Graduate Assistantships

The Graduate Studies Assistantship Program offers a limited number of graduate assistantships each year to qualified students. Students apply for assistantships either on campus or off campus for a period of one semester (Fall or Spring), academic year, or summer; full-time (20 hours per week) or half-time (10 hours per week). There are also a limited number of graduate teaching assistantships and research assistantships in certain programs. Students must submit an assistantship application and a resume.

• General Information
• External Graduate Assistantships
• Assistantship Application or Assistantship Application (Online Version)
• Graduate Assistant Appointment Request Form - FY2009 (Summer 2008, Fall 2008, and Spring 2009)
• Graduate Assistantship Quick Facts (For TU Departments Only)
• Graduate Assistantship Handbook Coming Soon.
  If you are a current graduate assistant or supervisor of graduate assistantship, the handbook will be mailed to you once available for distribution.

To be eligible for an assistantship, students must:

• Be admitted to a degree program.
• Be in good academic standing and maintain a minimum semester grade point average of 3.0 in all courses taken for graduate credit during the assistantship.
• Register for degree hours during every semester of the assistantship. (Full-time assistants register for a minimum of six hours and a half-time assistants for at least three hours.)
• Submit an assistantship application and resume every academic year.

A Community Resource

The Graduate School at Towson University offers assistantships, part-time jobs closely related to a chosen field, to graduate students to help defray the cost of advanced study. The external graduate assistantship program expands the range of opportunities beyond the University campus. Students will learn through field experience. The program is a partnership between Towson University and the community, providing the talents of mature students for business, government, industry, and education. Note: external assistantships are not available in all programs.

External graduate assistants may be employed for 10 to 20 hours per week, on either a 10-month or 12-month basis. An organization hiring a graduate assistant is asked to develop a job description, supervise the student, and evaluate the student's work, in much the same manner as regular employees. Organizations are asked to provide work that involves the student in a substantial way in the organization's activities. The organization is expected to cover the costs of graduate tuition, a stipend, and an administrative fee.

For more information about assistantships, contact the Graduate Assistantship Office at (410) 704-4484 or e-mail to gao@towson.edu.


Employers:

For more information about employing a Towson University graduate assistant, please contact:

Dr. Larry Shirley
Associate Dean
College of Graduate Studies and Research
Towson University
7800 York Road Building, Suite 218
Towson, MD 21252
Phone: 410-704-3500
Fax: 410-704-3434
E-mail: lshirley@towson.edu

Towson University is in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations that prohibit illegal discrimination. The University does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.

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