Graduate Student Network

Join Us for Our Upcoming Virtual Event

Holding Space Together: Peer-to-Peer Dialogue on Navigating Community-Engaged Scholarship in Uncertain Times

Join us on Friday, April 11 from 2-3pm CST, for this one-hour virtual peer-to-peer event hosted by the IARSLCE Graduate Student Network that will provide graduate students and early-career professionals with an informal and supportive space to discuss their experiences, challenges, and needs related to community-engaged research, teaching, and practice in today's shifting academic and social landscapes. Together, we'll explore how we're navigating current pressures, identify resources needed, and strategize ways to better support one another and our community partners. Outcomes from this dialogue will help shape future resource-sharing initiatives and inform our upcoming roundtable at the 2025 IARSLCE conference in Durban. If interested, please click the button below to register now!

The Graduate Student Network (GradSN) is open to all emerging scholars interested in service-learning and community engagement (SLCE) including current graduate students (master’s and doctoral), prospective graduate students, students in between graduate programs, or recent graduates.

To join the GradSN and receive the GradSN monthly newsletter, submit the statement of intent.

The GradSN supports emerging scholars through:

  • Professional development workshops at the annual IARSLCE conference

  • Mentoring opportunities with established scholars

  • Professional development workshops throughout the year

  • A graduate student only listserv

  • Research advancement opportunities

  • Networking opportunities

We invite all emerging scholars to participate in any of our monthly steering committee calls. We also invite all emerging scholars to join one of our committees:

  • Conference Planning Committee

  • Membership and Communications Committee

  • Professional Development Committee

  • Mentoring Committee

Time Commitment: All emerging scholars interested in SLCE are invited to participate GradSN offerings regardless of their participation in any committee work. This GradSN steering committee convenes once per month. Members who join additional committees will spend time between calls coordinating and working on their various projects.

Contact: GSN Chair, Matìas Flores at gradsn@iarslce.org