Formstack for Requesting Graduate Assistantships

This form should be completed by the staff/faculty member submitting the request. For campus employment to be considered a Graduate Assistantship, the following criteria must be met:

• The student must be admitted to a qualified graduate degree program

• The minimum stipend for graduate assistantship duties is the state mandated minimum wage.

• Full time graduate students may be employed for a maximum 0.50 FTE (20 hours per week)

• Part time graduate students may be employed for a max 0.25 FTE (10 hours per week)

• Tuition waivers applied in addition to the assistantship may not exceed the number of credit hours the student is enrolled.

• The Graduate Assistantship must be approved by the student’s graduate program coordinator and the Director of Graduate Studies or their designee.

• Graduate Students in Accelerated Programs (AP) are not eligible for Graduate Assistantships.

FORM INITIATED BY STAFF/FACULTY MEMBER REQUESTING GAship