Assistantship Clearinghouse
The Assistantship Clearinghouse lists hourly positions and assistantships available to graduate students at the University. Units wishing to post available assistantships and hourly positions may use the Assistantship Posting Form http://www.grad.illinois.edu/clearinghouse/postform.cfm.
Postings
Illini Union Hourly - 12-20 hours/wk
- Interpret and enforce policy in the absence of administration.
- Facilitate communication between departments to ensure the success of daily events.
- Set up basic audio/visual equipment for daily events.
- Coordinate interdepartmental efforts for the implementation of emergency procedures.
- Safeguard building usage to Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni & guests.
- Author a daily report.
- Other duties as assigned by the Assistant Director.
Graduate School of Library and Information Science Research Assistantship - 50 percent
The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) seeks a Graduate Research Assistant (RA) for a 50% appointment beginning approximately August 16, 2009. This position is part of the IMLS Digital Collections and Content project (DCC), directed by Professor Carole Palmer, which is developing a nationally-scoped portal to digital cultural heritage collections and content. This position will assist with a new component of the project, experimenting with providing access to DCC content in Flickr.
REEEC Graduate Assistant for SRL
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center Graduate Assistantship - 50 percent
The University of Illinois Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC), a U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center, seeks qualified applicants for a 9-month assistantship working with the Summer Research Laboratory (SRL) program. Established in 1973, the SRL program provides scholars and researchers throughout the United States access to the resources of the University of Illinois Library and Slavic Reference Service. Besides access to the library, these individuals take part in workshops, discussion groups, seminars, conferences and other events that are scheduled during the summer.
Transfer Student Success Coordinator
ACES Academic Programs Hourly - 10 hours/wk
Graduate hourly position as a Transfer Student Success Coordinator in the College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences (ACES) Office of Academic Programs (OAP) to serve as advisor/mentor to undergraduate transfer students enrolled in the College of ACES.
University Housing Hourly - 10-20 hours/wk
The Assistant Director of Residential Life for Social Justice and Leadership Education will supervise the Graduate Hourly for Social Justice and Leadership Education. In collaboration with the Social Justice and Leadership Education Team, the Graduate Hourly will assist with advising University Housing Central Student Groups and the development/implementation of Leadership Education initiatives. The Graduate Hourly will also be responsible for administrative tasks, night and weekend programs, and special projects that will assist us in working with staff and students within University Housing.
Research Assistant Programmer: Wireless S
Univ IL Urbana-Champaign/Dept of Dance Research Assistantship - 25 percent
Seeking a GRA to set up and manage a local wireless sensor network that communicates via serial protocol with xBee modules. This will require knowledge of serial communication protocols and the ability to code in Processing (a Java-based language) and perhaps some C. This project will be used as part of a dance performance at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in February 2010. Sensors will be deployed on the dancers' bodies; sensor data will be shared between sensors, then sent to a central server. The central server will then process this data and send the processed data out to other wireless receivers which will respond by changing lights and sound during the performance.
Art + Design Research Assistantship - 25 percent
Art History Professor Jonathan Fineberg is seeking a graduate student research assistant for the 2009 fall and spring semesters to work on various projects. The assistantship will be creative in scope.
America Reads/America Counts Program Hourly - 10-15 hours/wk
This position is responsible for coordinating and supervising America Reads/America Counts undergraduate tutors. Tutoring sites consist of the Champaign and Urbana public early, elementary and middle schools as well as after-school programs at several community sites. The Graduate Coordinator serves as a liaison between the tutors, the tutoring site, and the Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) to ensure smooth operation of the program. Graduate Coordinators have an opportunity to enhance leadership and supervisory skills as well as develop and improve communication and problem-solving skills.
NRES Teaching Assistantship - 25% percent
A teaching assistant is needed for NRES 454: GIS for Natural Resources Management, an introductory course in Geographic Information Systems. The course meets for two 50-min lectures and two 3 hours labs per week, and enrollment is expected to be about 50 students. A tuition waiver is possible.
Two ~ Graduate Resident Advisors
DRES/Beckwith Hall Graduate Assistantship - .50 percent
To assist the Beckwith Hall Director and Associate Director in administering residential life functions that include: (1) serving as a role model, (2) being a resource person for student residents, (3) assisting in their learning, growth, and development, and (4)providing supervision of Beckwith Personal Assistant staff.
Graduate Outreach Coordinator, 2009-2010
Latina/Latino Studies Program Hourly - 10 hours/wk
Serve as liaison to undergraduate, graduate and professional students at Illinois who are interested in Latina/Latino Studies, and assist Director and Associate Director of the Latina/Latino Studies Program in developing academic programs and initiatives for students pursuing training in Latina/Latino-related research.
Integration Application Developer
AITS Research Assistantship - 50 percent
The Research Assistant/Integration Application Developer position is funded primarily by the prestigious Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration received by the University of Illinois for its contributions to the OpenEAI Project (http://www.OpenEAI.org). OpenEAI is an integration methodology and technology for Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and for implementing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for application integration developed as a part of the University of Illinois' UI-Integrate project to update and integrate the University's mission-critical enterprise systems. The technology can be applied to any market sector, and its open source universal integration methodology can be applied to all integrations and services regardless of their technical implementation.
Research Assistants will be assigned to integration projects with the Integration Competency Center (ICC) team of the University's Administrative IT Services department. They will learn the OpenEAI methodology for analysis of integration requirements and the OpenEAI technical approach to implementing integrations in service oriented architectures. The research assistants will work closely with the ICC team, the application development team, the enterprise architects of the University of Illinois, and the members of the OpenEAI Software Foundation. Research assistants will attend OpenEAI training consisting of at least three courses: a technology overview, analysis and development, and deployment and administration.
The OpenEAI Software Foundation is modeled after the Apache Software Foundation and was incorporated in October 2002 to provide organizational, legal, and financial support for the OpenEAI project and closely-related endeavors that may be integrated into the project. The foundation was created with the assistance of the University of Illinois (which gifted seminal EAI work to the OpenEAI Software Foundation) and Open Integration Incorporated. The foundation was incorporated as a membership-based, not-for-profit corporation in order to ensure that the OpenEAI Project continues to exist beyond the participation of individual volunteers, enable contributions of intellectual property and funds on a sound basis, and provide a framework to limit legal exposure for contributors participating in an expansive open-source project. Research Assistants will have the opportunity to become members of the OpenEAI Software Foundation during the period of their assistantship. Membership requires significant contributions to the project. As members they could help shape the OpenEAI Project and steer the OpenEAI Software Foundation in the future.
Position Function
This position reports to the Manager of the Administrative IT Services Integration Competency Center (ICC). The assistant performs integration analysis, development, testing, and documentation tasks with OpenEAI technology for integration and service oriented architectures and develops and extends OpenEAI foundation components. Most development work is performed in Java. All work products of the assistant are created under the aegis of the OpenEAI project and contributed to the OpenEAI project. The assistant will be assigned to real-world integration projects with other ICC staff. The ICC team will support the work of the assistant with feedback, assistance, and collaboration on all assignments.
Supervision
The employee in this position works under the direct supervision of the Manager of the ICC on work assignments and progress. Every two weeks the Manager of the ICC and representatives from the Open EAI Foundation meet with the assistant to specifically discuss and assess assignments, status, learning and experience goals, and progress toward those goals. Every three months, these managers provide the assistant with written feedback on job performance and progress toward the objectives of the learning experience.
