Graduate assistantships
Students in the M.S.Ed. program gain experience in higher education and student affairs through graduate assistantship or internship positions, full-time positions, and practicum placements. Without this essential practical experience, students would miss out on the opportunity to apply what they are learning in the classroom.
Applicants who are not already working in higher education or student affairs as a bachelor-level professional must be hired into a 20-hr/week assistantship or internship at UW La Crosse, one of our partner institutions, or another institution of higher education. Per UWL Graduate Studies policy, incoming students must have a minimum 2.85 GPA to be eligible to apply for a GA position at UWL. And international student visa restrictions limit them to 20 hour/week positions at UWL; positions at other campuses are not an option.
The admissions process includes interviews for both the academic program and graduate student internship/assistantship roles, and students will be asked to identify the offices with which they would like to interview. We encourage students to review the job descriptions below very carefully, as compensation, benefits, dates, and duties vary widely.
2022-2023 Positions
Remaining openings (as of 4/15/22):
We will continue to accept applications until all spots are filled.
- UW La Crosse
- Academic Advising Center [Job Description] - 1 position still open
- CBA Advising [Job Description] new position!
- Center for Transformative Justice [Job Description]
- Diversity & Inclusion [Job Description]
- McNair Scholars [Job Description]
- UW River Falls
- UW Eau Claire
- UWEC Blugold Beginnings [Job Description]
- UWEC EDISA-LLC Coordinator [Job Description] - tentative - this position may be on hold
- UW Stevens Point (affiliate partner)
- Residential Life [Job Description]
Closed positions:
Positions are filled or have been offered. We continue to list them here to provide future students with information about the types of positions open.
- UW La Crosse
- Academic Advising Center [Job Description] - 1 filled; 1 open
- Academic Advising, College of Science & Health [Job Description] - filled
- FYRE (First Year Research Exposure) [Job Description] - filled with UWL graduate student outside SAA
- Pride Center [Job Description] - filled
- Residence Life [Job Description] - filled
- University Centers- Engagement and Operations [Job Description] - filled
- University Centers- Leadership and Involvement Center [Job Description] - filled
- Upward Bound [Job Description] - offered
- UW Eau Claire
- Residence Life
- Graduate Residence Hall Director [Job Description] - 1 position filled
- Assistant Residence Hall Directors [Job Description] - 2 positions filled
- Sustainability [Job Description] - filled
- Residence Life
- UW River Falls
- UW Stout
- Campus Programming Board [Job Description] - filled
- Viterbo
- Housing and Residence Life [Job Description] This position does not meet the half-time field experience requirement but may be combined with non-residence life positions at UWL or elsewhere. - offered