Grad Grow Learning Opportunities

The Graduate Student Council (GSC) serves Stanford's graduate student population by representing student interests in University affairs, supporting graduate student organizations, and providing community events for graduate students. The GSC is comprised of 15 elected voting members, 10 who represent Stanford's seven schools and 5 at-large representatives. All graduate students (including professional students) can join the GSC mailing list.

The Diversity & Advocacy Committee (DAC) of the Graduate Student Council works to support inclusion, openness, and multiplicity within the Stanford community. If you are interested in getting involved with the DAC, check out the opportunities listed on this site or sign up here to be a part of the DAC core, aka the project planners!

While you may have come across the idea of a "growth mindset" from a teaching position during your time in graduate school, have you ever thought about it from your position as a student? Graduate students can often feel intimidated by the success of those around them. With a growth mindset (viewing your qualities as things that can be developed through effort and practice), you can overcome this impostor syndrome.

Are you struggling with trying to pick a dissertation topic? How do you know if the problem you have chosen to address is a "good problem"? What is a good scientific problem anyways? This article from Molecular Cell addresses these infrequently discussed topics, and can offer some insight into how to decide if a problem is right for you. Particularly valuable for graduate students and postdocs thinking about longer term career paths and the research problems they might want to solve.

Wondering how to leverage the expertise you gained in graduate school into a satisfying and productive career? The Individual Development Plan (myIDP) tool is here to help! 

Visit the myIDP website to find:

Many Stanford courses welcome graduate students from a variety of departments and programs. This list of current courses from Explore Courses appears to align with the Leadership & Management competency of the Grad Grow framework and to be of interest to grad students broadly. Explore the list to find courses of interest to you and be sure to note any restrictions or pre-requisites.