Graduate Assistantship Requirements and Assignments
If you complete the Graduate Assistantship Application you will be considered for a Graduate Assistantship in the School of HMSLS. Annually the School has between 14-18 assistantships.
To be considered for a graduate assistantship there is a Graduate College requirement that your undergraduate GPA is 3.0 or
above. It is an extremely competitive process and in making our decisions to award graduate assistantships we consider very
carefully your Personal Statement, Resume, GRE scores, 3 Letters of Recommendation, your commitment to graduate study and
the skills and abilities that you can bring to the position.
The graduate assistantship award includes a stipend (approximately $5400 per academic year for 12 hours per week) for a maximum
of one academic year (with the option to renew for a further year); and benefits that include a tuition waiver; support for
general fee and parking; and assistance with the mandatory health insurance. The total stipend and benefits for 2008-2009
is either approximately USD 23,000, (in-state) or USD 32,000 (out-of-state). The tuition waiver is for Fall, Spring and Summer
semester in each academic year. The general fee is encumbered for fall and spring semesters, but students have to pay the
general fee for summer session.
HMSLS Graduate Assistants will be assigned for a specific number of hours per week and reimbursed according to a stipend scale
issued by the Graduate College. The recent trend in HMSLS has been to offer graduate assistantship contracts for 12 hours
per week.
Graduate Assistants can perform various duties assigned to a student may include teaching physical activity classes to the
general student population, assisting faculty in lab sections, assisting faculty as teaching assistants for academic courses,
and assisting faculty in research assignments and special projects.
Students interested in being considered for a graduate assistantship should complete the regular admission process and complete
the School of HMSLS Graduate Assistantship forms. All credentials should be completed by January 15th of the academic year
prior to entry. Decisions on awarding of assistantships are made early April of each year.
Other Funding Sources for Graduate Assistantships
Graduate students are encouraged to consider other sources of graduate assistantship support. At BGSU other graduate assistantships
are available on campus from the other agencies such as BGSU Department of Athletics, BGSU Campus Recreation, and other student
organizations based in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union.
In recent years the School of HMSLS has had various institutional agreements with outside agencies such as Bluffton College,
Ohio Northern University, and Wood County Hospital and these opportunities exist in limited and highly competitive situations.
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