A limited number of assistantships are available. Interested students should contact Jeanne Schrader (jschrade@binghamton.edu) in the Department Office for a Graduate Assistantship application. The assistantship and program applications are due by February 15th in order to receive full consideration. The program application filing date for students not requesting consideration for an assistantship is April 15.
The majority of the placements are within the Division of Student Affairs at Binghamton University. In order to receive consideration for a Graduate Assistantship, students must complete the Division of Student Affairs application by April 15. The application is available via the web at: http://www2.binghamton.edu/student-affairs/assistantships/index.html
Internships provide new professionals an opportunity to gain invaluable practical experience under the leadership of an experienced practitioner. Through working in student affairs units, students learn how to apply the theory and concepts they are learning in the classroom to real life situations. They also gain a better sense of their particular areas of interest within student affairs and have a chance to develop the skills they will need to be successful in the field. Therefore, all students are required to participate in at least one internship experience while enrolled in the program. However, we recognize that some students in the program will be experienced professionals enrolled in order to gain advanced academic credentials and/or training for upward mobility. Therefore, students who have professional experience in the field of Student Affairs (i.e., 3-to-5 years) may be exempt from having to complete the internship experience at the discretion of the faculty adviser. Students will be required to take an additional course in the major areas of study as a replacement. Because the internship experience is designed to expand the student’s current knowledge of theory and practice, students will not be permitted to work in an assignment where they have previous work experience or currently serve as a graduate assistant.
Students will be permitted to register for the internship experience only after they have fully matriculated into the Student Affairs Administration Program, completed the student affairs core curriculum, including but not limited to Introduction to Student Personnel Services, College Student Development Theory, Research, and Practice, Organization and Administration in Higher Education, Engaging Diversity, and The Culture of the College Student, obtained grades of B or better, and submitted a completed Internship Proposal, with signatures indicating approval by the site supervisor where they intend to work and their faculty adviser.
