9:00–10:00 p.m.
Take a step to make the most of your LinkedIn profile. Join this zoom session to learn what it takes to build a great profile that speaks directly to your ideal audience and get your questions answered by a LinkedIn expert.
This webinar enables you to:
- Recognize the value of your LinkedIn profile as part of your brand
- Identify 2-3 qualities to highlight across your profile
- Apply 3-4 best practices for building an engaging profile
Log into your LinkedIn Learning account (free for UO students and staff) and register at https://training.talent.linkedin.com/rock-your-profile?next=%2Frock-your-profile%2F1008029 (more date and time options are available for registration in the same link).
noon
This workshop, intended for international graduate students, introduces well-established processes for positioning onerself to execute a focused and successful US-based job search. Take away a four-step framework to optimize your job search game plan. Learn how to:
- Efficiently target companies that sponsor H-1B visas and hire international students
- Cultivate professional connections through strategic networking and informational interviews
- Leverage your story, skills, expertise, your university network, and brand to achieve your goals
- Practice how to use your cultural diversity as an advantage
Register for this workshop, offered by Interstride, at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FrrhKBQGQiqFE50S-CNpiw#/registration
7:30–9:00 p.m.
The University of Oregon, in conjunction with SPA/LCC Theatre, presents Them by Palestinian/Australian playwright Samah Sabawi, directed by Malek Najjar. This touring production runs at LCC’s Blue Door Theatre July 24, 25, 26, 31, August 1, 2 at 7:30 p.m., and August 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23 at the Portland Center Stage Ellyn Bye Studio at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 for adults, $18 for seniors, and $15 for students. This production is supported by The Very Little Theatre. There will be an ASL interpreted performances July 31.
Them is award-winning playwright Samah Sabawi’s powerful drama about war, hope, and survival. Through the use of humor, laughter, and song, Them transports audiences into the extraordinary circumstances that reveal their shared humanity and the ordinary moments that shape their lives. Sabawi says, “Any of us could be them. Our lives, even in tragic moments, have moments of humanity and humor and love and kindness… I wrote Them to bring the music, the humor, and love as well as the horrific reality of life in a war zone.” The play, written in 2015, was in response to the heightening anti-immigrant tensions she witnessed while living in Finland and Australia. “The divisive ‘us’ and ‘them’ dehumanizing discourse is prevalent in many western liberal nations,” Sabawi says.
Them is directed by University of Oregon Theatre Arts Professor Malek Najjar, who has been awarded the 2025 University of Oregon Presidential Fellow in Arts Award and the James F. Miller Artistic Development Fund for Faculty in Theatre Arts. Najjar, who is an award-winning director and scholar who focuses his artistic practice and scholarship on Arab American and Middle Eastern American Theatre, chose to produce and direct Them as his response to the rising anti-immigrant, anti-Middle Eastern sentiment he has witnessed since the last U.S. presidential election. “We are facing unprecedented attacks on artistic expression, academic freedom, and immigrants in this country,” Najjar says. “Them is an attempt to give value to the lives of those who are suffering in wars and conflicts that are funded and perpetuated by western powers that have turned a blind eye to the plight of millions of innocent civilians who are dying every day.”
The play features Portland-based actor Dré Slaman, and Eugene-based actors Zayne Clayton, Akash Dhruva, Manny Rojas Meza, and Trevor Tarantino. Live music will be performed by “Acoustic Pilgrims” aka Wayne and Denise Gilbertson.
Tickets are available at https://blogs.uoregon.edu/them/
Tickets will also be sold at the door one hour before curtain at each venue.
7:30–9:00 p.m.
The University of Oregon, in conjunction with SPA/LCC Theatre, presents Them by Palestinian/Australian playwright Samah Sabawi, directed by Malek Najjar. This touring production runs at LCC’s Blue Door Theatre July 24, 25, 26, 31, August 1, 2 at 7:30 p.m., and August 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23 at the Portland Center Stage Ellyn Bye Studio at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 for adults, $18 for seniors, and $15 for students. This production is supported by The Very Little Theatre. There will be an ASL interpreted performances July 31.
Them is award-winning playwright Samah Sabawi’s powerful drama about war, hope, and survival. Through the use of humor, laughter, and song, Them transports audiences into the extraordinary circumstances that reveal their shared humanity and the ordinary moments that shape their lives. Sabawi says, “Any of us could be them. Our lives, even in tragic moments, have moments of humanity and humor and love and kindness… I wrote Them to bring the music, the humor, and love as well as the horrific reality of life in a war zone.” The play, written in 2015, was in response to the heightening anti-immigrant tensions she witnessed while living in Finland and Australia. “The divisive ‘us’ and ‘them’ dehumanizing discourse is prevalent in many western liberal nations,” Sabawi says.
Them is directed by University of Oregon Theatre Arts Professor Malek Najjar, who has been awarded the 2025 University of Oregon Presidential Fellow in Arts Award and the James F. Miller Artistic Development Fund for Faculty in Theatre Arts. Najjar, who is an award-winning director and scholar who focuses his artistic practice and scholarship on Arab American and Middle Eastern American Theatre, chose to produce and direct Them as his response to the rising anti-immigrant, anti-Middle Eastern sentiment he has witnessed since the last U.S. presidential election. “We are facing unprecedented attacks on artistic expression, academic freedom, and immigrants in this country,” Najjar says. “Them is an attempt to give value to the lives of those who are suffering in wars and conflicts that are funded and perpetuated by western powers that have turned a blind eye to the plight of millions of innocent civilians who are dying every day.”
The play features Portland-based actor Dré Slaman, and Eugene-based actors Zayne Clayton, Akash Dhruva, Manny Rojas Meza, and Trevor Tarantino. Live music will be performed by “Acoustic Pilgrims” aka Wayne and Denise Gilbertson.
