The Honoring Graduate Diversity Reception is an annual tradition, sponsored by the Office for Graduate Diversity. The reception is both a welcome back for our continuing underrepresented graduate students as well as a welcome to Berkeley for the incoming graduate cohort. The purpose of the reception is as follows: To provide a welcoming space for students to connect with each other, To begin to create community with each other, To learn and connect with important student-focused groups and a few campus services.