Graduate Assistantships
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The primary purpose of our graduate assistantships provide opportunities to gain professional experience, academic training, and to help relieve some of the financial burden of graduate school.
Assistantships are offered in both academic and administrative roles. Responsibilities and eligibility for assistantships may vary among departments.
Graduate assistantships pay a stipend of $9,170 for the academic year and cover the tuition for up to 9 credits of graduate level coursework in both the fall and spring semesters and up to 6 credits during the summer semester.
The full Graduate Assistant Handbook can be found on the mySEMO portal.
GA Handbook Summary
Southeast has two primary types of assistantships - Teaching and Administrative.
Teaching. The graduate teaching assistant (TA) is expected to participate directly in the teaching of a course, tutoring, or to fulfill duties pertaining to teaching support activities assigned to specific course sections. Support activities may include laboratory or clinical preparation, grading, tutoring, or library research to help prepare class presentations, etc. TA's are required to take GR603 (0 credit hour) course which is an in-depth study of, and intensive practical training in effective classroom teaching. Nursing, MBA, and English TA’s do not have to take GR603. They will complete a department specific orientation.
Administrative. The graduate administrative assistant (AA) is expected to develop competencies in and assist in the daily operations of a university administrative unit. It is expected that such an AA appointment provide more than routine student clerical support that would typically be performed by student workers on campus.
GAs are required to complete a minimum of six (6) hours of graduate level work per semester. However, in order to meet full-time graduate enrollment for FAFSA, SEVIS, or other purposes, a minimum of nine (9) hours is required. The fee waiver included in the assistantship covers up to nine (9) graduate hours of course- work applicable to the student’s degree program per semester for the fall and spring semesters, and up to six (6) hours of graduate coursework during the summer semester.
Graduate Assistant Forms
- Used when a new Graduate Assistants is hired
- Used when a Graduate Assistant is going to continue to work the next academic year
Approval to Work Additional On-Campus
- Used if a Graduate Assistant will be working during Winter/ Summer Break
- Used to obtain approval from the Graduate Studies Department
- Used to evaluate Graduate Assistants. This form is to be submitted by the Assistantship Supervisor each semester before finals week
- Used to evaluate the Assistantship. This form is to be submitted by the Graduate Assistant each year after working as a GA
- Used when the Graduate Assistant contract expires. Completion of this form is required to receive full clearance from the University.
Academic Year 2022-2023 Allocations and Openings
Listed below are the allocations funded by Graduate Studies. Departments may have additional assistantships funded through other sources such operations budgets or grant funding.
Academic Departments
| Department | No. of Graduate Assistant Allocated | Graduate Assistant Availability |
Graduate Coordinator's Name and Email |
Application |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 10 | 0 |
Dustin Siegel |
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| Chemistry and Physics | 4 | 1 |
Phil Crawford |
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| COE - Leadership, Middle, and Secondary Education | 1 | 0 | R.D. Nordgren rnordgeren@semo.edu |
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| COE - CHART Clinic at River Campus | 1 | 0 | Kyle Schneider kschneider@semo.edu |
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| COE - Counselor Education Training Clinic | 1 | 0 | Kirsten LaMantia klamantia@semo.edu |
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| COE - Educator Preparation | 1 | 0 | Shannon Clapsaddle sclapsaddle@semo.edu |
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| COE - The University School for Young Children | 2 | 0 | Jennie Webb jwebb@semo.edu |
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| Communication Disorders | 4 | 0 | Jayanti Ray jray@semo.edu |
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| Computer Science | 12 | 2 | Reshmi Mitra CSgradprograms@semo.edu |
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| Criminal Justice, Social Work, and Sociology | 1 | 0 | Christopher Bradley cbradley@semo.edu |
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| Engineering and Technology | 5 | 0 | Brad Deken bdeken@semo.edu |
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| English and TESOL | 11 | 0 | Philip Mackenzie pmackenzie@semo.edu |
Application Form |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 0 | John Kraemer jkraemer@semo.edu |
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| Graduate Business Studies | 6 | 0 | Gillian Nicholls gnicholls@semo.edu |
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| History and Anthropology | 3 | 0 | Adam Criblez acriblez@semo.edu |
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| Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Recreation | 6 | 0 |
Charlotte Cervantes Monica Kearney (Exercise Science) |
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Mathematics |
6 | 0 | Emmanuel Thompson ethompson@semo.edu |
Application Information |
| Nursing | 5 | 3 | Gina Koch glkoch@semo.edu |
Must have BSN with Missouri RN Licensure |
| Political Science, Philosophy, and Religion | 1 | 0 | Jeremy Walling jwalling@semo.edu |
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| Psychology and Counseling | 2 | 0 | Nic Wilkins nwilkins@semo.edu |
Total in Academic Departments: 85
Non-academic Departments
| Department | No. of Graduate Assistant Allocated | Graduate Assistant Availability |
Department Contact | Application |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admissions-Graduate | 1 | 0 | Alisa McFerron amcferron@semo.edu |
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| Admissions-Special Events | 1 | 0 | Casey Hohler chohler@semo.edu |
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| Admissions-Tours | 1 | 0 | Casey Hohler chohler@semo.edu |
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| Athletics | 14 | 0 | athletics@semo.edu | |
| Campus Life/Event Services | 1 | 0 | Michele Irby mirby@semo.edu |
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| Career Services | 3 | 0 | Jennifer Woolf jwoolf@semo.edu |
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| Center for Academic Advising | 2 | 0 | Amanda Eller advising@semo.edu |
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| Center for Behavioral Health & Accessibility | 2 | 0 | Millicent Odhiambo usc@semo.edu |
Application Information Application Information |
| Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) | 1 | 0 | Mary Talbut mhtalbut@semo.edu |
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| Center for Writing Excellence | 1 | 0 | Jennifer Weiss jlweiss@semo.edu |
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| Dean of Students - Case Management | 1 | 0 | Trae Mitten lmitten@semo.edu |
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| Early College Programs | 1 | 0 | Karie Stroder earlycollegeprograms@semo.edu |
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| Educational Access Programs | 1 | 0 | Valdis Zalite vzalite@semo.edu |
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| Office of International Education & Services | 1 | 0 | Shvetha Gohn sgohn@semo.edu |
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| Jane Stephens Honors Program | 1 | 1 | Scott Brandhorst sbrandhorst@semo.edu |
Application Form |
| Kent Library/Special Collections | 1 | 0 | Tyson Koeing tmkoenig@semo.edu |
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| Learning Assistances Program | 1 | 0 | Lindie Perry lkperry@semo.edu |
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| LGBTQ Resource Center | 1 | 0 | Millicent Odhiambo usc@semo.edu |
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| Marketing and Communications | 1 | Tonya Wells twells@semo.edu |
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| Military and Veteran Services | 1 | 0 | Amanda Woods awoods@semo.edu |
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| New Student Programs | 2 | 0 | Katie Krodinger kkrodinger@semo.edu |
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| Office of Student Conduct | 1 | 0 | Randy Carter lrcarter@semo.edu |
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| Office of the President | 1 | 0 | Chris Martin cmartin@semo.edu |
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| Office of the Provost | 1 | 0 | Doug Koch dskoch@semo.edu |
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| Southeast Online | 2 | 0 | Dan Morris southeastonline@semo.edu |
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| Office of Residence Life | 3 | Allie Whisker awisker@semo.edu |
Total in Non-academic Departments: 44
Total Allocations: 129
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