Axe ’Em, Jacks!
Student assistants for the New-Lumberjack Experience courses serve as role models, resources and leaders for new Lumberjacks. These Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵS 1101 student assistants work alongside the instructors to help students get involved on campus, feel prepared in the classroom, create a sense of belonging and make a successful transition to the Lumberjack community.
Benefits of being a Student Assistant
It's a paid position!
Receive compensation for five hours per week ($7.25 per hour). This will be paid bimonthly through Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's payroll department.
Develop your personal leadership style and strengths
Opportunities to identify, develop and demonstrate leadership and communication skills, including:
- critical thinking/problem solving
- teamwork/collaboration
- global/intercultural competency
- and communication/facilitation.
These skills will help you achieve your professional and personal goals.
Serve the Lumberjack family
A constant point of contact for your students every week throughout their first term at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, you'll help to ensure they feel like they're part of the Lumberjack family and have the tools to succeed.
Expand your network
You'll establish positive connections with new Lumberjacks and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ faculty and staff. This will allow you to develop mutually beneficial relationships and expose you to a diverse network of professionals within our campus community.
Responsibilities and commitments
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵS 1101 course sections have no more than 25 students and meet weekly for an hour and 20 minutes, usually split into two 50-minute class sessions. You'll be assigned to a section based on your availability once you've registered for the term.
You must meet the following expectations:
- Commit to serving as an Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵS 1101 student assistant for the duration of the course term.
- Complete required training workshops.
- Commit to working three to five hours per week during the term.
- Demonstrate The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Way.
- Develop rapport and a safe relationship with students.
- Assist individual students as needed, including:
- following up with students who miss class
- and making referrals to appropriate resources for issues that are beyond your scope of expertise.
- Meet one-on-one with each student in your section at least once during the term.
- Meet weekly with your instructor to coordinate and plan course components.
Minimum requirements
During the term in which you'd like to be an Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵS 1101 student assistant, you must:
- be a junior, senior, or graduate-level student
- be enrolled in 12 hours or more
- be in good academic and disciplinary standing
- have one or more additional terms required for your degree (For example: you cannot plan to graduate at the end of the term.)
- and have a 2.5 or higher cumulative GPA.
Desired characteristics
We are looking for students who are capable of relating to and developing classroom rapport with a diverse group of students.
Applicants should show a genuine interest in mentoring new students and have the ability to demonstrate vulnerability as it relates to sharing helpful insight to the first-year experience. You also should have an awareness of involvement opportunities, campus resources and student-support services.