Tickets are available at https://blogs.uoregon.edu/them/
Tickets will also be sold at the door one hour before curtain at each venue.
7:30–9:00 p.m.
The University of Oregon, in conjunction with SPA/LCC Theatre, presents Them by Palestinian/Australian playwright Samah Sabawi, directed by Malek Najjar. This touring production runs at LCC’s Blue Door Theatre July 24, 25, 26, 31, August 1, 2 at 7:30 p.m., and August 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23 at the Portland Center Stage Ellyn Bye Studio at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 for adults, $18 for seniors, and $15 for students. This production is supported by The Very Little Theatre. There will be an ASL interpreted performances July 31.
Them is award-winning playwright Samah Sabawi’s powerful drama about war, hope, and survival. Through the use of humor, laughter, and song, Them transports audiences into the extraordinary circumstances that reveal their shared humanity and the ordinary moments that shape their lives. Sabawi says, “Any of us could be them. Our lives, even in tragic moments, have moments of humanity and humor and love and kindness… I wrote Them to bring the music, the humor, and love as well as the horrific reality of life in a war zone.” The play, written in 2015, was in response to the heightening anti-immigrant tensions she witnessed while living in Finland and Australia. “The divisive ‘us’ and ‘them’ dehumanizing discourse is prevalent in many western liberal nations,” Sabawi says.
Them is directed by University of Oregon Theatre Arts Professor Malek Najjar, who has been awarded the 2025 University of Oregon Presidential Fellow in Arts Award and the James F. Miller Artistic Development Fund for Faculty in Theatre Arts. Najjar, who is an award-winning director and scholar who focuses his artistic practice and scholarship on Arab American and Middle Eastern American Theatre, chose to produce and direct Them as his response to the rising anti-immigrant, anti-Middle Eastern sentiment he has witnessed since the last U.S. presidential election. “We are facing unprecedented attacks on artistic expression, academic freedom, and immigrants in this country,” Najjar says. “Them is an attempt to give value to the lives of those who are suffering in wars and conflicts that are funded and perpetuated by western powers that have turned a blind eye to the plight of millions of innocent civilians who are dying every day.”
The play features Portland-based actor Dré Slaman, and Eugene-based actors Zayne Clayton, Akash Dhruva, Manny Rojas Meza, and Trevor Tarantino. Live music will be performed by “Acoustic Pilgrims” aka Wayne and Denise Gilbertson.
Tickets are available at https://blogs.uoregon.edu/them/
Tickets will also be sold at the door one hour before curtain at each venue.
4:00–6:00 p.m.
The University of Oregon Department of Cinema Studies invites UO alumni and faculty in the Los Angeles area to a summer social.
Cinema Studies is pleased to host a summer social for UO Cinema Studies alumni and faculty in the Los Angeles area! Join us for an informal gathering, conversation, and refreshments while connecting with CINE alumni and faculty in the Los Angeles area. This is a great opportunity for alumni involved in all aspects of film, TV, and media to help build a stronger UO cinema community in Los Angeles.
Tables in the back patio will be reserved.
For more information and to RSVP, please visit the Cinema Studies website.
Hosted by Associate Professors Masami Kawai and Daniel Gómez Steinhart, Cinema Studies
2:30–3:30 p.m.
Less than a third of PhDs get tenure-track jobs. The vast majority of PhDs are left to figure out the labyrinth of a non-academic job market on their own. Yet, the industry job market is far from the panacea it was touted to be: intense competition, mass layoffs, dwindling job security, lack of intellectual rigor, lack of time freedom, discriminatory treatment of international job candidates. This talk by Kaidi Wu, PhD, Career Coach, will take an honest look at the challenges faced by PhDs in both academia and industry. We will explore ways to design a fulfilling career that provides financial stability for doing what you enjoy. Register now at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dB82sgIkTWu94EB_uNhoww#/registration
3:00 p.m.
Graduate Students! The Fall 2025 14-Day Writing Challenge is an opportunity for you to experiment with daily writing, online community, and supportive accountability. It's very simple:
- You commit to write every day for at least 30 minutes.
- At the beginning of your writing time, you login to our online community, start the timer, complete your writing, and post your progress at the end.
- You take 5 minutes to support other writers from across the U.S. in your group by commenting on their progress.
This is NOT for you if: 1) you don't want to post your progress on a daily basis and/or 2) you don't want to interact with other people.
If you're up for the challenge, then we can't wait for you to join us!
Sign up by August 29 at https://members.ncfdd.org/sessions/14dayfall2025. The event will run daily between September 8 and September 21. All UO students and faculty have free access to this resource. Please activate your NCFDD account before logging in. If needed, you can activate your account by visiting this link and selecting "Is your institution already a member?"
11:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Kick off the year right at the Graduate Student Welcome Lunch and Resource Fair! Come hang out with fellow new and returning grad students, explore the resource fair, and (best of all) enjoy some seriously delicious FREE food. You don’t want to miss it!
At the fair get connected with:
- UO Health Services
- Housing
- Student Funding
- Identity support groups
- Career Services
- Graduate student resources and more!
2:00–3:00 p.m.
This workshop, intended for international graduate students, introduces well-established processes for positioning onerself to execute a focused and successful US-based job search. Take away a four-step framework to optimize your job search game plan. Learn how to:
- Efficiently target companies that sponsor H-1B visas and hire international students
- Cultivate professional connections through strategic networking and informational interviews
- Leverage your story, skills, expertise, your university network, and brand to achieve your goals
- Practice how to use your cultural diversity as an advantage
Register for this workshop, offered by Interstride, at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iS5PU0CsSNuRAqbjkrSPsg#/registration