Graduate Assistant - Geology

Location Alpine Department Natural Sciences Job No. 999008 (1)/ 999493 (2)
Posting Date 09/18/2026

End Date 05/31/2027

Appointment Date 09/01/2026

Salary $1,000-1,250 monthly based on completed credit hours

• Bachelor’s degree in Geology;
• Working on master’s degree in Geology.

• Complete tasks with minimal supervision.
• Learn new skills as necessary.
• Comfortably with using Microsoft Office software.
• Have excellent communication skills, attention to details, and be solution oriented.
• Have a positive professional manner.
• Uphold FERPA and other confidential matters.
• Ability to work 20 hours per week.

• Teach laboratories for Geology courses.
• Hold office hours, prep labs, teach undergraduate sections of labs, administer lab practicals, and evaluate student outcomes on labs and practicals.
• Coordinate with a faculty mentor who will guide and direct lab activities.
• Drive university vehicles on field trips.
• Monitor the safety of others and practice personal safety; exercise due caution and practice safe work habits at all times.

Security Sensitive: This position is classified as Security-Sensitive and is thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094, which authorize employers to obtain and review criminal history record information for applicants.

Responsible for personal safety and the safety of others; must exercise due caution and practice safe work habits at all times.

It is the policy of Sul Ross State University to provide equal employment opportunity for all persons in accordance with their individual, job related qualifications and without consideration of race, creed, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status and ancestry. Equal employment opportunities shall be afforded in all personnel actions or decisions including, but not necessarily limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, upgrading, promotion, demotion, termination and salary.

Retaliation is prohibited against a person who opposes a discriminatory practice, files a charge, testifies, assists or participates in an investigative proceeding or hearing.

The report contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the University will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus.

The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Non-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.

A paper copy of the report will be provided upon request. If you would like to receive a paper copy, you can contact the Office of Student Life, located on the Alpine Campus in the Morgan University Center, Room 211 or you can request that a copy be mailed to you by calling  or emailing stulife

Our campuses span a fascinating part of Texas—Alpine, in the heart of the beautiful Big Bend area, and Del Rio, Eagle Pass and Uvalde along the vibrant, bicultural Texas/Mexico border.

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