Graduate Student Status Graduate students employed as Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants, or Graduate Assistants are expected to be enrolled in Graduate School full-time. V. Reappointments A. Graduate Assistant, Research Assistant, and Teaching Assistant appointments are considered temporary faculty and are not continuing appointments. These student employees are usually employed for a specific term such as September 1 through May 31, or January 15 through May 31, or some other specific period. Since the appointments are not continuing appointments, the procedures must be followed for reappointing Graduate Students in each new fiscal year or budgetary period. Available Instructional Resources A. International students may obtain assistance through the Intensive English Program, located in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures.
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B. Graduate Assistant, Research Assistant, and Teaching Assistant appointments are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act. As a result, they are exempt from minimum wage and overtime provisions of the law and are covered by the equal pay for equal work provisions and other provisions of the act as are regular faculty employees. This OP should be reviewed for details of the Teaching Assistant-university relationship.