Graduate Student Events
The Graduate College creates a robust intellectual environment across the UC community. Regular events, lectures, and workshops afford students the opportunity to engage ideas across disciplinary boundaries, learn from a diverse range of experts, and provide a stepping stone towards the direction of their future.
All events are posted below and continuously updated.
Calendar of Events
Events for the 2024-25 academic year are listed below.
Events Listed by Month
Spring Welcome & Orientation
Friday, January 17 | 11 AM - 1:30 PM | Tangeman University Center (TUC) 4th Floor Great Hall
The Welcome & Orientation will feature a fair-type resource event with pizza, UC swag items, resource tables, breakout sessions, campus tours, photo booth, and a visit from the UC Bearcat mascot.
GradNEXT Information Session
Tuesday, January 21 | 10 - 11 AM | Teacher-Dyer Complex 407
Dream big and shape the future of graduate education at GradNEXT!
GradNEXT is a Shark Tank-inspired event where you can pitch your innovative ideas to transform graduate education locally or at the university level. This competition is open to students, staff, and faculty who are passionate about reimagining how graduate students learn and are supported.
GradNEXT Information Session
Wednesday, January 29 | 2 - 3 PM | Teacher-Dyer Complex 407
Dream big and shape the future of graduate education at GradNEXT!
GradNEXT is a Shark Tank-inspired event where you can pitch your innovative ideas to transform graduate education locally or at the university level. This competition is open to students, staff, and faculty who are passionate about reimagining how graduate students learn and are supported.
Three Minute Thesis Tips and Tricks
Wednesday, January 22
GradNEXT Ideation Coach
Monday, February 3 | 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 407 Teachers College
You are invited to explore what changes you want to make in how graduate students learn and are supported at a local or university-level. Participants will receive training ideation and brainstorming ideas at this session.
Mental Health Summit
Wednesday, February 5 | 9 AM - 3 PM | Tangeman University Center (TUC) 4th Floor Great Hall
Join us for the 2nd Annual Graduate Student Mental Health Summit, themed C.A.R.E. For Yourself! (Compassion, Awareness, Resilience, Empowerment). This event is designed to deepen your understanding of mental health through personal and professional skill development.
Three Minute Thesis Preliminary Rounds
February 10 - 14 | Virtual
Black Leadership Panel
Thursday, February 20 | 6:30 - 8 PM | Stratford Heights Banquet Hall
Four esteemed community leaders will speak on topics such as entrepreneurship, self-advocacy, and how to develop leadership skills for your future career while still in graduate school.
Three Minute Thesis Competition
Wednesday, February 26 | 4:30 PM
UC's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition challenges students to summarize their research or scholarship for a non-specialist audience using only three minutes of speech and a single PowerPoint slide.
GradNEXT
Tuesday, March 25 | 10 AM - 12 PM | Tangeman University Center (TUC) 400 A-C
You are invited to explore what changes you want to make in how graduate students learn and are supported at a local or university-level. Teams will come together to pitch their ideas to the Dean of the Graduate College and Provost.
No events happening in April.
Summer Welcome and Orientation
Friday, May 16