Graduate student e-news

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Keeping graduate students informed of news, updates, and events.

Current graduate students are automatically registered to receive the graduate student e-news when they register for the term by becoming fees arranged.

What is the graduate student e-news?

The graduate student e-news is a weekly email newsletter that is sent every Thursday to graduate students. The graduate student e-news is published by Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs in collaboration with campus partners and contains valuable information about:

  • News and updates
  • Events and workshops
  • Important academic dates and deadlines
  • Awards and funding opportunities
  • Current graduate research studies
  • And more!

All current graduate students automatically receive the graduate student e-news. If you are a faculty or staff member and want to receive the graduate student e-news, you can .

Graduate student e-new submission guidelines

  • The graduate student e-news is sent to registered graduate students every Thursday during classes and includes information for the following week (example: e-news sent on Thursday, January 11 will cover the week of January 15-19).
    • Graduate student e-news is NOT sent during the last month of the term, as such, all submissions for the final month of the term should be sent for the end-of-term edition
  • The submission deadline for content to be included in the upcoming e-news is the Tuesday at noon prior to each e-news release date.Ìý
  • Content should be submitted via the Graduate student e-news submission request web form. If you have an e-news submission request but have missed the submission deadline, please email us at gradcomms@uwaterloo.ca.Ìý
  • Content submitted for the e-news should be no longer than 250 characters (including spaces) and include at least one hyperlink.
  • Information included in the e-news should pertain to ²¹±ô±ôÌýgraduate students.
  • Requests for repeated submission entries will not be included, as the weekly publication date is designed to reflect "just enough, just in time" information.

Tips and tricks

  • Be sure to include both a title and description in your submission.
  • Explain how your event/workshop relates to graduate students (i.e. how can they benefit, or what will they take away?).
  • Be sure to include hyperlinks with a meaningful landing page that is not behind a login screen (i.e. link to event descriptions as opposed to login pages on À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµWorks or Portal).
  • For examples of previous e-news submissions, .

Submissions may be edited for clarity and brevity.

Publication schedule

Spring 2025 publication schedule

Content due Publication due For the week of
April 29 May 1 May 5 - 9
May 6 May 8 May 12 - 16
May 13 May 15 May 19 - 23
May 20 May 22 May 26 - 30
May 27 May 29 June 2 - 6
June 3 June 5 June 9 - 13
June 10 June 12 June 16 - 20
June 17 June 19 June 23 - 27
June 24 June 26 June 30 - July 4
July 1 July 3 July 7 - 11
July 8 July 10 July 14 - 18
July 15 July 17 July 21 - 25
July 22 July 24 July 28 - August 1
July 29 July 31 August 4-8
July 5 August 7 August 11-14
July 12 August 14 August 18-21
July 26 August 21 August 25-29

Contact us

If you have questions or comments about the graduate student e-news, please connect with the Manager, Communications at gradcomms@uwaterloo.ca.Ìý