Assistantship Application
Assistantship Application
School of Communicative Disorders
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
This application is for the Fall 20___ - 20___ academic year.
Wisconsin resident: Yes _____ No _____ State __________________
Social Security Number: ____________________________
Name: ______________________________________ Date__________________
(Last) (First) (MI)
Current Address______________________________________________________
Street City State Zip
Current Phone Number (Home) ___________________ (Work)_______________
Cell Phone Number: _________________________________
Permanent Address:__________________________________________________
Street City State Zip
Permanent Phone Number ___________________
1.Planned date of initial enrollment in MS Program (Month) ______ (Year) _____
2.Anticipated date of completion of MS Program (Month) _______ (Year) ______
3.Indicate the number of graduate credits you will have earned, if any, upon your initial enrollment in our program that you expect to apply to your degree require-
ments. If none, than indicate none. _________________.
4.Review the attached position descriptions and rank order your preference.
RANK ______ A) Classroom Instruction
______ B) Clinical Instruction/Operation
______ C) Academic/Administrative Operation
______ D) Research Assistant
5.On the back of this form identify your background experiences that relate to the descriptions you selected. If none, then indicate none.
Return to: Graduate School Coordinator
School of Communicative Disorders
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI 54481
Assistantship Information and Position Description
School of Communicative Disorders
I. General Information
The School of Communicative Disorders has a long history of funding graduate students through assistantships. Typically, approximately half of our on-campus full-time graduate students are on an assistantship. Though not guaranteed, virtually all of our assistantship recipients from out-of-state have also received a waiver of the nonresident portion of the tuition fees.
Criteria for awarding assistantships are based on a composite of academic per- formance as reflected in the overall undergraduate grade point average. Letters of recommendation are also considered.
The graduate assistantship requires 5-10 hours of work during each week of the semester. The general types of available work are assisting with classroom instruction, assisting with clinical instruction/operation, assisting with research and assisting with academic/administrative operations. These areas are described below.
Rank order your choices of assignments on your Assistantship Application.
II. Position Descriptions
A) Classroom Instruction - assist the instructor by organizing materials, correcting exams, providing guidance to students, or by conducting lab sessions.
B) Clinical - help faculty/staff and students find and check out materials in the Clinical Media Center; assume responsibility for the flow of materials in the media center at specified times; operate duplicating machine. Management of the front desk to include answering the phone, meeting and greeting the clinic clientele, receiving cash, dispensing client files, and other administrative tasks.
C) Academic/Administrative Operations - assist Associate Dean and Head, Director of Clinical Services, and Coordinator of Academic Programs with data collection, record keeping, and other administrative type tasks.
D) Research - assist faculty member(s) with on going research. Tasks assigned will vary with the research.
NOTE: Do not assume that each description relates to only one graduate assistantship position. Some relate to several positions and others to only a portion of one position. Also, in certain cases the specific duties associated with the description vary from semester to semester.