Graduate-Professional Student Appreciation Week
Every year, we celebrate Graduate-Professional Student Appreciation Week with a lineup of programming to recognize and celebrate our graduate students! Students, staff, and faculty, navigate using the buttons below to learn more about this exciting tradition and how you can get involved.
History
Graduate-Professional Student Appreciation Week was founded by three graduate students: Tony Rosati, Gina Pearson, and Anne Holt of Georgetown University, American University, and Florida State University respectively. This week aims to appreciate graduate and professional students as well as highlight the contributions that they make to their universities, communities, and around the world.
Since its inception, National Association of Graduate-Professional Students member universities have adopted the celebration by offering a variety of programs to their students and traditionally observe it in the first week of April. The University of Toledo College of Graduate Studies will celebrate its fourth Graduate-Professional Student Appreciation Week in Spring 2025.
Get Involved
Staff and faculty, here are just some of the ways you can get involved!
Submit Your Program
Our office will be compiling a calendar of events to share what our campus partners are doing! Please use the link below to let us know what you are planning for your students and we'll promote it.
Submit Your GPSAW Program Here
Need help brainstorming? Here are some ideas!
- Hosting a breakfast or luncheon
- Teaching a workshop on something useful like coding or relaxing like jewelry-making!
- Setting up a station for students to decompress with coloring, puzzles, and snacks
Appreciation Week 2025
Check out the lineup of this year's programming!
All Week Long
Photo Scavenger Hunt!
Our annual scavenger hunt is back! Here's how it works: Each weekday, we're dropping hints on our Facebook and Instagram. You have to find the office or resource on campus that matches the hint, snap a picture of yourself at that location, and send it to us by emailing GradSuccess@utoledo.edu. The first student to get each hint wins for that day! Each student can win once.
Monday, April 7
De-Stress Station on Main Campus
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Carlson Library Room 2024
We know this is a busy time! Take a break with The College of Graduate Studies to enjoy some tea and try our different de-stress stations in Carlson Library! We've got coloring, puzzles, hand-lettering, board games, and more.
Tuesday, April 8
De-Stress Station on Health Science Campus
11 AM - 1 PM | Howard Collier Building 2409
Stop by anytime between 11 AM - 1 PM to de-stress with us! Our de-stress stations will include coloring, puzzles, hand-lettering, board games, and more!
Wednesday, April 9
Cups of Care on Main Campus!
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | University Hall 3240
Stop by the College of Graduate Studies anytime between 10 AM and 12:30 PM and grab a cup of tea and a bag of goodies! Bring a friend and pop in while supplies last.
Thursday, April 10
University Libraries Presents: Zentangle Method Experience
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM | Mulford Library Room 420
Our friends at University Libraries will be taking you through the basics of tangling art! You can drop in anytime between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to decompress and make a zentangle!
Friday, April 11
Cups of Care on Health Science Campus!
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM | Mulford Library Student Services Suite
Cups of care again on the Health Science Campus! Drop in, grab a bag of goodies, and enjoy a cup of tea while telling us how your semester has been going.
Stop in anytime between 11 and 1:30 while supplies last!
University Libraries Presents: Adulting Awards!
3:00 - 4:30 PM | Mulford Library Room 420
Adulting is hard, so University Libraries has joined forces with professional craft educator Michelle Atkinson to bring you Adulting Awards - craft your adult-ing achievements from "ate a vegetable" to "finished peer evals!" RSVP required — only 25 spots available!
Questions?
Let us know at GradSuccess@UToledo.edu!