? UCSB's Office of the Registrar recently hosted the presentation "Establishing UC Residency for Tuition Purposes." To maximize accessibility, they have made both a recording of the event and the presentation slides available for all UCSB students on Box. Read on for links.

Are you in the middle stages of your dissertation and running into roadblocks? Do you need some new strategies and habits to help you finish up? Then apply for the second session of the 2022 Dissertation Write-In, which runs from September 12-15! The application deadline is Friday, August 5.

Whether you are a new or continuing UCSB graduate student, GradPost has a links to a number of resources that can help you in your on- and off-campus housing search. Read on for more information, and also a note about how to avoid recent housing scams in Santa Barbara.

Collaborate employs tech-savvy and service-oriented graduate students to serve as Instructional Design Assistants. Available roles include 50 percent positions with fee remission and 25 percent positions without fee remission. For the academic year 2022-2023 these positions will be remote. Apply by August 26. Read on to learn more!

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is a highly competitive international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. In the 2022-23 award cycle, 15 students applied from UCSB, 6 were selected as finalists, 2 were selected as alternates, and 4 were selected as semi-finalists. Congratulations to these outstanding students!

Stanford PRISM (Postdoctoral Recruitment Initiative in Sciences and Medicine) is an opportunity for select late-stage graduate students from diverse backgrounds to explore postdoctoral training at Stanford, including interviewing with potential mentors, getting the inside scoop on postdoctoral training at Stanford from current postdocs, and accessing professional development to score the best postdoc for them. Application closes July 18. Read on to learn more!

Lunch & Learn will return to in-person programming next Wednesday, July 13th. Come join us in the UCSB Library for our July Lunch & Learn: Hazards and History, which features talks from graduate students in Environmental Science and English. Pizza, salad, and soft drinks will be served! In-person attendance is limited, so RSVP today!

Pedro Craveiro received PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literatures at UC Santa Barbara. In the future, he aims to combine his love for teaching with administrative work to improve student life for students. Pedro recently sat down for an interview with Marketing and Communications Office Intern Matthew Choi. Read on for a transcript of that interview!

UCSB Library's Carpentry Community is happy to announce it's offerings of entry-level programming workshops for researchers this Summer. These workshops are geared towards researchers with little to no programming experience. Workshops will cover basic concepts and tools, including version control, data management, task automation, and analysis. Read on for more info!

David McIntosh is a recent PhD in History who got his degree from UC Santa Barbara. This fall, he will continue his involvement in academia as an Assistant Professor in New Mexico. Read on for a transcript of a recent interview with David.

Read on for tips from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD)--an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community--about strategies to help you with your writing this summer. Membership in the NCFDD (free for UCSB students!) provides several forms of professional support to help combat common problems academics face. Read on to learn more!

The Graduate Division is excited to welcome our new International Peer Advisor, ​Dee Dee hong. Felicia works to create a supportive community for international graduate students. Read on to find out more about ​​Dee Dee!