Queer Resource Center (QRC)   

Whether you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, asexual, omnisexual, pansexual, or as an ally, the QRC has something to offer you! Our space houses a great collection of over 2,000 LGBTQIA-related books and movies, which can be checked out for free and used as textbooks for classes or research material for papers. 

Each month, the QRC hosts and partners with a number of offices and clubs for events such as the Queer Bible Study, Ally Training, Trans* Day of Visibility, and Lavender Graduation.

For more information, please visit their website or join their mailing list to receive monthly newsletters by emailing qrcclaremont@gmail.com.

Grad Student Appreciation Week​​ 

In honor of Graduate Student Appreciation Week, CGU welcomes all students to participate in #GRADitude, a celebration and acknowledgement of the power and impact that peer communities and relationships have on each of us. Students are asked to nominate a peer member who has helped you, and/or made an impact on your time at CGU. Nominations should be emailed to student.life@cgu.edu by Sunday, April 11, 2021. Each nomination should include the name of the student, name of the submitter, and a 1-2 paragraph description on why this person deserves to be recognized. All participants (nominees and nominators) will be entered to win prizes such as airpods, yeti canisters, CGU swag and more.

2021-2022 Dissertation Awards: Call for Proposals​​ 

Applications for the 2021-2022 CGU Dissertation Awards are due on Monday, April 12.  For complete application instructions, please visit our website. 

Scholarship for Women in Graduate Studies​​​ 

The Grace Berry Award for Women in Graduate Studies is a need-based award, that also emphasizes academic excellence. Preference will be given to students who are at a more advanced stage of their studies (i.e., who have already begun work towards a thesis or dissertation), as well as to students whose work is related to Gender & Women’s Studies.

Apply by Friday, May 14, 2021.

April Religious Observations

• Passover - March 27th- April 3rd
• Good Friday - April 2nd
• Easter - April 4th
• Ramadan - April 12th- May 12th
• Vaisakhi - April 14th

Email the 7C Chaplains at chaplains@claremont.edu or visit their facebook page for event updates. 

Writing Retreat Pursuing a Fulbright While at CGU

Thursday, April 1st | 12 PM - 1 PM 

Hosted by Marcus Weakley, Director of Center for Writing and Rhetoric! This webinar covers the different types of Fulbright awards, how to apply, and the instruction and support provided through the Center for Writing & Rhetoric's new Prestigious Awards Initiative. It also introduces preliminary strategies for writing the Study/Research and English Teaching Assistant Awards. 

Register here. 

OBSA Graduation Packages

Thursday, April 1st - Friday, April 30th 

Starting April 1, 2021 register for your free graduation packet including class of 2021 kente stole! We’re sending a free kente stole, acknowledgment program, and certification of completion to graduates who sign up.

Register here. 

Coloring & Questions

Thursday, April 1st | 4 PM - 5 PM 

Join Patty, MCAPS senior staff therapist, and the QRC for coloring and questions. Every other Thursday we invite you to grab your coloring supplies and take a moment to de-stress while coloring in community. Attendees also have the option of one-on-one time with Patty to ask questions.

*If cost of materials is a barrier to participation, materials will be provided.

Register here. 

GSC General Meetings

Monday, April 5th | 12 PM - 1 PM 
Monday, April 19th | 12 PM - 1 PM

The Graduate Student Council (GSC) hosts biweekly general meetings where they will be discussing open matters and initiatives to help support the CGU community. This meeting is open to all students. We hope to see you there!

Register here. 

Queer Resource Center’s Ally Training

Tuesday, April 6th | 9 AM - 10:30 AM

Join us for our redesigned, interactive allyship workshop, open to all experience levels. The spring workshop dates are for a synchronous training. An hour and a half of asynchronous material will be provided prior to the synchronous session. For more information, please contact the Queer Resource Center at pmca2017@pomona.edu.

Register here. 

Healing Circles with Dr. Lisette Sanchez

Tuesday, April 6th | 4 PM - 5 PM

More than ever before has there been the need to take care of one’s mental health and wellness.

Please join CLSA, in partnership with Dr. Lisette Sanchez, MCAPS Senior Staff Psychologist, as she addresses some key topics that impact the Latinx community at The Claremont Colleges.

Register here. 

Seminar Series: The Drucker Difference and Your Family Business
“Family Entrepreneurship: Founders, NextGen, and Beyond”

Wednesday, April 7th | 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 

In this interactive workshop, Professor Randel Carlock, Berghmans Lhoist Chaired Professor in Entrepreneurial Leadership at INSEAD, will lead attendees through a hands-on approach to understanding family entrepreneurial behavior and leadership across the founding, professionalizing, and sustaining stages of the family business life cycle.

