HIRING A GRADUATE ASSISTANT
- Prepare the letter of offer located on
The Graduate School
website
- Required: all Graduate Assistants.
- Disclosure and consent form for criminal background (
Consumer Disclosure And Authorization Form
)
- Required: All students who have not held a graduate assistant position in the six months prior to this appointment.
- Attach completed form to appointment/reappointment form in the EBS portal.
- Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 (
Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9
)
- Required: All new hires to the university or those students who have not worked in some capacity in the 12-months prior to this appointment.
- CPT/OPT Form – Completed by student and OISS
- Required: International Graduate Assistants working more than 50% during Fall and/or Spring semesters.
- Attach completed form to appointment form in the EBS portal.
- Appointment/Reappointment form
- Required: all Graduate Assistants.
- Initiate through the EBS portal.
- Graduate Assistant Residency Exception Form – Activates tuition waiver and health insurance.
- Required: all Graduate Assistants.
- The form can be found at https://sis.msu.edu/training/index.html under “General Job Aides and Guides”.
- For further assistance please call the Solutions Center at 517-355-4434.
- Parking information
- Required: all new Graduate Assistants requiring a parking permit before GA appointment has been approved in the EBS portal.
- Prepare a letter for the GA to provide to the parking office to obtain a parking permit. Letter should be signed by the Department Administrator and include: student number, title, start date and end date.
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