Graduate assistantships in ceramics are awarded each semester by the School of Art Graduate Council. The ceramics teaching assistantship is awarded after completing 18 semester hours, and the recipient has full responsibility for teaching an introductory course. Laboratory assistantship assignments vary depending on funding, but usually there are two awarded in the area. Laboratory assistantships cover everything from shop management, kiln firing, glaze making, and introduction to teaching with faculty supervision. Sometimes, assistants hav e an undergraduate work-study student assigned to them to assist in fulfilling duties.
All assignments are under faculty supervision.
The ECU Ceramics Guild, a student group, sponsors visiting artist workshops which in the recent past have included Stephen Hill, Val Cushing, Norm Schulman, Don Reitz, Jack Troy, and many other professional clay artists. The Guild raises funds during several sales events throughout the academic year. The Guild also assists its members in attending conferences and summer residencies. Greenville, located in Pitt County, lies in the coastal plain of North Carolina which has been under several successive oceans during various geologic periods.