Graduate Assistantships
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The primary purpose of our graduate assistantships is to provide opportunities to gain professional experience, and 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 $9,491 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 2024-2025 Allocations and Openings
Listed below are the allocations funded by Graduate Studies. Departments may have additional assistantships funded through other sources such as operations budgets or grant funding.
Academic Departments
| Department | No. of Graduate Assistant Allocated | Graduate Assistant Availability |
Department contact's Name and Email |
Application |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Health, Kinesiology, and Sport Sciences | 5 | 2 1 0 1 |
Monica Kearney mlkearney@semo.edu Charlotte Cervantes ccervantes@semo.edu Kyle Schneider kschneider@semo.edu Amy Moore armoore@semo.edu |
Nutrition and Exercise Sci Dietetics and Nutrition Athletic Training Nutrition |
| Biology | 11 | 0 | Dustin Siegel dsiegel@semo.edu |
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| Chemistry and Physics | 4 | 0 | Phil Crawford pcrawford@semo.edu |
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| COE - Leadership, Middle, and Secondary Education | 1 | 0 |
Shannon Clapsaddle |
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| COE - Counselor Education Training Clinic | 1 | 0 |
Kirsten LaMantia |
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| COE - Educator Preparation | 1 | 0 |
Buddy Alberson |
Application Information |
| COE - The Edvolution Center | 1 | 0 | Jana Gerard jgerard@semo.edu |
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| COE - The University School for Young Children | 3 | 0 | Jennie Webb jwebb@semo.edu |
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| Communication Disorders | 4 | 0 | Susan Fulton sfulton@semo.edu |
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| Computer Science | 12 | 0 | 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 | 6 | 0 | Brad Deken bdeken@semo.edu |
Application Form (Information about positions) |
| English and TESOL | 8 | 0 |
Eric Sentell |
Application Form Application Information |
| 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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| Nursing | 2 | 0 | 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 |
Melissa Odegard |
Total GA's in Academic Departments funded by Graduate Studies: 74
Non-academic Departments
| Department | No. of Graduate Assistant Funded by Grad Studies | Graduate Assistant Availability |
Department Contact | Application |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admissions-Graduate | -- | 0 | Alisa McFerron amcferron@semo.edu |
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| Admissions-Special Events | -- | 0 | Liz Jeffries eajeffries@semo.edu |
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| Admissions-Tours | -- | 0 | Liz Jeffries eajeffries@semo.edu |
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| Athletics | -- | 0 |
Betsy Wilcox |
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| Campus Life/Event Services | -- | 0 | Michele Irby mirby@semo.edu |
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| Career Services | 3 | 0 | Dan Presson dpresson@semo.edu |
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| Center for Academic Advising | -- | 0 | Amanda Eller advising@semo.edu |
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| Center for Behavioral Health & Accessibility | -- | 0 | Dinia Jenkins djenkins@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 |
Application Information |
| Dean of Students - Case Management | -- | 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 | 1 | Charles Blackmon cablackmon@semo.edu |
Application Information |
| Office of International Education & Services | 1 | 0 | Paliza Shrestha pshrestha@semo.edu |
Application Information |
| Jane Stephens Honors Program | 1 | 0 | Scott Brandhorst sbrandhorst@semo.edu |
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| Kent Library/Special Collections | 1 | 0 | Tyson Koeing tmkoenig@semo.edu |
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| Learning Assistance Programs | 3 | 0 | Jennifer Weiss jlweiss@semo.edu |
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| Marketing & Communications | -- | 0 | Tonya Wells twells@semo.edu |
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| McNair Scholarship Programs | 1 | 0 | Anoja Kuruppu akuruppu@semo.edu |
Application Information |
| Military and Veteran Services | -- | 0 | Amanda Woods awoods@semo.edu |
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| New Student Programs | -- | 0 | Katie Krodinger kkrodinger@semo.edu |
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| Office of Greek Life | 0 | 0 | Bruce Skinner bskinner@semo.edu |
Application Information |
| Office of Student Conduct | -- | 1 | Randy Carter lrcarter@semo.edu |
Application Information |
| Office of the President | 2 | 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 | 0 | 0 | Allie Wisker awisker@semo.edu |
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| Student Government Association | 0 | 1 | Michele Irby mirby@semo.edu |
Application Information |
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