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- Graduate Resource Center
- Graduate Professional Success Club
- IM Sports
- Library Technology and Equipment Borrowing Program
Parenting in Graduate School
- Link to the slides
- Here is the Graduate Students with Dependents and Families Handbook put together by the English Department, which has a lot more information for resources around campus (for non-grad parents as well)
- Here is the Parenting and Pregnancy web portal made by the UCI Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, which has links for staff and faculty as well
- For grad students, here are the Childbirth Accommodation and Childcare Reimbursement forms:
- You have until the end of the following quarter to get reimbursed for childcare expenses. So, if you worked during at least one summer session, you have until the end of this month to get reimbursed for any summer childcare expenses.
- You can contact Yenda Prado (family@ags.uci.edu), the AGS Family Engagement Chair, to find out more information about the Parenting Advisory Group and the initiatives they are tackling around campus.
- And a last note, although only Senate Faculty have access to the ADVANCE UCI Dependent Care Travel Awards, some conferences have additional funds reserved specifically for childcare for grad students and young researchers, even if you are traveling without your family. I went to a three-week summer school at Park City Mathematics Institute run through IAS a few years back, and they provided me a $1000 reimbursement for my childcare expenses during the duration of the program, even though my wife and kid stayed in Irvine. So, it’s worth finding out if this applies to any conference you’re hoping to attend.
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