Graduate Assistantships

OPEN Positions

The positions listed below will be open for the 2012-13 academic year. Searches to fill these positions are underway. Please note the following information:

  • CURRENT APPLICATION DEADLINE DATE: All application deadlines for the 2011-12 academic year have passed. At this time, applications submitted will be considered for the 2012-13 academic year.

 

  • The annual priority application deadline to apply for first-round consideration for assistantship positions is March 15. Additional deadline dates are provided on the APPLICATION web page should supplemental rounds be required to fill all vacant positions.

 

  • REMEMBER that candidates selected for interviews will be contacted by the hiring departments. Students should NOT contact the departments directly to inquire about vacant positions, or to submit application materials to a department. Application documents are submitted only to the GA Office.

Also, please note this program is very competitive and applying does not guarantee an interview, and interviewing does not guarantee an offer. All selections must be approved by the department, Dean's/unit head's office, the GA Office, and the Access for Equal Opportunity Office before a formal offer of employment can be extended and a contract executed.

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Positions for which searches are being conducted for 2012-13 include:

Academic Affairs

  • Information Technology Services -- 2 GA positions
  • Sangamon Auditorium -- GA

Administrative Affairs

  • Conference Services -- GA

Brookens Library

  • Archives -- GA

Center for State Policy and Leadership

  • Illinois Issues -- RA
  • Innocence Project -- GA
  • Institute for Legal, Legislative, and Policy Studies -- RA
  • Papers of Abraham Lincoln -- RA

Chancellor's Office

  • Access and Equal Opportunity Office -- GA
  • Web Services -- GA

College of Business and Management

  • Accountancy Department (Ameren) -- RA

College of Education and Human Services

  • Project Midstate Student Support -- GA

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

  • Biology Department -- TA
  • Center for Teaching and Learning (writing) -- TA positions
  • Center for Teaching and Learning (math) -- TA
  • Communication Department -- GA
  • Computer Science Department -- 2 GA positions
  • Experiential and Service Learning -- GA
  • Liberal and Ingrative Studies Department -- GA
  • Natural Sciences Division -- TA

College of Public Affairs and Administration

  • Legal Studies' Pre-Law Center -- GA
  • Public Administration Department -- GA

Student Affairs

  • Diversity Center -- GA
  • Health Services -- GA
  • Student Life -- GA
  • Women's Center -- GA

Undergraduate Education

  • Capital Scholars Honors Program -- GA position

 

REMINDER: If you applied during the 2011-12 academic year, and were not selected to fill an assistantship position, you will need to reapply to the GA program by March 15, 2012 to be considered for assistantships that will be filled for the 2012-13 academic year (starting August 16, 2011). Please go to the application page and complete the online application. Indicate that you are reapplying to the GA Program.

 

Posted: May 17, 2012