Graduate Assistantships

Current GA Opportunities

There are currently no positions available.

Other Student Work Opportunities

There are currently no positions available.

Outside Work Opportunities

There are currently no positions available.

Receiving a Graduate Assistantship

Students interested in Graduate Assistantships can pursue opportunities via two primary methods:

• by indicating their interest on Question 16 of their graduate school application.
• by following the application procedures established by individual graduate programs.

Returning Students

Returning students are not guaranteed their previous assistantships. Re-appointments, approved through the department’s or program’s normal processes, are made by previous funders.

Eligibility

To be eligible for a graduate assistantship position, students must be:

• Fully matriculated in a degree program at the graduate level. (They must have met all criteria for graduate student status, including completion of a baccalaureate degree); and must be
• Registered for at least 6 credits of coursework in the semester(s) in which they will be working (master’s and CAS students), or registered for GRS 602 (masters) or GRS 701 (doctoral) and have a certificate of satisfactory progress from their program.

Department Funded GA's and Externally Funded Graduate Assistantships
In addition to the program-awarded assistantships, there are addiitonal positions provided by administrative or academic units at USM.  If you wish to be considered for these positions, send your resume to the Office of Graduate Studies. Information about these jobs will be forwarded to you as they become available.

If you have questions about graduate assistantships, please contact Rebecca Silverman: rsilverman@usm.maine.edu or 780-4877.

2011-2012 Graduate Assistant Handbook