Summer appointments are sometimes available. A student with summer support who has not passed the preliminary examination will normally be expected to enroll in at least one regularly scheduled course during the summer. In view of this stipulation, every effort will be made to offer summer graduate courses of value to graduate students representing the widest possible range of interests. Academic year appointments normally become effective August 16 and terminate May 15.
Paydays are twice a month.
Reappointment to an assistantship will be approved if recommended by the department, provided that the student has a grade average not lower than 3.00 on all work since the initial appointment. Duties of teaching assistants . Teaching assistants may perform a wide variety of tasks, ranging from relatively routine paper grading to having complete charge of an individual class. In general, an effort is made to assign to teaching assistants tasks that will be of greatest benefit to them without neglecting the needs of the undergraduate students with whom they deal. It is not always easy for a teaching assistant to arrive at a balance between activities as a student and activities as a teacher.