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 registered 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!

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. 
  • 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
  • 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 all graduate 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 WaterlooWorks or Portal).
  • For examples of previous e-news submissions, visit the archive page.

Submissions may be edited for clarity and brevity.

Publication schedule

Fall 2024 publication schedule

Content due Publication due For the week of
August 27 August 29 September 2-6
September 3 September 5 September 9-13
September 10 September 12 September 16-20
September 17 September 19 September 23-27
September 24 September 26 September 30 - October 4
October 1 October 3 October 7-11
October 8 October 10 October 14-18
October 15 October 17 October 21-25
October 22 October 24 October 28-November 1
October 29 October 31 November 4-8
November 5 November 7 November 11-15
November 12 November 14 November 18-22
November 19 November 21 November 25-29
November 26 November 28 December (end of term edition)

Contact us

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