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Salary: $550.00 Semi-Monthly
Location : UCMO - Warrensburg, MO
Job Type: Graduate Assistant
Job Number: G97965
Division: Kickoff
Opening Date: 06/10/2026
Description
The First-Year Experience is designed to help students excel in the classroom and adjust to life as a Mule. FYE aims to promote first-year student engagement and persistence in the sophomore year. FYE empowers students to develop by building a foundation for their success through comprehensive programming. FYE enhances students' and families' transition to, connection with, understanding of, and engagement within the UCM community. FYE offers a variety of programs, including the following: Kickoff - four-day fall orientation program UNIV 1400 Freshman Seminar -course for all new first-year students (Varies) FYE staff work with many student leaders, including the Mule Team Leaders, Peer Mentors, and Success Coaches. The Graduate Assistant for First-Year Experience supports the Director in planning, implementing, and assessing the university's first-year experience, orientation, transition, and retention programs and services. The Graduate Assistant works closely on the execution of major programs such as Kickoff (Freshman, Transfer, International, and Parent/Family), and UNIV 1400 Freshman Seminar.
Examples of Duties
Duties Include:

• Assist the Assistant Director of First-Year Experience in developing, implementing, staffing, and assessing FYE events.
• Develop a weekly e-newsletter blast for UNIV 1400 instructors regarding campus events, important dates, and training.
• Assist UNIV 1400 instructors as needed, including securing resources and gathering data.
• Assist in the development and implementation of FYE marketing efforts, including creating, producing, and editing publications and social media.
• Assist in the recruitment, selection, training, mentoring, and supervision of FYE Executive and Student Leadership Teams.
• Research high-impact programs focused on first-year student orientation, transition, and retention and make recommendations for implementation and enhancements of current programming.
• Coordinate a program held during the spring semester to prepare first-year students to transition to next steps.

Typical Qualifications
Education:

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• Currently admitted to a UCM graduate degree program
• 3.0 or higher graduate level GPA if previous graduate level courses have been taken
• 2.7 or higher undergraduate level GPA if no previous graduate level courses have been taken
• Minimum of 6 and maximum of 12 graduate credit hours enrolled for Fall

Experience:

• Preference will be given to those with experience working with First Gen, Historically underrepresented, and Pell-Eligible students.
• Previous experience with new student orientation, first-year experience, freshman seminar, student transition, retention, family engagement, and/or related higher education/student affairs programs.
• Previous experience with coordinating and executing student programs.
• Previous experience advising, supervising, or working with student staff.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills.

Supplemental Information
GA Type: Student Affairs
GA Hour Expectations: The assistantship is a 20-hour per week appointment.
Start Date of Position: 8/10/2026
End Date of Position: 12/11/2026
Total Stipend for Semester: $4,950
Working Days & Hours: The Graduate Assistant will generally work a standard weekly schedule but must be flexible when orientation, training, retreats, and meetings are in session. Some evening and/or weekend work is required.
Scholarship: Students filling a Graduate Assistantship (GA) position are eligible to receive a graduate tuition waiver, a graduate non-resident tuition waiver (if applicable), and a graduate mandatory fees waiver. The scholarships are in the form of a waiver and the funds are not deposited into the student's personal account. Instead, the student's bill is reduced by the amount of the scholarship awarded. If the maximum amount of the scholarship is not used, the remainder is not paid to the student in any form and unused scholarship money cannot be carried over to another semester. The scholarship is applied to graduate level courses only; courses taken for undergraduate credit are not eligible to be covered by the GA scholarship. The non-resident fee scholarship only applies to classes taken on the UCM Warrensburg campus. The maximum scholarship amounts are based on the size of assistantship held. For a full (20-hour per week) assistantship, the scholarship covers tuition costs and mandatory fees up to 12 credit hours of graduate coursework per semester. Graduate assistantship positions less than full will be prorated accordingly.
Special Instructions:
Full-time staff & 12-month faculty benefits-eligible position: Benefits include competitive salary; health, dental, vision, life insurance, AD & D, long-term disability; 3 weeks paid vacation per year; 3 weeks of accrued sick leave per year; 13 paid holidays; retirement; and generous education assistance for an employee, spouse and dependent children taking classes at UCM.
9-month faculty benefits-eligible position: Benefits include competitive salary; health, dental, vision, life insurance, AD & D, long-term disability; 3 weeks of accrued sick leave per year; 13 paid holidays; retirement; and generous education assistance for an employee, spouse and dependent children taking classes at UCM.
Part-time benefits-eligible positions: Benefits include generous education assistance for the employee.
Temporary, adjunct, student employment, or graduate assistant positions: Benefits are not included.
Completed UCM online application for employment required. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
A review will begin immediately and continue until filled unless indicated otherwise.
NOTE: A background check is required for the selected candidate of all staff, faculty, adjunct, and temporary positions and any job offer is contingent on the results of this check. Student employees and graduate assistants do not require a background check to be conducted prior to employment.
The University of Central Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Our faculty and staff are the university's most valuable asset, and our goal is to provide a robust Total Rewards Program designed to help them maintain a happy, healthy, and productive lifestyle.
Highlights from UCM's total rewards package for full-time employees include:

• 32% (staff) and 6% (faculty) defined retirement contribution, paid by the university;
• Voluntary Tax-Sheltered Annuity (TSA) programs (403(b) and 457(b)) that allow eligible employees to make additional pre-tax contributions to a retirement plan;
• Employees can earn up to full tuition (15 credit hours) for themselves per academic year. Full-time employees are also eligible for up to $175 towards non-credit courses each fiscal year. Employees can earn up to full tuition for their dependents;
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans that begin on the first of the month following your date of hire. Basic dental and vision insurance paid at 100% by the university;
• Available Health and Dependent Flexible Spending Accounts;
• University-paid basic life insurance (including accidental death and dismemberment) and short-term and long-term disability insurance coverage;
• Generous leave accruals that begin accruing on your start date, plus 14 paid holidays per year.
• The UCM Childcare Center on the Warrensburg campus can provide faculty, staff, and students quality care for their children ages six weeks to 10 years.
• The Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC) is free for all employees and is located on the Warrensburg campus.
• An Employee Assistance Program is available to all employees and their immediate family members to help assist with personal challenges you may face in your daily life;
• UCM offers an Employee Discount Program through Working Advantage.

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