2008-2009 Graduate Assistantship Applications

In spring the English Department will award a limited number of graduate assistantships for the 2008-2009 academic year. Graduate assistantships carry full tuition for up to eight graduate-level courses taken for credit towards your degree during the 2008-2009 year and a stipend of $7,500, payable September through May. The application deadline is February 29, 2008.

Graduate assistants are typically assigned to work in DePaul's Writing Centers or to perform editorial or administrative duties in support of the English Department, its publications, and its programs. Assistantships require about 20 hours of work per week at the Lincoln Park Campus during the fall, winter, and spring quarters. Any student in the M.A. in English or the M.A. in Writing may apply for an assistantship.

Applicants must submit the following:

1) a completed assistantship application form

2) a personal statement outlining your qualifications and goals for an assistantship

3) three letters of recommendation from people who are familiar with your academic work

4) an official transcript showing your Graduate Record Examination (GRE) general test score

Click the application form link above to download the necessary forms (Adobe Acrobat Reader software required). Adobe software can be downloaded free by clicking on this adobe link and following the directions. For information about GRE test locations and times, click on the GRE link above. Please select a GRE test date that allows your scores to reach us by the deadline.

All application materials for graduate assistantships must reach the English Department no later than Friday, February 29, 2008.

Note to students planning to begin graduate study in the 2008 Fall Quarter. Application to the M.A. in English or M.A. in Writing program is separate from application for a graduate assistantship. To be eligible for an assistantship for 2008-2009, you must first have been admitted to either the M.A. in English or M.A. in Writing program by February 29, 2008. To ensure that your meet this admissions deadline, please make sure that all application materials for the M.A. in English or Writing reach the Liberal Arts and Sciences Graduate Office by Friday, January 25, 2008 at the latest. Do not, however, wait to hear a decision about admission to your M.A. program before sending in your application and supporting materials for an assistantship.

Note to all students applying for a graduate assistantship. Because your admissions application to your M.A. program includes official transcripts from colleges and universities you attended, you do not need to send new transcripts. If you included official GRE transcripts with your application for admission to your program, you do not need to send new ones. Also, if letters of recommendation were included in your original admission application, it is not necessary to send or have those letters resent again; in these cases, you should fill out recommendation-letter forms for each letter you have already submitted and mark that the letter was included in your admissions materials.

If you have questions about admission to the MAE or MAW or about applying for a graduate assistantship, please contact Mrs. Jan Flood, Assistant Director of Graduate Programs in English, at 773 325-4635 or at jflood@depaul.edu.

Deadline to apply for a 2008-2009 Graduate Assistantship: FEBRUARY 29, 2008.