Graduate Assistant - Engineering Technology - Spring 2027

UCM • UCMO - Warrensburg, MO

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About The Position

The Graduate Assistant will assist Engineering Technology faculty with laboratory activities, social media, recruitment, prospective student visits, classroom presentations, and other classroom and laboratory duties. The assistantship is a lab GA scheduled for 20 hours per week as assigned, from January 11, 2027, through May 7, 2027. The total semester stipend is $4,950.

The role includes maintaining laboratory equipment; updating program social media accounts; participating in on- and off-campus recruitment events; meeting with prospective students; updating and creating lab guides and student activities; and printing student projects and files. The assistant may also provide classroom lectures when faculty need to be away for a class period.

Students filling this graduate assistantship are eligible for graduate tuition and mandatory-fee waivers, including a non-resident tuition waiver if applicable. For a full 20-hour-per-week assistantship, the scholarship covers tuition and mandatory fees for up to 12 credit hours of graduate coursework per semester. Waivers apply only to eligible graduate-level courses; the non-resident fee waiver applies only to classes taken on the UCM Warrensburg campus. Scholarship amounts are prorated for assistantships below full time. Graduate assistant positions do not include the other benefits described for certain staff and faculty positions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• Currently admitted to a University of Central Missouri graduate degree program.
• Graduate-level GPA of 3.0 or higher if previous graduate-level courses have been taken.
• Undergraduate GPA of 2.7 or higher if no previous graduate-level courses have been taken.
• Background in a technology-related field.
• Experience with electronics; CNC/manual mills and lathes; strength of materials; hydraulics and pneumatics; 3D printing; design and manufacturing software (SolidWorks, MasterCAM, Fusion, AutoCAD); and welding.
• Knowledge of general engineering principles.

Responsibilities

• Maintain laboratory equipment.
• Update program social media accounts.
• Participate in recruitment events on and off campus.
• Meet with prospective students.
• Update and create laboratory guides and activities for students.
• Print student projects and files.
• Give classroom lectures as needed when faculty must be away for a class period.
• Assist Engineering Technology faculty with laboratory, classroom, recruitment, social media, and prospective-student activities.

Benefits

• Graduate tuition waiver, subject to the stated eligibility and credit-hour limits.
• Graduate non-resident tuition waiver, if applicable and subject to the stated campus restriction.
• Graduate mandatory-fees waiver, subject to the stated eligibility and credit-hour limits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level