The Center for Graduate Life has changed its name to the Center for Graduate Life and Learning in order to better capture the breadth of our offerings. In recent years, we have expanded our professional development portfolio with new programs such as Accelerate to Industry, the Graduate School Teaching Fellowship, and the STEM Communication Fellows Program. We’ve also added several credit-bearing academic courses (under the GRAD prefix), including Leadership Essentials for Graduate Students, Navigating Graduate School, Topics in Diversity and Inclusion, and Making Dissertations Happen. Finally, we launched the Certificate in Workplace Competencies degree to help graduate students learn essential professional skills and demonstrate their career readiness to employers. Look for two new GRAD courses this spring on verbal communication and financial literacy!
Although our new name reflects a growing emphasis on professional development and academics, we’re still the same friendly, welcoming, community-building place that we’ve been since our creation in 2010! Graduate students can stop by anytime, Monday-Friday, 8:30-5:00 to ask questions, explore our programming, or just relax in our lounge. Later this semester we’ll be moving to a newly renovated space in Atkins Library, directly across from the University Career Center. You can follow construction updates on our Instagram, Linkedin, and Youtube accounts.
