Graduate Family Planning & Parenting Support Initiative Parenting in Academia
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A series of programs, resources, and activities designed specifically for graduate students who are parents or caregivers (including expecting parents). This series blends practical information, peer support, and institutional resources for current, expecting, and aspiring graduate student parents and their support networks.
About Parenting in Academia
Expecting graduate students and graduate student parents can often feel alone trying to navigate policies, academic work, and their personal health in academia. Pregnancy and birth also impart physical, emotional, and mental changes to bodies that can impact academic progress and focus, with partners and adoptive parents experiencing related impacts once a new child arrives. The programs and resources in this series draw on the experiences of current and former graduate students who have navigated these systems; sharing lessons learned, resources that helped, and when they leaned on their communities for support.
Cosponsored by:
Graduate Student Center, Family Resource Center, Penn Women’s Center, and Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education
Graduate Parenting Events & Resources
Programs & Events
Upcoming Events
Programming Areas
- What to Expect: Family Planning & Parenting as a Graduate Student
Graduate school wasn’t designed with student parents in mind. These programs aim to equip graduate students with the resources and knowledge to make the family planning and parenting experience a little bit easier.
- Family Time: Managing Time, Productivity, & Academic Progress
Programs to help will bring awareness to the challenges around making progress on your graduate degree while parenting, from time management to setting attainable goals that help you reach your degree.
- What’s Next: Professional Development & Career Planning
You won’t be a graduate student parent forever. These programs will help you and your family make decisions about what happens after you earn your graduate degree.
- Family Connections: Support, Wellness, & Community for Graduate Student Parents
Parenting as a student takes a village. These programs will help graduate student parents find their community and feel comfortable leaning on others when needed.
ChildCare Information & Resources
Additional Resources & Support
Family Leave & Accommodation for PhD students
Programs & Events
Upcoming Events
Programming Areas
- What to Expect: Family Planning & Parenting as a Graduate Student
Graduate school wasn’t designed with student parents in mind. These programs aim to equip graduate students with the resources and knowledge to make the family planning and parenting experience a little bit easier.
- Family Time: Managing Time, Productivity, & Academic Progress
Programs to help will bring awareness to the challenges around making progress on your graduate degree while parenting, from time management to setting attainable goals that help you reach your degree.
- What’s Next: Professional Development & Career Planning
You won’t be a graduate student parent forever. These programs will help you and your family make decisions about what happens after you earn your graduate degree.
- Family Connections: Support, Wellness, & Community for Graduate Student Parents
Parenting as a student takes a village. These programs will help graduate student parents find their community and feel comfortable leaning on others when needed.
ChildCare Information & Resources
Additional Resources & Support
Family Leave & Accommodation for PhD students
Please use the form below to send questions, suggestions, and general feedback about this initiative.
