Graduate Student Association

Scholarships are out there. Let’s learn how to find the ones that fit you. 🔎 Join us on October 6, 12–1 p.m. on Zoom for How to Find Scholarships.

Loren Pietsch, Director, Postdoctoral Affairs, Graduate Recruitment, and Diversity Initiatives Graduate School, will share practical application tips and show you how to use AI to search by field, background, degree level.

🔗 RSVP: [https://lounge.live/events/6w7qah1y]

Alt text: Yellow workshop flyer with scholarship details, an illustrated student, and the October 6 Zoom time.

🏠 Love where you live? Wish you could give incoming grad students a heads-up? Share your honest experience in a 10-minute anonymous survey. Your feedback will help them know what to expect when moving to Reno, and you’ll have a chance to win an Amazon gift card!

📝 Domestic Students: [https://www.veryapt.com/survey/11309cbc-0aa9-4045-834a-124c8a2ff875/]
📝 International Students: [https://www.veryapt.com/survey/c4542960-dc32-4ebe-8400-bdc09a4e585f/]

Questions? Email [email protected].

Alt text: Purple GSA and VeryApt flyer asks graduate students how satisfied they are with their living situation. A colorful satisfaction meter and a phone illustration accompany information about an anonymous 10-minute survey and a chance to win an Amazon gift card.

🏳️‍🌈🐺 GSA was proud to show up for Northern Nevada Pride! Many of our GSA representatives joined the Wolf Pack at the 2026 Northern Nevada Pride Parade & Festival, celebrating community and belonging.

Led by UNR QLAB with support from UNR’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, this campus-wide effort brought together programs across the University & community partners for the Pride parade and Health Care Corridor 🌈✨

We’re proud of our GSA Representatives who came out to represent graduate students and the Wolf Pack! 💙

Alt text: Photos from the 2026 Northern Nevada Pride Parade and Festival in downtown Reno, featuring GSA representatives and members of the UNR community celebrating Pride together with colorful rainbow decorations, Pride flags, and Wolf Pack spirit. 🏳️‍🌈🐺

🍂 Gather, give thanks & feast with the GradPack! 🧡 Join GSA for Friendsgiving and spend the afternoon enjoying good food and even better company with fellow graduate students.

📅 November 24 | 4–6 p.m.�
📍 JCSU 403 Great Room�
🔗 RSVP: [ https://lounge.live/events/w0dnwdx8 ]

Alt text: GSA Friendsgiving flyer with colorful fall leaves and graduate students gathered around a shared meal.

🐺 Meet the Nevada Student Alliance! GSA joined student leaders from across Nevada at the September 2026 NSHE Board of Regents Quarterly Meeting, coming together to represent and advocate for students statewide. 💙

Alt text: White scrapbook-style flyer titled “Meet The NSA Team,” featuring a taped Polaroid-style group photo of Nevada Student Alliance leaders dressed in professional attire and posing together. Below the photo, text highlights their participation in the September 2026 NSHE Board of Regents Quarterly Meeting, followed by the GSA logo and contact email.

❄️ Winter is coming ... get ready to bundle up! Graduate students are invited to stop by the GSA Winter Clothing Drive to browse gently used winter clothing and other items at no cost. 🧥🧣

📅 October 5–7 | 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
📍 Graduate Student Lounge | JCSU 301

Questions? Email [email protected] 💙

Alt text: Winter-themed GSA flyer with snowy trees and illustrated clothing announcing a free winter clothing event for graduate students, October 5–7 in JCSU 301.

🎓 Graduating this semester?

GSA offers Master’s regalia for rent to eligible graduate students. Availability is limited, so submit your request early!

How to apply:

1. Join The Graduate Lounge [ https://lounge.live/lounges/eyy6fhq1/posts ]
2. Go to the Forms tab (the third option at the bottom of the page).
3. Click + Submit Form.
4. Select the Master’s Regalia Form.
5. Complete the form and click Submit.

We’ll contact you with pickup details once your request has been processed.

Alt text: GSA flyer promoting Master’s regalia rentals for graduating students. Availability is limited.

Academic and nonacademic employers evaluate PhD candidates differently...and understanding those differences can strengthen your job-search strategy. 🎓🔍 Join Beyond the Professoriate to learn what each sector values, how to position your experience, and why focusing on a specific career pathway can help you move forward with greater clarity.

📅 October 7, 2026
⏰ 9–9:45 a.m. PT 💻 Zoom
🔗 Advance registration is required: https://institutions.beyondprof.com/webinar-academic-nonacademic-hiring/

Alt text: Webinar flyer featuring green “Public” and “Private” directional signs against a blue sky above a dark mountain-and-lake background, with blue-and-white event details and GSA and Beyond the Professoriate logos.

🏈 GSA showed up for the Pack! Nothing like a Nevada tailgate to bring graduate students and our Wolf Pack community together. 🐺💙 From kickoff energy to plenty of , we loved seeing GSA representatives out supporting the Pack. Go Nevada! 🙌

Alt text: Collage titled “GSA at the Tailgate” featuring GSA Executives, UNR President, UNR First Lady, and NSHE Regent Del Carlo, posing together at a Nevada football tailgate, including a photo in front of illuminated “WOLF PACK” letters. The flyer includes football graphics, , , a howling wolf silhouette, and the GSA logo.

🍕 Pizza with the Dean is back! Graduate students are invited to stop by for free pizza, ask questions, share ideas, and connect directly with the Graduate School Dean Markus Kemmelmeier PhD. in a relaxed setting.

📅 October 20 ⏰ 12–1 p.m.
📍 JCSU Grad Lounge, Room 301
Secure your slice with an RSVP: https://lounge.live/events/8risxv3f
📧 [email protected]

Alt text: Flyer for Pizza with the Dean featuring Dean Kemmelmeier, graduate students gathered around a table, pizza, tomatoes, and event details.