CARE seeking grad students for listening sessions

UCSB Care

Campus Advocacy, Resources, and Education is seeking graduate students to share their experiences with graduate programming and services in virtual listening sessions. All selected participants will receive a $25 gift card to the University Book Store. Read on for more information.

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Bolstering the Bard: Pedagogy and Performance Beyond UCSB

Shakespeare

Join the IHC's research focus group "What is a Shakespeare: Shakespeare and Global Media" for an event on Friday, April 15 from 4-5:30pm: "Bolstering the Bard: Pedagogy and Performance Beyond UCSB." An invited panel of knowledgeable actors, directors, dramaturgs, and educators will discuss experiences in conveying Shakespearean material to students and/or audiences with varying degrees of knowledge of the Bard. Read on to learn more!

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UCSB Give Day - free coffee and donuts in the GSA Lounge tomorrow!

UCSB Give donut

The Graduate Student Association is teaming up with the Office of Development to host a coffee and donut event for UCSB Give Day on April 7 from 8-10am. Drop in to the GSA lounge (2502 University Center MC 6052) for free coffee and donuts, and also to write a short thank-you note for donors who have supported graduate fellowships.

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"36 Questions to Make Friends" at San Clemente

Health and Wellness

UCSB Health and Wellness is hosting "36 Questions to Make Friends" from 6-7pm on April 13th at San Clemente Center. "36 questions for closeness" is a scientific test question and answer practice that promotes closeness and intimacy. Come solo or come with a buddy! Free snacks! Read on for more info.

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2022 Grammy-winner Jennifer Koh to premier new work at UCSB

A&L everything rises

2022 Grammy Award-winning violinist Jennifer Koh and bass-baritone Davóne Tines, are the co-creators of Everything Rises, a new work commissioned by UCSB Arts & Lectures that has its World Premiere Performance Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. at UCSB Campbell Hall. The event is free to UCSB Students, Faculty and Staff. Read on for more information and for the registration link.

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Tips from the NCFDD Monday Motivator: April 2022 edition

NCFDD

Read on for tips from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD)--an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community--about strategies to help you handle conflict. Membership in the NCFDD (free for UCSB students!) provides several forms of professional support to help combat common problems academics face. Read on to learn more!

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Join the Chemical Engineering GSA for a ChESS talk by Varun Hegde

Varun Hegde ChESS

Join the Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Association on Tuesday, March 22nd at 2:30pm in Engineering II 3301 for a presentation by Chemical Engineering graduate student Varun Hedge of the Doherty and Squires Group. This event is open to all graduate students and postdocs. Light refreshments will be served.

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Call for Papers: "Global Snapshot: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Media, Performativity, and Global Communities"

Global Snapshot conf tn

The UCSB Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and the UCSB IHC Research Focus Group “What Is a Shakespeare?: Shakespeare and Global Media” are collaborating to host a virtual conference: "Global Snapshot: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Media, Performativity, and Global Communities." The conference features Keynote Speakers Dr. Peter Eckersall and Dr. Ambereen Dadabhoy, and will run on May 14 and 15. Abstracts are due April 1.

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Tips from the NCFDD Monday Motivator: March 2022 edition

NCFDD

Read on for tips from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD)--an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community--about strategies to help you manage your time. Membership in the NCFDD (free for UCSB students!) provides several forms of professional support to help combat common problems academics face. Read on to learn more!

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GCLR now accepting abstracts for their 2022 conference, "Forked Tongues"

GCLR Conference tn

UCSB's Graduate Center for Literary Research (GCLR) is now accepting abstracts for their annual conference, which will be held in hybrid format on June 5. This year's theme is "Forked Tongues: The Role of (Foreign) Languages in Literature, Film, and the Arts." Abstracts are due soon, on March 11. Read on for more information and the link to the conference website.

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LGBTQ+ grad self-care workshop with the RCGSD

Self-Care mindfulness walk

The Resource Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity and Counseling and Psychological Services will be hosting a mindfulness walk from 3-4pm on March 2nd. Come develop mindfulness and self-care practices in community! After the mindfulness walk, attendees will receive self-care packages. Read on for registration info.

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