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Graduate Student Appreciation Week

Each year, during National Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week, the Rackham Graduate School joins universities from across the country to host events designed to support and recognize graduate students. The week is aimed at highlighting the great contributions and high value that graduate and professional students bring to our community. This year’s events include networking, delicious food, games, swag, and the relaxing, joyful presence of therapy dogs. Join us for a week of connection and celebration!





Graduate Student Appreciation Week

Big Solar Breakfast

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Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) (Assembly Hall, 4th Floor)

This year, National Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week kicks off with a celestial delight: the solar eclipse!

Stop by Rackham in the morning to enjoy a delicious breakfast with your fellow scholars and pick up a pair of solar glasses. Designed for safe solar eclipse viewing, use your solar glasses to enjoy the solar eclipse in the afternoon:

  • Partial Eclipse Start Time: 1:57 p.m.
  • Maximum Coverage Time: 3:13 p.m.
  • Percent Coverage: 99 percent

We are so appreciative of the ways your brilliant minds, dedication, and hard work shape our campus community—it’s nothing short of a cosmic wonder.

Sponsored by Professional Development and Engagement, Rackham Graduate School.

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Stress Less Dessert Bar

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Pierpont Commons (East Room)

Your hard work deserves moments of delicious relaxation. Unwind and connect at the Graduate Student Dessert Bar, offering an array of desserts and beverages.

Wolverine Wellness will be on site with sleep kits to support sweet dreams, made even cozier with complimentary Rackham blankets (while supplies last).

Make time for rest and to celebrate yourself during this special week—you deserve it!

Sponsored by Professional Development and Engagement, Rackham Graduate School, in partnership with Wolverine Wellness.

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Wags and Water Bottles

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Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) (Assembly Hall, 4th Floor)

Join us for a chill day with therapy dogs. Pick up a new, sleek Rackham water bottle. Relax and enjoy the furry company!

Sponsored by Professional Development and Engagement, Rackham Graduate School, in partnership with Therapaws of Michigan.

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Graduate Student Appreciation Week
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