Office for Graduate Diversity

November 13, 2025

Grad Connect: Disabled Scholars Social

Please join the graduate disabled community to share a meal, connect with other individuals with disabilities (along with other identities), and build relationships that can be utilized to support one another throughout the graduate journey. We will also be discussing community concerns you want addressed and future events you’d like…

July 11, 2025

Office for Graduate Diversity Welcome Reception 2025

Join us for the Office for Graduate Diversity’s 2025 Welcome Reception! We are excited to bring together new and continuing graduate students across all departments to connect and learn about OGD’s resources on campus. Registration is open!  This event is open to all UC Berkeley community…

September 30, 2024

First-Gen Forward: First, and Not The Last

This fall semester will be EOP’s 6th annual celebration! We are excited to co-host this event in collaboration with our CE3 partners, Student Support Services (SSS), the Office for Graduate Diversity, and the Division of Student Affairs. Collectively, our goal is to have a campus-wide celebration that holistically honors all…

September 10, 2024

STEM*FYI Kick Off Event

Join us for dinner and community with fellow graduate STEM scholars here at Cal. We especially encourage first-year STEM scholars of color, women, LGBTQIA+, low-income, first-generation, disabled, and undocumented students to attend!    Why you should attend this event: Learn how to manage and prioritize all the amazing opportunities Cal has to offer Gain actionable…

March 27, 2024

Peer Support Space for Disabled Grad Students

Join our spring semester peer support space by and for disabled grad students from all departments. Lunch will be provided and we’ll meet outside to protect our immunocompromised peers. Facilitated by Maddie Taylor (they/them), a disabled grad student in ESPM and Nate Tilton (he/him), a disabled grad student in Anthro.

March 9, 2023

Social Mixer For Disabled Grad Students, Friends, & Allies

The Disability Cultural Community (DCC) Center and the Disabled Students Advocacy Project (Graduate Assembly) are excited to announce a social mixer for disabled grad students, friends, & allies! What? Conversation, community, and food! When? Thursday, March 16, 2023, 4:30-6 PM. Where? DCC Center, Hearst Field Annex D-25…

March 7, 2023

UndocuGrads’ Monthly Support Circle

Take a breather, invest time to check-in with yourself, be heard, and recalibrate your mental health! All sessions are facilitated by licensed mental health professional Diana Peña, Ph.D. Location: Zoom When: 4:15-5:15 pm, March 23rd, 2023 RSVP for this event

March 7, 2023

Monthly UndocuGrads Dinner

Join UndocuGrads for their monthly community dinner on Thursday, March 16th at the Inclusive Excellence Hub! Enjoy some delicious food with your peers while partaking in community-building, discussions of important relevant issues, and working on professional development. RSVP here.

March 6, 2023

Data Science & Social Justice Workshop

Are you a graduate student interested in data science? Low on time? No experience? Terrified of math? Passionate about social justice? Check out the Data Science + Social Justice workshop. The D Lab and Grad Div have created a first of its kind 8-week virtual…

November 11, 2022

Winter Writer Retreat

Join the Winter Writer Retreat, presented by UndocuGrads, on December 5th, from 9 AM – 5 PM in Sproul Hall Room #309. RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/winterwriter.

November 2, 2022

Exchange by the Gate: Escaping the Academy

The Office for Graduate Diversity (OGD)’s Diversity and Community Fellows invite you to “Exchange by the Gate: Escaping the Academy”, a social mixer connecting graduate students and alumni from across disciplines who are curious about or already have a non-academic job or career, in a low-stakes and welcoming environment.

October 14, 2022

The Done Dissertation

Join this virtual workshop and discussion, ft. Dr. Ramon Goings – author and founding consultant of The Done Dissertation. Dr. Goings will address how to advance through key milestones in your academic journey with special attention to dissertating expeditiously. You must register in advance using this…

September 19, 2022

Undocugrads Wellness Circles

This circle aims to hold space for vulnerability and authentic connection around the challenges of being an undocumented graduate student at Cal. This could include status-related stressors, personal relationships, financial stress, faculty/staff relationships, and the role of White Supremacy culture within academia, among others. Grounding and self-care practices will be…