Assistantships
A limited number of research, staff or teaching assistantships are available annually in all graduate programs and can be awarded to students who are fully admitted degree–seeking students.
Stipends / Workloads
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The minimum stipend for a 2007-2008 academic year graduate assistantship is $12,400. The assistantship stipend may vary by type of assistantship
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Graduate Assistantship - $6200 a semester
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Teaching Assistantship - $6650 a semester
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Research Assistantship – $6200 a semester (minimal)
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The student who is awarded an assistantship is required to carry at least the minimal course load required of a full-time graduate student at the College of Charleston (nine hours of graduate coursework per semester) and must maintain a satisfactory grade point average of at least a 3.0 at the Graduate School. A student must be admitted as a degree-seeking student in order to be considered for a graduate assistantship.
For out-of-state students, graduate assistantships carry the possibility of an abatement, which will bring your tuition down to in-state rates.
Graduate assistantships are offered by individual programs, as well as by a wide range of offices on campus.
If you are interested in obtaining an assistantship, contact your program director, who can inform you of any positions open through your degree program. Also, check CISTERNonline for postings of open positions around campus. To search CISTERNonline for graduate assistantships, click on 1 Click Searches - On-Campus Part-time Jobs and then refines with the keyword graduate, it will pull up the grad assistant positions.
Applications for assistantships are available through the Graduate School Office or may be downloaded here. Please return your application as well as a copy of your resume to the Graduate School Office and to your program director. After you have submitted the Graduate Assistantship Application, the Graduate School will be happy to forward your application and résumé to any position you are interested in applying to. Graduate assistantship applications are kept on file in the Graduate School Office for one year.
Fellowships
Lindstedt Trust Award and the Environmental
Protection Agency Fellowship
These
scholarships, offered by the Master of Environmental Studies program
(MES), are awarded competitively, based on academic record and
a response essay. Applicants must either be accepted into, or matriculated
in, the MES program and should be in excellent academic standing.
All applicants must submit a typed, two-hundred and fifty word
essay describing what they hope to accomplish in the environmental
field once they have completed their degree. All submissions must
be in the MES program office no later than June 1.
Joanna Foundation Graduate Fellowship
in Marine Biology
This fellowship
is awarded competitively to graduate students with the strongest
overall academic record.
Universite de Versailles/Saint Quentin
Research/Teaching Fellowship
The
Graduate School of the College of Charleston has a student exchange
agreement with the Universite de Versailles/Saint Quentin which
affords an opportunity for graduate students to teach English
and do research at the universite located in the southwest suburbs
of Paris. Entrance to the program is competitive, usually with
one student being chosen per academic year. Graduate students
at the College of Charleston may apply in the fall/early winter
of each academic year for the program. Application forms are available
in the Graduate School Office. The application deadline is February
1. Applicants must be currently enrolled, degree-seeking master’s
level students in an established graduate program at the College,
and must have excellent academic standing. The stipend for students
is approximately $17,000, paid by Versailles, but the amount may
vary given currency exchange rates, and stipend levels at Versailles.
NOTE: While students will operate in an English-speaking environment,
fellowship recipients will be expected to have good reading knowledge
and speaking ability in French. Lack of French language ability
can be corrected through intensive language courses and should
not deter interested students from applying for this fellowship.
Call 843-953-5930 for more information.
Scholarships
Bilingual Legal Interpreting
For information on scholarships available
for students in the Bilingual Legal Interpreting program, please
visit www.cofc.edu/~legalint.
Graduate Scholars Award
The Graduate Scholars Award program (GSA) has been established to enhance the geographical diversity of applicants to
the Graduate School of the College of Charleston. In the belief that the education of people is not confined to the
classroom, the university encourages individuals from diverse backgrounds to meet and exchange ideas and experiences
in the collegiate environment. Download the application and criteria.
Holland and Sizemore Scholarships
These scholarships are endowed in the memory
of Max Holland and Mitch Sizemore, long-time city managers and
proponents of professional public administration. Students actively
enrolled in the MPA programs at the University of South Carolina,
College of Charleston, and Clemson University are all eligible
to apply. Each scholarship is for $1000. To apply, please send
the following information: a letter of application; three letters
of reference; a statement of your career intent; work history;
and undergraduate and current graduate GPA’s. Application
deadline: November 8.
