Graduate Administrative Assistant - Career Technical Education & Professional Studies

Department

Career Technical Education & Professional Studies

The duties of a Graduate Administrative Assistant (GAA) in the Career Technical Education & Professional Studies Department under the supervision of the faculty and/or staff may include assisting faculty and/or staff with collecting, organizing, and analyzing various types of data or information, assisting with special projects, and other duties assigned by the unit’s supervisor and/or appropriate faculty and/or staff.

Positions will be filled based on individual applicant’s skills, qualification, and departmental needs.

If you choose to apply for employment as a graduate student at JSU, your transcripts and letters of recommendation will be reviewed by personnel from the units who have posted a graduate administrative assistantship position.

Graduate Administrative Assistants are expected to work 20 hours per week during a fall or spring semester, or a full summer term (May, June, and July).

$8.25 per hour with a maximum of 20 hours per week for a total of 16 weeks.

Student pay is disbursed biweekly and is based on the number of hours worked; students must clock in and clock out for each shift. Biweekly payroll is processed over the course of the term.

In addition to an hourly rate, Graduate Assistantships carry a scholarship each semester up to a maximum award of $4,386.00. The scholarship award covers the general university fee and tuition. Students are responsible for additional fees such as international, program, and course fees. Students enrolled in specialty priced programs may owe a remaining balance after the scholarship award.

• Assist Administrative Staff with collecting, organizing, and analyzing various types of data or information.
• Assist with special projects.
• Additional duties as required by the department.

Must be classified as a degree‑seeking graduate student at JSU.

Must be actively enrolled in a graduate degree program at JSU during the assistantship semester.

If a new student, must be admitted to a degree program.

Must be actively enrolled in required coursework toward the degree; the Graduate Assistantship will not pay for courses that are not in the degree program plan of study or checklist.

Note:

If a student is classified as a graduate student and is required to take undergraduate courses for the graduate degree (foundation courses, undergraduate deficiency courses, etc.), the Graduate Assistantship will only pay for these courses if they are documented as required courses via memo from the student’s advisor to the Director of Graduate Studies.

Must hold the minimum required GPA for the student’s enrolled degree program.

During the assistantship semester, must be enrolled at JSU in six to nine (6‑9) graduate semester hours in a fall or spring semester or six to nine (6‑9) graduate semester hours in a full summer term. An exception may be made by the Director of Graduate Studies under the following circumstances:

• If a student is classified as a graduate student and is required to take undergraduate courses for a graduate degree, the Graduate Assistantship will only pay for these courses if they are documented as required courses via memo from the student’s advisor to the Director of Graduate Studies.
• If a student has made satisfactory progress toward obtaining the graduate degree and needs fewer than six (6) graduate semester hours available to complete the degree, the student may be considered for an assistantship.
• If a student will hold a Graduate Teaching Assistantship during a summer term, the student may be allowed to enroll in fewer than six (6) graduate hours to be considered for the assistantship, as long as the courses are required for the degree.

Must not be holding another campus job.

A graduate assistant is prohibited from accepting, receiving, or being credited for other forms of tuition scholarships or waivers from the University. Scholarships from sources outside of the University and the JSU employee benefit of tuition assistance will both be permitted.

If the student has previously held a Graduate Assistantship position at…