As a service to Penn graduate students, graduate alumni and current postdocs, Career Services maintains the following e-mail distribution lists (listservs) for career-related information, primarily related to Graduate School of Education, School of Nursing, and School of Social Policy & Practice.
We send out information about jobs in many fields, including academia, program and workshop announcements and funding opportunities. Penn graduate students, graduate alumni, and current postdocs are welcome to sign up. Please note: if you add your name to multiple lists, you may receive duplicate messages.
Email forwarding causes problems with unsubscribing from the e-mail distribution lists and viewing digest messages. For this reason, we strongly advise those interested in subscribing to not use an email address that is being forwarded to another account. Instead, it is best to subscribe directly with the email address that you are forwarding to and will be receiving the emails, such as an address from a Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail account.
Instruction for the following tasks are below:
- Subscribe to a list
- Digest Messages
- Unsubscribe from a list
SUBSCRIBING TO A LIST
To subscribe, please read the descriptions below and follow the instructions provided. Please note: listservs are only for current Penn graduate students, alumni of graduate programs, and current postdocs.
| Listserv descriptions | How to subscribe | Downloadable instructions |
| Education: Academic (EDACAD): for doctoral students and alumni in the Graduate School of Education interested in academic careers | Email: listserv@lists.upenn.edu Subject of email: no text Body of email: SUBscribe EDACAD |
Click here. |
| Education: Higher Education (HEDADMIN): for students and alumni in the Graduate School of Education who seek careers in the higher education administration or management | Email: listserv@lists.upenn.edu Subject of email: no text Body of email: SUBscribe HEDADMIN |
Click here. |
| Education: Human Services (EDPSYCH): for students and alumni in the Graduate School of Education who are interested in counseling and psychological services | Email: listserv@lists.upenn.edu Subject of email: no text Body of email: SUBscribe EDPSYCH |
Click here. |
| Education: K-12 Administration (K12ADMIN): for students and alumni in the Graduate School of Education looking to be come private or public school administrators or supervisors | Email: listserv@lists.upenn.edu Subject of email: no text Body of email: SUBscribe K12ADMIN |
Click here. |
| Education: K-12 Teachers (K12TEACH): for students and alumni in the Graduate School of Education who are interested in becoming teachers or reading specialists | Email: listserv@lists.upenn.edu Subject of email: no text Body of email: SUBscribe K12TEACH |
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| Education: Policy/Research/Non-Profit Administration (EDPOLRESNP): for students and alumni in the Graduate School of Education looking to work in education-related policy/research, program development or non-profit administration | Email: listserv@lists.upenn.edu Subject of email: no text Body of email: SUBscribe EDPOLRESNP |
Click here. |
| Nursing: Academic (NURACAD): for doctoral students and alumni in the School of Nursing interested in academic careers | Email: listserv@lists.upenn.edu Subject of email: no text Body of email: SUBscribe NURACAD |
Click here. |
| Nursing: Administration and Leadership (NURADMIN): for graduate students and alumni in the School of Nursing interested in healthcare administration and management | Email: listserv@lists.upenn.edu Subject of email: no text Body of email: SUBscribe NURADMIN |
Click here. |
| Nursing: Clinical (NURCLIN): for graduate students and alumni in the School of Nursing interested in advanced practice clinical positions | Email: listserv@lists.upenn.edu Subject of email: no text Body of email: SUBscribe NURCLIN |
Click here. |
| Nursing: Policy/Research/Consulting (NURPOLRES): for students and alumni in the School of Nursing interested in health related policy, research, and consulting | Email: listserv@lists.upenn.edu Subject of email: no text Body of email: SUBscribe NURPOLRES |
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| Nursing Alumni (NURSEALUM): for alumni of the School of Nursing seeking RN and related positions | Email: listserv@lists.upenn.edu Subject of email: no text Body of email: SUBscribe NURSEALUM |
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| Social Policy and Practice: Academic (SP2ACAD): for doctoral students and alumni in the School of Social Policy & Practice interested in academic careers | Email: listserv@lists.upenn.edu Subject of email: no text Body of email: SUBscribe SP2ACAD |
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| Social Policy and Practice: Clinical (SP2CLIN): for students and alumni of the School of Social Policy & Practice who are interested in direct service | Email: listserv@lists.upenn.edu Subject of email: no text Body of email: SUBscribe SP2CLIN |
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| Social Policy and Practice: Macro/Policy/Research/NPL (SP2MACRO): for students and alumni of the School of Social Policy & Practice who are interested in administration, policy and leadership | Email: listserv@lists.upenn.edu Subject of email: no text Body of email: SUBscribe SP2MACRO |
Click here. |
DIGESTING MESSAGES
Digesting messages allows you to receive one daily message that contains all the individual emails sent to a particular list in a 24-hour period. Digesting will limit the number of messages you receive in a day, but it also means that you will not receive immediate postings and announcements as they are sent out by Career Services. For example, if there was a last-minute room change for a program or workshop that was sent to the listserv, you might not receive the notice until later in the day.
To adjust your settings to “digest,” send a message to LISTSERV@LISTS.UPENN.EDU with nothing in the subject line and only the following text in the body of the email: SET (INSERT ABBREVIATED LISTSERV NAME HERE) DIGEST HTML.
- There should be no punctuation.
- Abbreviated listserv names can be found above, before each list’s description. Example: To digest the messages you receive from the K12 Teaching list, your message should read, SET K12TEACH DIGEST HTML; for SP2 Macro, SET SP2MACRO DIGEST HTML; etc.
- You will need to send this message from the email used to subscribe you to the list.
UNSUBSCRIBING FROM A LIST
To unsubscribe, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTS.UPENN.EDU with “SIGNOFF (ABBREVIATED NAME OF LIST)” in both the subject line and body of the email.
The listserv’s abbreviated name, which you need to unsubscribe, can be found within parentheses above, before each list’s description. For example, if you are on the Higher Ed Admin list, the subject line and message would be SIGNOFF HEDADMIN. For the SP2 Clinical list, SIGNOFF SP2CLIN, for Nursing Academic SIGNOFF NURACAD, etc.
Please keep in mind that the text that needs to be entered is often case sensitive. You should receive an automatic confirmation that you’ve unsubscribed. If you have any questions, or if any of the commands you send fail, please contact the NES team at 215-898-4381.
