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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 manage your time. 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!

Join us on Friday, March 11 at 4:30pm for the Final Round of the 2022 Grad Slam competition! You'll be able to watch our ten finalists' presentations, participate in a live Q&A, vote in the People's Choice Category, and find out this year's winners. You can join in person at Campbell Hall or watch online via UCSB's Youtube channel.

The application for 2022-23 San Clemente single graduate student housing for continuing students is open now, and will be until March 10. Apply today! Spaces are limited and not guaranteed. Read on to access the application link.

UCSB's Graduate Center for Literary Research (GCLR) is now accepting abstracts for their annual conference, which will be held in hybrid format on June 5. This year's theme is "Forked Tongues: The Role of (Foreign) Languages in Literature, Film, and the Arts." Abstracts are due soon, on March 11. Read on for more information and the link to the conference website.

The UCSB Library is hosting two workshops during Weeks 9 and 10 - Data Carpentry: Reproducible Publications in RStudio and Zotero for Groups. Read on for more information!

3M will be hosting Raising Influence in Science and Engineering (RISE) a virtual conference from June 13-15, 2022. RISE is primarily intended to introduce emerging female and/or underrepresented science and engineering graduate talent to the wide range of rewarding careers in research and development at one of the world’s most recognized innovation companies. Applications are due on April 11, 2022.

Join UCSB's Gradate Student Association next week for two events: their General Assembly for GSA reps, and their Grad Student Appreciation Lunch. Read the post for details.

UCSB Graduate Division is offering a course for Spring 2022 designed for graduate students interested in a career in college and university teaching. Students will gain experience in applying pedagogical theories and evidence-based teaching into course design, implementation, assessment, and evaluation. Register today!

UCSB Arts and Lectures will be hosting two upcoming events as part of its Justice for All series, one this week and one next week. Read on for more information.

The UCSB Library is hosting two workshops next week -- Intro to R for Data Visualization, and Zotero Basics.

The Graduate Division is excited to welcome our new ​Diversity & Outreach Peer Advisor, ​Felicia Rutland. Felicia works to create representative spaces for historically underserved student populations. Read on to find out more about ​​Felicia!

The Resource Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity and Counseling and Psychological Services will be hosting a mindfulness walk from 3-4pm on March 2nd. Come develop mindfulness and self-care practices in community! After the mindfulness walk, attendees will receive self-care packages. Read on for registration info.

The Center for Graduate Career Success will be offering a free webinar, during which Dr. L. Maren Wood, PhD, will share research and insights about the the unique professional development needs of master's students. The webinar will also introduce a new training platform, Beyond Graduate School, and show how the platform differs from CGCS's work with PhDs and postdocs in Beyond the Professoriate. Read on for more information!

After reviewing the scores from our team of faculty, staff, and community judges, we are pleased to announce the 10 Finalists for Grad Slam 2022!

UCSB Library and the Center for Innovative Teaching, Research, and Learning (CITRAL) invite you to a moderated discussion via Zoom at 12pm next Wednesday, February 16, about incorporating the UCSB Reads book into a course. Hear from UCSB faculty across the disciplines who have done this successfully and learn how the UCSB Reads program can support your instruction.