Graduate Student Events

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

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  • 2:00 - 4:30 pm

  Faculty Job Search Retreat 2025

  Get ready for a faculty job search this Fall!

  • Professional Development

Monday, August 11, 2025

• • All Day

  August Degree Conferral Date

  • Other

Thursday, August 14, 2025

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  • 3:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Anniversary Plaza (Illini Union Quad Side)

  Incoming Graduate Student Meet-up

  • Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

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  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Faculty Job Search: CVs & Cover Letters

  • Professional Development

Thursday, August 28, 2025

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  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Strategic Storytelling: Your Application Materials

  How to write application materials that get noticed

  • Professional Development

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

• • 3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Graduate Assistant Employee Orientation (for TAs, RAs, GAs, and PGAs)

  • Informational
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  • All Day

  Graduate Student Welcome (Back) Week

  • Social/Informal Event
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  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Faculty Job Search: Research Statements

  • Professional Development

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

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  • All Day

  Graduate Student Welcome (Back) Week

  • Social/Informal Event

Thursday, September 4, 2025

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  • All Day

  Graduate Student Welcome (Back) Week

  • Social/Informal Event
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  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Strategic Storytelling: Networking

  How to network effectively

  • Professional Development

Friday, September 5, 2025

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  • All Day

  Graduate Student Welcome (Back) Week

  • Social/Informal Event

Saturday, September 6, 2025

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  • All Day

  Graduate Student Welcome (Back) Week

  • Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

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  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Faculty Job Search: Teaching, Diversity & Service Statements

  • Professional Development

Thursday, September 11, 2025

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  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Strategic Storytelling: Your Online Presence

  How to use online resources to get noticed

  • Professional Development

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

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  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Faculty Job Search: Interviews

  • Professional Development

Thursday, September 18, 2025

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  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Strategic Storytelling: Interviewing

  How to stand out in a job interview

  • Professional Development

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

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  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Faculty Job Search: Negotiation

  • Professional Development

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

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  • 3:30 - 5:00 pm
  • Graduate College 202 (507 E. Green St., Champaign)

  Mentoring: Developing Your Approach

  How do I become an inclusive and responsive mentor?

  • Professional Development

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

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  • 12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Industry/Nonprofit Job Search Essentials

  An overview of the industry/nonprofit job search

  • Professional Development

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

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  • 3:30 - 5:00 pm
  • Graduate College 202 (507 E. Green St., Champaign)

  Mentoring: Navigating the Relationship

  Best practices for sustaining a mentoring relationship

  • Professional Development

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Graduate College (507 E. Green St., Champaign)

  Navigating Uncertainty in Your Career

  • Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

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  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Graduate College 202 (507 E. Green St., Champaign)

  Faculty Job Search: Dual Career Considerations

  • Professional Development

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

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  • 12:00 - 12:30 pm

  Understanding Non-Tenure Track Faculty Careers

  Learn more about the landscape of higher education

  • Conference/Workshop

Sunday, November 2, 2025

• • All Day

  Last day for GRAD to add themselves to December degree list via Student Self-Service

  • Other

Friday, November 14, 2025

• • 5:00   deadline

  Last Day to take final exam for December Degree (doctoral students)

  • Other

Friday, December 5, 2025

• • 5:00   deadline

  Last day to complete deposit of December doctoral dissertations

  • Other

Friday, December 12, 2025

• • 5:00   deadline

  Last day to complete deposit of December master's theses

  • Other

Monday, December 22, 2025

• • All Day

  December Degree Conferral Date

  • Other

Sunday, April 5, 2026

• • All Day

  Last day for GRAD to add themselves to May degree list via Self-Service

  • Other

Friday, April 10, 2026

• • 5:00   deadline

  Last day to take final exam for May Degree (doctoral students)

  • Other

Friday, May 1, 2026

• • 5:00   deadline

  Last day to complete deposit of May doctoral dissertations

  • Other

Friday, May 8, 2026

• • 5:00   deadline

  Last day to complete deposit of May master's theses

  • Other

Saturday, May 16, 2026

• • All Day

  May Degree Conferral Date

  • Other