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Are you a tech-savvy, service-oriented graduate student? Apply to be Collaborate's Instructional Design Assistant today! These roles are 50 percent positions with fee remission and 25 percent positions without fee remission.

Come learn about opportunities funded by the Individualized Professional​ Skills (IPS) Grant Program at ​our January 31 Meet & Eat. You'll hear from students and postdocs in Materials, EEMB, Environmental Science, and Physics about how they used their grant money to pursue a variety of external professional development opportunities. We'll bring the food, you bring your curiosity and questions!

Kick-start your career on February 28-29! 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. Registration is open through February 20, so sign up today!

Want to learn more about resources, credits, and deductions for graduate students? Then sign up now for our February 4th financial literacy workshop on tax credits, deductions, and resources! Space is limited so please RSVP.

Student Health has been seeing a lot of flu cases as of late. Given this level of activity, it's likely that a high volume of influenza cases will continue over the next 2-3 weeks. Please read on for an important message from Student Health on the steps they are taking to meet the recent surge.

Come join other graduate students as we discuss feelings of impostor syndrome in academia. This interactive workshop is designed to unpack feelings of impostor syndrome and provide tools to address these emotions. Designed specifically for women, people of color, and marginalized students in mind; however, all are welcome! There will be snacks available.

Are you a graduate student in the biomedical sciences interested in research and working with some of the brightest minds in the country? Check out the 'Path to Postdoc' opportunity at UCSF and apply by February 2!

Here is a great opportunity from the Linguistics Department for international graduate students to get detailed, tailored English-language academic writing help, while also receiving course credits. Sign up today!

Mark your calendars! The 2020 Winter Career & Internship Fair will be held on Jan 21 & 22 from 10am to 2pm at the Corwin Pavilion. Meeting and interacting with recruiters face-to-face is still a critical part of the job search process — the Winter Career Fair will offer you a unique opportunity to make personal connections that are impossible when simply submitting a resume online. Read on for more information.

For many students who spent years learning about introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions, literature reviews can be confusing because they don’t fit neatly with previous knowledge. In this workshop on January 30, participants will learn what makes up a literature review and how to write one. Sign up today!

On January 27, join Instructional Development for a workshop on teaching philosophy statements! As a participant in this workshop, you will work through a series of exercises to help you reflect on your teaching, and by workshop end you will have a draft outline of your teaching philosophy statement.

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 May 7, you will evaluate different ways of reflecting on your teaching that help you grow as a TA. Read on to learn more!

Join the Women's Center and the RCSGD on January 13th for an open discussion of graduate student labor at UCSB. Stop by to vent, share your experience, and get resources! 

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 you will learn about the diversity of UCSB's undergraduate students and how to support them from a perspective of inclusivity. 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 you will use learning objective taxonomies and a lesson planning framework to design active, student-centered classes.  Read on to learn more!