Graduate Assistantship Application

A part of many graduate assistantships in the student affairs field involve supervising and advising undergraduate students. This experience allows emerging professionals to practice creating, maintaining, and sustaining relationships with students, both in and out of the classroom.

 

Graduate assistants also receive mentorship from not only their supervisor and academic advisor, but other professionals in the field. Working in a professional setting as a graduate student provides opportunities for networking and community building.

 

If you are interested in a Graduate Assistantship at OSU and don't know where to start, check out our Higher Education and Student Affairs and other graduate programs!

 

Applications are due early February 2025.

 

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Useful Information

• Timeline
  • Submit Graduate Assistantship Application AND Graduate Program Application by Feb. 1, 2025
  • Notification of Invitation to In-Person Interview Day by Feb. 7, 2025
  • In-Person Interview Day in Stillwater, OK – Feb. 14, 2025
  • Graduate Assistantship Offers Made to Candidates– Feb. 21, 2025
  • Priority Deadline to Accept Offer – Mar. 15, 2025
  • Final Deadline to Accept Offer – Apr. 15, 2025
  • NOTE: Virtual interviews, in place of in-person interviews, are available on a case-by-case basis and would take place in February. Candidates will indicate their ability to attend in-person interviews on their applications.
• Open Assistantships and Descriptions

  Visit the pages below to view descriptions for open positions.

   

  • Campus Life
  • College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
  • Hargis Leadership Institute
  • Housing and Residential Life
  • Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Recruitment
• Application Requirements

  Candidates must complete the assistantship application by Feb. 1, 2025. The application requires candidates to submit: 

  • Answers to 2 prompts, 250 word max 
    • Please describe your interest in working with students. 
    • What experience do you have with leading a group and executing a program? 
  • Current resume 
  • List of 2 references 

   

  Successful candidates will: 

  • Be interested in working with college students, focused on their personal and professional development  
  • Have experience leading groups and executing large- and small-scale programming 
  • Possess a strong work ethic and contribute positively to a team 
  • Apply academic learning to the work environment, utilizing a theory to practice approach 

  Graduate assistants must meet the following qualifications by start of academic program: 

  • Completion of bachelor’s degree 
  • Admission to a graduate-level program at Oklahoma State University