Assistantship
Each year the Technology Management Department hires Graduate Assistants and Ph.D. Fellows to assist faculty in the Technology Management Department. These awards offer a unique opportunity to work directly with faculty on selected projects, research activities, or teaching, and they can help to reduce the financial burden of funding a graduate degree. Assistantships and Fellowships are available to full-time, on-campus students (preference is given to majors within the Technology Management Department). These awards typically have an academic scholarship to help reduce the tuition costs for a student.
Job duties consist of helping faculty to conduct research, write grants, teaching selected classes, audio streaming faculty presentations to the Internet, assisting in the printing and grading of student papers, web material development, and other assigned duties. Please note, the funding for Assistantships and Fellowships are limited, and the Department is unable to fund every student who requests these awards. Please submit the required application forms early to be considered for these opportunities.
Application materials for Assistantships and Fellowships and Scholarships can be found below, and you will need Adobe Reader to view these forms. Please complete these forms and submit them to the Industrial Technology Education Department
Application Form
Pay Authorization Form
Scholarship Form
Assistantship Award Guidelines (Effective, Fall 2006)
Academic Criteria
To be eligible for a graduate assistantship, a student must:
a). have a minimum cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 at the time of award. At their discretion, however, individual academic units may set higher standards above this minimum requirement.
b). have been admitted to a graduate degree program with a regular admission status.
c). be enrolled as a full-time student (as defined under section 3 of these guidelines) at Indiana State University. Exceptions will be made for students who are enrolled in the Ph.D. Technology Management or other ISU-approved consortium programs, as well as for students who are enrolled in their final semester at Indiana State University.
d). be in good academic standing, by maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.
International Students
To be eligible for a graduate assistantship, an international student must:
a). meet all of the academic criteria as described in the academic criteria guidelines (see above).
b). possess a valid Passport and appropriate Visa at the time of award.
c). be in good standing and in compliance with U.S Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration laws and regulations.
Any unit which wishes to award a graduate assistantship to an international student must first consult with the ISU International Affairs Center and obtain written verification of the eligibility of such student to work (visa, immigration status, etc.) before extending an assistantship offer
Satisfactory Progress(Enrollment)
Criteria
Graduate assistantships shall be awarded only to full-time students at either full-time level (20 hours per week, 15 hours per week for clinical programs) or half-time level (10 hours per week).
Expectations for a student awarded either a full-or half-time assistantship include the following:
a). Must earn a minimum of 18 credit hours per academic year
Exceptions:
i). Students enrolled in their final year in Graduate School may earn fewer than 18 credit hours. For students completing a thesis, dissertation, or final project, and when the thesis, dissertation, or final project is the single remaining degree requirement, enrollment may drop below 18 hours, but not lower than 3 credit hours during the student's last semester of registration. This exception will be allowed only once.
ii). Students serving as Teaching Assistants and teaching more than three credit hours (or more than one course per semester) may enroll in fewer than 18 credit hours, but no fewer than 12 credit hours in any given academic year, because of the time demands of the teaching load.
iii). Must earn a minimum of six credit hours during the Summer period (those six credit hours can be in one or more Summer terms in any given year), if a full-time assistantship is awarded in the Summer. Must earn a minimum of three credit hours during the Summer period for which they are awarded the assistantship if a half-time assistantship is awarded. c). Must work 20 hours per week for a full-time award and 10 hours per week for a half- time award.