First-Year Students Receive Valuable Assistantships for Next Year

Each semester, students of the IOHRM program work to secure funding for their tuition. Assistantships are often available to help students with finances, as well as offer an opportunity to develop professionally and receive valuable experience. Most first-year students in the IOHRM program work as graduate assistants for professors in the psychology and management departments, while many second-year students have the opportunity to teach an introductory psychology class. Several of our students will be doing just that! Jon Powers, Jessica New, and Evea Kaldas will be educating many of our undergraduate students in psychology. Three other students in our program have secured unique assistantships for next year that we are eager to highlight.

Morgan Jewells has the opportunity to work as a graduate assistant for AppSync Training and Marketing in the Center for Student Development and Leadership. She will be assisting with the adoption of AppSync at ASU, which is an organization management platform available to students, faculty, and staff. This entails duties such as developing a train the trainer model in order to spread knowledge of how to use AppSync, planning and organizing workshops and marketing outreaches, and, in general, acting as an ambassador and administrator for AppSync in the community.

Dea Kamberaj has secured the unique position as a graduate student working on assessment with the University Housing department. She will be working on breaking down the data collected from focus groups, surveys, and other miscellaneous data that has been collected, and using that data to create marketing documents, presentations, and training programs. Shewill also be serving as a recruiter, selector, and trainer of Residence Life Staff.

Ryan Gillespie received an assistantship position through the Academic Services for Student-Athletes. He will be working one-on-one with at-risk student athletes and potentially running study hall sessions. Ryan will serve as a mentor to these students, offering them study help/tips, provide them with access to university resources, provide motivation, and help them keep up with assignments and deadlines.

The IOHRM program at Appalachian State University prepares its students with a wide variety of abilities, and we would like to congratulate our students for receiving interesting assistantships where they are able to put those skills to use!

 

- Written by Alex Johnson

Morgan Jewells, Dea Kamberaj, Ryan Gillespie
Published: Apr 10, 2015 6:59pm

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