professional development

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).

Jan 24, 2020

2019 Professional Development Year in Review

Where has the year gone? Toward productivity and beyond! Take a look at everything we have done this past year as a team and hear what we all have to look forward to in 2020.

Sep 24, 2019

GradPack Talks: Writing at the Graduate Level, the Multilingual Edition

Ashish Kapoor, a doctoral student in the Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science department discusses writing at the graduate level.

Sep 23, 2019

GradPack Talks: Writing at the Graduate Level

Emily Meyers, a doctoral student in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology discusses writing at the graduate level.

Aug 23, 2019

ImPACKful Tips: How to Differentiate Yourself on the Job Market

The job market (both academic and non-academic) is highly competitive in a variety of careers and an MA or Ph.D. is not enough.

Aug 13, 2019

GradPack Talks: Transitioning to Graduate School

Keith Street Robinson, a doctoral student in the Adult Workforce and Continuing Professional Education program at NC State shares his experiences transitioning to graduate school.

Jul 31, 2019

A2i Immersion Week Introduces PhD Students to Industry

More than 40 Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scholars from NC State are learning what it’s like to work in industry during the Graduate School’s third annual Industry Immersion Week, part of the Accelerate to Industry (A2i) program.

Jun 11, 2019

Accelerate to Industry Hosts Partner Universities

This week, 15 North American universities are attending the Graduate School's A2i Summer Institute to learn how to introduce graduate students to industry careers on their own campuses.

May 24, 2019

After Commencement, Graduate Students Continue to Learn

With spring semester behind them, graduate students and postdocs participated in two Graduate School workshops designed to help them with major writing projects and to prepare them for careers in academia.

Apr 29, 2019

Bayer Will Join A2i As a Sponsor

Bayer, which recently became the world’s largest agriculture company by acquiring Monsanto, has joined the Graduate School’s Accelerate to Industry (A2i) Summer Industry Immersion program as a sponsor.