Eastern Michigan University
Location
Ypsilanti, MI | United States
Job description
Title: Graduate Assistant (Communication, Media, & Theatre Arts)
Employee Classification: GA
Pay Grade: GS 00
Division: Academic and Student Affairs
Department: ACA - AA-College of Arts & Science
Campus Location: Main Campus
General Summary
Graduate Assistants for staffing will support co-curricular activities in the School of Communication, Media, & Theatre Arts. Areas of staffing include Forensics coaching, Scene shop, Costume shop, Theatre Direction, and Performance Studies events.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications:
A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university or recognized international institution of higher education.
Must work at least ten hours a week.
Must be fully or conditionally admitted to a graduate program of study in the School of Communication, Media, & Theatre Arts
Applicants with a Grade Point Average below 3.0 or students admitted for continuing education, non-degree, and teacher certification are not eligible for a graduate assistantship.
Academic background or co-curricular experience relevant to the needs of a particular position.
Additional Information:
Stipend: 50% assistantship = $2150 per semester. 100% assistantship = $4300 per semester. Additional employment or a second 50% assistantship in another unit is allowed if approved by your supervisor.
Tuition support: A half-time GA entitles a student to 5 graduate credit hours of tuition waiver in the fall semester and 4 graduate credit hours in the winter semester, with a limit of 9 credit hours in total during fall/winter semesters. This is a partial award. To be eligible for this award, students must enroll in at least six credit hours in the fall and six credit hours in the winter. Students are responsible for additional fees not covered by tuition (i.e., general fee, student center fee, and technology fee), new student record initiation fee, registration fee, late registration fee, drop fees, or late fees applied when bills are not paid. Courses taken below the 500 level will not be eligible for reimbursement under the GA/DF tuition waiver benefit unless the courses are included in the program of study for a 150 credit hour, dual degree, bachelor's/master's program.
Priority registration is provided by online registration by the date specified by the Office of Records and Registration as noted in the Class Schedule Book or website (same date as undergraduate Honors students)
Appointment Percentage:
50 or 100%
About Eastern Michigan University
Since its inception, Eastern Michigan, first as a Normal School, then as a College and finally as a University, has grown and developed to respond to the ever-changing needs of society. Over the years, EMU has educated thousands of sons and daughters of Michigan, the nation, and the world. The University currently serves 23,000 students who are pursuing undergraduate, graduate, specialist, doctoral and certificate degrees in the arts, sciences and professions. In all, more than 200 majors, minors and concentrations are delivered through the University's Colleges of Arts and Sciences; Business; Education; Health and Human Services; Technology, and its graduate school. Eastern Michigan's exceptional faculty, students and alumni include CEOs from major businesses; a National Student Teacher of the Year, National Teacher of the Year, numerous Fulbright Scholars and Milken Family Foundation National Educators award winners; and several Michigan Teachers of the Year.
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