Dates for Graduate Assistant, Pre-doctoral Fellowship Appointments And Tuition Payment Eligibility for the 1999 – 2000 Academic Year

Rita Cowan, Administrative Services Coordinator

Dates for Graduate Assistant, Pre-doctoral Fellowship Appointments And Tuition Payment Eligibility for the 1999 – 2000 Academic Year

The following information is being provided to help you with your planning during the upcoming academic year.

Eligibility dates for tuition payments for graduate assistants will be based on the duties of the graduate student. Assistants hired for teaching, i.e., Graduate Assistant – T, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Graduate Teaching Associate, and Senior Graduate Teaching Associate, must be employed at least the following dates:

                   Term               Dates                   BW
          Fall Term - 1999     08/16/99 - 12/17/99           9.0
        Spring Term - 2000     01/03/00 - 05/05/00           9.0

Assistants hired for research, i.e. Graduate Assistant – R, Graduate Research Assistant, Graduate Research Associate, and Senior Graduate Research Associate, as well as those hired as graders or lab assistants for a course, i.e., Graduate Assistant – G, must be employed at least the following dates:

                   Term               Dates                   BW
          Fall Term - 1999     08/23/99 - 12/17/99           8.5
        Spring Term - 2000     01/10/00 - 05/05/00           8.5

This does not restrict a department/unit from employing a graduate assistant or appointing a pre-doctoral fellow for additional days each term, up to and including the contractual dates listed below. Departments are encouraged to begin employment for graduate assistants as soon as they arrive on campus or on the first day of the contractual period for the semester, whichever is later, rather than starting them on the first day of eligibility for tuition payment. Consideration should also be given to offering contracts and appointing graduate assistants for the entire academic year, as funding permits.

                   Term               Dates                   BW
          Fall Term - 1999     08/13/99 - 12/30/99          10.0
        Spring Term - 2000     12/31/99 - 05/11/00           9.5

For a pre-doctoral fellow to be eligible for a tuition payment, s/he must receive at least $3150 per semester and be registered for 12 hours. The dates of appointment must be for at least the dates listed below, but could be for the entire semester.

                   Term              Dates                    BW
          Fall Term - 1999    08/23/99 - 12/17/99            8.5
        Spring Term - 2000    01/10/00 - 05/05/00            8.5

The following dates are to be used for Summer graduate assistantship employment and to determine eligibility for tuition payments for both graduate assistantships and pre-doctoral fellowships:

               Term                 Dates                     BW
         Term A - 2000       05/12/00 - 06/27/00             3.3
         Term B - 2000       06/28/00 - 08/10/00             3.2
         Term C - 2000       05/12/00 - 08/10/00             6.5

If you have questions about these procedures or need further assistance, please call Nancy Paris or me at 392-1251.