Graduate-Professional Student Appreciation Week
Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week (GPSAW) was initiated in 1993 as a nation-wide mechanism to support and appreciate the contributions of graduate and professional students. Specifically, Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week seeks to emphasize the contributions, impact and value of graduate and professional students on campuses throughout the United States.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
MONDAY, APRIL 2
Safe Zone Workshop
12:00-1:00pm, The Zone at the Price Center
Support the development of greater LGBT awareness on our campus. Come to this event and learn how to get involved with the establishment of a Safe Zone program at UC San Diego.
Ph.D. Comics Movie, presented in conjunction with Facebook
7:00pm, Price Center Theater
Jorge Cham is at it again! Did you miss the GSA fall screening? The Ph.D. Comincs movie is back by poular demand. Here's your chance to see it again. To view tthe trailer, visit http://www.phdcomics.com/movie/index.php.
TUESDAY, APRIL 3
Sexual Assault Awareness Workshop
11:00am -1:00pm, The Zone at the Price Center
Join us for flower planting in The Zone as we recognize the start of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This nationally recognized day provides an opportunity for prevention advocates to engage with their communities
International Graduate Student Appreciation Luncheon
12:00-1:30pm, International Center
The International Center will host an International Graduate Student Appreciation Luncheon to recognize the outstanding contributions international graduate students make to the campus community. Lynn C. Anderson, the Dean of International Education, and Kim E. Barrett, the Dean of Graduate Studies, will provide welcoming remarks.
Off-campus Happy Hour at URBN
7:00pm, URBN in North Park, 3085 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92104
Specials: $4 draught beer special; $5 mules; $5 glasses of house red & white wines; $6 URBN house cocktails
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4
Feeling like a Fraud - Dealing with Imposter Syndrome Workshop
12:00-1:00pm, The Zone at the Price Center
As a graduate student, have you ever had the secret sense that you are not as capable as others think you are? You are not alone—self-doubt can creep into anyone’s life, especially when they’ve stepped into a new role (e.g., becoming parents, presidents, doctors, or graduate students!). This workshop is designed to help you navigate through these doubts, to be mindful of the limits of your current abilities, and to encourage you to find personal and professional growth opportunities.
Appreciating Graduate Student Diversity
12:30-2:00pm, Library of the Cross Cultural Center at the Price Center
For RSVP information, please email GSA Vice President of Diversity Affairs Liz Bartz at vpdiversity@gsa.ucsd.edu.
Interdisciplinary Research Celebration
3:00-6:30pm, Price Center East Ballroom
Support fellow graduate student recipients of the Interdisciplinary Scholar Award as they present their work to the public. This event will be co-sponsored by GSA and Office of Graduate Studies. Refreshments provided by the Alumni Association.
GSA Poker Tournament
7:00pm, Porter's Pub
Bring your best hand to this special opportunity to try your luck at the poker table against fellow graduate students. This GSA-sponsored social event will require a $10 buy-in for all contest entrants.
THURSDAY, APRIL 5
Ombuds Workshop
12:00-1:00pm, The Zone at the Price Center
Learn more abut this unique campus resource and how it might help you in a bind.
Plan Your Work & Work Your Plan
12:00-1:30pm, Career Services Center
Finding and landing a professional position is more than simply completing a degree or postdoc. It is an often complex process that varies by discipline and requires development of and confidence in your abilities, an aptitude to effectively network within and across disciplinary fields, and the capacity to analyze your skills, knowledge, and strengths. If you are earning or have a Ph.D., you already have advanced transferable skills that will allow you to excel in a variety of environments. What you need is a way to develop and effectively describe these skills and competencies. That is what this workshop is all about!
Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA) Spring Mixer
4:30-6:30pm, Thurgood Marshall Room at the Price Center
Please join the BGSA for fun, food and friendship. This event will honor the Black Graduate Students of UCSD. RSVP to chardamon@ucsd.edu. All are welcome !
Skaggs Luau
8:00-11:30pm, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Phamaceutical Sciences
Break out your flowery shirt and flip flops and join the Skaggs students for their annual luau event.
FRIDAY, APRIL 6
GSHIP Workshop
1:00-2:00pm, The Zone at the Price Center
Attend this workshop to learn more regarding the benifits owed to you under the terms of the Graduate Student Health Insurance Program. Consultants will be on hand to explain the program and answer your questions.
Parade the Musical
8:00pm, Cygnet Theatre in Old Town, 4040 Twiggs St., San Diego, CA 92110
Hauntingly beautiful music permeates the Tony Award-winning score as Parade tells the true story of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank, accused and convicted in 1913 of murdering thirteen-year-old, Mary Phagan in Atlanta, Georgia. Set against the backdrop of his controversial trial and conviction, Parade explores the deep love that grows between Leo and his wife Lucille as they work together to fight for his freedom. To purchase tickets at the reduced rate of $10, contact GSA Cultural Events Coordinator Liam Kavanagh at cultural @gsa.ucsd.edu.
SATURDAY, APRIL 7
5th Annual Vis Arts Graduate Student Conference: “New Institutions”
10:00am-6:30pm, VisArts Facility
This year the visual arts department will showcase the academic vigor and creativity of the graduate student body with the 5th Annual Graduate Student Conference titled New Institutions. The term New Institutions indicates the increased integration of media, display, reception, and promotion. This increased integration result is new kinds of cinema and time based art, readymades, publication, press releases, schools libraries, services, stage productions and works of literature, as well as forms of creative capitalism and businesses that do not look like other art-world institutions of the past. Conference organizers are seeking new interpretations of current changes taking shape in artistic institutions and their alternative. Invited guests and attendees will help to position the tactical and strategic choices facing artists and writers. This event is free and open to the public.
MFA Open Studios
1:00-7:00pm, VisArts Facility
Tio learn more about this event, visit http://ucsdopenstudios.com/2012/.