91茄子

This position reports directly to the Senior Assistant Director level position. This position is directly responsible for assisting the admission team with enrollment initiatives for full-time undergraduate students. This role's focus includes (but are not limited to) the following: working directly with work study/student worker population, event preparation/management, assisting with campus tours, assisting with admission visits and assisting with front desk administrative operations.

Responsibilities

• Assist in management of student workers within the office of admission
• Assist with event preparation and attend major undergraduate admission events
• Assist with Office of Admission administrative duties & support recruitment efforts
• Supervise Student Workers
  • Oversee daily tasks and responsibilities of student ambassadors, tour guides, and office assistants.
  • Create and manage weekly schedules to ensure adequate staffing coverage.
  • Serve as the main point of contact for student worker concerns, questions, and support.
  • Manage TimeTrak for all student workers
  • Plan end-of-the-semester parties
  • Nominate the ambassador of the month
• Recruitment and Training
  • Assist in hiring, interviewing, and onboarding new student workers.
  • Develop and lead training sessions for new ambassadors for tour training, call shifts and event help.
  • Update and maintain training manuals and handbooks.
• Event Coordination and Support
  • Coordinate student worker assignments during open houses, campus tours, and special events.
  • Ensure student workers are prepared and professional during public-facing responsibilities.
• Administrative Support
  • Assist with data entry, filing, and communications related to student worker schedules and payroll.
  • Track hours and ensure accurate submission of timesheets.
  • Assist with front desk administrative duties as needed.
• Collaboration and Communication
  • Liaise between student workers and full-time admissions staff to ensure smooth workflow and communication.
  • Attend regular admissions staff meetings and represent student worker updates and needs.
• Prospective Student Recruitment
  • Support the office of admission in recruitment efforts
    • Provide campus tours
    • Meet with prospective visitors
    • Participate in outreach campaigns to prospective students across multiple platforms

Qualifications / Skills

• Education: Minimum bachelor鈥檚 degree
• Skills
  • Decision making
  • Highly Motivated
  • Active Listener
  • Organized
  • Ability to work independently and on a team
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Public Speaking
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Verbal communication
  • Results driven
  • Comfortability with evolving technology
  • Supports a workplace and student body with diverse backgrounds and needs

Interested candidates should contact Shawn Loyack, Director of Undergraduate Admission, at shawn.loyack@wilkes.edu.

Etruscan Press

Online, 3 credits. Student will be responsible for performing 9 hours of service per week for the semester. Duties will include, but are not limited to, editing, copy work, and grant writing.

Student will gain valuable knowledge regarding the day-to-day workings of a small press, including editing, copy work, and grant writing.

Etruscan Press

Online, 3 credits. Student will be responsible for 9 hours of service per week and will train to be an assistant editor for Etruscan Press. Student will provide any additional office and project support as needed.

Student will gain a working knowledge of the duties of an assistant editor of a small press.

Blue Moon / HaveScripts

Online. 3 credits. Student will be responsible for performing 9 hours of service each week. Duties will include, but are not limited to, acting as an editorial assistant to Jean Klein at Blue Moon Plays, a company that produces approximately ten new scripts per year.

Student will gain knowledge of the workings of a playwriting production company including the editing and production of new plays.

Office Assistant

Hybrid, 3 credits: in-person and online (preference for a student who lives in the NEPA area). Student will be responsible for performing 9 hours of service per week, assisting the director and administrative assistant with a variety of tasks, including but not limited to assisting with social-media marketing, office reorganization, representing the program at local conferences, recruitment assistance, assisting during the residency, and directly assisting the office staff in other development projects.

Student will gain knowledge regarding the operations of a low-residency creative writing program.

Community Outreach Coordinator

Online. 2 credits. Student will serve as a resource for our students as they address one of the requirements of the MFA Program, which is to 鈥渦se your writing talents to give back to your community鈥�; and plan, organize, and execute community-building activities during the semester and at the residencies. 

