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Graduate Assistant Contract Template (2014-15)See accompanying annotated checlist

!est "irginia #ni$ersity Terms and Conditions %or Graduate Student Appointments

Date

The following are the terms and conditions of appointment between

Student NameMailing AddressHometown, YY XXXXX

and

Department of XXXXWest irginia !ni"ersit#

Appointment

• You are offered a position as a $%& 'raduate (Teaching, )esearch, Ser"ice, or)esidence Hall* Assistant in the $+& Department of XXXX, in the $& XXXX -ollege ofXXXX, at West irginia !ni"ersit#

• $.& Your initial/continued term of appointment, assuming satisfactor# performance in theposition, is from August %0, +1XX to Ma# %2, +1XX at a $2& salar# of 3XX,XXX peracademic #ear, $0& pa#able in %4 bimonthl# installments5

• $6& Your first chec7 during this time period will be issued on or about September %2,+1XX5 This appointment is $4& part8time, non8tenure trac7, and is not benefits eligible5

#ni$ersity !ai$ers & 'ees

• $9& The award of an assistantship also carries with it a wai"er of !ni"ersit# tuition forthe academic #ear5 You ma# onl# accept this assistantship if #our degree programallows #ou to wai"e !ni"ersit# tuition5 You will be responsible for pa#ing -ollege tuitionas well as !ni"ersit# and other re:uired fees5 ;nformation about tuition and fee chargesis a"ailable at financialser"ices5w"u5edu5

• $%1&


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Appointment n%ormation

• $%& This appointment is offered in accordance with the pro"isions of W! Foard of'o"ernors =olic# + and the West irginia !ni"ersit# Faculty Handbook , which area"ailable online at pro"ost5w"u5edu 5

• $%.& As with all positions in higher education, it is subect to the a"ailabilit# of funds andappro"al of the appropriate eEpenditure schedule5

• $%2& Your position at West irginia !ni"ersit# is go"erned b# the rules and policiescontained in the abo"e documents, as the# are and $%0& as the# ma# from time to timebe changed5

• $%6& ;t is also go"erned b# other policies adopted b# the uni"ersit# and the facult# andadministration of the Department of XXXX and the XXXX -ollege of XXXX5 ;t is #ourresponsibilit# to be aware of terms and conditions of the uni"ersit# policies that go"ern#our wor75 @urther information regarding policies that ma# be applicable to #ou, inaddition to information concerning #our pri"ileges and responsibilities as a 'raduate

Assistant, ma# be posted at grad5w"u5edu and ma# be pro"ided upon #our arri"al5

'eneral :uestions about graduate assistant rights, responsibilities, policies, andprocedures should be directed to the ife $see grad5w"u5edu/ga8%118hour8rule&5

• $+& 'raduate Assistants at West irginia !ni"ersit# are re"iewed at the end of eachsemester, $+.& including the first5 Such a re"iew is re:uired prior to consideration of#our continued appointment, which is dependent upon #our satisfactor# fulfillment of

the responsibilities of this position, and of continued funding of and need for theposition5 $+2& ;t is also contingent upon #our maintaining full8time student status andade:uate progress toward completion of #our degree program as determined b# thefacult# of #our program5

uties and *esponsi+ilities

• $+0& At this time, #our assignment will be to ser"e as a 'raduate (t#pe* Assistant underthe super"ision of Dr5 XXXX (or whoe"er*5

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• $+6& Your time commitment is eEpected to be up to +1 cloc7 hours per wee7, ona"erage, as scheduled b# #our super"isor in consultation with #ou5 $+4& ;n general,these responsibilities are to be carried out throughout the semester of appointment,including times when classes are not in session (including/not including !ni"ersit#brea7s $specif# as appropriate&*, but not including da#s when the !ni"ersit# is closed5

• $+9& T#pical assigned duties for a 'raduate (t#pe* Assistant in the Department of XXXXare as follows?• X

• X

• X

• ;n addition, #ou will be eEpected to (;nclude specifics related to times, for eEample*?

• XJ

• X5

• $1& You are eEpected to attend orientation sessions designed for all W! 'raduate

Assistants and to participate in 'raduate Assistant training and de"elopmentopportunities in the department5 ;nformation concerning mandator# and optionalorientation and training sessions will be sent to #ou through #our !ni"ersit# e8mailaccount5

Terms and Conditions

• $%& As an ac7nowledgment of these general conditions and the more specific aspectsof #our appointment, please sign and return to me one cop# of this letter $+& as soonas possible, but no later than April %2 to secure this appointment $seewww5cgsnet5org/april8%28resolution for information about the deadline for accepting anoffer of financial support&5

• $& A cop# of the letter is enclosed for #our files5 ;f #ou are unable to accept the offer,please contact me immediatel#5

Should #ou ha"e an# :uestions about this appointment, please contact?

(=rinted -hair or Super"isor Name*Department of XXXX=< FoE XXXXWest irginia !ni"ersit#Morgantown, W +0210KTB>B=H ADD)BSSL

-hair or Super"isor signature? IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

; ac7nowledge and accept the terms and conditions of this appointment?

$.& Student signature? IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

$2& Date? IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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