The Graduate School offers an array of career preparedness, communication skills, leadership, teaching, and wellness programs which are broken down by five competency areas. If you are not sure where to start with your professional development, go to our Getting Started page for guidance.

In regards to our specific programmatic areas

CAREER READINESS
Accelerate to Industry+ (A2i+)
Build the skills and connections to launch your career beyond academia.
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*  Career Insights: Hear directly from professionals across sectors about employer needs, in-demand skills, and how to translate your graduate experience into workforce value.*  

See attached flyer for more details or contact Kelly Rownd, Director of Career Readiness, for more information at kmrownd@ncsu.edu.

COMMUNICATION SKILLSThe Communication Skills Program offers all masters, doctoral, and postdoctoral scholars several program and workshop opportunities to develop their verbal and written communication skills for their academic and professional career. All programming can be applied towards the Communication Skills Certificate, which is included as a notation on graduate students’ transcripts.

For those who need to get a writing project completed (thesis, article, etc.), be sure to consider the Writing Retreat!

Questions? Contact Director of Communication Skills, Dr. Malaka Friedman. See the attached flyer for more details.

TEACHINGThe Teaching Programs provide Graduate Teaching Assistants with numerous workshops and related growth opportunities for strengthening their teaching skills and deepening their knowledge of effective, research-based strategies. Workshops are offered both in-person and online and can also be applied towards a Teaching Certificate, which is included as a notation on their transcript. One workshop that is timely is “Teaching in an AI Environment” on September 15th – and be sure to check out the other topics as well.
Contact: Dr. Phil Tietjen, Director of Teaching Programs, <phil_tietjen@ncsu.edu>. Flyer is attached.

MENTORING“Mentoring Matters” is a half-day workshop designed to equip mentees with strategies that foster more productive and successful relationships with their mentors. This program will be held on Thursday, August 27th from 1 to 4:45 p.m. on Centennial Campus. Be sure to register here to sign up. Questions? Contact Dr. Rhonda Sutton, Assistant Dean for Professional Development, at rhonda_sutton@ncsu.edu. Flyer is attached.