Penn Graduate Student Center

Start your week off relaxed and rejuvenated!  Join your fellow graduate students for an hour of mindfulness and meditation.  Register for one (or more...or all!) sessions!

Sandi Herman, M.S., Health and Wellness Educator at Student Health Service will lead weekly group sessions featuring:

• guided seated meditation
• moving meditation (qigong)
• self-massage
• other mind-body practices

Sessions will be held weekly throughout the semester, on Mondays from 12PM-1PM in Room 305 unless otherwise noted.  If you have any questions, please email pdev2@gsc.upenn.edu!

Thursday, February 16, 2012, 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Room 305
Price: $10 each, limit 2 per Graduate Penn Card

Interested in learning what wines go best with different cheeses? 
Does provolone go with Pinot Noir? 
What cheddar is most delectable with Chardonnay? 

Join your fellow graduate students as an expert from DiBruno Brothers Cheese Emporium will be on hand to discuss how to pair cheese with wine!

Tickets are $10 and include unlimited cheese and instruction from a master cheese monger from DiBruno Brothers.

*Note: Wine is complimentary.  Attendees must be 21+ and present a valid I.D. at the event.

Event Intinerary
5:15 PM- Check in for event
5:30 PM- Lesson begins.
7:00 PM- Lesson ends.

Careeer Services offers workshops designed to help graduate students plan for their careers after graduation. For more information, or to register for one of these workshops visit the website http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/gradstud/programs.html

Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM

Network Roulette: Media and Entertainment
Building Relationships between Penn Alumni and Students

Looking to make connections in the fields of media and entertainment? If you are a current student interested in learning more about these fields, this event is designed specifically for you.  Register now to secure your spot in Network Roulette. In this virtual speed-networking session, students and alumni will be randomly matched and given 6 minutes to chat and learn about this new connection and their experiences.  At the end of those 6 minutes, each participant will be paired immediately with a new match.   At the end of the event, each student and alumnus will have made 10 new connections.  Penn Alumni Relations and Career Services are excited to invite you to participate in this online networking event!

Questions?  Contact Shannon Kelly (shakelly@upenn.edu).

REGISTER NOW!

Ever wonder how to sew a button?  Wish you knew have to make fun gifts to give to friends and loved ones? Ever wonder what "A stitch in time saves nine" means???

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you should sign up for the workshops below!  We will cover the basics of knitting, sewing, and crocheting. 

Please register in person at the Graduate Student Center for each workshop you would like to attend.  In exchange for the cost of registering, you will receive all supplies (on the day of the workshop!) and one-on-one instruction. 

If you have any questions please email pdev2@gsc.upenn.edu.

Friday, February 17, 2012, 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Conference Room, Conference Room, Graduate Student Center
Price: $5 each, limit 1 per Graduate Penn Card

Join us for a workshop on the basics of crocheting! Personal Development Fellow Catherine will lead a session for beginners on how to crochet! Cost includes:

- 1 crochet hook

- 1 skein of yarn.

Friday, February 24, 2012, 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Conference Room, Conference Room, Graduate Student Center
Ticket sales start: Friday, February 10, 2012
Ticket sales end: Friday, February 24, 2012
Price: $5 each, limit 1 per Graduate Penn Card

Ever see a cool scarf and think "if only I knew how to knit, I could make that!"?  Well if so, register for our Basics of Knitting workshop!  Personal Development Fellow (and knitter of 10+ years) Catherine will lead a session on the basics of knitting:

- Casting On

- Purl and Knit Stitches

- Creating a firm edge

Cost covers instruction.  If you have your own knitting supplies (knitting needles and yarn), please bring them to the workshop.  If you need supplies (i.e. yarn and knitting needles), you will be able to purchase these at the workshop at an additional cost.

Friday, March 16, 2012, 01:00 PM - 02:30 AM
Conference Room, Conference Room, Graduate Student Center
Ticket sales start: Friday, February 24, 2012
Ticket sales end: Friday, March 16, 2012
Price: $7 each, limit 1 per Graduate Penn Card

Know how to crochet, but can't figure out knitting?  Know how to knit, but can't figure out crocheting?  Then come to Advanced Crocheting - the Tunisian Stitch!  This stitch looks like knitting but is actually made using a long crochet hook.

In this workshop, participants will learn the basic Tunisian Stitch.  Yarn and Tunisian crochet hook will be provided at the workshop.  Registration is $7, and covers the cost of supplies and one-on-one instruction! 

Friday, March 30, 2012, 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Conference Room, Conference Room, Graduate Student Center
Ticket sales start: Friday, March 02, 2012
Ticket sales end: Friday, March 30, 2012
Price: $10 each, no limit