Financial Aid

Graduate Assistant - Honors Program

Part-Time - Year Round - 20 Hours Per Week
The student must be enrolled full-time.
(9 credits in the Fall, 9 credits in the Spring, 6 credits in the Summer).

Summary of Duties:

• Compile and analyze data related to the Honors Program.
• Track Honors Student progress, retention and graduation rates.
• Mentor Honors Students, particularly freshmen, through participation in first-year activities and the first-year seminar.
• Supervise FYS student mentors.
• Facilitate advising of first year Honors students.
• Design, organize and participate in Honors Program events throughout the year.
• Coordinate secretarial support to the Honors Program.
• Keep updated on trends in Honors education nationally.
• Research ways to continue to improve the Honors Program at Alvernia.
• Provide analysis of Honors information for Program Review.
• Serve as mentor to the Honors Council; serve as liaison between Council and Program Director.
• Represent the Honors Program to the public, including recruitment events.
• Work with the Director in providing support to students working on their Honors theses.
• Research material for and produce the Honors newsletter.
• Maintain and update the Honors Program webpage.
• Model professional behavior.
• Other duties as requested. 
• Promote Franciscan ideals and adherence to the Mission of the University.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and current enrollment in an Alvernia graduate program.
• Minimum of a 3.3 GPA.
• Demonstrated research experience.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Self-direction, organizational and time-management skills.
• Availability and willingness to work evenings and weekends as necessary.
• Graduate of an Honors Program and completion of an undergraduate thesis are a plus.

  Send application/resume to:
  
  Lisa Venkler
  Office of Student Financial Planning
  Alvernia University
  400 Saint Bernardine St.
  Reading, PA 19607

  
  E-mail: lisa.venkler@alvernia.edu

  Alvernia is a growing co-educational Catholic Franciscan institution dedicated to academic and professional leadership based in the liberal arts tradition. Its suburban 121-acre campus outside Reading is within a ninety-minute drive to New York, Princeton, and Philadelphia. Alvernia University is committed to equal opportunity. Applicants who would enrich the diversity of our campus are encouraged to apply.
  An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

  Posting Date: July 30, 2009