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Title: GA Pre-Professional - ACED, Department of Health Sciences - Fall 2025 and Spring 2026
Division Name: Academic Affairs
Department: Health Sciences
Campus Location: Normal, IL

Job Summary

Health Sciences (HSC) at Illinois State prepares students for a rewarding career that makes a positive impact on people's lives. This position would support The Health Sciences Student Ambassador’s Association (HSSAA) and the Central Area Health Education Center (AHEC) efforts.

HSSAA focuses on engagement, student retention, and leadership development by fostering a sense of belonging among HSC majors. HSSAA hosts department's events, serve as an ad hoc advisory group, and support the efforts of the department's Diversity, Equity, Belonging and Inclusion (DEBI) committee.
This position would help to expand HSC student engagement events and encourage leadership development among the ambassadors and among the students in the department.

AHEC works to support and develop the health and healthcare workforce through 1) Career exploration for secondary education students, 2) educational enrichment programs for collegiate-level health professions students, 3) professional development for current health professionals, 4) support for community health efforts. This position provides leadership, planning, and coordination of activities and events for support for Central IL AHEC programming and capacity development. This means programming events, communicating with AHEC scholars, coordinating with affiliate departments and faculty across campus; assisting with fundraising and grant applications; meeting with community leaders; speaking publicly at meetings and events representing the program.

Salary Rate / Pay Rate

$1510 Monthly Stipend

Required Qualifications

1. Must be a degree seeking graduate student at Illinois State University admitted in the MPH-ACED program.
2. Eligible for appointment as per the requirements in the Graduate Assistant Handbook which can be found at http://hr.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/GA_Handbook.pdf

Work Hours

20 Hours per Week

Functional Expectations

Proposed Starting Date

August 16, 2025

Required Applicant Documents

1. Resume

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Special Instructions for Applicants

Benefits for Graduate Assistants can be found in the Graduate Assistant Handbook.

Note: If you have not yet been assigned a University ID, but are interested in applying for this graduate assistantship, please proceed with the graduate assistant application process. For the first question regarding your University ID, simply enter in nine (9) zeros (e.g., 000000000).

You must be eligible for employment in the United States and at Illinois State University and/or for the number of hours required for the position.

Illinois State University student employees are restricted to no more than 28 hours per week of on-campus employment for all positions held. International students are restricted by their visa status to no more than 20 hours per week of on-campus employment when the university is in session but may work up to 28 hours per week when the university is not in session. Please contact the Office of International Student and Scholar Services for guidance on visa restrictions on work hours. The University cannot grant exceptions to visa status rules/laws.

Contact Information for Applicants

Dane Myers,
damyers@ilstu.edu

Important Information for Applicants

This position is subject to a criminal background investigation and if applicable, an employment history review, based on University Policy 3.1.30 and any offer of employment is contingent upon you passing a satisfactory criminal background investigation and/or an employment history review. You may not begin work until the criminal background investigation results have been received and cleared by Human Resources.

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