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Financial Wellness Peer Counseling In-Person

Money matters = Financial Wellness! The Grad Center has partnered with Financial Wellness @ Penn for graduate and professional students to receive1:1 support and guidance, for FREE! Trained peer...  More
Date:
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Room 301 | Graduate Student Support Services Office
Audience:
  All Graduate & Professional Students  
Categories:
  Drop-in Graduate Advising & Consultations     Health & Wellbeing  

*Year-end* Drop-in Writing/Learning Consultations In-Person

Meet with a learning specialist from the Weingarten Center who can discuss overall organization, planning, and productivity and provide support for your academic writing at every stage. 25-minute...  More
Date:
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Time:
9:30am - 12:00pm
Location:
Room 301 | Graduate Student Support Services Office
Audience:
  All Graduate & Professional Students  
Categories:
  Drop-in Graduate Advising & Consultations     Academic & Intellectual  

Weekly Produce Distribution In-Person

Current graduate and professional students and Family Center members who identify as food insecure are welcome to stop by the Grad Center first floor for free, fresh produce straight from Penn Farm to...  More
Date:
Thursday, May 1, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Welfer Common Room
Categories:
  Health & Wellbeing  

Dissertation Formatting & Deposit Consultations In-Person

One-on-one formatting support for PhD students Graduating PhD students can stop by weekly, in-person drop-in hours to get individual assistance with dissertation formatting questions, technical...  More
Date:
Thursday, May 1, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Room 301 | Graduate Student Support Services Office
Audience:
  PhD Students  
Categories:
  Drop-in Graduate Advising & Consultations     Academic & Intellectual  

Make Your Own Trail Mix In-Person

Stop by the Grad Center and make your own trail mix for studying, snacking, or just because! We will have cereals, candies, and dried fruits to mix and create your own blend of yummyness! Event...  More
Date:
Friday, May 2, 2025
Time:
9:30am - 3:00pm
Location:
Welfer Common Room
Audience:
  All Graduate & Professional Students  
Categories:
  Graduate Life & Social Programs     Health & Wellbeing  

Lunch & Learn: Podcasts & Digital Scholarship In-Person / Online

Are podcasts a good venue for sharing your research? This talk will introduce some of the approaches graduate students and early career scholars are taking to create or contribute to podcasts in order...  More
Date:
Friday, May 2, 2025
Time:
12:15pm - 12:45pm
Location:
Other Campus Location- see event details
Audience:
  All Graduate & Professional Students  
Categories:
  Academic & Intellectual  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration / Online Registration
Register! - 142 spots left

*Year-end* Drop-in Writing/Learning Consultations In-Person

Meet with a learning specialist from the Weingarten Center who can discuss overall organization, planning, and productivity and provide support for your academic writing at every stage. 25-minute...  More
Date:
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Time:
12:00pm - 2:30pm
Location:
Room 301 | Graduate Student Support Services Office
Audience:
  All Graduate & Professional Students  
Categories:
  Drop-in Graduate Advising & Consultations     Academic & Intellectual  

Weekly Produce Distribution In-Person

Current graduate and professional students and Family Center members who identify as food insecure are welcome to stop by the Grad Center first floor for free, fresh produce straight from Penn Farm to...  More
Date:
Thursday, May 8, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Welfer Common Room
Categories:
  Health & Wellbeing  

Dissertation Formatting & Deposit Consultations In-Person

One-on-one formatting support for PhD students Graduating PhD students can stop by weekly, in-person drop-in hours to get individual assistance with dissertation formatting questions, technical...  More
Date:
Thursday, May 8, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Room 301 | Graduate Student Support Services Office
Audience:
  PhD Students  
Categories:
  Drop-in Graduate Advising & Consultations     Academic & Intellectual  

Make Your Own Tea Blend In-Person

Take a break from the end of the semester by making your very own tea blend using loose-leaf ingredients! The Grad Center will offer a Make Your Own Tea Blend bar in the first-floor Common Room. Use...  More
Date:
Monday, May 12, 2025
Time:
9:30am - 4:00pm
Location:
Welfer Common Room
Audience:
  All Graduate & Professional Students  
Categories:
  Graduate Life & Social Programs  

2024-25 Graduate Leadership Awards Ceremony In-Person

All members of the Penn community and graduate and professional alumni are invited to this ceremony and reception honoring graduating student leaders receiving awards this year. Please register in...  More
Date:
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Time:
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Location:
Welfer Common Room
Categories:
  General Programs & Special Events  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 72 spots left

Commencement Celebration and Breakfast for Graduating Graduate & Professional Students In-Person

All graduating graduate and professional students and their families and friends are invited to a pre-commencement breakfast at the Grad Center. Bagels, pastries, and (of course) coffee and tea will...  More
Date:
Monday, May 19, 2025
Time:
8:00am - 11:00am
Location:
Welfer Common Room
Categories:
  General Programs & Special Events  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 106 spots left

Dissertation Boot Camp In-Person

Learn more and sign up starting April 28 at: https://gsc.upenn.edu/academic-programs/thesis-and-dissertation-support/dissertation-boot-camp
Date:
Monday, June 2, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
9:00am - 1:00pm
Location:
Room 304 | Multipurpose Room
Audience:
  All Graduate & Professional Students  
Categories:
  Academic & Intellectual  
Registrations open at 9:00am Monday, May 26, 2025

Dissertation Boot Camp In-Person

Learn more and sign up starting April 28 at: https://gsc.upenn.edu/academic-programs/thesis-and-dissertation-support/dissertation-boot-camp
Date:
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
9:00am - 1:00pm
Location:
Room 304 | Multipurpose Room
Audience:
  All Graduate & Professional Students  
Categories:
  Academic & Intellectual  
Registrations open at 9:00am Monday, May 26, 2025

Dissertation Boot Camp In-Person

Learn more and sign up starting April 28 at: https://gsc.upenn.edu/academic-programs/thesis-and-dissertation-support/dissertation-boot-camp
Date:
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
9:00am - 1:00pm
Location:
Room 304 | Multipurpose Room
Audience:
  All Graduate & Professional Students  
Categories:
  Academic & Intellectual  
Registrations open at 9:00am Monday, May 26, 2025

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