Wellness
Graduate Assistantships
The Department of Wellness at Oklahoma State University provides opportunities to foster Community, Lifelong Learning & Wellness to the OSU and Stillwater community. We are searching for our next Campus Wellness Graduate Assistant as we strive to meet our campus’ needs and invite you to join our team.
We strive to meet the health needs and issues of the community at Oklahoma State University through effective programming and research. We offer many opportunities for students, faculty and staff at OSU to engage in health and wellness programming such as workshops, presentations, trainings and awareness campaigns and initiatives.
Requirements
Acceptance into the Oklahoma State Graduate College of your choosing.
Compensation Package
- Full tuition waiver (in-state and out-of-state)
- Note: Graduate Assistants are responsible for university fees.
- Monthly stipend of $1,500 for 10 months
- Hourly summer employment opportunities
- Travel assistance for professional conferences
- Medical insurance coverage
Reporting Relationship
All Campus Wellness graduate teaching assistants will be supervised by a professional staff member of the Department of Wellness.
Length of Assistantship
All Campus Wellness assistantships are 10 months (August – May). Additionally, the Department of Wellness has summer positions available, however they are not necessarily in the same functional area as the student's assistantship.
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Campus Wellness Graduate Teaching Assistant
The Campus Wellness Graduate Teaching Assistant will serve as a member of the wellness team and will be primarily responsible for assisting professional staff in the design and implementation of health education programs, presentations, and events for students, faculty and staff at OSU. The GTA will oversee the Employee Wellness Innovator program, which includes newsletters, monthly meetings, and various events. GTA will help plan, facilitate, and evaluate outreach awareness initiatives, campaigns and events, and health education trainings for the OSU community focused on health and wellness topics.
Position Duties
- Coordinate Employee Innovator Program
- Create and administer the monthly Innovator Program
- Mentor and guide individual innovators as needed and as appropriate
- Attend and facilitate bi-monthly meetings and various events for innovator team building.
- Research and develop evidence-informed educational outreach programs directed toward the Oklahoma State University student community.
- Topics will include but not limited to, physical activity, nutrition, mental health, sexual health, substance use, etc.
- Provide ongoing evaluation, feedback, and assessment of wellness programs including formal staff evaluations and event reports
- Work as a contributing member of the wellness program staff towards the accomplishment of program and departmental objectives
- Coordinate Employee Innovator Program
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Campus Wellness Prevention Graduate Teaching Assistant
The Campus Wellness Prevention Graduate Teaching Assistant will serve as a member of the wellness team and will be responsible for assisting professional staff in the design and implementation of prevention and resilience programs, presentations, and events. The GTA will oversee a Prevention Ambassador program which includes training, monthly meetings, various events, and a summer retreat. GTA will also assist with presentations in accordance with NCAA Prevention guidelines for OSU athletics, host outreach awareness initiatives, campaigns and events, and facilitate prevention training for the OSU community.
Position Duties:
- Advise Prevention Ambassador team
- Provide training and development via a beginning of semester retreat and monthly meetings
- Attend and facilitate monthly meetings and various events, and holding individual student meetings throughout the year
- Mentor and guide individual students as needed and as appropriate
- Research and develop evidence-informed educational outreach programs directed toward the Oklahoma State University community
- Topics will include but not be limited to, sexual violence prevention including dating violence, domestic violence, sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, and stalking as well as bystander intervention and substance misuse prevention.
- Fulfill on-demand trainings to various student groups – Consent/Boundaries, Healthy Relationships, Bystander Intervention, Sexual Harassment, Narcan and Overdose Prevention and Intervention
- Topics will include but not be limited to, sexual violence prevention including dating violence, domestic violence, sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, and stalking as well as bystander intervention and substance misuse prevention.
- Provide prevention and awareness education for students through in-person and virtual outlets - Programs should be culturally applicable and illustrate society’s current events and perspectives.
- Awareness initiatives include Domestic Violence Awareness Month & Substance Use Prevention Month (October), Healthy Relationships Month (February), Sexual Assault Awareness Month (April), Stalking Awareness Month (January), Denim Day, The Red Zone (Welcome Week – Thanksgiving)
- Provide ongoing evaluation, feedback, and assessment of the wellness programs including formal staff evaluations and event reports
- Work as a contributing member of the wellness program staff towards the accomplishment of program and departmental objectives
- Advise Prevention Ambassador team