Graduate Student Events

Friday, July 11, 2025

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  • 12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Strategic Storytelling: Your Application Materials

  How to write application materials that get noticed

  • Professional Development

Friday, July 18, 2025

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  • 12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Strategic Storytelling: Your Online Presence

  How to use online resources to get noticed

  • Professional Development
• • 5:00   deadline

  Last day to complete deposit of August doctoral dissertations

  • Other

Friday, July 25, 2025

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  • 12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Strategic Storytelling: Interviewing

  How to stand out in a job interview

  • Professional Development
• • 5:00   deadline

  Last day to complete deposit of August master's theses

  • Other

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, September 2, 2025

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  • All Day

  Graduate Student Welcome (Back) Week

  • Social/Informal Event

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

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