The Dennis Learning Center (DLC) is offering a free Productivity Program for graduate students. The DLC Productivity Program will help you boost your productivity so you can reach your academic goals. Each week, a Graduate Academic Coach from the DLC will share useful research and effective strategies to help improve your productivity.
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Apply for the Job Search Strategies for the Professoriate Summer Program
Planning on graduating soon and wanting to pursue a career in higher education, the professoriate? Please join us for this year’s summer workshop series, with experts from across the university. The training will focus on things such as how to write your cover letter, teaching and research statements, preparing for a Zoom interview, and more. Please RSVP and join us for this remote training. The training will occur on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Starting date: June 11 - no meetings are scheduled for the week of July 4)
Ending Date: July 9
World Kindness and Random Acts of Kindness Days in February
Sharing kindness is part of being a Buckeye, and while it happens all year at Ohio State, it carries special meaning in this month. February 13 is World Kindness Day and February 17 is Random Acts of Kindness Day. Over the next two weeks, foster connections and boost happiness throughout our Buckeye community. Let's share kindness together, make a positive impact on our community by encouraging graduate faculty, staff and students in ways that matter most.
Apply for a Mentoring Month Mini-Grant
We are still accepting Mentoring Month Mini-Grants through the month of February! Departments and programs, graduate faculty and staff, and graduate student organizations are invited to apply for a Mentoring Month Mini Grant of up to $500 to host an event or initiative to recognize mentors and mentees or celebrate mentorship. Email mentoring@osu.edu with any questions.
Sustainability Institute Opens 2026 Student Sustainability Research Grant Program
From the Ohio State Sustainability Institute
The Ohio State University is dedicated to advancing education, research, innovation and partnerships related to sustainability. To further these goals, the Sustainability Institute is pleased to offer funding to support student research in sustainability.
Priority will be given to student research that creates opportunities to use our campuses as living laboratories or connects Ohio State to our local communities.
Minimum for graduate associate and fellowship stipend increase in 2026
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to share that Ohio State continues to make advances in graduate associate and fellowship compensation to better recruit, retain and support talented students.
Student Wellness Center Coaching Appointments are Available
The Student Wellness Center (SWC) offers free, one-on-one coaching to support students’ nutrition, financial well-being, and overall wellness. Coaching is student-centered, private, and focused on building practical skills for success during college and beyond.
Spring 2026 Important Graduation Dates & Deadlines
Regular Semester Deadlines:
January 30, 2026
Applications to graduate submitted on Grad Forms
April 17, 2026
Final examinations completed
Report on Final Exam form completed by committee
April 24, 2026
Final document (if applicable) submitted to OhioLINK and accepted by the Graduate School
Disability Services final exam monitors needed for autumn term final weeks
Student Life Disability Services (SLDS) is seeking professional or graduate students and staff volunteers to assist with seating students and room monitoring during final exams from Friday, Dec. 12, through Thursday, Dec. 18. Shifts are typically 1-2 hours, and you may sign up for as many as you'd like. Select shifts on the AU '25 Finals Volunteer Sign Up by Friday, Dec. 5.
2025-26 Graduate Faculty Mentorship Award Webinar Workshop Series
"One of the greatest values of mentors is the ability to see ahead what others cannot see and to help them navigate a course to their destination."
– John C. Maxwell
Come and join us for this year’s Graduate Faculty Mentorship Workshop Series. Learn from Ohio State’s own experts and this year’s GFMA winners about mentorship.
This workshop series is open to: