SUBgroups

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what are SUBgroups?

small online peer groups of first-year math grad students that connect students with experiences and identities in common.
regularly scheduled video chat sessions to support and connect with first-years in other programs.
chances to share successes and struggles, to lift up others, and to bridge into new math experiences.

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Here’s what some former SUBgroups participants had to say:

“I liked being able to talk to other students who had similar experiences to me. It was a place where I could safely vent about my own school/cohort. It was neat to learn about different programs and how they function.”

“I felt like I was able to learn a lot about other peoples’ experiences and that helped make me feel that I was not alone.”

“Do it! I knew that the first semester of grad school would be rough, and indeed it was, but having an awesome group of people who were willing to talk about their experiences and listen to each other was such a great source of support, validation, and joy, and I’m so thankful to SUBgroups for that.”

Since Fall 2019, SUBgroups has served over 800 students. Graduate programs across many states have been represented, as well as programs around the world! As a sampling, here are schools that were represented in Fall 2024:

        Boston College

        Boston University

        Case Western Reserve University

        Columbia University

        Colorado State University

        Emory University

        Florida Institute of Technology

        Florida State University

        George Mason University

        Georgia Institute of Technology

        Indian Institute of Science

        Instituto Politécnico Nacional

        Kansas State University

        New Jersey Institute of Technology

        North Carolina State University

        North Dakota State University

        Ohio State University

        Ohio University

        Purdue University

        Ruhr University Bochum

        Rutgers University

        South Dakota State University

        Stanford University

        Temple University

        Texas Tech University

        Tufts University

        University of Alabama

        University of Alaska Fairbanks

        University of Arkansas

        University of California, Davis

        University of California, Los Angeles

        University of California, Riverside

        University of California, Santa Cruz

        University of Central Florida

        University of Cincinnati

        University of Colorado Boulder

        University of Connecticut

        University of Denver

        University of Essex

        University of Hawaii at Manoa

        University of Illinois Chicago

        University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

        University of Kentucky

        University of Manitoba

        University of Michigan

        University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

        University of Nebraska–Lincoln

        University of Nevada, Reno

        University of New Mexico

        University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

        University of Notre Dame

        University of Pittsburgh

        University of Texas at Austin

        University of Toronto

        University of Utah

        University of Vermont

        University of Victoria

        University of Washington

        University of Washington, Seattle

        University of Windsor

        University of Wisconsin–Madison

        University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

        Vanderbilt University

        Villanova University

        Virginia Tech