GAPSA has announced the fifteenth annual GradFest, which celebrates the establishment of GAPSA as the unified graduate student government at Penn. GradFest 2022 will span twelve days from September 13 to September 24 and feature more than 20 events. It is a unique Penn tradition that attracts graduate students from all 12 schools as well as vendors from within and beyond the Philadelphia community.

The event is open to all Penn graduate students. It opens with a kickoff mixer called “Chill with Magill” featuring President M. Elizabeth Magill and Interim Provost Beth Winkelstein, followed by a number of virtual and in-person events, open houses with the University Life cultural resource centers, the annual graduate resource fair (GradFair), a virtual chai making class with partners at Columbia University, an alumni mixer, and the celebration of 21 years of the Graduate Student Center at Penn.

The event series concludes with a firefly boat cruise on the Spirit of Philadelphia. Learn more about the series and get your tickets at gapsa.upenn.edu. For more information, contact gapsa.programming@gapsa.upenn.edu.