GRADUATE APPRECIATION WEEK
THURSDAY-SATURDAY
THURSDAY
7:30-9am, Free Morning Coffee!
We’ll meet you where you park with hot coffee to start your day! @W lot, Storrs Campus
11:45am - 2:15pm, Do you sometimes feel like an imposter?
Grad school can make everyone question themselves…it isn’t new, and you are not alone! Join us for this very special event planned just for you!
Dr. Valerie Young is an internationally-known expert on the impostor syndrome and author of award-winning book The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It with Crown Business, a division of Random House, now available in five languages.
Her career-related tips have been cited in these and dozens of other business and popular publications around the world and she’s been interviewed on countless programs including the BBC, Minnesota Public Radio, and Yahoo Finance
Registration includes lunch and is required – and limited to Graduate Students/Postdocs only.
RSVP: RSVP Here
@Alumni House, 2384 Alumni Drive, Storrs Campus
3:00 - 4:00pm, Relaxation Hour
According to Huff Post “Coloring, especially with complex, geometric patterns, can be its own meditative practice because it involves repetitive motion and enough structure to let you detach from stressful thoughts. In one small study published in the journal Art Therapy, the subjects who colored mandalas or plaid patterns experienced greater anxiety reduction than those who did free-form coloring.” Yummy snacks provided by Graduate Student Senate!
@Graduate Student Lounge, Student Union Building Room 110 – Storrs Campus
8:00 - 11:00pm, Starwars Hits UConn!
Come grab your free popcorn from The Graduate School at 8:00pm (make sure to bring your graduate student ID) before Rogue One which will start at 9:00pm*. From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” an all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.
@Student Union Theatre, Student Union Building – first floor, Storrs Campus
*Purchase your ticket here.
FRIDAY
10am, 3 Minute Thesis Information Session, Class of 1947 HBL
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) features research conducted by PhD students around the world. It is an international competition created by The University of Queensland with the goal of helping students to cultivate presentation and research communication skills. You have three minutes and one PowerPoint slide to explain your research to a non-specialist audience. Sound like fun? We award cash prizes for the winners and special events for their department or lab!
4:00 - 6:00pm, PhD Movie 1, Konover Auditorium
7:00 - 9:00pm, PhD Movie 2, Konover Auditorium
“Piled Higher and Deeper” (movie #1) follows the lives of two graduate students as they learn to cope with life in grad school. “Piled Higher and Deeper: Still in Grad School" is the sequel film of the popular comic strip "Piled Higher and Deeper" by Jorge Cham (phdcomics.com - phdmovie.com). The film takes a smart and humorous look at the world of Academia through the eyes of four grad students, and features real academics (including a Nobel Prize winner!) in many of the roles. It was funded in large part by Kickstarter backers (including COINS and Papers) and filmed at the California Institute of Technology. The film was produced as part of a continued collaboration between PHD Comics and the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech.
*6:00pm intermission with food provided: Lobby of Konover Auditorium
SATURDAY
9:00 - 10:30am, Kid Friendly Campus Hike! Meet @ parking lot near Chicken Barn
Come join us for a hike in the UConn Forest and Horsebarn Hill with a nature scavenger hunt for kids and a quick lesson from renowned PhD Candidate, Mike Limberg, on the changing landscape and history of CT farms!
*Water and granola bars will be provided on a first come, fist serve basis.
For more information, contact: Victoria Blodgett at victoria.blodgett@uconn.edu