Publication Editor

Online. 3 credits. Student will be responsible for performing 9 hours of service per week collecting, drafting, and editing news stories for the program's newsletter, Revise This! Student will also be responsible for inviting and coordinating guest bloggers on the Creative Writing blog, The Write Life.

Managing Editor, River & South Review

Online. 3 credits. Student will be responsible for performing 9 hours of service per week. Duties will include, but are not limited to: overseeing editorial team, managing the editorial and production calendar to ensure timely release of issues, individual meetings with genre editors to determine which pieces will be selected to be discussed by full team, managing the submission process in Submittable, planning/creating/posting social media content, and bringing strategic ideas to editorial team for consideration.

Student will gain knowledge of managing the creative and production logistics of an online literary journal.

Hippocampus Magazine

Online. 3 credits. Student will be responsible for performing 9 hours of service per week. Duties will include, but are not limited to, reading submissions and developing content to promote magazine issues, books, or press-sponsored events.

Student will gain knowledge of publishing and promoting a literary magazine and become familiar with small press practices.

Kinsman Quarterly Press

Online. 3 credits. Student will be responsible for performing 9 hours of service per week within 1 of 5 production departments: Editing, Journalism, Book Production & Design, Social Marketing, or Fundraising.

Students will learn industry-related skills in collaboration with a dynamic team, while empowering underrepresented voices from around the globe.

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Applicants interested in any of these positions should e-mail their completed application to Dr. David Hicks at david.hicks@wilkes.edu.

The Office of Academic Affairs at the Nesbitt School of Pharmacy invites applications for the position of Graduate Assistant for the 2025鈥�2026 academic year. This role is ideal for individuals with a strong interest in higher education administration and leadership. The position requires a commitment of up to 20 hours per week during the fall and spring semesters. Preference will be given to students currently enrolled in the Doctor of Education (EdD) graduate program.

Responsibilities

The selected graduate assistant will work directly with the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs to advance key initiatives within the School of Pharmacy. This role offers hands-on experience in the following areas:

• Assisting with project management for curriculum revision
• Supporting curriculum and assessment teams within the School of Pharmacy
• Contributing to the planning and execution of academic affairs initiatives
• Facilitating internal and external communication related to academic affairs
• Building professional relationships with faculty, staff, and administrators within the School

Compensation

The position includes up to $15,000 in total compensation, which may include tuition remission and up to $5,000 in stipends. The final compensation package will be determined in consultation with the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and CV to Dr. Jennifer Malinowski at jennifer.malinowski@wilkes.edu. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

The position of Writing Center Graduate Assistant is designed to provide administrative support to the Writing Center Director, to the Writing Center鈥檚 Peer Consultants, and for faculty working in close relation with the Writing Center. The Graduate Assistant鈥檚 areas of responsibility and duties involve internal work (i.e., duties in regards to the Writing Center鈥檚 internal operations), and external work (i.e., duties pertaining to the Writing Center鈥檚 relations and cooperation with faculty and staff across the 91茄子 campus).  Experience with ELL instruction is especially desirable.

This position will serve as a professional and educational development experience for graduate students. To meet this expectation, the position of Writing Center Graduate Assistant will offer practical experience to those students pursuing continuing graduate studies or careers in the areas of: English literary studies; Creative Writing; professional writing and writing consultation; Education; Rhetoric and Composition studies; Communications; and continuing graduate studies or professional work in any field in which writing is of key significance.

Oversight and Performance Evaluation

The Writing Center Graduate Assistant is hired, supervised, mentored, evaluated, and rehired by the Writing Center Director, in cooperation with the English Program Chairperson, and other relevant administrative constituencies at 91茄子.

Performance evaluations are to be conducted by the Writing Center Director at the end of each academic semester (mid-contract and end-of-contract).

