Graduate Student Association

GSA Free Movie @ RU Cinema: SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS
2023-03-19 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | Rutgers Cinema, 105 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Piscataway, NJ, United States
Watch the new SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS movie with unlimited popcorn and soda!
Please RSVP to get tickets. Limited spots. 1 guest limit.

Ticket distribution:
Date: Thursday, March 16th 5pm-6pm
Location: Graduate Student Lounge, Room 208, 126 College Ave, behind Panera Bread, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Note: Tickets will be distributed on first come first serve basis. You will be emailed if there are remaining tickets.

Corn: The A-Maize-ing Global Food Staple
2023-03-23 18:00 - 19:30 | College Ave Student Center, 126 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
Join Rutgers Global, the Rutgers Graduate Student Association, and the Nutritional Sciences GSO for an evening featuring corn. Guest speaker, Dr. Mark Robson, will briefly discuss the global importance of this crop before international dishes made with corn are sampled.
Please RSVP via getINVOLVED if you plan to attend.

AHGSO Screening of "Shepherds in the Cave"
2023-03-24 17:00 - 19:00 | NJ
Mark your calendars and join us for a hybrid screening of ‘Shepherds in the Cave’ on March 24, 5-7 pm, in VH105! You can also join us virtually on Zoom through this link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98646914066?pwd=[REDACTED]
Encompassing art history and cultural heritage themes, the documentary follows an international team of art restorers and archaeologists as they begin work to restore medieval frescoes inside a network of ancient caves in Southern Italy. They face local bureaucratic challenges and systemic neglect of archaeological sites while also encountering a community of shepherds and migrants that have used the caves for centuries, highlighting a living culture worth preserving.
Trailer: https://redmammothmedia.com/shepherdsinthecave

Rutgers GCF Virtual Prayer Meeting
2023-03-24 18:30 - 19:30 | NJ
Join Rutgers Graduate Christian Fellowship as we take time to check-in with each other, as well as pray for each other, our campus and other matters on our heart using scripture to guide us. We will meet via zoom on Friday, March 24th from 6:30pm- 7:30pm ET. ALL ARE WELCOME! Even if you are unable to attend the meeting, we entreat you to Let us pray for you! Share your requests with GCF and we can pray for them as a collective at our prayer meeting! To RSVP, please email ru.graduate.christian@gmail.com.

SJE Queer Grad Student Social: Paint and Sip
2023-03-31 16:00 - 18:00 | NJ

Non-Profit Leadership with Maria Rose Belding
2023-04-03 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
Maria Rose is the co-founder of MEANS database, a non-profit tech company that has redirected 2.2 million pounds of food to communities in need across the US. Amongst numerous recognitions, in 2018, she became the youngest woman featured as a CNN Hero of the Year.
During this event, Maria Rose will speak about food insecurity and her career as a young non-profit leader. Q&A to follow.
Sign up on Zoom https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsf–hpjMuE9GJGk-BL_CL-20IU0l7gMov
Please RSVP: https://rutgers.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9007534

GSA Council Meeting: April 2023
2023-04-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Council Meeting for April will be held on April 3rd, 2023 at 7 pm via Zoom.
The Zoom link will be shared on GetInvolved with all GSA members.
If any GSO is not a member of GSA on GetInvolved yet, they are requested to do so. For any questions, please email ec@gsa.rutgers.edu

Let's Taco 'Bout Seeding Labs!
2023-04-04 16:30 - 18:30 | Research Tower V14, 671 Hoes Ln W, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Come by and eat some Chipotle with Rutgers Seeding Labs as we chat about our community outreach programs with local high schools. All grad students, postdocs and staff are welcome to attend! Please RVSP!

GSA Coffee and Breakfast Mixer
2023-04-05 09:00 - 11:00 | Graduate Student Lounge, 126 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
Greetings All!
Meet GSA and your peers for a chat over coffee and bagels! Please RSVP
Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
9 – 11 AM
Graduate Student Lounge, 126, College Ave, Behind Panera, NB, NJ- 08901
Please RSVP

Rutgers Global Friendship Fridays: Trivia Challenge
2023-04-07 16:00 - 17:00 | Graduate Student Lounge, 126 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
Friendship Fridays are a weekly event open to all Rutgers students, both domestic and international. Each week there is a different theme where attendees can enjoy games, activities, and conversation – all while making new friends from around the world.

