Graduate Student Newsletter: October 2026

Boo-st Your Resume with a Micro-Internship

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This newsletter was originally sent on October 7, 2026. Some dates, deadlines, opportunities, contact information and links may no longer be current or available.

👻 Boo-st Your Resume with a Micro-Internship

These paid campus projects help you build portfolio-ready work and connections across the University. Some micro-interns have even gone on to receive full-time job offers through the program. Several projects are open now, with more coming this semester, so keep checking back!

👉 View all open micro-internship projects.

✨ What’s Inside

  • 📌 Important Dates
  • 📅 Upcoming Events
  • 💬 Graduate Student Spotlight
  • 📢 Opportunities & Employment
  • 💪 Be a Strong Graduate Student
  • 🧠 Mental Health & Counseling Services
  • ✍️ Academic Resources
  • 🛟 Find Support at the Graduate Center

📌 Important Dates

Graduate school moves fast. Make sure you’re on track!

  • Monday, October 12: Spring 2027 and Summer 2027 course schedules published for viewing.
  • Friday, October 16: Last day of Session B. Classes in all sessions meet on a Monday schedule.
  • October 19-25: Fall Break. No classes held.
  • Monday, October 26: First day of Session C.
  • Friday, October 30: Registration for Spring 2027 and Summer 2027 begins.
  • Saturday, October 31: Last day to enroll in the three-month tuition payment plan.
  • Thursday, November 5: Last day to withdraw from Session A.
  • Thursday, November 5: Last day for a partial medical withdrawal.

👉 View more Important Dates.

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📅 Upcoming Events

Check out this month's featured events for graduate students.

Academic & Research Workshops

Career Development

Thesis & Doctoral Support

👉 Find more Events for Graduate Students!

💬 Graduate Student Spotlight

Congratulations to Oluwaseun Adeyinka (she/her), a Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Science and Management and graduate teaching assistant, whose summer internship at Con Edison has been extended through the fall! As a member of the supply chain sustainability team, she helps source materials responsibly and gives retired equipment a second life through reuse, resale and recycling. The work ties closely to her doctoral research, and as she puts it, "it's been a great way to see sustainability strategy play out at the scale of a major utility."

👉 Share your wins with Alexa Spear, Communications Coordinator for the Graduate Center, at speara@montclair.edu to be featured in our next newsletter.

Graduate student studies on campus.

📢 Opportunities & Employment

Discover ways to build experience, grow professionally and earn while you learn.

Micro-Internships

University Employment

Leadership & Service

Academic Funding

👉 Explore more opportunities for graduate students.

💪 Be a Strong Graduate Student

The Be a Strong Graduate Student campaign highlights one focus each week to help you build habits that can make graduate school feel more manageable. Challenge yourself to check something off each week!

  • Week 6 – Build Your Professional Network: Sign up for Handshake, browse career events, book a career counseling session, create a LinkedIn profile and add Montclair connections, or ask a professor which professional organizations to join in your field.
  • Week 7 – Know Your Strengths & Weaknesses: Take stock of what's working and what to change, do coursework where you're most effective and save your best hours of the day for studying.
  • Week 8 – Midterm Reset: Revisit your strategies for success, come to class prepared and present (phone away, extra tabs closed), participate often and keep getting to know your cohort.

👉  Review the full week-by-week campaign for more ideas on how to put each goal into practice.

Students walk together on campus.

🧠 Mental Health & Counseling Services

It’s normal to feel overwhelmed at the start of a new semester. If you could use a little extra support right now, free and confidential mental health resources are available.

  • Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS): Free, confidential counseling and mental health support for Montclair students. 
  • Let’s Talk: Free, informal drop-in conversations with a CAPS counselor, available in person and online with no appointment required.
  • Uwill Teletherapy: Free teletherapy for enrolled students, with flexible day, evening and weekend appointment options.

💡 Did You Know?

Mental Health First Aid is a free, eight-hour, in-person training that teaches you how to recognize signs of mental health and substance use challenges, offer initial support, connect someone to resources and respond in a crisis. No experience is needed, and you'll earn a certification that's valid for three years.

Training sessions are available Monday, October 19-Thursday, October 22 and are limited to 30 participants, so register early!

👉 Learn more and register for Mental Health First Aid.

✍️ Academic Support

Graduate-level coursework can be challenging, but you don’t have to do it alone.

👉 Access more free campus resources.

🛟 Find Support at the Graduate Center

We’re here to help you navigate graduate life at Montclair, connect with resources and find the support you need along the way.

📍 Location: NURS, Suite 487
🕒 Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
✉️ Email: gradcenter@montclair.edu
📞 Phone: 973-655-5205
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