Higher Education and Student Affairs Graduate Assistantship Application

Thank you for your interest in a Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) Graduate Assistantship at The University of Vermont.

Please note that in order to be considered for a HESA Graduate Assistantship, this application and all of the required materials should be submitted by January 4. Additional required materials (resume and references) should be sent to SCLGrads@uvm.edu.

Responses to the essay questions in the application should be written in the text boxes following the prompts, not sent as additional documents. Please consult the Applications FAQs if you have any questions about this application: http://www.uvm.edu/~dos/hesafaq/

Contact Information

Last Name:
First Name:
Preferred Name:
Middle Initial:
Preferred Pronouns:
Current Address:
Permanent Address:
Daytime Phone Number:
(###) ###-####
Evening Phone Number:
(###) ###-####
E-mail Address:

Graduate Program Information

Degree Sought:
Program:
Intended Admission Date
Attendance:

Educational Background

List all colleges and universities attended by date of enrollment (most recent first):

Institution DatesAttended Major Degree GPA
GRE Test Date:
GRE Verbal Score:
GRE Quantitative Score:
GRE Analytical Score:

An official record of your GRE scores must be sent to the Graduate College by January 4.
The college code for UVM is 3920.

Graduate College Admissions Office
330 Waterman Building
85 South Prospect Street
Burlington, Vermont 05405-0160
graduate.admissions@uvm.edu

Personal Statement

In an essay of 500 words or less, please tell us (beyond what we can read in your resume), how your interests, skills, values and experiences have shaped your aspirations for being a student affairs/higher education professional. Insert your statement below.

Essay Question

The guiding philosophy of the University of Vermont, known as Our Common Ground, is as follows:

The University of Vermont is an educationally purposeful community seeking to prepare students to live and work in a diverse and changing world. We who work, live, teach, study, do research, conduct business or participate in the University of Vermont are members of this community. As members, we believe in the transforming power of education and agree to help create and foster an environment where we can discover and reach our true potential. We aspire to be a community that values respect, integrity, innovation, openness, justice and responsibility.

In 500 words or less, tell us about your experience with and commitment to social justice. Specifically, how do you envision implementing social justice and the tenets of Our Common Ground into your work in a graduate assistantship? Insert your answer below.

Assistantship Preferences

Please preference the 5 assistantships in which you are most interested. After each preference, write no more than 50 words explaining your interest in that particular assistantship. Only include available assistantships.

First Choice
Rationale
Second Choice
Rationale
Third Choice
Rationale
Fourth Choice
Rationale
Fifth Choice
Rationale

Are you willing to be considered for assistantships you have not preferenced? Yes | No

If invited for an interview, are you willing to travel to UVM at your own expense? Yes | No

Letters of Recommendation

Please forward three letters of recommendation in support of this application, at least two of which come from supervisors/employers. Letters should be submitted directly from the recommender via e-mail to SCLGrads@uvm.edu.

Please provide the names of your three recommenders below:

Please note that if you are applying for the Higher Education and Student Affairs graduate program, you will need to submit a separate set of three letters of recommendation to the Graduate College. Please see the Application FAQs for details: http://www.uvm.edu/~dos/hesafaq/

Resume

Please upload a current resume that lists educational, employment, and leadership experiences. To ensure readability on our end - please be sure to save your resume as a Microsoft Word Document or a PDF. Please save your resume as LastName_Resume (eg. Whitworth_Resume).


Signature

By signing and submitting this application, I agree that the information I have presented is true and correct. I understand that incomplete or false information may make me ineligible for assistantship consideration. I authorize the University of Vermont to conduct routine inquiry, which may include contacting present or previous employers, during the process of my application to secure necessary information and to determine employability.


Signature (You may type your signature above)

University Policy – Equal Opportunity n Education Programs and Activities and Non-harassment Policy V. 7.0.5.6.
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College is committed to a policy of equal educational opportunity. The University therefore prohibits discrimination on the basis of unlawful criteria such as race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or gender identity or expression, as those terms are defined under applicable law, in admitting students to its programs and facilities and in administering its admissions policies, educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic programs, and other institutionally administered programs or activities made available to students at the University.