Are you interested in earning some prizes for knowing random facts? Then join Rutgers Global and the Graduate Student Association for a team trivia challenge. Come solo or bring your friends to form a team.
Please RSVP: https://rutgers.campuslabs.com/engage/event/8636087

The Gastronomic Revolution and other Stories of Race and Coloniality in Peru by María Elena García
2023-04-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Dear all,
We are pleased to invite you to a virtual talk on “The Gastronomic Revolution and other Stories of Race and Coloniality in Peru” by María Elena García, professor in the Comparative History of Ideas at the University of Washington in Seattle. A Peruvian woman of Quechua ancestry, García received her PhD in Anthropology at Brown University and has been a Mellon Fellow at Wesleyan University and Tufts University. Her second book, Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race: Stories of Capital, Culture, and Coloniality in Peru (UC Press, 2021; winner of the Flora Tristán Prize for Best Book 2022, Peru Section, Latin American Studies Association), offers a critical exploration of Peru’s so-called gastronomic revolution, focusing on the intersections of race, species, and capital in that country.
April 28 – 12 pm via Zoom
Meeting ID: 913 1236 9586
Password: [REDACTED]
We look forward to seeing you there.
Best regards,
Evelyn Autry and Katia Yoza

Art History Graduate Student Organization (AHGSO) Alumni Talk: A Conversation with Dr. Joëlla van Donkersgoed
2023-04-14 10:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Please join the Rutgers Art History Graduate Student Organization (AHGSO) for a conversation with our Department’s alumnus, Dr. Joëlla van Donkersgoed, who graduated with her PhD in Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies (CHAPS) in 2020. Since leaving Rutgers she has had an adjunct position at the University of Amsterdam teaching a graduate seminar in Museum Studies, conducted a paid research project at the National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam, and now is a post-doctoral researcher in Public History at the University of Luxembourg and soon will be leading her own research project. We hope this will help interested students in finding out more about the recent job market scenario and especially, opportunities in Europe! This will be a virtual talk, to be held on April 14, 2023, 10 AM EDT.
Register in advance for this meeting: https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJModemvqzorHNdEH2E7kN_vJuEe9p11AL79

RU SSW & GSA: Carlos Mark Vera
2023-04-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
Event synopsis: Under the leadership of Carlos Mark Vera, Pay Our Interns (POI) successfully influenced Congress to pass more than $150 million in funding for interns and has helped agencies create internship programs.
Among numerous honors and article features, he has been named a Forbes 30 Under 30 Honoree and a Top 20 Changemaker by NBC Latino.
During this event, Carlos will speak about the need for paid internships in social work, the creation of POl, and his career as a young, non-profit leader young, non-profit leader. Q&A to follow.

Register NOW for the Yale Biotech Club Life Science Career Fair!
2023-04-20 08:00 - 2023-04-21 17:00 | NJ
Register NOW for the Yale Biotech Club Life Science Career Fair!
The Yale Biotech Club Career Fair (April 20-21, 2023) is an annual event where students and trainees at all levels have the opportunity to interact with organizations across the biotechnology industry. Sponsor companies represent areas such as biopharma, venture capital, consulting, healthcare investment banking, and patent law. The career fair will span two days with both an in-person component hosted at Alexion followed by a networking night at Via Gastrobar and a virtual day with numerous interactions for career development through industry panels and 1-on-1 company meetings.
Students and trainees from other schools are all welcome to register and join this event!
REGISTER FOR THE CAREER FAIR NOW HERE: https://forms.gle/x5ptJf87kw4jjzJW7
Please check our website https://www.yalebiotechclub.org/careerfair2023 for more information!

Combatting Hate and Bias in New Jersey: A Campus Conversation with Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin
2023-04-25 11:00 - 13:00 | Livingston Student Center, 84 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Piscataway, NJ, United States
Interested in civil righhts and criminal justice? Join us on a discussion with New Jersey Attorney General and members of the Division on Civil Rights and the Division of Criminal Justice to discuss the rise in bias and hate incidents in New Jersey on April 25, from 11AM-1PM at the Livingston Student Center in the Livingston Hall. During this event, you will learn about resources available to combat hate and bias, and to share personal experiences.
Scan the QR code to register! Hope to see you there!

