{"id":155,"date":"2016-02-11T15:42:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T20:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/biology\/?page_id=155"},"modified":"2023-10-19T09:22:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:22:57","slug":"graduate-assistantship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/biology\/graduate\/graduate-assistantship\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Assistantship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The department offers a limited number of graduate assistantships (GAs) to qualified and motivated master&#8217;s\u00a0students. Students must have been accepted into the Department of Biological Sciences MS or MA program, or have submitted their application for admission to be considered for a BSC GA. Applications from students in other departments are occasionally considered if the available positions are not filled with BSC students. GAs include a stipend and a tuition waver.<\/p>\n<p>Duties of departmental GAs include teaching labs, maintenance of collections, and other functions related to departmental life. The experience and training you receive as a GA will aid you in preparation for any type of scientific career. For example, the best way to become a good scientific communicator is to practice. Teaching labs gives you weekly practice that will lead to smoother and more coherent presentations, or job or professional school interviews.<\/p>\n<p>To apply for a graduate assistantship, first submit your application for admission to the Biological Sciences masters program. Once this is done, complete the GA application on the human resources web site. Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/job-opportunities\/\">Human Resources &#8211; Job Opportunities<\/a>, click on Graduate Assistantships, then search for openings in Biological Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please contact us if you have any questions about the program or duties.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"\">To receive full consideration, GA applications are due April 15 for a Fall Award and November 15 for a Spring Award.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The department offers a limited number of graduate assistantships (GAs) to qualified and motivated master&#8217;s\u00a0students. Students must have been accepted into the Department of Biological Sciences MS or MA program, or have submitted their application for admission to be considered for a BSC GA. Applications from students in other departments are occasionally considered if the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":389,"featured_media":0,"parent":132,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-155","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":928,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions\/928"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}