Graduate Assistantships
The College of Journalism and Mass Communications offers graduate assistantships to full-time on-campus students enrolled in either the integrated media communications or professional journalism master’s degree program.
What our graduate assistants do:
- Work with accomplished faculty to facilitate core courses in the college’s undergraduate programs: advertising and public relations, broadcasting, journalism and sports media and communication
- Conduct critique sessions and facilitate undergraduate student learning in the college’s innovative visual communications program
- Work for the campus radio station, 90.3 KRNU
- Work on the college’s marketing and communications team
Assistantships are assigned by the graduate committee based upon the applicant's interests and experience and the needs of the college.
Assistantships are limited and competitively awarded. Assistantships are awarded for one year and may be renewed for a second year with satisfactory progress toward graduation.
Additional Information
Benefits
Assistantships provide students with up to 12 credit hours of tuition remission per semester during the academic year, a monthly stipend and a reduced rate on student health insurance. Students are responsible for all fees associated with their academic program.
Eligibility
- Admittance to the College of Journalism and Mass Communications Master’s degree program with a specialization in integrated media communications or professional journalism by the priority deadline (March 1 for fall semester, Oct. 1 for spring semester)
- Full-time enrollment (9 credit hours) in each semester
To Apply
- Graduate assistant application
- Resume
- List of three academic or professional references
Application Review
- The college’s graduate committee will review graduate assistant applications at the first meeting following each priority deadline.
- Selected candidates will be contacted to arrange an interview with the committee.
- The committee will make final decisions regarding assistantship offers following the completion of all interviews.
Graduate Fellowships
Incoming Students
Chancellor's Fellowship
The Chancellor’s fellowships provide tuition remission for full-time graduate students who have received a college assistantship.
Criteria
- Admission to the master’s program by the priority deadline
- Excellent academic record with excellent letters of recommendation
- Minimum 3.0 GPA in previous degree
- Student must apply for and be offered a graduate assistantship
Award
- $4,000 per year, automatically renewable for a second year given excellent progress toward degree
- Recipients are selected by the CoJMC Graduate committee from the pool of newly selected graduate assistants
Incoming Students
Edgren Fellowship
The Edgren Graduate Tuition Fellowship provides reduced tuition remission for unfunded, domestic, non-resident graduate students. Unfunded domestic graduate students may be awarded an Edgren during the recruitment process, prior to enrollment. There is no work or service requirement associated with the fellowship.
Criteria
- Admission to the master’s program by the priority deadline
- Full-time (minimum nine credit hours) each semester (fall and spring)
- On-campus program - distance students are not eligible
- US citizen or permanent resident - international students are not eligible
- Excellent letters of recommendation
- Minimum 3.0 GPA in previous degree
- Students must have no other assistantship or tuition waiver benefit - if/when such a benefit is accepted, the Edgren will no longer be available.
Award
- Value is approximately $7,000 per academic year and approximately $1,500 per summer, credited toward the student’s account to offset non-resident tuition.
- Recipients are selected by the CoJMC Graduate Committee from the pool of newly admitted students.
Advanced Students
Hitchcock Fellowship
The Hitchcock Graduate Fellowship is available to defer expenses related to master’s student's professional projects.
Criteria
- Enrolled in a master’s degree program
- Enrolled in/or planning to enroll in the final professional project for the program
- Completion of the Hitchcock Fellowship Application, including project description and budget
Award
- Awards are for a maximum of $5,000
- Requested funds must be to defer expenses directly related to the completion of the project. Expenses can include equipment, travel or other direct expenses.
- Students are limited to one award
- Recipients are selected by the college’s graduate committee at the first meeting following the priority application deadlines
- Fall term priority deadline: November 15
- Spring term priority deadline: March 30
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