Register here. 

Unlearning to Work Towards Better Relationships of All Kinds  

Thursday, April 8th | 12 PM - 1 PM

In this session, we will investigate boundaries for more full relationships in life and examine the ways in which systems of oppression show up in our interpersonal relationships. Whether you are a member of the LGBTQ+ community or an ally, it is important to understand your positionality in our heteronormative culture and the ways that impacts relationship formation of all kinds. 

Register here. 

Growth Mindset for Grad School  

Friday, April 9th | 12 PM - 1:30 PM

In this webinar, we examine Carol Dweck’s work on Growth Mindset and its importance for learning success. We will explore strategies to foster growth mindset as a capacity to help you flourish in your graduate studies.  

Register here. 

API Identity: Reclaiming and Creating Our Narrative

Monday, April 12th | 6 PM - 7 PM

The SLDL Office invites all students to join us for our next kin·dle event featuring the co-hosts of the Perfectly Imperfect Podcast (PIP)! Christine and Regina, the co-hosts of PIP will discuss their experiences as Asian American women, and the complexities surrounding narratives that affirm and challenge what it means to be in community with others. A Q&A session will follow, allowing participants to converse with our guests.

Register here. 

OPT Workshop for F-1 Students

Tuesday, April 13th | 12 PM - 1 PM 

SLDL will host an Optional Practical Training (OPT) workshop, open to all current F-1 students, especially those who are planning to apply for pre/post completion OPT during the current or upcoming semester. During the session, we will cover information on what OPT is, and the application process including eligibility rules, timeline and required documents for submission.

Register here.

OBSA presents the Black In... Career Series Panel 

Tuesday, April 13th | 12 PM - 1 PM 

OBSA is bringing you the first ever Black Career Panel with entrepreneurs who are impacting their industries. Get insight and perspective to find out how you can achieve your own success!

Featuring Starlett Quarles, Dana Goland, Pomona College alum Michelle Schultz, and Odest Riley Jr. 

Register here. 

Big Pitch 2021 Information Webinar

Thursday, April 15th | 12 PM - 1 PM 

Learn all about CGU’s 3-Minute Thesis event, the Big Pitch. Even though the event takes place every November, learn what you can do to prepare over the course of the year. Even though we do not know if the event will be virtual or in-person for 2021, this webinar will still cover the rules for participation, the criteria the judges use to assess the pitches, and the structure of the preliminary and final rounds.

Register here.

CWR Qualifying Exams Preparation Weekend

Saturday, April 17th | 8:45 AM - 4 PM

Designed for students doing timed exams, written assignments, dissertation chapter drafts, and portfolios, this event will provide the options of either dedicated work time with peers or a combination of work time and facilitated sessions on exam preparation topics.

Registration for this event opens two weeks prior to the event date and closes the Wednesday before the event. 

Register here.

CircleUp–Stories and Experience as Text

Wednesday, April 21st | 3 PM - 5 PM

This is the third of a three-part series designed to help educators develop their awareness of and ability to respond to patterns of systemic racism and white supremacy across the educational landscape. It seeks to create more nurturing and inclusive classroom and school ecologies that actively work to disrupt and dismantle patterns of racism at the personal, interpersonal and systemic levels. Participants gain insight for recognizing how these patterns show up in classrooms and learn practical approaches, techniques and habits of mind for becoming anti-racist/anti-bias educators.

Register here.

CPT and Employment Resources Workshop

Thursday, April 22nd | 2 PM - 3 PM

The Office of Student Life, Diversity & Leadership and the Career Development Office will host a session reviewing Curricular Practical Training (CPT) requirements for current F-1 students and resources for job searching and preparing for employment in the U.S.

Register here. 

Receiving Feedback in Graduate School 

Friday, April 23rd | 12 PM - 1:30 PM

Receiving feedback is an important part of learning and graduate school. But how do we respond to feedback? What can we do with it? In this webinar, we explore the role and impact of feedback in learning, and how you can build strategies to use feedback as a tool for sharpening your abilities and being successful in your graduate studies.  

Register here. 

Still Relevant After All These Years - Peter Drucker on Populism 

Friday, April 23rd | 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Join us for a talk, "Still Relevant After All These Years - Peter Drucker on Populism," with Drucker School Professor, Jay Prag.

Peter Drucker was a business guru, a philosopher, and for those of us who knew him (a little bit in my case), a real character. He had a single, recurring question in his books: “what about the people.” He eschewed business disciplines and social sciences that had abstracted themselves into irrelevance by ignoring people. I will use Drucker's approach to explain the recent political trend - populism - in many countries around the world.

