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On April 19, join Instructional Development for a workshop on interpreting and analyzing ESCI scores. You will learn to interpret statistics from your ESCI (UCSB's student evaluations of teaching) reports, find trends in the data, and strategize about how to enhance your teaching based on students' feedback. You will also learn approaches for summarizing your ESCI data for the academic job market. RSVP today!

The process of cultivating academic scholarship can often feel siloed within the narrow confines of the ivory tower. Join the STS Futures Initiative on April 8th (4-6pm PST) to hear how you might retool your academic work into writing palatable for audiences beyond the academy. Read on to learn more!

The Coastal Fund was created and is funded by the students at the University of California, Santa Barbara in order to preserve and enhance the ecological integrity of the coastal habitats at the University. The Fund is excited to present its 2021 Photo Contest, with the theme of "New Beginnings"! Capture the moments you've experienced on the coast, whether that is watching shorebirds feed on the beach, gazing at what is revealed at low tide, or watching a beautiful sunset. Submissions are due by Friday, April 30. Read on to learn more!

The Graduate Division is excited to announce a funding opportunity through the “Exploring and Preparing for the Professoriate” initiative for Summer 2021. The 8-week program is designed for current doctoral students of diverse identities who are committed to careers in academia. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 16, 2021. Read on for more details!

Have you been meaning to update your resume but don't have the time? Do you want to learn how to stand out from the crowd? Join us for this online workshop on April 19th to learn tips and techniques that will help you craft and strategically target your resume. Use the time to actually workshop and update your resume with expert help.

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 handle rejection. 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!

Are you looking for experience in project management outside the university? Are you thinking about a career in industry? The PIPELINES program employs UCSB Science and Engineering graduate students as mentors to teams of undergraduate & community college STEM students working with Naval-based research projects. These teams work on projects from the Port Hueneme and Point Mugu Naval commands-NAVFAC, NAVSEA, NAVAIR. Apply today!

The UC Center Sacramento recently announced its annual Emerging Scholars Award for Excellence in Research and Public Policy. The award will recognize excellence in graduate student research with a direct impact on public policy. Apply by April 30, 2021!

UCSB Arts & Lectures announces Race to Justice Spring 2021 virtual events, part of A&L’s season-long, in-depth look at systemic racism. This effort engages leading activists, creatives and thinkers to expand our understanding of racism and how race impacts society and to inspire an expansive approach to advancing racial equality. All UCSB students can access the Race to Justice events for free. Read on to learn more!

The Graduate Division and the College of Creative Studies invites pairs of graduate students to submit a proposal to teach an undergraduate course to be offered in the College of Creative Studies (CCS) during the 2021-22 academic year. The course should be built around a social justice or environmental justice theme, and be taught by two graduate students coming from different fields. Students selected for this opportunity will be provided two $5,000 stipends in Summer/Fall to develop the course as well as an Associate position to teach in Winter 2022. Apply by June 1, 2021. Read on to learn more!

The “Pillars of Teaching Assistantship” workshop series and certificate is designed to provide TAs with a comprehensive, research-based foundation for teaching in the role of TA. TAs will earn a Pillars certificate after completing all six workshops and their brief pre- and post- workshop activities. In this workshop on April 13, you will explore several classroom-based assessment and questioning techniques that are based on the principles of giving effective feedback. Read on to learn more!

Kick-start your career on April 5-16! The annual Beyond Academia conference aims to prepare UCSB graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in all stages and disciplines to pursue a wide range of career options. The conference is completely free this year for all current UCSB graduate students and postdocs, as well as alumni who have graduated within the past 5 years. Sign up today!

All graduate students and employees working onsite or visiting a campus facility are required to complete a daily COVID-19 screening survey prior to leaving home to come onsite as a precaution to limit potential exposures to COVID-19 in the campus community. Read on to learn more!

On April 9, join Instructional Development for a workshop on preparing your CCUT portfolio! The session will provide tips on writing the CCUT teaching portfolio, including ways of presenting teaching materials, documenting student ratings, meeting the technology requirement, tone of the portfolio narration, and more. Participants need to have completed at least two of the CCUT requirements.

The “Pillars of Teaching Assistantship” workshop series and certificate is designed to provide TAs with a comprehensive, research-based foundation for teaching in the role of TA. TAs will earn a Pillars certificate after completing all six workshops and their brief pre- and post- workshop activities. In this workshop on April 9 you will use learning objective taxonomies and a lesson planning framework to design active, student-centered classes. Read on to learn more!