AHGSO Book Talk: “Sissi in New York: T. J. Wilcox and the Tragedy of Celebrity” with Dr Olivia Gruber Florek
2023-04-28 15:30 - 17:00 | NJ
The Rutgers Art History Graduate Student Organization Professional Development Committee is happy to announce a book talk with Rutgers alumna Dr Olivia Gruber Florek on Friday, April 28th from 3:30 – 5:00 pm, with a reception following.
Dr Gruber Florek’s talk will revolve around her most recent book project, Book Talk: “Sissi in New York: T. J. Wilcox and the Tragedy of Celebrity” with Dr Olivia Gruber Florek The Celebrity Monarch: Empress Elisabeth and the Modern Female Portrait, and how portraits of the famously beautiful Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837-1898, also known as “Sissi”) transformed monarchs from divinely-appointed sovereigns to public personalities whose daily lives were consumed by spectators.
Dr Olivia Gruber Florek is an Associate Professor of Art History at Delaware County Community College in Media, Pennsylvania, where she also curates an annual exhibition of contemporary art. Her research focuses on celebrity portraiture in nineteenth-century Europe, and she has received funding from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Social Science Research Council, and the Fulbright Commission. In February 2023, she published The Celebrity Monarch: Empress Elisabeth and the Modern Female Portrait with the University of Delaware Press. She earned her PhD from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey in 2012.
Link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkcuugqDsoHd2kKtfoHRUuHB9xzvGTDWyN

GSA Council Meeting: May 2023
2023-05-01 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Council Meeting for May will be held on May 1st, 2023 at 7 pm via Zoom.
The Zoom link will be shared on GetInvolved with all GSA members.
If any GSO is not a member of GSA on GetInvolved yet, they are requested to do so. For any questions, please email ec@gsa.rutgers.edu

GSA Coffee and Breakfast Mixer
2023-05-03 09:00 - 11:00 | CCB Building Lounge, 123 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, United States
Greetings All!
Meet GSA and your peers for a chat over coffee and bagels! Please RSVP
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023
9 – 11 AM
CCB Building Lobby, 1st floor, Busch Campus
Please RSVP

GSA End of Year Backyard Grill Party
2023-05-03 16:00 - 19:00 | Buell Apartments, 55 Bevier Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Join GSA for a backyard barbecue party!
Enjoy unlimited burgers, hotdogs and much more!
Please RSVP: https://rutgers.campuslabs.com/engage/event/8956747
Address: Buell Apartments Courtyard, Busch Campus
Date and Time: May 3rd 2022, 4pm-7pm

GSA Mental Health Committee: Destress event
2023-05-04 11:00 - 14:00 | CABM Courtyard, 679 Hoes Ln W, Piscataway, NJ, United States
Join GSA and your peers for a destress event with informational items, stress ball giveaways, boba, and snacks.
Location: CABM Atrium – Busch campus
Date and Time: Thursday, May 4th 11m-2pm
Please RSVP

Rutgers GCF Finals Study Session
2023-05-05 09:30 - 14:00 | Livingston Student Center, 84 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Piscataway, NJ, United States
Beat the end of semester blues and gather with Rutgers Graduate Christian Fellowship as we work alongside each other on Friday, May 5th from 9:30am to 2pm! We will pray first to encourage each other, and then will have free time to work on whatever we desire! Snacks included and lunch near the end of our session! We will meet on Livingston Campus, Tillet Hall Room 251. Please email ru.graduate.christian@gmail.com to RSVP, latecomers are welcome!

GSA Free Movie @ RU Cinema: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
2023-05-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Rutgers Cinema, 105 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Piscataway, NJ, United States
Watch the new Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 movie!
Please RSVP to get tickets. Limited spots. 1 guest limit.

Ticket distribution:
Date: Tuesday, May 2nd 5pm-6pm
Location: Graduate Student Lounge, Room 208, 126 College Ave, behind Panera Bread, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Note: Tickets will be distributed on first come first serve basis. You will be emailed if there are remaining tickets.
Please RSVP

Rutgers Seeding Labs: Donuts for Change Fundraiser
2023-05-11 11:00 - 15:00 | Great Hall, Busch, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway
We are also a Krispy Kreme donut fundraiser to raise money to support life-changing research in developing countries. You can pre-order your box at a discounted price via bit.ly/ruseedinglabsdonuts2023. The pre-order form will be open until Friday, May 5, 2023. Orders can be picked up on Thursday, 5/11 from 11:00am – 3:00pm near Woody’s Cafe on Busch Campus. We will be selling donuts day-of as well If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to send us a message at ruseedinglabs@gmail.com.

