Half (.Graduate Assistant - Undergraduate Research

Half (.5) Graduate Assistant
- Undergraduate Research

The College of Graduate Studies (COGS) coordinates all of BSU's Graduate Assistantships. For more information on the program or for the status of your application, please contact:
Cassie Birch c1birch

Title
- Half (.5) Graduate Assistant
- Undergraduate Research

Position Description
- The Half Graduate Assistant (.5 GA) will work 10 hours per week and receive up to 15 credits of tuition and student fee waivers: 6 for fall, 6 for spring and 3 for summer. BSU has built a nationally awarded Undergraduate Research (UR) program with significant support and opportunities for students in any major to discover new knowledge and make original contributions to their discipline or community.

The .5 GA will support the UR program administration by helping to coordinate conference-travel grants, on-campus and online symposia, BSU's undergraduate-research journal, and the program's online presence. The position offers opportunities to develop skills that are highly valued in a diversity of professions: written, oral, and visual/design communications; collaboration across academic disciplines and various departments of the university; event-planning; data tracking and analysis;

and creating customized print, email, and website content for different audiences (students, faculty, and community members).

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in coordinating the ATP Symposium in October, Mid-Year Symposium in December, and Student Arts & Research Symposium in April, which are events for several hundred student-presenters, by planning and building schedules, managing sign-ups and student communications, creating abstract books, and staffing the events.
• Support students traveling to present their research at national and regional conferences by researching flights and hotels, meeting with students about what to expect at academic conferences, and helping them design posters for presentations.
• Provide guidance, in one-on-one meetings and email communications, for students across the disciplines participating in, or seeking to learn more about, undergraduate research, including the Adrian Tinsley Program (ATP) summer grant opportunity.
• Assist with editing the Undergraduate Review, a journal of student research, by helping to coordinate faculty reviews of manuscript submissions, managing student revisions, and conducting copy editing.
• Update/maintain Bridge Net (internal website) pages, forms (Microsoft Forms and Qualtrics), online resources, handouts, and other materials and resources for student-researchers.
• Create content/materials that promote BSU's UR opportunities for various audiences/constituents (e.g., PowerPoint slides for Admissions sessions, flyers for info fairs, email communications with prospective student-researchers), reflecting our commitment to racial and social justice, and ensuring equitable access to transformative experiences at BSU.

Preferred Qualifications

• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice
• Experience in faculty-mentored undergraduate research/scholarship
• Meticulous attention to detail (e.g., for proofreading documents & webpages that reflect the professionalism and strong reputation of BSU's undergraduate-research program; for building event schedules of several hundred presenters)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Advanced competency in all Microsoft Word applications, especially Word and Excel
• Experience working with quantitative and/or qualitative data and analysis (e.g., survey and/or interview data, spreadsheets)

Physical Demands
- This position does not include physical demands other than working at a computer for many hours of the day.

Special Conditions for Eligibility
- Please be aware that employment at Bridgewater State University is contingent upon completion of a successful background check. Bridgewater State University is an E-Verify employer.

EEO Statement
- Bridgewater State University is an equal employment opportunity employer and considers all qualified candidates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability status, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition or any other characteristic protected by law.

Hourly Rate - $15

Posting Number
- Stu
05905P