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2024 GradFest

2024 GradFest

2024 GradFest Celebration

SEPTEMBER 18 - SEPTEMBER 25

GAPSA and the Graduate Student Center are proud to sponsor the 17th annual GradFest — a multi-day day festival to celebrate the graduate student community and welcome all graduate and professional students to the University of Pennsylvania. 

Events on Monday, September 23 

 

5:00-8:00 pm: Game Night

6:00 pm: Alina Grabowski: a reading and conversation

 

Complete GradFest Schedule 

Wednesday, September 18

12:00-3:00 pm: Grad Fair

12:00-1:00 pm: Copyright & Your Dissertation

2:00-4:00 pm: Penn Women's Center Open House

3:30-4:30 pm: GAPSA 101

7:00 pm: Speakeasy Open Mic Night

Thursday, September 19

12:30-1:30 pm: Campus Green Spaces Tour

6:00-8:00 pm: Axe Throwing

6:00 pm: CO-OP Journalism

Friday, September 20

1:00-2:00 pm: Publishing contracts and copyright

5:00-6:30 pm: First-generation Graduate & Professional Student Mixer

11:00 pm-2:30 am: Boat Cruise

Saturday, September 21

10:30 am-12:00 pm: Welcome Brunch & Playdate

2:00-6:00 pm: Bar Crawl

Sunday, September 22

2:00-4:00 pm: Rock Climbing

4:00-6:00 pm: Escape Room

6:00-8:00 pm: Bowling

Monday, September 23

5:00-8:00 pm: Game Night

6:00 pm: Alina Grabowski: a reading and conversation

Tuesday, September 24

12:00-2:00 pm: Scavenger Hunt

Wednesday, September 25

12:00 pm: Jim Rutenberg & Dick Polman in conversation

Penn Libraries has two exhibits that graduate and professional students are encouraged to check out: Penn in the Field: Student Fieldwork Photography and The Philomathean Society's Translation of the Rosetta Stone. They also have data managementmachine learningLaTeX, and more workshops!

Date:
Monday, September 23, 2024
Time:
All Day Event
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Audience:
  All Graduate & Professional Students  
Categories:
  Graduate Life & Social Programs     New Student Programs  

Upcoming Events

**Please note: Graduate Student Center events are for current Penn graduate and professional students only unless otherwise specified.** 

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Time Zone: Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)

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1
2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room 304 | Multipurpose Room.
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2
12:00pm - 1:00pm, Welfer Common Room.
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8
1:00pm - 2:00pm, Online - see event description for details.
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10
10:00am - 11:00am, Other Campus Location- see event details.