Program events
40th Anniversary Celebration
The 40th Anniversary Celebration for the University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program was held on Monday, November 4- Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center in Los Angeles.
The 40th Anniversary was a two-day celebration reflecting on the success of our scholars and the continuing challenges we face in building diverse learning communities in higher education. This gathering offered workshops and discussion groups for mentors and fellows on such topics as mentoring, publishing, grant writing, navigating the academic job market and the tenure process. Also included were opportunities to network with UC faculty and other President's and Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellows, Dissertation-Year Fellows, UC-HBCU Fellows, and the UC-HSI-DDI Pre-Professoriate Fellows. This two-day conference brought together UC President’s and Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supporters, including current and former fellows, faculty mentors, and founders, for professional development, networking and celebration.
The program included professional development workshops for fellows and faculty during the day and a dinner celebration honoring founding members of the program.
Academic Spring Retreat
This year's Academic Retreat will be held Friday, April 25 - Sunday, April 27, 2025 at UCLA's Lake Arrowhead Conference Center. Fellows and mentors have found the retreat to be a very worthwhile and enjoyable program event. The retreat provides opportunities for postdoctoral fellows to present research papers and to receive both substantive and stylistic feedback on their presentations. The retreat also provides an opportunity for faculty members and postdoctoral fellows to discuss academic professional development topics.
Campus Events
Throughout the year, fellows are invited to various campus luncheons, social hours and other opportunities to network with the host campus faculty and other fellows.
Winter Writing Retreat
The Winter Writing Retreat will be held in Winter 2025 on a date to be scheduled. This is an opportunity for Fellows to devote writing time to works in progress and exchange feedback with one another on current research and writing. The writing retreat provides Fellows with the opportunity to discuss journal publication, book contracts, and interviews with invited professors.