Student Affairs

Studies have shown that employers want new hires with graduate and professional degrees to be well-versed in essential professional skills in written and verbal communication, presentation-building, managing new initiatives, and working on diverse teams. Those competencies are at the core of the Workplace Competencies Certificate program offered through the Center for Graduate Life and Learning. 

Students may apply though Graduate Admissions.  For questions, please contact Dr. Jill Huerta.

Scheduled June 3-5 in the Pop Martin Student Union, Rm 263, the Graduate Writing Retreat is an opportunity for grad students to make progress on a large writing or other work project.

The writing retreat offers a quiet space, structured writing time, and writing-related resources, support and accountability, and decreases the sense of isolation that many feel during the writing process.

Lunch, snacks, and coffee will be provided. Enjoy flexible seating, natural lighting, and ample outlets.

For more information and to register, please visit the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

The Center for Graduate Life and Learning’s (CGLL) Topics on Diversity and Inclusion, 6000/8000, CRN 17231, 2 credits, is available for student registration. 

Sessions will be led by Dr. Manuel Pérez Quiñones and held in Denny 205, 11:30-1:10.  The course explores diversity and inclusion from various multi-disciplinary perspectives.

For more information and to register, please visit Niner Central.

The Center for Graduate Life and Learning has issued a call for students to speak at the 2022 spring commencement ceremonies.

More information and application information is available from the CGLL.

Each year the Graduate School’s Center for Graduate Life and Learning appoints a group of continuing graduate students to serve as Graduate Life Fellows (GLFs).  GLFs are awarded $5,000 for the academic year. Applications for the 2022 – 2023 academic year are now open.

To learn more or apply, please visit the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

The Center for Graduate Life and Learning (CGLL) will host Weekend Write Feb. 19, 9-11 am for graduate students working on dissertations, preparing to defend a thesis, writing a term paper or just looking for a productive writing environment.  

The online event provides structured writing time, goal-setting and accountability to enhance motivation.

For more information and to register, please visit the CGLL.

In a world that has gone virtual, networking takes on a new meaning. This session addresses ways to connect and maintain relationships in a virtual environment.

Facilitated by Karen Arrington of the University Career Center, this session will be conducted virtually at 2:30 pm, Feb. 15.

To register, please visit the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

The Center for Graduate Life and Learning (CGLL) is pleased to announce a new mentor/mentee program for doctoral students called Niner Doctoral Collective.

Funded through HERFF funds from the Division of Student Affairs, the Niner Doctoral Collective is intended to connect doctoral students who began their program during the pandemic with more advanced doctoral students in an effort to provide connections and community.  We know that many graduate students felt isolated and lonely during the lockdowns due to Covid19.  We hope that by facilitating these mentor/mentee relationships, doctoral students will find new support systems and may come to understand the “hidden” curriculum of doctoral education. 

If you get questions about this initiative, please feel free to reach out to Dr. Jill Huerta, Executive Director of the CGLL.  More information is available from the CGLL website.

The annual Graduate Research Symposium (GRS), set for March, is an interdisciplinary graduate student-run conference that showcases astounding research of graduate and professional students.

The GRS planning committee is accepting abstracts for its 2022 event through Jan. 21.  For more information and to submit, please visit the Graduate and Professional Student Government website.

Financial Literacy: Personal FinanceGRAD 6000/8000 |CRN 27835| 2.0 credits | 5:00-6:40 pm | Thur | Instructor: Dr. Brad Yeckley

Offered through the Center for Graduate Life and Learning (CGLL), this course provides students with a guided tour through financial concepts to build knowledge and skill to make the right financial decisions. Key focus areas include earning, saving, spending, borrowing and protecting.

For questions and more information, please contact Jill Huerta.