Register here. 

ISP Workshop 6: Decoding Regional Cultures and Linguistic Differences Within the USA​ 

Friday, April 23rd | 7 PM - 9 PM

This workshop will help students understand more about American geography as well as the unique culture and linguistic diversity of each region in the U.S. (the South versus the East Coast, for example) plus we will discuss the U.K. and Australia briefly. Additionally, it will allow students to practice more advanced levels of English such as the past tenses and compound past tenses, which are often a challenge for non-native speakers via exchange of information regarding where they have been and experiences they have had from their travels in various countries including the U.S.A.

Register here. 

Lavender Graduation​ 

Friday, April 30th | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

This event aims to honor and celebrate the accomplishments of graduating queer and trans students at The Claremont Colleges. 

Graduates of 2020 and 2021, please submit your application by Saturday, April 17th by 5pm.

For more information and access needs, please contact Pharalyn, QRC Assistant Director at pmca2017@pomona.edu.

EmPOWER Center Services 

Here are a few upcoming healing, restorative, and educational opportunities: 

1. Healthy relationships workshops on topics including self-care, gender stereotypes, & communication skills (Alternate Thursdays, 4pm PST: April 1, 15, & 29)
   Zoom 
2. Restorative Yoga Workshops (Alternate Fridays, 4pm PST: April 2, 16, & 30)
   Register here. 
3. Cultivating Healthy Masculinity Q&A on Instagram Live with Dan Hirsch
   Monday, April 5 at 12:30pm PST
   Visit @EmPOWERCenterClaremont on Instagram to participate
4. Recycle and Restore Collage Workshop
   Friday, April 9 at 4pm PST
   Register here. 
5. Understanding Gender, Culture, Power, and Violence in collaboration with the Center for the Pacific Asian Family
   Monday, April 19 at 12:30pm PST
   Register by emailing empower@claremont.edu

Chaplains' Events

Hanging with the Chaplains (Thursdays | 2 PM - 3 PM)
Join us for our Office Hours! Drop in virtually to our Zoom. A Chaplain will be available to chat, answer questions, and support you through these unique times. There are no time requirements, stop in for a few minutes or the full hour. See you there!
Join Zoom Here.

Coffee with the SDRC 

Every other Tuesday at 3 PM!  (4/13, 4/27)

Join us for some coffee and conversation! 

Join Zoom here. 

Monsour Counseling & Psychological Services 

Spring 2021 Virtual Workshops

• Drop-In Coffee Hour with MCAPS for Grad Students: BYOC (Bring Your Own Coffee)
  First Monday of every month 11-11:50 AM (4/5, & 5/3). Drop in with Drs. Dana Reyes and Beth Perlman to chat about the unique experience of graduate school, get support from peers, and identify strategies for managing stress. To register contact: ​Dana.Reyes@claremont.edu or Beth.Perlman@claremont.edu.
• Managing Stress Wednesdays 12-12:50 PM (weekly). This drop-in hour is for those who need to quarantine due to virus exposure, those worried about the health of self/others, and those who are feeling stress due to the pandemic in other ways. During the hour, students will be provided with tools to manage stress. Come together to find strength through solidarity and connection. To register contact: LisetteSa@claremont.edu.
• Yoga Postures for Stress Relief Wednesdays 3-3:50 PM (5/5). Join Drs. Dana Reyes and Beth Perlman for a workshop which explores postures, breathing, and stretches that help reduce stress. Perfect for short zoom and study breaks! To register contact: Dana.Reyes@claremont.edu or Beth.Perlman@claremont.edu.
• Creative Expressions Thursdays 1- 2 PM (4/1, 4/15, & 4/29). This biweekly drop in workshop will focus on developing healthy coping through artistic expression. Recommended materials: pen, paper, markers or color pencils, scissors and tape. To register contact: Emily.Bragg@claremont.edu LisetteSa@claremont.edu.

Reachout​​ 

Do you know someone who is experiencing depression? Please remind them it is not their fault. Living with depression is harder than people realize. Fortunately, depression can be overcome. Please ask them to talk to family, friends, or a professional. They can show their strength by asking for help. Please visit: reachout.cgu.edu

7C Health  

Did you know that both full-time AND part-time TCC students have access to free, no-cost 24/7 telehealth through 7C Health. If you have further questions or would like to sign up for FREE, please visit https://www.timely.md/faq/7c-health-the-claremont-colleges/.  

If you are outside of the U.S. in a country without internet restrictions, you may be able to access TalkNow (immediate emotional support) by using a U.S. based VPN or calling customer service at 1-833-484-6359.