Graduate Assistant, Center of Race and Ethnicity (CORE)

Title: Graduate Assistant, Center of Race and Ethnicity (CORE)

Employee Classification: GS - Graduate Student - Stipend

Pay Grade: GS 00

Division: Chief Diversity Officer

Department: DO - Chief Diversity Officer

Campus Location: Main Campus

General Summary

Provide general programming and administrative support for the Center of Race & Ethnicity (CORE)  within the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Department. Works under the supervision of the CORE Program Coordinator. General responsibilities include event curation, managing student-led programs, and co-coordinating the Multicultural Graduation Celebration. The Staff Graduate Assistant receives a stipend and tuition waiver subject to federal tax.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with CORE Coordinator, Student Organizations, EMU affiliates, and outside partners to plan, implement, and evaluate programming for cultural heritage months.
• Create, manage, and attend evening programs and collect program evaluations and assessments.
• Assist DEI in developing, coordinating, and facilitating multicultural training for Eastern Michigan University's campus and community affiliates.
• Assist in managing the CORE student staff with cultural heritage programming, including weekly and daily task delegation as needed.
• Attend DEI Student Trainings and assist with developing and facilitating content for CORE-specific training/professional development.
• Collaborate with other DEI Graduate Assistants on Intersectional Programming.
• Maintain weekly office hours in accordance with your graduate assistantship requirements (20/wk).
• Other duties as assigned by the Program Coordinator and DEI Director

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience coordinating initiatives that engage and increase retention and degree completion for first-generation students and students of color.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Marketing, fundraising, and recruitment experience such as website management, utilizing social media, fundraising campaigns, or other projects aimed at engaging college students.

Working knowledge of research or academic initiatives on diversity or social justice.

Comfortable public speaking, including past experience, facilitating training, dialogues, and presentations.

Ability to manage and report budget updates to the CORE Coordinator.
Ability to work up to 20 hours per week (10 for 50%) is required.

A GPA of 3.0 or higher is required.

Admission and enrollment in a graduate program is required.

Maintenance of a 67% course completion is required.

Enrollment in at least 6 credits for the Fall and Winter semesters is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Assisted with the development and implementation of departmental diversity education programs, conducting workshops that focus on awareness of cultural differences and commonalities, privilege, race, ethnicity, and their intersections across multiple identities.

Serve as a campus resource for multicultural education and training for faculty, administrative offices, academic support programs, and student organizations.

Served as Liaison for recognized student organizations that serve students from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds.

Ability to assist with the identification and development of grant proposals to support departmental activities.

Appointment Percentage:

100%