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Tips for Happy Hooding: How to Manage Your Doctoral Regalia at 2015 UCSB...
Doctoral candidates are hooded at the UC Santa Barbara Graduate Division's 2014 Commencement ceremony. Credits: Mike Eliason, Patricia Marroquin Of the 423 students participating in this Sunday’s...
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UCSB Grad Students React to Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Ruling: One Big...
Credit: Patricia MarroquinIn a landmark 5-4 decision on Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry in all 50 states. Reactions ranged from anger and...
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Year in Review: A Look Back at Professional Development Activities for...
Do you have suggestions for future professional development programming or resources you'd like the Graduate Division to offer? Email your ideas to Robert Hamm!
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Graduate Student in the Spotlight: Daniel Hieber on Revitalizing Languages,...
Danny Hieber at the Grad Slam semifinal. Credit: Patricia MarroquinOnly in his second year of UCSB's Linguistics doctoral program, Daniel Hieber already has a Grad Slam win under his belt. His smooth...
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UC Humanities Graduate Students Ask Big Career Questions at San Diego Conference
How does my experience and training as a graduate student matter? This was the fundamental question addressed at the Humanists@Work conference in San Diego, a one-day event sponsored by the UC...
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Peer Advisors' Office Hours for Summer 2015
The Graduate Division's Peer Advisors are here to help you. Each peer keeps office hours in the Graduate Student Resource Center, which is located in the Student Resource Building, Room 1215....
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Mark Your Calendar: Intensive Dissertation Writing Retreat Coming in September
Credit: Neal SancheAre you in the midst of your dissertation and in need of more structure and inspiration? Would you like to make some serious progress on your dissertation this summer? Then you...
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Graduate Student in the Spotlight: Levi Maaia and the 'Maker' Culture
Levi Maaia. Photo courtesy of Levi MaaiaLevi Maaia, a seventh-year doctoral student in Education, wants to "make" things happen. Levi grew up in East Providence, Rhode Island. He earned a B.S. in Film...
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Graduate Division Seeks Funding Peer for 2015-16
The UCSB Graduate Division is currently accepting applications for its Funding Peer Advisor position to begin employment in Fall 2015 and run through Spring quarter 2016. The Funding Peer educates and...
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Applications Now Accepted for Intensive Dissertation Writing Retreat
Credit: Rennett StoweThe application period for the 2015 Intensive Dissertation Writing Retreat, co-sponsored by the Graduate Division and Summer Sessions, is now open. This program is open to doctoral...
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Graduate Student in the Spotlight: Jessica Perkins Wields a Ballpoint Pen for...
Jessica Perkins. Credit: Patricia MarroquinWhat is the secret to second-year Ph.D. student Jessica Perkins’ success? At first, you might think it comes from her growing up in a large, extended family...
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Special Expanded Dissertation and Thesis Filing Workshop Offered on September 2
Whether you are just beginning to write your dissertation/thesis and wondering about formatting, or you are close to filing and need to know about policies such as copyrighting and embargoing, the...
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UCSB Rises to No. 14 in Washington Monthly’s 2015 List of Top 100 National...
UC Santa Barbara, described as “in the top echelon,” has risen a spot in Washington Monthly magazine’s annual list of Top 100 National Universities. The 2015 list has UCSB at No. 14, up from No. 15 in...
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Graduate Division Hosts Scholars for 2015 Summer Research Program
ARC/SC/UC LEADS 2015 Scholars with members of the Graduate Division staff. Credit: Patricia Marroquin From June 22 to August 14, the Graduate Division held its annual Academic Research Consortium...
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UCSB Climbs to No. 8 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 List of ‘Top 30...
UC Santa Barbara continues its impressive upward trajectory, rising to No. 8 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 list of the “Top 30 Public National Universities” in the country. The distinction...
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OISS Workshop Focuses on the International Student Experience
Simran Singh, OISS Director, presenting statistics on international students. Credit: Charles WilliamsThe Office of International Students & Scholars (OISS) hosted its annual staff workshop,...
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UC System Ranked No. 13 on Reuters’ Top 100 World’s Most Innovative Universities
At UC Santa Barbara, we pride ourselves on our innovative and entrepreneurial spirit and practices. That innovation was recognized this week, when the global media firm Reuters named the University of...
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Getting to Know You: Introducing Our 2015 Incoming Graduate Student Cohort
UC Santa Barbara welcomes 842 new graduate students into its ranks this week. Here, we break down the statistics on our incoming graduate student cohort and introduce you to several of our new...
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Thrive at UCSB: Key Graduate Student Resources Introduced at Graduate...
There was a packed house at Corwin Pavilion on Wednesday for the Graduate Division's New Graduate Student Orientation. Credit: Patricia MarroquinNew Graduate Student Orientation kicked off on Sept. 23...
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Retired NASA Astronaut Jose Hernandez, ’86 Master’s Alum, Is Named UCSB’s...
Jose Hernandez spoke of reaching for the stars in his Commencement address to UCSB School of Engineering graduates in June 2014. Credit: Mike EliasonCalifornia-born José Hernandez didn’t learn to speak...
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