The UCEA Graduate Student Summit (GSS) is an event organized by the UCEA Graduate Student Council during the UCEA annual convention. The GSS has grown each year as it has become recognized by UCEA faculty members and graduate students as a valuable developmental experience for aspiring educational leadership faculty.
The 14th annual UCEA Graduate Student Summit (GSS) will be held during the UCEA Convention at the Sheraton Puerto Rico Resort and Casino in San Juan, Puerto Rico from November 19-22, 2025.
The purpose of the GSS is to create a supportive, constructive, and encouraging space for graduate students to receive feedback from faculty and fellow graduate students on how to strengthen their scholarly work. This GSS also offers opportunities for graduate students to grow their network by engaging with other graduate students and faculty from across the world.
Specifically, the GSS includes:
For more information about each session type, see the call for 2025 GSS Proposals.
This year will be the 14th annual Graduate Student Summit (GSS) at UCEA and we are seeking faculty members to make important contributions to the Summit. As background, the GSS brings together graduate students to share their research, get peer and mentor faculty feedback, attend professional development sessions, and build their network. In contrast to prior years, this year’s Summit is being scheduled to run concurrently with the UCEA Convention rather than as a pre-convention activity on Wednesday. This means that faculty members are being sought to provide facilitator and mentoring support to the Summit during Thursday November 20th and Friday November 21st.
For more information, click the link below.
2025 GSS Call for Faculty Facilitator-Mentors
The deadline to submit proposals is Wednesday, May 14 at 12:00 PM EDT. All proposals must be submitted electronically through All Academic by visiting the UCEA website (http://www.ucea.org).
In keeping with the UCEA Convention, GSS participants should demonstrate how their proposals for the GSS address the 2025 UCEA Convention theme, “Fostering Leadership Resilience Through Collaboration and Community” or “Fomentando la Resiliencia de Liderazgo a través de Colaboración y Comunidad”. Please refer to the 2025 UCEA Convention Call for Proposals for a full discussion of the Convention theme.
Example GSS Roundtable Propasal
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