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University Housing Services

Graduate Assistantships

University Housing Services currently offers five types of Graduate Assistant (GA) positions. To view currently available positions please visit Illinois State University Jobs.

Compensation:Stipend of $1,081 per month and tuition waiver for fall, spring, and summer semesters. The appointment starts August 1 and runs through mid-May with a 20 hour work week.

Required minimum qualifications for all Graduate Assistantships:Must be accepted into a graduate degree program prior to the starting date of assistantship contract with a minimum of 2.8 (on 4.0 scale) grade point average on the last 60 hours of undergraduate course work. Continuing graduate students must have a minimum 3.0 graduate GPA.

Graduate Assistant, Facilities

This GA will assist the Assistant Director of Facilities in the management of all facilities tasks and projects for the department.

Responsibilities

  1. Liaise with professionals and tradespeople across campus.
  2. Assist with project coordination for the residence halls and on-campus apartments (requires in-person attendance).
  3. Respond in-person to University properties to address student concerns, respond to facilities crises, meet with project managers, and inspect building systems.
  4. Communicate important aspects of facilities projects with stakeholders including campus partners, external vendors, students and staff.
  5. Assist the Assistant Director in assessing, evaluating, and prioritizing future potential projects.
  6. Complete facilities assessment projects (i.e. work order reports, trends).
  7. Organize files and information related to facilities.
  8. Carry out other relevant duties as assigned by the Assistant Director of Facilities or Director of University Housing Services.

Required graduate program (one of the following)

  • College Student Personnel Administration.
  • Communication
  • Project Management
  • English

Graduate Assistant, Marketing & Communication

This GA will assist the Assistant Director of Marketing and Communication in the development of all marketing/communication efforts for the department and VPSA initiatives.

Required graduate program (one of the following)

  • Art
  • Business Administration
  • Communication
  • Creative Technologies
  • College Student Personnel Administration
  • English
  • Graphic Design
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Mass Media
  • Network and Telecommunications
  • Project Management
  • Sociology

Graduate Assistant, Student Development

This GA will assist the Assistant Director for Student Development in the facilitation and resolution of disciplinary cases originating in on-campus housing facilities. The work with student conduct includes conducting administrative meetings; as well as imposing and evaluating sanctions. In addition, they will assist in coordinating on-campus educational outreach programs for the student conduct process, and the development and maintenance of sanctions utilized by the disciplinary system to respond to student misconduct. The Graduate Assistant will also assist in updating vital summer conferences documents, creation of training materials and manuals, and outreach to conference sponsors. As time permits, this person may also provide assistance for other University Housing Services operations, including (but not limited to) policy manuals and website review, assignments, and billing appeals.

Responsibilities

  1. Conduct disciplinary conferences with students regarding the Code of Student Conduct and Residence Hall Policy violations.
  2. Assist the Assistant Director for Student Development with disciplinary in-take for housing referrals and review disciplinary complaints for cases not resolved by residence hall staff.
  3. Ensure sanction follow up for all students over which they serve as Case Manager.
  4. For those cases resolved by residence hall staff, assist in the review of all decisions to determine if finding and sanctioning are consistent with Code of Student Conduct philosophy. Notify students of (approved, rejected, or amended) decisions and provide appropriate follow-up to staff.
  5. Assist in preparing and updating vital summer conferences documents including but not limited to housing and dining agreements, website update, and Conference Programmer updates.
  6. Assist in providing orientation, follow-up training, and support to residence hall professional staff members and resident assistants in areas of conduct and summer conferences.
  7. Assist in serving as a disciplinary liaison to Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution. This includes presenting educational programs based on need and/or request.
  8. Assist in maintaining of disciplinary records and database management including case auditing.
  9. Assist in the initial contact of summer conferences sponsors and campus partners.
  10. Carry out other relevant duties as assigned by the Assistant Director or Director of University Housing Services.

Required graduate program (one of the following)

  • College Student Personnel Administration
  • Communication
  • Criminal Justice
  • Social Work
  • Sociology

Graduate Assistant, Student Leadership & Development

This GA will assist the Assistant Director with the department’s community engagement and student learning initiatives through the Residential Curriculum. Assistance with the Residential Curriculum includes: Themed Living-Learning Communities, Faculty Mentor programs, Student Leadership and Advising Organizations, and a variety of other tasks associated with programming in the residence halls. In this capacity, a variety of experience will be gained in residence hall living.

Responsibilities

  1. Assisting in the coordination of all residence hall programming efforts (i.e. Themed Living Learning Communities/Faculty Mentor Program, Sustainability, Academic Success, Area Leadership Associations and Diversity Coalitions, Developmental Programs, Resident Assistant programming, and the Association of Residence Halls)
  2. Assist with the training and development of student leaders.
  3. Co-sponsor opportunities with staff on campus (i.e. Homecoming, Pass It On Program, Sibling’s Weekend, Family Weekend, Faculty Mentor Munch and Mingles, etc.) and work with a variety of staff on and off-campus to ensure quality programs in the residence halls.
  4. Research new and innovative strategies for Residential Curriculum Implementation as well as other living and learning opportunities.
  5. Create resources for hall staff around the implementation of the curricular approach.
  6. Collect data and assess the residential programming on an annual basis.
  7. Monitor programming and faculty mentor budgets.
  8. Assist department with on-campus and off-campus errands as necessary.
  9. Other duties as assigned.

Required graduate program (one of the following)

  • College Student Personnel Administration
  • Communication
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Teaching and Learning