Assistantships

Apply for a graduate or teaching assistantship to earn a tuition waiver and/or stipend while gaining real-world experience.

Graduate assistantships (GAs) provide new and continuing students an opportunity to finance their education and pursue professional experience at Hood College. These positions typically have a research, student life and/or administrative support component.

Assistantships are competitive positions that require a minimum GPA of 3.0 and are only open to degree-seeking graduate students. Students may apply to these positions for the fall semester, though some positions may become available in the spring semester. Students are encouraged to directly contact the individual programs, departments and offices regarding questions about the positions. The Graduate School does not have specific information on positions in other departments. Hiring supervisors will directly contact qualified applicants to schedule an interview.

NOTE: Approved GAs must complete the tuition-waiver form every semester they are employed in that role, which is processed after the drop/add deadline.

The following departments offer graduate assistantships:

Athletics Department, contact: Susan Kolb, kolb@hood.edu

Beneficial-Hodson Library and Learning Commons, contact: Marissa Bleiler, bleiler@hood.edu

Center for Career Development & Experiential Education , contact: Lisa Littlefield, littlefield@hood.edu

Center for Teaching and Learning, contact: Beth Kiester, CTL@hood.edu

Dean of the Chapel, contact Rev. Beth O'Malley, Chaplain, omalley@hood.edu

Doctoral Program, contact, Nisha Manikoth, manikoth @hood.edu

Financial Aid, contact, finaid office, finaid@hood.edu

Graduate School, contact: Dean April Boulton, GradDean@hood.edu

Information Technology, contact Jeff Whipp, whipp@hood.edu

Marketing and Communications, contact: Laurie Ward, ward@hood.edu

Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, contact: Nathan Reese, nreese@hood.edu

Registrar’s Office, contact: Traci Holland, holland@hood.edu

Student Life, contact: Christine Marconi, marconi@hood.edu

Student Success Center, contact: Lisa Copenhaver, copenhaver@hood.edu

Teaching assistantship (TA) positions specifically have an instruction component in the content area of the enrolled student. Assistantships are competitive positions and are open to degree-seeking graduate students. To be eligible, all students must maintain a 3.0 GPA.

Students may apply for these positions for the fall semester, though some positions may become available in the spring. Students are encouraged to directly contact the individual programs, departments and offices regarding questions about the positions. The Graduate School office does not have this specific information. Hiring supervisors will directly contact selected applicants to schedule an interview.

NOTE: Approved TAs must complete the tuition-waiver form every semester they are employed in that role, which is processed after the drop/add deadline.

The following departments offer teaching assistantships:

Biology Department, contact:Craig Laufer

Computer Science Department, contact: Carol Jim

Global Languages Department, contact: Lisa Marcus

Note: Global languages assistantships are designed for native speakers. Due to the increased responsibilities, global language TAs must maintain a 3.5 GPA.

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