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Graduate Assistantships
Merit-based financial support
for Graduate Students is available through graduate research and
teaching assistantships, fellowships, and tuition scholarships.
Each category of support is awarded annually
on a competitive basis.
Award recipients are expected to perform specified duties
for 15 hours per week during the academic year.
The responsibilities, often described as an internship, are
defined and evaluated by the academic department or the
Graduate
School
depending upon the appointment.
The selection / appointment process, eligibility criteria
and award package for graduate assistantships, fellowships and
tuition scholarships are described below:
Selection
and Appointment
The selection process for
graduate assistantships is aggressively pursued between February
and June for the subsequent academic year.
New and continuing graduate students are encouraged to
apply early for these awards with the academic chair or director
of graduate studies. The
appointment begins on August 15th and ends on May 15th of each
academic year. Please
note if a funding offer is not presented in writing by June 15
from the academic department or the
Graduate
School
, the likelihood of obtaining one of these awards is greatly
diminished. After
June 15th, new and continuing students are
encouraged to seek external or need-based financial support
for the upcoming academic
year. See the
back cover for more
information on the university’s financial aid loan program.
Eligibility
The minimum
GPA requirement is 3.0 for new and 3.2 for continuing students.
However, because these awards are merit-based and reviewed
competitively, the definition of quality academic performance may
vary. Award
recipients must enroll for the fall and spring as full-time
students defined by a minimum of 9 credit hours.
Additionally, students are required to pay their own
student fees each semester.
(Click
here for Eligibility details)
Award
Package
The award package for graduate
assistantships includes a 10-month tuition waiver and a minimum
stipend (10,000 for master’s students and 13,000 for Ph.D.
students). In
many cases, additional stipend support is available through funded
grants. Students
may inquire about these opportunities at the time of application
submission.
Stipend
Disbursement
Graduate assistants should
prepare to receive their stipend disbursement the first payroll
date in September. The
last disbursement occurs the final pay cycle in May.
Please note, new
international
graduate students should prepare to receive their first
stipend check in
mid October due to the process of obtaining a social
security number.
However, the first stipend amount will be greater to
reflect the appointment date.
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