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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.

The UCSB Library is offering a pair of workshops in week 7 to introduce students to two powerful software tools for your research: R and Zotero. Read on for more information and registration links.

The founder of Beyond the Professoriate, Dr. L. Maren Wood, is offering three webinars in February, two of which are free. If you're wondering where your PhD can take you beyond academia, check out these excellent professionalization opportunities.

UC Love Data Week is next week, with UCSB's Library Research Data Services hosting seminars on February 14th and 17th. Read on for more information about these events and for registration info.

Did you miss our Special Guest Workshop with Alison Miller last week but want to learn to be more productive and effective at writing and conducting academic research? Would you like to develop and use a sound project-management approach to completing your dissertation or thesis? Then be sure to watch the recording from the event! Read on for more info and a link to the video.

Anne Berry is the Graduate Student Intern for the Office Black Student Development. Her position supports Black student community at UCSB. Read on to learn more about Anne and her work!

The Qualifying Round for the 2022 Grad Slam Competition has begun, and all 26 submissions are available to view in our Qualifying Round Showcase. The videos will be publicly available until February 15th, so don't miss your chance to watch all these excellent submissions!

UC Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara County Public Health Department are continuing their partnership to offer boosters to our local community on Tuesdays and Fridays through the end of February at Embarcadero Hall. Click here for links to schedule an appointment.

UCSB just released a new Work-Life Resource website, My Family Resources! Read on for information and links that will help you access the site's resources. Grad student parents should especially take note, but this site will also be useful to all graduate student employees.

Finding funding is hard. Here is a list of the common funding mistakes so you can avoid making them. It doesn't guarantee you will find funding, but it might stop you from losing out on it. Check it out!

The University of California Humanities Research Institute facilitates experimental, interdisciplinary humanities scholarship through partnerships, research initiatives, and competitive grants. Applications for graduate student funding is open now. Some deadlines are in late February, so act quickly!