Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week recognizes the contributions, impact and value of our graduate and professional students. The Graduate School has partnered with the Graduate Student Assembly to host a week's worth of events celebrating graduate students the week of April 7, 2025.
We encourage you to join these events for giveaways, food, networking and opportunities to meet fellow graduate students.
Schedule of Events
Lunch with the Graduate School
April 7, 2025, Noon - 1:30 p.m. | Main 212
Celebrate Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week with lunch and a chance to connect with the Graduate School Dean and other graduate students. Please register to attend.
Free Coffee at Lucky Lab Coffee Co.*
April 8, 2025, 6:30 a.m. until tab runs out | Gates-Dell Complex Location, 2317 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712
Come grab coffee to start your day. The Graduate Student Assembly will have an open tab at Lucky Lab Coffee Co. on Tuesday morning. Valid for one 16 oz drink until tab runs out.
Empower Your Pitch Finale and Celebration
April 9, 2025, 5-7:30 p.m. | FAC 2nd Floor
The stage is set for a live, in-person competition at the Office of Career and Life Design! In the exhilarating third and final round, an esteemed panel of judges will select three winners, while the audience chooses an additional winner. Appetizers, wine, beer and non-alcoholic drinks will be served. Meet the finalists.
Private Yoga Class*
April 10, 2025, 8-8:45 p.m. | North Aerobic Studio, Gregory Gym
Join members of the Graduate Student Assembly for a private yoga class. Please RSVP at the link above.
Lunch at Four Brothers Venezuelan Kitchen Food Truck*
April 11, 2025, Noon-2 p.m. | Perry Castañeda Library
The Graduate Student Assembly will be offering graduate students a free arepa and yucca fries at the food truck outside of Perry Castañeda Library.
*For events with the Graduate Student Assembly, they are asking students to please bring a physical copy of their UT ID OR bring another form of ID along with certification of graduate school attendance at UT (a screenshot of an unofficial transcript that says last semester attended Spring 2025 is acceptable).
The Graduate School T-Shirt Design Contest
The UT Austin Graduate School is calling on graduate students to design our newest t-shirt! All currently enrolled master's and doctoral students at The University of Texas at Austin are eligible to compete. One winner will receive $300 for their design, which will be printed on t-shirts given out at New Graduate Student Orientation and other Graduate School events!
Deadline to submit your design is May 2, 2025.
Read the rules and competition details online: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/news/graduate-school-t-shirt-design-contest