Graduate StudentResource Center

The Graduate Division is excited to announce a brand-new addition to the staff of the Graduate Student Resource Center! Robby Nadler joins the team as our first-ever Graduate Writing Specialist, a full-time position devoted to expanding and improving graduate writing support on our campus. Read on to find out more about how Robby is working to support graduate students here at UCSB.

What if you had the opportunity to talk about your research any way you wanted to? What is it about your research that motivates you? At Lunch & Learn, we want to know! Sign up to present your research in a fun, informal 15-minute presentation -- with free lunch included! We welcome anything from PowerPoint slides to fireside chats to hands-on demonstrations. Sign up today!

​This week, UCSB will send its 2018 Grad Slam champion, ​Mengya Tao from the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, up to San Fransisco to compete against 9 other UC finalists ​in the 4th annual UC systemwide Grad Slam tournament on Thursday, May 3. Find out how you can tune in and vote for Mengya in the People's Choice competition!

Nominations are now open for two awards honoring graduate students who have distinguished themselves as mentors of undergraduates. Nominations may come from academic and research units as well as individual faculty. The nomination deadline is Friday, April 27.

After two weeks of competition, only 9 graduate students remain ​to compete in the final round of the 2018 Grad Slam this Friday. With thousands of dollars of prize money up for grabs, this​ is sure to be an event that you won't want to miss. If you can't make it in person, you can tune into the live-stream through UC Santa Barbara's Facebook page to catch all the excitement!

The Grad Slam semifinals continue with round 3, Wednesday April 18. Join us to cheer on your fellow graduate students as they vie for a spot in the final round. Here's a preview of what's to come... be sure to follow us on Facebook for live updates on the winners of each round.

The Grad Slam semifinals continue with round 2 on Tuesday, April 17. Join us to cheer on your fellow graduate students as they vie for a spot in the final round. Here's a preview of what's to come... be sure to follow us on Facebook for live updates on the winners of each round.

The Grad Slam semifinals ​kick off with round 1 on Monday, April 16. Join us to cheer on your fellow graduate students as they vie for a spot in the final round. Here's a preview of what's to come... be sure to follow us on Facebook for live updates on the winners of each round.

The preliminary rounds of the 6th Annual Grad Slam wrap up with round 8. This is your last chance to get out the vote to help your favorite presenters advance to the semifinal rounds! Check out a preview of the presentations and be sure to follow us on Facebook for live updates on the winners of each round.

The 6th Annual Grad Slam continues with prelim rounds 6 and 7. Remember to get out the vote to help your favorite presenters advance to the semifinal rounds! Check out a preview of the presentations and be sure to follow us on Facebook for live updates on the winners of each round.

The 6th Annual Grad Slam continues with prelim round 5. Remember to get out the vote to help your favorite presenters advance to the semifinal rounds! Check out a preview of the presentations and be sure to follow us on Facebook for live updates on the winners of each round.

The 6th Annual Grad Slam continues with prelim rounds 3 and 4. Remember to get out the vote to help your favorite presenters advance to the semifinal rounds! Check out a preview of the presentations and be sure to follow us on Facebook for live updates on the winners of each round.

The 6th Annual Grad Slam kicks off Monday, April 9! Come out to the first two preliminary rounds, where your People's Choice vote can help your favorites advance to the semifinal rounds. Check out a preview of the presentations and be sure to follow us on Facebook for live updates on the winners of each round.

Join us for the 6th annual Grad Slam, a campus-wide competition for the best three-minute talk by a graduate student. The competition features a People's Choice component, so be sure to check out the full prelim schedule and come out and support your friends and fellow grads starting on April 9!

We are on the home stretch for this academic year! Make the most of your Spring Quarter by taking advantage of the many workshops and events offered through the Graduate Student Resource Center. Be sure to mark your calendars and check out our Events page for updated information as events get closer.

This spring quarter, the Graduate Student Resource Center and Career Services welcomes a new Graduate Career Peer Advisor, ​Ida Taghavi. Ida is a native Californian who is currently a ​PhD student in ​Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at UCSB. We chatted with her about her research interests, her ​passion for mentorship, and her love of yoga!

Kristin Antelman kicks off the spring quarter as our new University Librarian on April 1. Before accepting her new role at UCSB, Kristin served as university librarian at the California Institute of Technology and worked as an associate director of libraries at NC State University. We caught up with Kristin to learn more about her career and what drew her to her new position at UCSB.

Dr. Stephanie Couch, who received her Ph.D. from the UCSB Gevirtz Graduate School of Education in 2012, will take the stage as the 2018 UCSB Graduate Division Commencement Keynote speaker on Sunday, June 17. Dr. Couch has spent nearly two decades of her career working to build better education access through technological opportunities for students from underrepresented communities throughout California.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2018 Graduate Division Commencement Student Speaker. Graduate students who receive their degree/credential or are expected to between Summer 2017 and end of Fall 2018 are eligible to apply.

Faculty members are invited to nominate students for the 2018 Lancaster Dissertation Award Competition in both Mathematics, Physical Sciences, & Engineering and the Social Sciences. The deadline for nominations is Monday, April 2, 2018.