New Graduate Student Orientation | Graduate School

New Graduate Student Orientation Options

The Graduate School aims to offer a variety of onboarding activities and events to help new graduate students acclimate to ECU, Greenville, and their graduate education. Please feel free to participate in as many options as you would like!Your program may have a required orientation session but all of the Graduate School orientations are optional.

Virtual Pre-Registration Orientation (Optional)

Monday, 17 March, 6:00-6:45 pm – This session focuses on the beginning of registration for summer and fall (Friday, 28 March) and discusses setting up accounts, advising, registration, billing, payment plans, financial aid, and keeping track of academic progress through Degree Works. Session is a live video conference presented through Teams.

: If you need instructions on how to register for courses, please review the Registrar’s website and contact your graduate program director for help with course selection.

Orientation Course in Canvas (Optional)

All newly admitted graduate students are enrolled in an online orientation course within the system, Canvas. The course will appear in a student’s course listing (or you will get an invitation to join the course) after you enroll in classes for your first semester. Registration opens in late October/early November for Spring terms and it opens in March for Summer and Fall terms. You can consult the Office of the Registrar’s website Office of the Registrar’s website for more registration help. If you are a current ECU undergraduate student or if you are already enrolled in your first semester’s courses and you do not see the New Graduate Student Orientation course in Canvas, please send an email to gradorientation@ecu.edu using your ECU email and notify us. Please provide your Banner ID and we will be able to get you in the course quickly.

This Graduate School sponsored Canvas course is not required by the Graduate School. It may be required by your program, so please check with your graduate program director if you have questions.
The College of Business has a separate Canvas orientation for its students and it is required. Please contact gradbus@ecu.edu you have questions.
The College of Nursing has a separate Canvas orientation course for its students and it is required.

Live Virtual Orientation Options (via Teams)

Join our online sessions to learn information about getting acquainted with Graduate School at ECU. There is no need to pre-register for these sessions – simply join the meetings online.

All events will be through Microsoft Teams which you can access using your Pirate ID and passphrase.

Early Orientation Sessions

Monday, April 28, 7:00 – 7:45 PM. Join the April 28 Meeting Now – This session focuses on setting up accounts, advising, registration, billing, payment plans, financial aid, and some campus services. Registration is not required.
Two Date Options:
- Thursday, May 15 , 6:00 – 6:45 PM – Join the May 15 Meeting
- Tuesday, June 17, 7:00 – 7:45 PM – Join the June 17 Meeting
  This session will highlight enrollment, financial aid-CPOS, billing deadlines, keeping track of academic progress – Degree Works

Orientation Sessions with Student Panels

Monday, July 28, 6:00 – 7:15 PM – Join the Jul 28 Meeting
A session for everyone! This session will feature a panel of current graduate students who will share their thoughts on campus resources, what it is like to be a graduate student, and more!
Thursday, August 14, 7:00 – 8:15 PM – Join the August 14 Meeting
This session will feature a panel of current online graduate students and the conversation will focus on resources available to online students and a discussion of work-life balance. All graduate students are welcome, but the topic will be focused to online experiences.

Last Chance Q&A Session

Thursday, August 21, 6:00 – 7:15 PM – Join the August 21 Meeting

Final Chance Question and Answer Session – Been through Grad School and program orientations and still have questions? Bring them here!