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Interested in exploring careers in non-academic settings? Want to learn more about career development and expand your network? Save the dates for the 2021 UCSB Beyond Academia Conference! This year's conference will be take place in an entirely virtual setting over a 2-week span (April 5-9 & April 12-16).

RCSGD staff are seeking to learn what barriers exist that negatively impact LGBTQIA+ students' academic success while at UC Santa Barbara. Their goal is to identify these barriers, so they can continue to remove them or to create resources and structures that will help students circumvent these challenges as they continue toward graduation. Read on to learn more!

UCLA's 25th annual Healthcare Symposium will take place on Zoom on Saturday, February 13 and Saturday, February 20 from 9am - 12pm PST. The symposium will address the underlying health disparity, mental health, incarceration, and racism issues that permeate the COVID-19 pandemic. Attendees can win Amazon gift cards. Read on to learn more!

The 2021 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program is now accepting applications. The Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship provides funding for PhD candidates to conduct research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. Apply for the internal campus review by March 22nd!

If you are considering entering the job market any time soon, a complete and compelling LinkedIn profile is a must-have. Join this workshop on February 25th to learn how to maximize this tool in order to look for jobs, network with potential employers, and connect with others in the professional domain.

The NASEM Gulf Research Program: Science Policy Fellowship is now accepting applications! Fellows gain first-hand policymaking experience as they spend one year on the staff of federal, state, local, or non-governmental environmental, natural resource, oil and gas, and public health agencies in the Gulf of Mexico region. Apply by Mar. 3, 2021!

Did you know? UCSB's Rapid Rehousing Program offers assistance to students with housing needs by offering transitional housing, housing vouchers, and case management. Read on to learn more!

Do you live in Family Housing? Don't miss the GSA's Sweet Giveaway this Friday, February 12th from 12-2 pm at Storke Community Center! Cupcakes are first come, first serve.

The Graduate Division is excited to announce two graduate writing courses GRAD/WRIT 282AA (Thesis and Dissertation Structured Writing Communities) and GRAD/WRIT 283AA (Preparing for the Academic Job Market) for the Spring 2021 quarter from Dr. Robby Nadler, the Graduate Division’s Academic, Professional, and Technical Graduate Writing Development Director. Read on for more details!

Student parents: are you running out of ideas to keep your kids entertained during COVID-19? The Non-Traditional Student Resource Center (NTSRC) is here to help! Register for the NTSRC’s Oobleck night (Feb 10th) featuring a book reading, craft project, and science experiment all in one. Read on to learn more!

Check out this special roundtable discussion on February 11th with W. Kamau Bell, host of CNN's United Shades of America and author of The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell. Students are invited to bring their questions, comments, and thoughts to the virtual table. Read on to learn more!

Please join the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for its 2020-2021 series "Addressing Slavery" on Wednesday, February 10 at 12pm. The talk will be delivered by Dr. Errol Henderson and is titled, "The Revolution Will Not Be Theorized: Cultural Revolution in the Black Power Era." Read on for more information!

Each year the Graduate Student Association (GSA) grants awards for Excellence in Teaching by graduate student TA's, as well as awards for service to the graduate student community. These are the GSA Excellence in Teaching Award (ETA) and the Dixon-Levy GSA Service Award. The calls for nominations are now open and will end on February 28, 2021. You may nominate yourself! Read on to learn more about the awards.

The Art of Science initiative invites current UCSB undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs to tell the story of their research through the aesthetic. The competition is open until February 22, 2021. Click to learn more!

Interested in a career beyond the academy, and want to learn more about the essentials of crafting it? Read on for a message from the Beyond the Professoriate team about a new free assessment tool designed to help PhDs find a successful career outside of academia!