Professional & Career Development
At Wake Forest University, graduate education is a multi-dimensional endeavor. As a faculty, we are deeply committed to providing all of our graduate students—masters and doctoral—with the best formal academic education and training possible, in order to prepare them to become independent, critical consumers and producers of knowledge and research. Faculty instructors, advisers, and mentors are critical to this academic experience. While we fully expect our students to excel in their chosen academic field of study, we are likewise concerned about the individual student’s development as a whole person. Consequently, the Graduate School is committed to providing students with a variety of resources, services, and non-academic educational opportunities to enhance their formal graduate education and prepare them for post-graduate professions.
Toward this end, the Graduate School serves a two-fold function in facilitating professional development opportunities. First, the Graduate School provides students with a select number of credit-based courses that are designed to provide training, mentoring, and experiential education in the core competencies of scientific professionalism to assist them in their chosen discipline. A course in the Responsible Conduct of Research is a core element of this offering. Second, the Graduate School acts as a portal to a variety of non-credit courses, workshops, seminars, and services offered across the University. Of particular noteworthiness, the Wake Forest University Professional Development Center is a University cache of myriad professional and personal development opportunities. Please take time to explore the various resources and program links offered below.
Graduate Courses and Professional Seminars
Grants, Fellowships, and Funding Opportunities
Career and Professional Services
Personal Development and Well-Being
Computing and Technology Services
Graduate Student Organizations and Networking