Study In USA: Eastern Michigan University Graduate Assistantships 2024

Doctoral fellowships and graduate assistantships are both accepted forms of funding. A full GA/DF position is available to students, which entails a cash stipend and up to eighteen graduate credit hours of tuition waiver spread over an academic year.

A half-time award consists of a stipend and up to nine (9) graduate credit hours of tuition waiver spread between the fall and winter semesters (five hours each). Unless the courses are part of the curriculum for a 150-credit-hour dual degree bachelor’s program, courses completed below the 500 level will not be reimbursed under the GA/DF tuition waiver benefit.

Appointments for full-time graduate assistants and doctoral fellows (20 hours per week on average)

Up to nine graduate credit hours of tuition waiver every semester, up to a maximum of eighteen graduate credit hours per academic year, are available to students with full-time GA/DF appointments. Fall and winter semester enrollment requirements for students must include no less than six graduate credit hours. The remaining credit hours from the 18 credit hour award, up to a maximum of six, may be applied to spring or summer courses that fall within the same academic year.

Note: Regardless of the number of appointments made throughout the semester, a GA/DF is only eligible for a tuition waiver of up to nine graduate credit hours in a single semester. The unused credit hours of tuition waiver from the employed semester are forfeited if the GA/DF is not reappointed, is fired for the upcoming semester, or voluntarily leaves the assistantship before using up all of the available credit hours.

Advantages

In addition to covering tuition and differential tuition, this grant offers a stipend. It does not include program fees, late payment fees, registration fees, required fees, or the cost of initiating a new student record.

Half-time appointments for doctoral fellows and graduate assistants (10 hours per week on average)

A student with a half-time GA/DF is eligible for a tuition waiver for up to five graduate credit hours during the fall semester and four graduate credit hours during the winter semester, for a total of nine credit hours during the fall and winter semesters. There isn’t a tuition waiver available in the spring or summer. This prize is only in part. Students must be enrolled in a minimum of 6 credit hours in the fall and 6 credit hours in the winter to be eligible for this award.

This grant covers differential and partial tuition in addition to a stipend. It excludes program fees, late payment fees, registration costs, required fees, new student record initiation fees, and additional tuition.

Compensation

The recruiting office decides on pay rates.

Procedures for Applications

Candidates must look for an assistantship online or through their academic department or institution. You can fill out an application and include your CV, recommendation letters, and any other hiring materials the department requests when a position becomes available.

Candidates must look for an assistantship online or through their academic department or institution. You can fill out an application and include your CV, recommendation letters, and any other hiring materials the department requests when a position becomes available.

When you apply for other positions after submitting the first one, the data you already input will transfer over to the next application form, where you can make changes.

For fall appointments, most agencies and institutions request applicants in February or March. After examining the information submitted, offices will interview applicants and choose a GA. The department notifies EMU Human Resources of the hiring decision by sending a Personnel Action Form (PAF) to EMU Human Resources along with an offer letter to the applicant.

Following verification of the applicant’s eligibility, EMU Human Resources notifies Student Business Services and the Office of Financial Aid to proceed with processing the tuition/fee scholarship. The stipend information is then entered into the payroll database system.

All correspondence about this prize will go to the “local” address. Students from the United States should use their my.emich account to update this address. International students (holders of F and J visas) are required to update their address with the Office of International Students within ten days of moving. The Office of International Students will then notify the Student Exchange and Visitor Information System (SEVIS) of the change.

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Concerning Eastern Michigan University

One of Michigan’s most diverse public universities, Eastern Michigan University, places a strategic emphasis on equity and inclusion as part of its primary mission. Eastern is Michigan’s second-oldest public university, having been established in 1849.

It currently serves more than 15,000 students who are pursuing undergraduate, graduate, doctorate, certificate, and specialty degrees in the humanities, sciences, and professions. The university offers over 300 degrees, minors, and specialties through its graduate schools, business, education, engineering and technology, health and human services, and arts and sciences colleges.

In 2022, U.S. News and World Report ranked EMU in the social mobility category. Eastern’s fundamental ideal of being a warm, inclusive institution of opportunity is reflected in the ranking.

Why attend Eastern Michigan University to study?

The campus of Eastern Michigan University is both sufficiently vast to provide ample chances for study, research, and advancement and sufficiently tiny to make one feel truly welcome. You will join an international community of leaders and scholars the moment you enroll at Eastern Michigan University.

Community

The Eastern community is friendly and diverse, with approximately 20,000 students, 1,300 academic members, and 900 staff members.

We have graduate and undergraduate international students from more than 80 different countries.

Our staff, consisting of professional and student members, is dedicated to assisting you during your journey to Eastern.

Support

At EMU, we’re dedicated to supporting your success. Eastern Michigan will assist you throughout the entire process, from application to visa, from your first day on campus to graduation.

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