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OEB Student Survival Guide
Spring 2023
Updated by the 2022 OEB Mentoring Committee (Emelia Kusi, João Menezes, Aly Putnam Katrina Zarrella Smith) from the 2021 OEB Mentoring Committee (Aly Putnam, Jamie Stoll, Katrina Zarrella Smith) from the 2020 OEB Mentoring Committee (Jake Barnett, Alison Fowler, John Swenson, Alex Winsor) from the 2019 OEB Mentoring Committee (Jacob Barnett, Michelle Jackson, John Swenson with help from Rachel Bell, OEB steward) from the 2016 version (Aaron Grade, Lian Guo, Abby Van Linden) from the 2013 version (Laura Doubleday) from the 2010 version (David McMillan, Laura Wegner-Parfrey).
*Authors are listed alphabetically by last name
Contents
- OEB: Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program
- IDGP: Interdepartmental Graduate Programs
- UMass Amherst
- The Pioneer Valley
- What we wish we’d known…
- UCard
- Keys
- Technology Resources
- Computer Software
- Library and Library Account Resources
- Textbooks
- GEO: Graduate Employee Organization
- University Fees
- Summer Registration
- Health Insurance
- International Students
- Parking on Campus
- Housing
- Food
- Transportation
- Recreation
- Doctors & Dentists
- Childcare
- Mental Health
- Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) at UMass
- People to know in OEB/IDGP
- OEB Seminars & Speaker Lunches
- Publications
- Travel & Research Grants
- Travel
- Preliminary Comprehensive Exams
- Lab Safety & Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
- Outreach
- Community Leadership
- Teaching Resources
- Slack Channels
- Poster Printing