Beyond Academia 2024 Conference Takeaways: Two Days of Career Exploration and Reflection Beyond Academia is a non-profit founded and run by UC Berkeley graduate students, dedicated to empowering PhDs to expand their career options beyond the professoriate.
Gain Experience and Make Connections in the Publishing Industry The Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB), the Townsend Center for the Humanities, and the Graduate Division are pleased to invite applications…
Why You Should Join a Check-in Group for Spring 2024 Starting the week of January 29, GradPro will be running a series of weekly Check-In Groups designed to help you set attainable goals and access resources and support.
Congratulations on making it through this fall semester! Congratulations on making it through this fall semester! I want to extend my heartfelt appreciation to all of you for your exceptional resilience and dedication.
Welcome Emily Yraceburu – Graduate Student Basic Needs/Housing Specialist The Graduate Division is delighted to announce the hiring of the inaugural Graduate Student Basic Needs/Housing Specialist, Emily Yraceburu.
Craft Your Three-Minute Thesis to Submit to Grad Slam 2024 You could win cash prizes and state-wide recognition while you further your professional development skills! Attention all graduate students, from all disciplines!…
Let’s Talk About Code-Switching: A Double-Edged Sword Have you ever found yourself adjusting the way you talk or behave when transitioning from one environment to another? Perhaps you shift from casual banter with friends to adopting a more formal tone in professional settings.
Navigating Internships in Graduate School: Insights from GradPro’s Fall 2023 Panel This article distills the take-away advice from a recent GradPro panel featuring Berkeley graduate students and alumni who have successfully completed internships. Whether you want to learn what internship opportunities are available to graduate students, prepare for interviews, or learn how to maximize your internship experience, the insights of the panelists can help.
GSI Teaching Preparation for Spring 2024 Are you planning to teach as a GSIs for the first time in the Spring 2024 semester? If so, please take note of steps you are required to take before the semester begins and during the semester.
How to Gain Skills and Connections at the 2023 Professional Profile Clinic Graduate school is an exercise in juggling: every day, we practice handling the simultaneous responsibilities of being a researcher and teacher, mentor…
Announcing the Newly Revised Graduate Student Professional Development Guide Not sure what steps to take to advance your professional development? Follow this essential and newly revised Professional Development Guide on how to develop the key competencies of career and professional development. These competencies are broadly relevant, helping you develop skills that are valued highly across diverse career paths.
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Application Workshop The 2024 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) application is now open. The NSF GRFP provides three years of funding to outstanding…
Welcome to the start of a new academic year! Welcome to the start of a new academic year! To our continuing students, we can’t wait to see what inspires you this year. For our new graduate students, I want to extend a very warm welcome.
More than a Graduation Stole, a Family Tradition A hundred years after her great-great-grandmother, Master of Social Work graduate student Sarah Lance proudly continued her family's cherished tradition of wearing a family stole at graduation.
Navigating Your Path to Success: Introducing GradPro’s Fall Workshops for Graduate Students To support your journey of growth and success, we are thrilled to introduce GradPro's series of workshops.
Finding Community and Accountability in GradPro’s Check-In Groups The start of a new academic year often brings feelings of both promise and overwhelm. That's where GradPro's check-in groups come in.
Meet Aliosha: Rhetoric Ph.D connects with Cyprus’ cultural heritage through his research After discovering his passion for rhetoric, Aliosha uses his summer to return to Cyprus and conduct fieldwork to uncover cultural heritage.
Research Data and Computing Domain Consultant Positions UC Berkeley’s Research IT unit is hiring graduate student Domain Consultants for flexible, 15% to 25% (6-10 hours/week) appointments.
GenEq Welcome Events Meet the staff of the Gender Equity Resource Center and learn more about your campus gender & sexuality resource center. Join us for an overview of resources for LGBTQ+ and Women graduate students at Cal.
New Financial Aid Compliance Assignment To comply with federal requirements(opens in a new tab) established by the Department of Education, the University has implemented a new system in Fall 2023 to guarantee that all undergraduate and graduate students receiving financial aid are participating in each of their courses at the start of the semester.