OPPORTUNITIES AND CONTACTS
UPDATE: August 2024: Fall 2024 Graduate Assistantship positions have been filled. Hiring areas will begin reviewing GA application materials for very limited Spring 2025 positions in November, so please make sure your Spring 25 GA application is filed before then. Spring GA positions are limited and very competitive. After you have filed your GA application please return to this page and submit the additional documentation needed by areas as required below.
For general information about the Graduate Assistant program or additional questions, please contact James Willingham, Assistant Director of Graduate Assistantships, he is happy to help connect you with the information you need.
When you file a GA application a resume is required, a few areas require additional documents (cover letter or references). Please see below the areas with area website link and contact. You will also see what additional documents some require and a contact person if you wish to ask for additional information to help you write your cover letter.
Non-Academic Area Graduate Assistant Positions (subject to change):
(May be more flexible with majors they employ due to a varied nature of job responsibilities and expertise needs for each area)
- Academic Center for Excellence and Success (ACES) - Cass Coughlin, ccoughli@emporia.edu
- Admissions Office - Emily Luthi, eelbert@emporia.edu
- Interested students must email a cover letter
- Career Services - Joel Ewy, jewy@emporia.edu
- Interested student must apply for this position thru Handshake
- Career Services GA positions filled for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025
- Center for Student Involvement
- New Student Programs and Campus Engagement - Blythe Eddy, beddy@emporia.edu
- Interested students must email a cover letter & three references
- Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life - fsl@emporia.edu
- Interested students must email a cover letter & three references
- (This position has been filled for Fall 2024)
- Student Activities & Community Service - Brant Holst, bholst@emporia.edu
- Interested students must email a cover letter & three references
- Counseling Services - Lindsay Bays,
lbays@emporia.edu
- Diversity Student Programming - Nyk Robertson, nrobert7@emporia.edu
- ESU Foundation - Jan Trelc, jtrelc@emporia.edu
- Graduate School - Mary Sewell, msewell@emporia.edu
- International Education - Adam Lewis, alewis7@emporia.edu
- International Education GA positions filled for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.
- Office of Diversity + Equity + Inclusion - Nyk Robertson, nrobert7@emporia.edu
- Recreation Services - Mike Wise, mwise@emporia.edu
- Interested students must email a cover letter & three references (DO NOT apply thru bluefish.com)
- Residential Life - Kayla Smith, ksmith29@emporia.edu
- Student Accessibility + Support Services (SASS) - Lindsay Bays, lbays@emporia.edu
- Student Advising Center (SAC) - Kathy Landwehr, klandweh@emporia.edu
- TRIO Student Support Services - Eden C. Tullis, etullis@emporia.edu
- Interested students must email the names and contact information for 2 references
- TRIO Student Support Services GA positions are filled for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.
- TRIO Upward Bound - Julie Cayton, jcayton1@emporia.edu
- University Libraries + Archives - Yolanda Robinson, yrobinso@emporia.edu
- Interested students must email a cover letter & three references
Academic School or College GA positions (subject to change):
(Many academic units hire their own majors since they fulfill specialized teaching/research positions)
School of Applied Health Sciences
- Counselor Education - Carleen Dvorak, cdvorak@emporia.edu
- Health, Physical Education + Recreation - Dr. Paul Luebbers, pluebber@emporia.edu
- Psychology - Carleen Dvorak, cdvorak@emporia.edu
School of Business + Technology
- Various Positions - Rachael Richardson, rrichar6@emporia.edu
School of Humanities + Social Sciences
- Social Sciences, Sociology, and Criminology - Dr. Rochelle Rowley, rrowley1@emporia.edu
School of Library and Information Management (SLIM)
- Various Positions - Emily Sanders-Jones, esander2@emporia.edu
School of Science + Mathematics
- Biological Sciences - Dr. William E. Jensen, wjensen1@emporia.edu
- Mathematics - Dr. Qiang Shi, qshi@emporia.edu
School of Visual + Performing Arts
- Art - Mary Lopez, mlopez@emporia.edu
The Teachers College
- Elementary Ed - Early Childhood - Special Ed - Dr. Kelly O’Neal-Hixson, koneal@emporia.edu
- School Leadership-Middle/Secondary Teacher Ed - Elizbeth Dexter, edexter1@emporia.edu
- Interested students must email names and email addresses for three references
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