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Join the STS Futures Initiative on Thursday, December 9th at 10am PST for "Making It Work with a Background in STS," a discussion with recent graduates about advice they wish they’d received as grad students about to launch onto the job market. Read on to learn more!

The UCSB Campus Advocacy, Resources & Education (CARE) department is hiring for two Graduate Student Researcher positions beginning in January 2022 through August 2022. Applications are due before 11:59pm on Sunday, January 2nd, 2022.

UCSB's Graduate Simulation Seminar Series (GS^3) is hosting a career panel on Friday December 10th at 10-11am PST over Zoom. Read on to learn more!

UCSB graduate students who use Google Scholar will need to add "Get it at UC" as a Library Link in their Google Scholar settings in order to access the full text of materials through UC Library Search. Read on for more info!

The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center's research focus group, What is a Shakespeare: Shakespeare and Global Media, will be hosting a discussion of the film Noh Macbeth, a Japanese adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth from 2006 (available for free via the MIT Global Shakespeare Archive). Join them via Zoom this Thursday, December 9th from 4-5pm PST. All are welcome!

The UCSB Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy is recruiting a Graduate Student Assistant to work alongside their Blum student team, and Associate Director, to advance thinking and engagement on poverty, inequality, and democracy both on and off campus. The deadline to apply is Thursday, December 9th at 12PM (noon) PST.

The NYU Abu Dhabi Research Institute invites applications for its first Graduate Student Workshop to be hosted March 6-9, 2022 at NYU Abu Dhabi. Doctoral students with a Ph.D. project related to the Arab world and that are currently in the writing stage are invited to apply. The application deadline is December 10, 2021.

Graduate student Damaris Garcia Valerio joined Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) this quarter as their new Graduate Mental Health Peer. She is working with the Mental Health Peer Program to assist graduate students on issues related to mental health and wellness. Read on to find out more about Damaris and the Mental Health Peer Program at UCSB.

This lunch and learn will focus on angel investors - from how they evaluate investment opportunities and how they organize (if at all) to how to find and approach the angel investors that are most likely to be interested in your company. Come learn the practical side of locating and attracting angel investments!

All graduate students are invited to join the Graduate Student Association (GSA) for coffee and bagels to get through the last week of classes! Grab a bagel and other breakfast snacks and meet your fellow grad students on Wednesday, December 1st from 10am - 12pm at the GSA Lounge. The event is first come, first serve and grab and go only.

Join Instructional Development for this special workshop designed for international TAs! Learn about teaching strategies as well as roles and responsibilities in undergraduate courses at UCSB. Pizza will be provided!

The A.S. Food Bank is working to make food more accessible for graduate students and wants to hear your thoughts! Fill out a short survey to let them know how they can serve you best!

The Graduate Simulation Seminar Series (GS^3) 2021-2022 Invited Speaker, Heather Kulik, from MIT, will be visiting UCSB on Thursday, 1/13 and Friday, 1/14! Prof. Kulik will give a research seminar on 1/13 and a career talk on 1/14 . Read on for more details and the chance to sign up for meetings or a meal with Prof. Kulik!

Join Instructional Development for a series of pre-winter TA workshops! Read on for more info and to RSVP.

The UCSB Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) is currently seeking applicants for a Graduate Intern. This internship will begin immediately upon hire for the entirety of the 2021-2022 academic year. The Graduate Intern will support the department by working collaboratively with the EOP Management Team to assist in its assessment efforts utilizing a mixed-methodological approach that captures quantitative and qualitative data to create a holistic picture of students' experiences. The position includes partial fee remission and $18 per hour for 10-20 hours per week. Apply by Sunday, November 28 at 11:59 p.m.