Application Requirements

• Adherence to the requirements of the 91茄子 Criteria for Hiring and Rehiring Graduate Assistants
• Job Letter
• Resume or CV
• Enrollment as a full-time graduate student and maintaining a 3.0 or above GPA within, in addition to satisfactory degree progression towards completion of, one of Wilkes University鈥檚 graduate programs
• As per 91茄子 policies regarding Graduate Assistantships, completion of print and electronic versions of application materials
• As per 91茄子 policies regarding Graduate Assistantships, participation in an on-campus (or virtual) interview
• As per 91茄子 policies regarding Graduate Assistantships, submission of two letters of reference

Competencies

• Experience with and/or interest in the pedagogy and process of peer tutoring in writing, ideally as gained in the position of Writing Center Peer Consultant or related undergraduate and graduate studies
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction and/or ESL-student support; theoretical and applied Rhetoric and Composition; pedagogical theory and practice; theoretical and applied grammar; technical writing; professional writing; the supervision, training, and mentoring of undergraduate students
• The successful completion of advanced undergraduate courses in which writing is of key significance, regardless of the discipline
• High-level skills in the areas of: reading; writing; written and verbal communications; use of technology in support of reading, writing, revision, and research

Job Requirements

• An average total of 15 weeks of work per academic semester
• An average total of 9 hours per academic week, performing all related duties, including any online/virtual work duties
• An average of 2 hours per week, as a subset of the above 9 hours per week, performing writing consultation and/or administrative duties within the Writing Center, including online synchronous consultations
• An average of 1 hour per week, as a subset of the above 9 hours per week, dedicated to the monitoring of the Online Writing Center dashboard and completion of asynchronous reviews of OWC submissions
• Attendance at all Writing Center ENG 190 C bi-weekly training sessions, unless absence is approved by the Writing Center Director
• Active involvement in the ongoing professional training and development of undergraduate Writing Center Peer Consultants in ENG 190 C
• Active participation in the Writing Center Graduate Assistant鈥檚 own ongoing professional training and development, as designed and implemented鈥攗nder the rubric of mentoring鈥攂y the Writing Center Director
• As per 91茄子 policies regarding Graduate Assistantships, review of mid-contract and end-of-contract evaluation materials

Responsibilities

• Reading the most recent 91茄子 Writing Center Training Manual and discussing the Writing Center鈥檚 pedagogical philosophy, work procedures, and professional ethics with the Writing Center Director prior to the beginning of the fall semester
• Assisting the Writing Center Director in the supervision and mentoring of undergraduate Writing Center Peer Consultants鈥攚hile maintaining that the Writing Center Director be responsible for decisions regarding hiring, work policies and pedagogical practices, and termination of student employment
• Providing academic support for the undergraduate and graduate student clients of the Writing Center through in-person consultations, synchronous meetings, and asynchronous written feedback (in the Online Writing Center)
• Assisting the Writing Center Director in the development of campus-wide in-person, synchronous, and asynchronous workshops on writing-related topics
• Leading campus-wide in-person and synchronous workshops on writing-related topics independently and in collaboration with the Writing Center Director and/or Writing Center Peer Consultants
• Assisting the Writing Center Director in faculty relations efforts (such as scheduling in-class visits to courses taught across the curriculum)
• Assisting the Writing Center Director in campus communications via messaging on Today@Wilkes, Instagram, and paper flyers
• Assisting the Writing Center Director in collecting Writing Center data and compiling administrative reports
• Working in collaboration with the Writing Center Director, Peer Consultants, and Wilkes University faculty in scholarly projects relating to Writing Center operations (including possible attendance and presentation at local, regional, national, and international scholarly conferences)

Compensation

• $11,000 total tuition remission + $4,000 stipend ($15,000 in total compensation)

Interested applicants should forward the graduate assistant application, cover letter, CV, and letters of recommendation to Dr. Sean J. Kelly, Writing Center Director, by July 16, 2025.