Graduate Assistant

• Graduate assistants (GA)
  • graduate students whose responsibilities may be administrative in nature or consist of other activities that do not generally fit within the RA, TF, TA, or IA job responsibilities. Please note that students employed in this category are considered part-time staff employees under the university personnel system and are thus not eligible for the same benefits as students employed in the TA, TF, and IA categories.
• Graduate assistant non-exempt (GA-NE)
  • graduate students employed in an hourly position and whose job responsibilities may be administrative in nature or consist of other activities that do not generally fit within the RA, TF, TA, or IA job responsibilities.

A graduate or professional student employed in a position with student contact  is required to meet the English language proficiency requirement described in the graduate assistantship  Qualifications for Appointment .