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UCSB's Instructional Development will be hosting four workshops this week focused on promoting active learning and engagement in your Winter Quarter courses. All faculty, instructors, and TAs are welcome to participate.

Eugene Riordan is the Graduate Student Assistant at the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (RCSGD). Eugene's role is to support queer and trans graduate students in all phases of their education, advocate for and with them within UCSB structures, and partner with other campus groups to help queer and trans graduate students develop socially and professionally. Read on to find out more about Eugene and the RCSGD!

Do you often feel crazed during the end of fall quarter? Read on for tips from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD), an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community. Membership (free for UCSB students!) provides several forms of professional support to help combat common problems academics face - find out more here.

The RAND Graduate Student Summer Associate Program offers paid 12-week summer opportunities for graduate students to conduct research on a wide range of national security problems and domestic and international social policy issues. The deadline to apply is December 4, 2019.

Check out ​our second installment of #GradStories, featuring MFA student Kio Griffith. #GradStories is a new video series launched by the Graduate Division to highlight the research and experience of UCSB graduate students​.

UCSB Crossroads is hiring for a part-time project coordinator! This is a 50% time appointment for six months from the start date, with possible extension contingent upon performance and funding. This is a great opportunity for UCSB graduate students. The initial review date of applications will be December 8, 2019. Apply today!

The Women's Center recently welcomed their new Graduate Assistant Jamiee Cook. She will be creating programs for the graduate student body and working to support the services that the Women’s Center offers. Read on to find out more about Jamiee and the Women's Center at UCSB.

Do you want to learn from top scientists and subject matter experts in energy sources, clean energy, energy efficiency, renewable energy, artificial intelligence, climate change, vehicles, nuclear energy, cybersecurity, environmental sciences, and emergency response? The DOE Scholars Program is currently accepting applications through January 3, 2020. Read on to learn more!

Come learn about opportunities funded by the Individualized Professional​ Skills (IPS) Grant Program at ​our December 6 Meet & Eat. You'll hear from students in ​Spanish & Portuguese, Global Studies, and ​Marine Science 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!

Interested in becoming a Family Student Housing (FSH) Resident Assistant for the 2020-2021 academic year? Attend one of FSH's info sessions on December 3, 4, and 5 at 7pm, and check out the application, which goes live on December 1.

Join the Women's Center on December 6 for a relaxed event designed to bring together feminist-minded graduate students in a social and conversational setting. The event will include some guided discussion questions for groups and some informal polling to get a greater sense of the needs of women-identified and gender nonconforming students on campus. All genders and identities are welcome. Learn more and RSVP today!

The RCSGD is seeking a Graduate Fellow for Education Initiatives. This position contributes to the RCSGD mission of ensuring that LGBTQ students, staff, and faculty are supported and affirmed at UCSB. Students at any point in their graduate programs are welcome to apply by 9:00am on December 4th. Read on for more info.

Are you pursuing an academic career that will involve teaching? Would you like to develop your teaching repertoire and distinguish yourself from other applicants? This information session will allow you to explore how UCSB's Certificate in College and University Teaching (CCUT) program can help you secure academic jobs and enhance your teaching effectiveness. Read more today!

Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars are invited to a special workshop focused on writing and submitting fellowship proposals, including the NIH and the NSF. This December 16 workshop will feature grant writing experts, faculty, and education experts of successful training programs at Stanford and Georgia Tech.

The College of William & Mary invites current graduate students from a diverse array of fields to present their work at the the annual Graduate Research Symposium (GRS), which will be held on March 20-21, 2020. This broadly themed conference is designed to bring together graduate students from diverse areas of study and from all stages of the degree process. Abstracts are due December 6.