Rutgers Seeding Labs and RWJMS SNMA Blood and Platelet Drive
2023-05-11 11:30 - 17:30 | Great Hall, Busch, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway
Save the date! Rutgers Seeding Labs and RWJMS Student National Medical Association (SNMA) are sponsoring a blood and platelet blood drive on Thursday, 5/11 from 11:30am – 5:30pm in the Great Hall on Busch Campus (near Woody’s Café). Donors will receive a $5 coffee gift card and subs from Jersey Mike’s! Appointments are highly recommended. Schedule yours today: bit.ly/rutgersspring2023blooddrive

Rutgers GCF End of Semester Pic Nic
2023-05-19 11:30 - 14:30 | NJ
Join us on a visit to Rutgers Gardens on Friday, May 19th from 11:30am-2:30pm. We will wind down and celebrate the end of the semester, enjoying food and the beautiful scenery!
Please RSVP at ru.graduate.christian@gmail.com to let us know you are coming and to find out more info about carpooling and meet-up location!

MBGSO and Rutgers Seeding Labs Korean BBQ Party
2023-05-25 16:30 - 18:30 | RWJMS Research Tower Patio, 675 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, United States
Celebrate the end of the spring semester with MBGSO and Rutgers Seeding Labs! Join us to make your own Korean BBQ bowl, sip bubble tea and play some lawn games with your friends. All grad students, postdocs and faculty are welcome to attend!

Please RSVP: https://rutgers.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9090706. In the event of rain, we will hold it in the Dean’s Conference Room 123.

GSA Wildcats Vs Scarlet Knights Tailgate Party and Discounted Game Passes
2023-09-03 09:00 - 12:00 | Lot 54, Lot 54, Piscataway, NJ 08854, Piscataway
Join GSA and Kinesiology and Applied Physiology (KAP) GSO for the Rutgers Football home opener!
All Graduate students from all Rutgers NB Graduate Schools are invited! Great opportunity to meet other graduate students from other grad programs.
A $10 ticket includes a pre-game tailgate with food, drinks, and fun! Please RSVP for tailgate and/or ticket reservation at this link: https://forms.office.com/r/z5ZysamDTw. If you can’t join the tailgate and want tickets, that is also an option. Fill out the form and let us know. Up to 4 tickets can be purchased.
Questions? Email Shawn, the GSA Business Manager, at help@gsa.rutgers.edu

Black Welcome Week 2023
2023-09-12 - 2023-09-15 | Paul Robeson Cultural Center Lawn (Busch Campus), 600 Bartholomew Rd, Piscataway, New Jersey
On behalf of the PRCC, We am proud to announce our inaugural Black Welcome Week, taking place September 11-15th. Black Welcome Week is a week-long series of programs introducing Black students to the center, Black faculty and staff, Black student leadership opportunities, and campus resources. Black Welcome Week is intended to help students acclimate to campus, empower them, support them in finding community, and increase their sense of belonging. The week culminates with the Black Student Social, our signature welcome celebration that provides an intentional connection for incoming students to engage with student leaders.
The week’s events include:

Tuesday, September 12, 9:30AM – Black Cartoons & Cereal
Tuesday, September 12, 5:30 PM – Black Graduate Student Mixer
Wednesday, September 13, 7:30PM – Black @ Rutgers Panel Discussion
Friday, September 15, 3:00PM – Black Student Social

GSA Coffee & Breakfast Mixer
2023-09-13 09:00 - 23:00 | CCB Building Lounge, 123 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, United States
Join us for a delightful morning of warmth, conversation, and scrumptious delights at our Coffee and Breakfast event.
Whether you’re here to kickstart your day or savour a liesurely morning, GSA would be delighted to host you !

LGBTQIA+ Graduate Student Social
2023-09-13 17:00 - 19:00 | Center for Social Justice Education & LGBT Communities
Graduate students in the LGBTQIA+ community are invited to meet and greet with us! Learn more about campus resources for our community and make new friends. Free food provided. Presented with GRADient, the LGBTQIA+ student organization for graduate and professional students.
