Graduate Student Appreciation Week
2025 Graduate Student Appreciation Week: November 10-14!
UofL Graduate Student Appreciation Week gives us an opportunity to recognize and celebrate graduate students while supporting their continued success. Whether it be by hosting coffee breaks or lunches, sharing snacks or tokens of appreciation, all offices and departments on both the Belknap and HSC campuses are welcome to participate in the week's festivities.
It's Arrived! See below for the 2025 Calendar of Events and other ways to participate!
Join us in supporting fellow Cardinals through the Cardinal Cupboard during Graduate Student Appreciation Week!
For graduate students, each day you donate three or more items, you’ll receive one additional entry in that day’s prize drawing. You can earn one bonus entry per day during the week of November 10–14, 2025.
For these items to count towards your extra entry, please bring the items to the Graduate School Office (Houchens, Rm 105) or to a Graduate School-sponsored event on HSC or Belknap Campus.
2025 Calendar of Events
See events from the Graduate School, GSC and departments to celebrate 2025 Graduate Student Appreciation Week! Updated throughout the week!
| All Graduate Students: ~ Let’s Get Social~ Each day, the Graduate School will ask a question on our social media. All you have to do is respond with a comment for a chance to win a prize! |
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| All Graduate Students: You are invited to Talk, Tea, and Treats with the University Libraries this week! Take a break from your research and writing to enjoy a warm cup of tea and chat with a subject librarian. Whether you're deeply engaged in your thesis, beginning your dissertation, or exploring other research projects, we’re here to offer support, guidance, or simply a friendly chat. Monday-Thursday, 1 - 4pm in the Research Office - Ekstrom Library. No specific research topic is required; just stop by to learn more about how your subject librarian can support you once you're ready to begin! |
| *Sociology graduate students: Sociology graduate students are invited to enjoy snacks and drinks each evening before class during the week, Monday-Thursday, 30 minutes prior to the start of class each evening. Students will be notified by email from the department as well as by their instructors. |
| *CEHD graduate students: The CEHD Graduate Student Success Office invites CEHD graduate students to Throwback Snack Edition! Stop by the CEHD Graduate Student Success Office for a week of Throwback Snacks, a variety of tasty foods throughout the week, and swag giveaways! Flyers will also be posted in CEHD. Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm, CEHD Room 123. |
| *Industrial and Systems Engineering students: Industrial and Systems Engineering students are invited to enjoy and participate in the Appreciation Wall! A board will be installed where students can take a moment to write a note of appreciation to someone who supported them all week. More info coming soon! |
| *School of Medicine Graduate Students: School of Medicine graduate students are invited to attend Rise and Thrive (HSC)! hosted by the Multicultural Association of Graduate Students (MAGS). Wake up with some food and drink while connecting with other graduate students and learning more about the organization and how you might get involved! Monday, November 10, 9am-11am in the Research Tower, Room 506. RSVP Here. |
| *History Graduate Students: History graduate students are invited to stop by Gottschalk Hall from 9am-11am for free donuts and cider. Students will be notified via departmental listserv. |
Be sure to check out our "All Week" tab for additional events today.
| All Graduate Students: All Graduate Students are invited to attend Rise and Thrive (Belknap)! hosted by the Multicultural Association of Graduate Students (MAGS). Wake up with some food and drink while connecting with other graduate students and learning more about the organization and how you might get involved! Tuesday, November 11, 9am-10:30am in Houchens 105. |
| *HSC Graduate Students: All HSC graduate students are invited to attend the Graduate School’s HSC Coffee and Community, Tuesday, November 11, from 9am-11am in room 123 of the Clinical Translational Research (CTR) Building. Come relax, connect with your fellow students, and enjoy refreshments as we acknowledge the important contributions you make to our community. Register HERE. All attendees will be registered for a prize drawing! |
| *English Graduate Students: English Graduate Department invites English graduate students to a Pie & Cider Social, Tuesday, November 11, 10am-2pm in the Department Main Office, Bingham Humanities Building, Room 315. We want to show our appreciation for our graduate students with autumn delights like pumpkin, apple, and pecan pies with delicious apple cider. Pop in ready for fun anytime between 10am and 2pm. |
| *Public Health Graduate Students: School of Public Health and Information Sciences Student Services invites Public Health Graduate Students to Taco Tuesday Soup! Taco Soup for all students while it lasts! Tuesday, November 11, 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. in the SPHIS Basement Kitchen. |
Be sure to check out our "All Week" tab for additional events today.
