Expand Your PACK

Highlighting key people, programs, and resources at NC State and beyond who can provide valuable opportunities and experiences during your time at State.

May 19, 2021

Expand Your Pack: Start or Join an Online Writing Group!

While we often think of academic writing as a solitary pursuit, we can benefit from the community of other writers for advice, feedback, and support. Online writing groups have proven an indispensable source of support for academic writers seeking accountability, motivation, and community.

Feb 3, 2021

Preparing the Professoriate

Preparing the Professoriate helps graduate students and postdocs better understand every facet of the faculty search through a year-long, immersive program.

Jan 11, 2021

Engineering Your Post-Postdoc Career

In a first-of-its-kind event, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs collaborated with the College of Engineering to empower engineering postdocs to take advantage of the opportunities available at NC State to launch the next stage of their careers.

Student works on her laptop in EB1 on Centennial Campus.

Oct 20, 2020

Join Us for Our Fall Online Writing Retreat

The Professional Development Team’s online writing retreat gives Gradpack writers a supportive virtual community of writers from the comfort of their own homes.

Sep 28, 2020

Black Graduate Student Support at NC State

Last year's president of the Black Graduate Student Association Ezinee Ofoegbu describes how the organization supports the academic and social needs of Black graduate and professional students at NC State.

Aug 31, 2020

Expand Your Pack: The Graduate Writing Center

NC State’s Graduate Writing Center (GWC) offers one-on-one meetings with trained peer consultants to provide feedback and help you communicate your ideas clearly and effectively. To find out more about how the GWC can help you, we sat down with Giselle Cherbony, a veteran peer writing consultant and second year English master’s student.

Aug 25, 2020

On Getting Started as a Grad Student

NC State graduate student Stella Jackman-Ryan shares some tips on transitioning to your first year in grad school and how a program offered through the Graduate School can help.

Jun 24, 2020

PhD Career Panel – Advice for your next career step

Ph.D.-trained researchers working in a variety of fields share their career journeys and advice on navigating transitions with postdocs who attended our virtual career panel.

Jun 9, 2020

Look Beyond the Big Boys: How Working for a Smaller Start-up Company Can Benefit Your Career

Smaller, start-up companies should also be considered for your next career step. They provide unique opportunities to experience a diversity of roles in the company as most employees wear many hats at a smaller company. We talk to two such companies, HZO & SinnovaTek, here.

May 2, 2020

Join Us for the Industry Job Search Strategies (JSS) Online

From understanding what career options are available to you to creating resumes, the industry job search can bring a lot of questions and challenges. To help our gradpack, The Graduate School’s professional development team is offering an online summer session of Industry Job Search Strategies (JSS).