Happy Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week!

Please join the Graduate Studies team and the Graduate and Professional Student Government Organization (GPSG) in a week-long celebration of YOU, your successes, and your many contributions to the University and our community during Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week (GPSAW). See the lineup of scheduled events below and find more details about when and where to attend.

Many events are being held in the Graduate and Professional Student Lounge located on the fifth floor of the William Pitt Union (WPU) in room 514. This space is just for graduate and professional students to study, take a break, or connect with other grads from across campus. It can be accessed via your Pitt ID and is open according to the posted WPU building hours. We hope you stop by this week during an event or any other time and will make it your space. Please note, if you have any trouble using your Pitt ID to access the lounge, the WPU Ticket Office on the main floor can help you.

We are pleased to offer the following events and hope you will join us. More details are available on the Appreciation Week webpage.

• Grad Studies Swag and Snacks – While supplies last starting at 10 a.m., Graduate and Professional Student Lounge
• Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition - 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Hillman Library
• Desserts with Vice Provost Godley - 3 p.m.-4 p.m., Graduate and Professional Student Lounge

• Trail Mix Bar sponsored by Student Affairs - While supplies last starting at 10 a.m., Graduate and Professional Student Lounge
• Graduate Honors Convocation - Invitation Only

• Self-Care Bar and Snacks – While supplies last starting at 10 a.m., Graduate and Professional Student Lounge
• Philanthropic & Alumni Engagement Swag - While supplies last starting at 10 a.m., Graduate and Professional Student Lounge

• Coffee and Campus Connections - 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m., WPU Lower Lounge
• Graduate Student Experience in the Research University (gradSERU) Survey Luncheon -11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Cathedral of Learning, 1903

• Donuts with Dean Panzella - 10 a.m.-11 a.m., Graduate and Professional Student Lounge
• Snacks and Grad Studies Swag – While supplies last starting at 10 a.m., Graduate and Professional Student Lounge

The Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG) has planned a week’s worth of fun events.

• Grad Gifts – While supplies last 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Graduate and Professional Student Lounge

• Cookout/BBQ – 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Posvar Patio

• Coffee and Ice Cream Vouchers - While supplies last 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., Graduate and Professional Student Lounge
• Adulting Series: Financial Wellness – 4 p.m.-5 p.m., WPU Room 224
• Adulting Series: Mental Health in the Workplace – 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m., WPU Room 224

• Adulting Series: Thriving in the Virtual Working Environment – 4 p.m.-5 p.m., WPU, 224
• Adulting Series: Salary Negotiation – 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m., WPU Room 224

• GPSG Spring Fling 2023 – 7 p.m.-midnight, Rivers Casino