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The deadline to apply for 2015–2016 graduate assistantships is January 15, 2015. *** Name: Hana Yoo Program: MAE Graduate Assistantship Description: I edit Ex Libris, the graduate student blog. I’m editing the page you’re reading right now. (Meta! Or something.) I also make slides for the English department monitors—as does the lovely Anastasia, another GA in the English department. Her profile’s coming soon. Thoughts on the Graduate Assistantship: I left a job I loved to go back to school this past autumn. I couldn’t have taken that leap of faith without the GAship. Fully funded English master’s degree programs are about as common as… Read Article →

Name: Carolyn Rudinsky Program: MAE Graduate Assistantship Description: This is my second year as a Graduate Assistant at DePaul’s writing center, the University Center for Writing-based Learning (UCWbL), where I work as a writing tutor and a leader in the UCWbL Outreach team. At the most basic level, UCWbL writing tutors work with DePaul students, faculty, staff, and alumni on any writing project at any stage of the writing process. However, tutors at the UCWbL also do so much more, which is why I’d suggest clicking on the hyperlink above and exploring the UCWbL’s website to learn… Read Article →

Name: Brandon Haskey Program: MAWP Graduate Assistantship Description: My GAship is at the University Center for Writing-based Learning or, as we call it, the UCWbL. Try pronouncing it—it’s fun! At the UCWbL, there are many things I get to do! Aside from tutoring students, alumni, and faculty on their writing, I participate in the UCWbL’s leadership team. The best part of my GAship, though, is getting to be a producer and cohost of Scrawl Radio, a weekly radio show (“Every Friday morning at 11 o’clock…” If you know our theme song, you’re singing it now!) that… Read Article →

Any current or prospective student in DePaul’s MA in English or MA in Writing and Publishing programs may apply for one of the English department’s graduate assistantships. Graduate assistants receive a full tuition waiver and a $7,500 stipend, payable September through May. The deadline for applying for a 2015–2016 graduate assistantship is January 15, 2015. Applicants submit the following materials: 1) Completed graduate assistantship application form 2) Personal statement (200–300 words) outlining qualifications and goals for an assistantship 3) Two academic letters of recommendation 4) Copy of the writing sample submitted with the program application 5) Official Graduate Record Examination… Read Article →

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