The JMU CSPA program is focused on experiential meaning-making opportunities which are primarily fostered through our 20 hours per week assistantships. These professional experiences provide students with rich material to make sense out of theories and course content. Students also bring course material to their work in their assistantship. Plus, assistantships offer students opportunities for mentorship and collegiality.
All full-time CSPA students hold an assistantship which provides an in-state or out-of-state tuition waiver (that is, a student’s assistantship covers the cost of tuition for each of the four semesters) and also provides a modest stipend. The majority of assistantships are in the Division of Student Affairs with opportunities in other divisions, as well.
2024-25 Assistantship Positions
Students interview for their first-year assistantship when they participate in admissions interviews.
All descriptions in PDF format
- Academic Student Services - Academic Success Programs
- Center for First-Generation Students – Centennial Scholars Program
- Center for Multicultural Student Services: Multicultural Programming/DEEP Impact
- Center for Multicultural Student Services: Student Leadership
- Community Engagement and Volunteer Center
- Office of Residence Life: Hall Director
- Office of Residence Life: Student Learning Initiatives
- Office of Student Accountability and Restorative Practices: Restorative Practices
- Office of Orientation & Transition: Orientation Student Staff
- SOGIE (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity & Expression)
- Student Life: Student Leadership Center
Positions available in future years
In the fall of their first-year, students can interview to remain in the same assistantship site, or apply for a different position including positions, such as the following:
- Dean of Students: Rebound
- Office of Student Accountability and Restorative Practices: Substance Education
- Office of Student Accountability and Restorative Practices: Personal Success
- Student Life: Fraternity and Sorority Life
- Student Life: Student Life Programming
- Student Life: Student Organizations
- Student Life: University Program Board
- University Career Center: Career Advising
- Vice President for Student Affairs: JMU Valor
