Workshops & Other Learning Opportunities

Wellness & Professional Development Workshops

Graduate students are encouraged to participate in campus-based and virtual professional development and wellness workshops throughout their graduate school experience. Questions? Email Kathleen Cox at coxka@ecu.edu.

Thesis and Dissertation Workshops

Thesis-Dissertation Boot Camp

Thesis-Dissertation Boot Camp is offered each semester in partnership with the Graduate School, Joyner Library, and the University Writing Center.  They are held in person or virtually. Typically 3 days, the students learn information about preparing their thesis or dissertation document in brief discussions, but the specific purpose of boot camp is focused writing time. This workshop is designed to help students produce pages, whether in a chapter, as figures, or references or statistical analysis. This workshop is not designed to teach the student how to do a thesis or dissertation project or how to get started.  Most students attend this workshop when they are writing their proposal or when they are finishing their document before their defense. Students are welcome at any stage when their goal is to produce a significant amount of pages. Questions?  Email Dr. Kathleen Cox at coxka@ecu.edu.

Accessibility for Thesis and Dissertation

Friday, August 28 12:00 – 1:00 PM 

This session will review what is in the Canvas course for students and explain some of the basic information needed to learn how to make your thesis or dissertation digitally accessible.

In Person Help with Accessibility for Thesis and Dissertation:

Friday, September 11 10:00-11:00am, Mendenhall Building Conference Room G21A
Thursday, October 1st 1:00-2:00pm, Mendenhall Building Conference Room G21A

Thesis & Dissertation Formatting – ECU’s Requirements

This session will teach the specifics of our formatting rules and will not cover ADA accessibility
Friday, October 9th 10:00-11:00am

Thesis and Dissertation ADA Accessibility – Common Errors

This session will show you some of the most common errors in theses and dissertations when it comes to digital accessibility. We will show you how to correct them in Word and PDF.
Tuesday, November 3rd 10:00-11:00am

Thesis and Dissertation Formatting Q&A

This session is intended for students who are preparing to submit their thesis or dissertation into Vireo by the November 20^th deadline. We will answer your questions and give you strategies for improving your formatting.
Thursday, November 12th 12:00-1:00pm

Graduate Teaching Assistant Orientation

The Graduate School provides a three-part optional new teaching assistant orientation for graduate students. All graduate students are welcome, even if you are not serving as a teaching assistant this semester. You can register for one, two, or all three parts of the orientation. These sessions are virtual and you will get a Teams calendar appointment after you register. The sessions are designed to provide you with information you need to get started as an instructor at ECU. Question?  Email Dr. Kathleen Cox at coxka@ecu.edu.

Session 1: View Recording
Session 2: View Recording
Session 3: Tuesday, September 1st 9:00-11:00am

Grad Student Lunch & Learn Sessions

Fall 2026 Student Lunch & Learn Flyer

Graduate Student Research Workshops

The Graduate Student Research Workshop series present a wide range of topics to assist graduate students with research of any kind – in the classroom, field, or laboratory. These one-hour sessions will help a student understand critical ethical information, resources available, as well as provide an opportunity for graduate students to improve their presentation skills. Please note some sessions are virtual only while others are either on-campus or virtual. All registrants will be sent the virtual meeting links but are also welcome to attend in person when offered. Please register for each session separately.

Financial Help at ECU

If you would like to discuss finances such as budgeting, credit, student loan repayment, etc., you may schedule free financial coaching appointments with the ECU Financial Wellness Hub. Make an appointment at ECU Financial Wellness Hub Appointments.

All students may also take advantage of free financial wellness modules through Canvas.