Young Alumni Scholarship
The Young Alumni Scholarship is awarded to
a member of the Young Alumni Association who, as a recent graduate
of the College of Charleston, is presently a student in a master’s
program at the Graduate School of the College of Charleston. The
award is given in recognition of his or her academic achievements,
extracurricular contributions, both on and off campus, and any
post graduate involvement which reflects positively on the College
of Charleston. Please contact the Graduate School Office at 843-953-5614
for further details and deadlines.
For Teachers
The Aline Smith Bulwinkle Memorial
Scholarship
Awarded to a graduate
student in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
who meets the scholarship criteria. The deserving student will
be awarded $1200 per academic year and can be the scholarship
recipient for up to two years.
The Miles Early Childhood Internship
Awarded each semester to a graduate student
in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education.
The deserving student will be appointed as the Miles Early Childhood
Graduate Assistant. This award will pay $3550 a semester toward
employment in the Early Childhood Development Center.
Education majors receiving a Federal Perkins
Loan may be eligible for loan cancellation by teaching in an eligible
school with a high concentration of low income families.
The Mary A. Lee Endowed Fellowship
in Special Education
A one-time
non-renewable award to a special education student in the master of arts in teaching degrees program.
The tuition award is made in July for fall and spring semesters.
Applicants should meet specified guidelines (full-time status,
admitted to a degree program in special education, and taking
at least nine hours) and complete the application available in
the Graduate School Office. Applicants may or may not have a graduate
assistantship. The deadline is July 15.
The South Carolina Teacher Loan Program
This loan offers S.C. residents low interest
loans to students in the teaching profession. These loans can
be cancelled by teaching in South Carolina public schools in an
area of critical need. Contact the S.C. Student Loan Corporation
at 803-798-0916 to request an application.
Teaching Certification
Students who have already received a bachelor’s
degree and are pursuing a teaching certificate are eligible for
financial assistance in the form of student loans. Students receiving
teaching certification are eligible for student loans for up to
two years. For information, contact the Graduate School of the
College of Charleston’s School of Education about acceptance
in the master of arts (M.A.T.) in teaching program or the master
of education (M.Ed.) program.
Summer School Financial
Assistance
Aid for summer is available only for students
who have not used all aid eligibility during the previous academic
year. Graduate students must be enrolled in at least three hours.
Aid cannot be processed for students enrolled only in Summer Evening
and/or Summer II Day terms. A summer application form and the
previous year's FAFSA must be received by the April 1st deadline. Please talk with Financial Aid for more details.
Grants
Graduate Research and Presentation Grants
The Graduate School of the College of Charleston awards mini-grants to graduate students doing research or creative projects in collaboration with faculty associated with their programs (limiting the awards to students will allow faculty from partner institutions to be mentors). Review guidelines.
Grant Opportunities
Students Serve Service-Learning Grant
Sponsor: Students Serve
Deadline: 03/15/2008
Description: Students Serve is a nonprofit organization that provides academic service grants of up to $2,000 to innovative college students across the country. Students use the academic knowledge they are learning in their classes to create meaningful changes in communities. The next application deadline is March 15th, 2008 for projects that will begin in the summer. These grants are for students who believe that they should have the chance to use their skills and research to improve communities across America.
Contact:
Helen Chacon
Associate Director of Communications
Students Serve
703-606-9197
More Information:
http://www.studentsserve.org/
http://studentsserve.com/?page_id=5
Jobs
Departments are highly encouraged to post their open positions on CISTERNonline. Be sure check CISTERNonline for postings of open positions around campus and make your Program Director aware of your desire for a job and/or assistantship.
Academic Advising & Planning Center Student Worker for 25-30 hrs/wk, posted May 7, 2008
-- Contact Myra Whittemore for more information.
Medical University of South Carolina Archives Intern, posted April 2, 2008
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