Join us as we celebrate the contributions of our graduate and professional students!
Graduate Student Appreciation Week, sponsored by the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students, is designed to raise awareness of the role of graduate and professional students within America’s colleges and universities.
The impact of graduate and professional students stretches beyond academia through their practical and significant work as future teaching professionals, breakthrough researchers, healthcare pioneers, business innovators, legendary artists, and leaders of the state, the nation and the world.
The University of Minnesota will celebrate the contributions of its more than 14,000 graduate and professional students during the week of April 1 and beyond. Join us for some of the activities going and show your appreciation for the contributions of our graduate and professional students!
Do you know of additional activities not mentioned below? Let us know!
Duluth CAMPUS
Board Game Night
- April 1 | 4-6 p.m.
- Come play some games with your fellow grad students!
- Lakeview room
Coffee Bar
- April 2 | 8:30-10:30 a.m.
- Come get a free coffee or cocoa from GSA!
- Garden room
Make-and-Take Desk Buddies
- April 3 | 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Make a little clay buddy to keep you company while you work!
- Gooseberry Falls room
Zeitgeist Zinema - Limited Tickets to The Reel Comedy Special Improv
- April 5 & April 12 | 10:30 p.m.
- For an off-campus activity for the week, we are offering a first come, first serve tickets to The Reel Comedy Special Improv show at the Zeitgeist Zinema in Duluth.
- We are offering 10 tickets for Friday, April 5th at 10:30 pm, and then another 10 tickets for Friday, April 13th, at 8:00 pm. More information >
LinkedIn Headshots
- Wednesdays in Kirby Plaza 165
- Professional portraits are free for all current UMD Students and offered by appointment only.
- Register for an appointment
Graduating Student Reception
- April 10 | 6-8 p.m.
- Full dinner to celebrate graduating students
- Griggs center
- Plus-ones available
Twin Cities Campus
Rhythm Cycle Class
- Monday, April 1, 2024 | 12-1 p.m.
- Recreation & Wellness Center Cycle Studio
- Register >
The New PhD in Practice: Roundtable Discussion
- Monday, April 1, 2024 | 1-3 p.m.
- Pillsbury Hall Attic (Room 412)
- Register >
Professional Headshots at St. Paul Campus
- Wednesday, April 3, 2024 | 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Borlaug 548
- Register >
Happy Hour at Stub & Herbs
- Thursday, April 4, 2024 | 6-10 p.m.
- Stub & Herbs
- Register >
Disrupting Hierarchy in Education: Students and Teachers Collaborating for Social Change
- Tuesday, April 9, 2024 | 9:30-10:30 a.m.
- Zoom
- More information >
Taco Tuesday Thursday! Lunch (with a side of networking)
- Thursday, April 11, 2024 | 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Coffman Memorial Union, Great Hall
- More information >
COLLEGE-LEVEL ACTIVITIES
School of Public Health - Snacks and Raffle
- Monday, April 1 - Thursday, April 4, 2024 | 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- SPH Student Services (Mayo A395)
PROGRAM-LEVEL ACTIVITIES
Coming soon!