Rice University GSA

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Ticket giveaway to a conference!!

Grab your favorite drink or snack and meet other graduate students tonight (August 19th) from 6-8pm CST during our virtual Happy Hour! We'll do random zoom breakouts to meet new people and you can break the ice over Rice Fun Facts. Link in August 10th announcements

1. Review the list of items in the hunt: bit.ly/GSAScavengerHu…… 2. Share a photo/text response relating to the items on the list by June 15. Your entry to the contest will be counted twice if you post in the GSA’s discord channel! 4. Tag @ricegsa and use #RiceGradScavengerHunt

Calling all Rice Grads to join a Virtual Scavenger Hunt! Ten (10) participants will win DoorDash gift cards! Join us by following instructions in the tweet below! Winners will be chosen randomly. #RiceGrad #RiceGSA #gradlife #ScavengerHunts #Students #QuarantineLife

Rice's Student Wellbeing office has partnered with Mental Health America of Greater Houston to launch a series of webinars for our students. A virtual discussion on Managing Mental Health & Finals will take place April 22 from 4-5pm.

...yikes. if you're better at this stuff than we are, and want to help the GSA with creative media and advertising projects in the coming year, submit an application! instagram.com/p/B_AwgQWJhC-/…

Nominations are still open! If you know someone who's worthy of recognition in or around the grad community, follow this link! riceuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6X…

By social distancing, we're committing to the health of family, friends, & especially those with high-risk conditions. Focusing on the benefits of social distancing will help us stay positive as we get through this together and minimize community spread! #washyourhands #selfcare

Join us at 3pm for a Wellbeing Town Hall! We hope to see you there. riceuniversity.zoom.us/j/228843503

The Annual Greek Festival is happening in October! The GSA with support from Passport to Houston is offering a limited number of tickets for admission, a meal, and transportation to and from the festival all for free! Sign up here: forms.gle/vYUErJFr2YzoN1…

While #IntlStudents make up only 5.5% of #HigherEd, they bring $2.2 billion and 26,194 jobs to Texas in addition to countless academic & cultural benefits nafsa.org/econvalue #YouAreWelcomeHere Read the joint letter Rice GSA made with other Texas GSAs drive.google.com/file/d/1iR3gfd…

Our joint letter with @Baylor_GSA, @UHGPSA, @GPSCTAMU, and @utgsa gaining national recognition in this Forbes article: bit.ly/2CsjUxT

International graduate students "are not only critical drivers of research and innovation, but also some of our dearest friends, peers, and colleagues": goo.gl/E3TFJj @Baylor_GSA @GPSCTAMU @UHGPSA @utgsa #studentvisas #advocacy #gradstudents

International students compose 40% of our grad student population and are a valued part of our community. We partnered with @Baylor_GSA, @GPSCTAMU, @UHGPSA, & @utgsa to oppose recent federal policies that may negatively impact international student visas goo.gl/E3TFJj

Recently accepted to Rice? Congratulations! Housing is guaranteed for first-year doctoral students. Applications are now open, make sure to get yours in by the April 17 deadline!

#TBT to last week's culture night. Can't wait until the next one! Read all about it: ow.ly/X08U30nMH7X (📸: Hussain Hijazi)

The deadline is tomorrow!

Join top female industry leaders to discuss challenges of being a woman in a leadership position. Listen to how they became effective leaders while facing the #leadershipdoublestandard, & get advice for both men & women to break down gender barriers. #rcelpanelseries #whyrcel

Come learn about the leader development programs available to graduate students at the Doerr Institute! Free food and drinks! instagram.com/p/BsvnhHhhv-I/…