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Join us for our Finding Funding Workshop on July 7th! We'll cover UCSB financial resources, external funding, and how to find them -- all geared especially for international grad students.

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 July 2nd 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.

Come learn about how the body and brain work -- or don't work -- together to affect your overall well-being. Designed to be a safe space particularly for international students and post-docs. This is the first session in a three-part workshop series "Embodied Consciousness" - attend one or all, and shift your embodiment paradigm!

Check out the Summer 2020 events and workshops offered by the Graduate Student Resource Center! Don't miss your chance to learn writing skills for the academic job market, maximize your LinkedIn profile, and find funding opportunities for 2020-21. ​Mark your calendars and visit our Events page for updated information as events get closer.

There is less than a month left to file your federal and state taxes by the extended July 15th, 2020 deadline. Need a little help or don’t know where to get started? Check out these free online resources!

Arguably the most important document when applying for any academic job is the cover letter. To kick off the Academic Job Market Writing Success Series, we will begin with cover letters: what they are, what they look like, and how to write them for the job that you are applying for. Participants will learn what the major sections of a cover letter entail and how to tailor a cover letter to specific positions.

Are you a student parent interested in finding fun virtual activities to do with your children this summer? Health & Wellness is conducting an interest survey for students who are parents, guardians, or foster care providers about summer cooking classes for the whole family. Take the survey by July 1, 2020.

Get a quick glance at upcoming deadlines for summer and a head start for the fall. Various opportunities listed to include a sampling of postdoctoral announcements, dissertation fellowships, research funding, and awards competitions.

The Graduate Simulation Seminar Series (GS^3) is back for Summer 2020! They are offering a 10-week seminar program featuring talks from a diverse set of graduate students and/or postdocs who use simulation in their research, representing a wide swath of academic disciplines across UCSB. Interested in presenting? The best presentations by graduate students and postdocs will be awarded prizes. Read on for more info about the series and how you can present.

Live chat a movie with us! Join us on Friday, June 26th at 7 p.m. We will be watching The Half of It on Netflix and chatting along to create a feeling of almost being together.

Interested in a career beyond the academy, and want to learn more about the essentials of crafting it? Join these professional development webinars from Beyond the Professoriate for a jump start. They are free to join and also available to watch on replays. Advance registration is required.

Dr. Carlos Nash, UCSB's Director of Graduate Diversity Programs, is hosting coffee breaks via Zoom every Wednesday of Summer Quarter at 9am. The breaks are a virtual offering open to all graduate students to replace his weekly outreach meeting with graduate students at GSA’s Wednesday Bagel Hour. All topics are welcome.

Still looking for funding? Or planning ahead for 2020-2021? Attend the next Finding Funding Workshop on June 23 and learn about campus and external funding.

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 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.

The Graduate Division is excited to welcome our new Graduate Programming Assistant, Chava Nerenberg. She will be working closely with the staff of the Graduate Student Resource Center on programming and initiatives that support our campus' graduate students. Read on to find out more about Chava!