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Faculty Assistant Program

This program allows faculty members to select incoming and continuing students to serve as assistants. Each student chosen this way is eligible to work for up to ten hours per week at $10 per hour during the fall semester.

Positions are generally renewable for the spring semester based on performance. These positions are intended to provide a meaningful intellectual experience as you move forward in your degree program.

If you would like to be considered for a position as a faculty assistant please apply online.

Log in to the system with your SU NetID and password and complete your profile accurately. This step is obligatory if you want to be considered for this position. Faculty members will contact students they want to interview directly by email. If nobody contacts you this means that none of the faculty members found a good fit between your profile and their needs.

To maximize your opportunity of being selected, submit your profile by August 29.

If you are hired, you should immediately send an email confirmation to Maureen O’Connor Kicak at mokicak@syr.edu and copy the faculty member who you will work with. Without this email your work cannot begin and your pay cannot be processed. You will then need to meet with Maureen to ensure that all paperwork required by law is complete.
James Benninger
Albany, NY 

Major: Information Management and Technology 

Activities/Honors: Work in ITELL, TA for CCNA, Information Studies Dean's List, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Club Soccer 

Favorite course: IST 200 E-Research

The courses available to me and the number of professors who are leaders in their fields set the iSchool apart from others. The constant activities and opportunities to grow make the iSchool a great place to prepare for a future job. Someday, I would like to run my own network consulting firm.
Ashley Nelson-Hornstein
Hightstown, New Jersey

Major: Information management and technology in the School of Information Studies; minor, management studies in the Whitman School of Management

Activities/Honors: Club Lacrosse. University Union Cinemas. iSchool Peer Advisor. Renee Crown University Honors Program. Women In Information Technology. Center for Emerging Network Technology Student Researcher. Dean’s List.

Favorite course: IST 452 Advanced Networking

I love the individual attention I receive in my iSchool classes and the fact that all of my professors actually know me by name. Because the iSchool is one of the smallest colleges on campus, each class is about the size of a regular high school classroom. With smaller class sizes, professors are able to easily interact with students, a benefit which helps to facilitate learning.

Students here are really encouraged to pursue their interests, either through a minor or by adding an additional major. The faculty within SU has also taken the time to collaborate with each other in designing programs that allow students to pursue interests from different colleges and fields.

I really enjoy the fact that SU has the idyllic atmosphere of a traditional ‘college campus,’ set on the backdrop of an urban environment. The contrast in environments allows me to feel as though I am having the ‘typical college experience,’ while also having the benefits of being in a city.
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