Applications for 2024-2025 GA positions were due March 15th, 2024 and we are no longer accepting new submissions. Please contact the Writing Center Director with any questions (Patrick Johnson - [email protected]). 

The writing center also hires graduate students to be hourly writing consultants; please use the above application if you are interested in an hourly consultant position. For more details, please visit our Apply To Be A Writing Consultant page.

Seidman Graduate Assistantship

The Fred Meijer Center for Writing partners with the Seidman Business College to provide one graduate assistantship that can assist current Seidman students with graduate and undergraduate writing needs. To be eligible, candidates would need to be a current Seidman College of Business Graduate Student and have a Seidman faculty/administrative recommendation. The Seidman GA must go through writing center consultant training, including taking WRT 306 (a 1-credit consultant training course). If selected, the Seidman GA works roughly 18 hours per week assisting student writers with a focus on supporting Seidman and graduate writing.

Seidman GA Responsibilities:

• Provide one-to-one writing support for graduate and undergraduate students from multiple linguistic and/or cultural backgrounds
• Act as a liaison to other offices and programs that support online instruction and support
• Partner with the Writing Center Director, Writing Center Assistant Director, and the Director of Writing Across the Curriculum to create resources for faculty and students on campus

**Contact Patrick Johnson (Director of the Fred Meijer Writing Center) for more information

TESOL Graduate Assistantship

The Fred Meijer Center for Writing has one full-time graduate assistantship designed to assist non-native speakers of English with their graduate and undergraduate writing needs. To be eligible, candidates would need to have a disciplinary connection to TESOL (Applied Linguistics, TESOL, etc) and/or experience assisting writers who are non-native English speakers. The TESOL GA must go through writing center consultant training, including taking WRT 306 (a 1-credit consultant training course). If selected, the TESOL GA works roughly 18 hours per week assisting all graduate and undergraduate students with a focus on supporting students who have a native language other than English.

TESOL GA Responsibilities:

• Provide one-to-one writing support for graduate and undergraduate students from multiple linguistic and/or cultural backgrounds
• Act as a liaison to other offices and programs that support online instruction and support
• Partner with the Writing Center Director, Writing Center Assistant Director, and the Director of Writing Across the Curriculum to create resources for faculty and students on campus

**Contact Patrick Johnson (Director of the Fred Meijer Writing Center) for more information

When considering whether of not you're interested in this position, think through the following qualities we desire in a graduate assistant consultant:

• Extensive writing experience
• Interest in writing as a process rather than a product
• A sense of compassion and empathy for writers at any level
• Experience with providing and receiving helpful feedback on writing
• Time to consult for 15-18 hours a week with student writers
• Time to take and participate in the 1-credit training course (WRT 306)

If you have any questions about what being a consultant is like, feel free to browse our Frequently Asked Questions page. 

Have other questions? Stop in and visit! Or call us at 331-2922.