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Still looking for funding? Or planning ahead for 2022-2023? Attend the next Finding Funding Workshop on May 11th and learn about campus and external funding.

L. Maren Wood and the rest of the team at Beyond the Professoriate are hosting their 9th Annual Online Career Conference for Graduate Students and PhDs on May 7th and May 14th, 2022. Read on for more details!

Reduce your anxiety about finances by attending this workshop on May 4th to learn basic terminology, tools, and plans for budgeting. Leave with tools to create a plan on how to manage your graduate income. RSVP today!

The UCSB Library will be offering two Zotero Basics workshops for graduate students during the Spring quarter. Zotero is a free bibliography management tool that helps you collect citations for your research and generate entries for notes and bibliographies. Workshops will be held in the UCSB Library. Read on for more info and the registration link.

Check out this UCSB series on grad student and postdoc professional development experiences funded by the Individualized Professional Skills (IPS) Program. This week's featured video is by Mackenzie Wade, a graduate student in Anthropology, who used the IPS funds to plan and attend an event on the Future of Food. Read on to watch the video and learn more about the IPS program!

The Graduate Division and the Academic, Professional, and Technical Graduate Writing Development Program are excited to extend to you the opportunity to participate in a study on graduate student writing experiences at UCSB. To participate, you will need to take an online survey that takes ~20 to 30 minutes to complete. In compensation for your time, you can enter into a drawing to win 1 of 10 $50 gift certificates. Read on for more info!

Now's the time to cast your ballot in UCSB's annual Spring Election! All graduate students are invited to vote for the new GSA executive board & fee reaffirmations. Ballots are due by Thursday, April 21 at 4pm.

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents one of America’s cultural treasures, Ballet Hispánico: Noche de Oro: A Celebration of 50 Years at 8p PST on Friday, April 29 at the Granada Theatre. This event is FREE for UCSB Students. Read on for more information!

Join the Mental Health Peers on Friday, April 29 for a conversation on managing burnout while in graduate school. The workshop will discuss ways in which graduate student may experience burnout and strategies you can incorporate to integrate a work life harmony. The workshop will include activities and open discussion. Read on for more info.

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 first session of the 2022 Dissertation Write-In, which runs from June 13-16! The application deadline is Friday, May 6.

UCSB Arts & Lectures is hosting two events during Week 5 as part of their CREATING HOPE programming initiative. Discounted tickets to both events are available to UCSB students (student ID required). Read on for more information about these events!

The University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI) is seeking applicants for the 2022-2023 Student Ambassador Program. UCGHI Student Ambassadors will develop, organize, and promote Women's Health, Gender, and Empowerment (WHGE) or Planetary Health (PH) activities across campuses. Students will receive a $250 stipend for participating, at the end of the program.

Attend UC Global Health Day 2022 on Saturday, May 7 from 8:30am – 6pm PT (in-person and virtually). This day-long collaborative global health conference showcases innovative research and initiatives occurring across the University of California. This year’s theme of Centering Social Justice in Community Health is exemplified by diverse speakers who are actively engaged across a variety of disciplines and doing work that has benefited communities at local and global levels. Read on to learn more!

Campus Advocacy, Resources, and Education is seeking graduate students to share their experiences with graduate programming and services in virtual listening sessions. All selected participants will receive a $25 gift card to the University Book Store. Read on for more information.

The Mental Health Peers, in collaboration with the GSRC, are offering a virtual workshop on April 19 from 2-3pm: "Graduate School: Unpacking the Realities of Being a Graduate Student." The seminar will focus on helping students unpack the multiple roles they navigate within their graduate programs.