Holistic U 2025
Holistic U 2025: Engaging Academia Together is an in-person orientation that focuses on bringing together new graduate students to connect across graduate programs, viewpoints and interests. Participants will dialogue about challenging issues that graduate students encounter in U.S. higher education. HU 2025 will also address strategies for first year graduate student success. The day will include participants from UC Davis campus leadership, graduate students and staff. All new graduate students are welcome to attend.
Holistic U Details
If you are interested in participating in Holistic U 2025: Engaging Academia Together on Thursday, September 11, 2025 (9 a.m. - 4 p.m. in 1220 Walker Hall, Graduate Center), please complete this interest form here.
Holistic U 2025 focuses on a holistic approach to,
- Your personal graduate experience (You). Challenges and opportunities, for example, unconscious bias, proactive communication skills, and physical and mental health.
- Your community (Unity). Developing personal communities within your graduate program and across campus.
- You and the( University). Navigating graduate programs by learning about hidden curriculum and first year graduate student success.
The agenda for Holistic U 2025 includes,
- Graduate student welcome and light breakfast.
- Opportunities and challenges of graduate students.
- Embracing work life balance - physical and mental health,
- Lunch
- Dialoguing with peers and graduate coordinators about a successful first year
- And more!
If you have any questions about Holistic U 2025, please contact the Director of Graduate Student Inclusive Excellence, Dr. Josephine Moreno at mjmoreno@ucdavis.edu