Although we are not responsible for assistantships, we have nevertheless compiled this information in the hopes that it will help Graduate students looking for assistantships. There are also a small number of positions available as Resident Life Counselors. A graduate assistant must be a registered graduate student enrolled in a degree program at the University of Maryland, College Park. Assistants are hired, paid, and supervised by the program or office that offers the appointment. Start looking for your assistantship in the most familiar places .
Most departments hire their own students as TAs, RAs, and AAs.
Find out the criteria and application process in your department, and let them know that you want an assistantship. Nobody will hire you unless you ask . Whether the process is formal application or informal, you must actively pursue your assistantship. Look for assistantships everywhere . Centers, Institutes, individual professors with research grant money, other departments, and non-academic offices all hire graduate assistants.