We already have a venue for formal academic discussion and critique in our Graduate Seminar.  But if you’re looking for a place to meet other students, build community, and make some friends along the way, you should come join the CNTR Graduate Student Club (CGSC)!

The CNTR Graduate Student Club is a student-led space designed to connect beyond academics. It’s where we can organize, share resources, and create a community that helps us succeed in the Seminar and beyond.

The Club arranges social outings and potlucks, coffee chats, and other activities outside of the classroom. The CGSC also acts as a vast hub for resources. This includes sharing tips on hidden university funding, navigating advisor dynamics, keeping up with the Graduate Labor Organization, crowdsourcing data-analysis solutions, and much more! And because it’s student-led, it’s a space where you can ask questions, share experiences, and get advice from your peers without a professor in the room.

Graduate school is about more than academic work. Building a strong community provides opportunities to connect with others, celebrate successes, and support one another through challenges. CGSC is all about creating those connections and fostering a welcoming community of colleagues, collaborators, and friends.

The CGSC is a graduate student-led organization that determines (within University guidelines) its own leadership, meeting cadence and agendas, and group activities. 

The CNTR will provide funding of $500 per semester to support the CNTR Graduate Student Club.  Funding beyond this amount may be approved on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the CNTR Director and CNTR Program Manager.

The CNTR Graduate Student Club is growing, and we’d love for you to be part of it! To get involved or learn more about the Club, reach out to interim club leads, Michelle Ding or Sybille Légitime.