| *Public Health Graduate Students: School of Public Health and Information Sciences invites Public Health Graduate Students to Donut Wednesday! SPHIS SGA will provide donuts from Nords for all SPHIS students. Wednesday, November 12, 9am-12pm in the SPHIS basement kitchen. |
| All Graduate Students: All Graduate Students are invited to Check-In and Connect: Dialogue, Development, and Discovery! Wednesday, November 12, 1-2pm in Houchens 105. This program provides a friendly environment where graduate students can exchange experiences, foster community, and develop personally and professionally. Every session showcases a campus partner who shares information about the resources, services, and opportunities tailored to support graduate students. In this session, students will have the opportunity to meet directly with The Graduate School to explore the support, services, and guidance available—ranging from academic resources to professional development and student well-being. Grad some free food and be entered into a prize drawing! Register HERE. |
| *Speed School Graduate Students: All Speed School Graduate Students are invited to the Grad Student Appreciation Celebration & Open House! Take a break and come celebrate you, our engineering graduate students! We will have Insomnia cookies and light refreshments. Also, check out the new Engineering Student Success & Research (ESSR) Building! Wednesday, November 12, 2 - 4pm, ESSR Building (1st Floor Atrium). Students will be notified via email starting next week. |
| *Humanities MA and PhD Students: Humanities Graduate Programs invite Humanities MA and PhD students to a reception in the Humanities Graduate Student Library (Bingham 213) for snacks, sips, and socializing! Wednesday, November 12; 2:30-4pm. Students will be notified about the event via an email. |
| All Graduate Students: Join us for a laid-back virtual hangout night hosted by the Graduate School! On Wednesday, November 12 from 5:00–6:30pm, we’ll come together online to play some easy, light games and trivia—nothing competitive, just good vibes and casual conversation. It’s a great chance to relax, laugh, and spend some low-key time connecting with fellow graduate students. Join and be entered into a prize drawing! Register HERE. |
Be sure to check out our "All Week" tab for additional events today.
| All Graduate Students: Graduate School Coffee with the Deans – All Graduate Students are invited to attend Coffee with the Deans to speak with the deans of the graduate school in a casual atmosphere while celebrating YOU! Chat with the deans about their efforts to support students. Drop in to Houchens 105 (the Graduate School Office) from 9am-10am for coffee/tea and snacks. Register HERE. All attendees will be registered for a prize drawing! |
| *Public Health Graduate Students: School of Public Health and Information Sciences and the Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics invites Public Health Graduate Students to Snacks and Stickers! Snacks and stickers available on the first floor by Lisa Bell's office (1st Floor), Thursday, November 13, 9:30am-1:30pm. |
| All Graduate Students: Join this GSAW edition of the PLAN Workshop: Mentoring Your Mentor, from 1-2pm in Houchens 105. In this session, you will learn more about what mentors have to say about how to best “manage” them, from communication suggestions to practical advice for making progress. With this insight, not only will you be a better mentee, but you’ll also gain useful insights into mentoring relationships generally. Register HERE. This PLAN Session will have free snacks and all attendees will be registered for a prize drawing! |
| All Graduate Students: Join the Graduate School in celebrating YOU for Graduate Student Appreciation Week with Pop in for Popcorn! We'll have specialty popcorn and drinks for pick up! Take a quick break or stick around and to check in with Graduate School staff and other students! See you there from 2:00-4:00pm in the Graduate School Office, Houchens 105. Register HERE. All attendees will be registered for a prize drawing! |
| All Graduate Students: The Graduate Student Council invites all graduate students to a Pop-up Massage and Dessert Bar! The Graduate Student Council is here to support the wellbeing of graduate students. Stop by for the opportunity to receive a free 10-15 minute chair massage by licensed massage therapists in partnership with the school of Advance Massage Therapeutics. Sweet treats and beverages will also be served. Thursday, November 13, 4:00-6:00pm on the HSC Campus, Clinical Translational Research Building, Room 100. Please RSVP HERE! |
Be sure to check out our "All Week" tab for additional events today.
| *School of Medicine Graduate Students: School of Medicine Graduate Students are invited to join the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and the Graduate School for a Pizza Party, 12-1:30pm in the Research Tower, 5th floor, Room 506. Please RSVP by Wednesday, November 12 to the calendar invitation that will be sent from Katie Hasper. |
| All Graduate Students: William Shakespeare's As You Like It: Come one, come all (graduate students, that is) to a theatrical production of William Shakespeare's As You Like It - set in a 1926 circus. Graduate and Undergraduate performers and technicians are transforming the Playhouse Theatre into a Big Top. Performers will be speaking the speech trippingly on the tongue while performing various circus feats. Tickets are free for all graduate students during Graduate Student Appreciation Week, Friday, November 14 (7:30pm); Saturday, November 15 (7:30pm); Sunday, November 16 (2:00pm). The Belknap Playhouse - 1911 South 3rd Street. Students will need to reserve tickets and pick out their seats before the day of the show at the Theatre Arts Box Office at 2314 South Floyd Street. The event is open to everyone, but only graduate students can get free tickets during Grad Student Appreciation Week. For others tickets can be purchased here: https://events.louisville.edu/event/as-you-like-it. For questions, contact Stephan Carpenter (stephan.carpenter@louisville.edu, 502-852-7682) |
Be sure to check out our "All Week" tab for additional events today.
Share a GRADitude!
We invite all members of the UofL Community to recognize a UofL Graduate Student with #UofLGRADitude! Share a personalized few words of celebration, recognition, or encouragement with a graduate student, and we’ll send them a virtual postcard. A few messages will also be selected and shared across our social media channels as we celebrate throughout the week.
