Biographical sketch: : Norma attended Montclair State University as an undergrad where she graduated with a bachelors in Psychology. After being accepted to the Master's in Child Advocacy program, she was appointed as a Graduate Assistant. She has worked with children for over six years and hopes to be able to make a difference in their lives after obtaining her Masters.

Hours:

Tuesday: 10:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Wednesday: 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Thursday: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Carrie Hicks (Graduate Assistant)
Email: hicksc2@mail.montclair.edu
Telephone: 973-655-4188

Hours:

Tuesday: 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Wednesday: 9:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Thursday: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Hours:

Monday: 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Tuesday: 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Thursday: 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Friday: 10:00 am - 4:30 pm

Biographical sketch: Liliana L. Bonilla received her bachelor’s of arts in Psychology, a minor in Latin American Latino Studies, and a Certificate in Child Advocacy from Child Advocacy and Policy at Montclair State University. As an undergraduate student Liliana worked for the Clinical & Community Studies Laboratory at MSU as a Researcher and Research/Lab Assistant and as an Office Assistant from the Latin American Latino Studies Program. Liliana is an APA (American Psychological Association) Certified ACT (Adults & Children Together) Facilitator. The ACT Against Violence Raising Safe Kids Program is an anti-violence prevention program for anyone in contact with children between 0-8 years old. During Liliana’s last year as an undergraduate student, she completed her capstone course by providing ACT parenting workshops to welfare recipients, DYFS, court mandated parents, and case managers from the Career-One-Stop Organization and from the TANF Initiative for Parents (TIP) Program in Hudson County, where she is still serving as a volunteer. Liliana’s goal to facilitate the ACT program is to educate parents and caregivers on the impact of violence in the lives of children and to reduce the use of harsh discipline like corporal punishment. She enjoys working with families to educate them about better parenting styles. Presently, Liliana is working on her Master’s degree in Child Advocacy and Policy with a concentration on Public Welfare and is a Teaching Assistant at the Center for Child Advocacy where she is expecting to enhance her knowledge and skills on Child Advocacy and be able to effectively represent children in court in the near future.

Graduate Assistants:

• are considered full-time students and must be enrolled for 9 credits per semester
• must fully matriculate in a master's degree program at MSU
• must maintain at least a 3.00 GPA during each semester of the assistantship
• fulfill twenty (20) hours per week
• receive a tuition and University-wide fee remission and a stipend
  • Fees that are specific to courses or individual students are not included in the remission (e.g. Art studio fees, supplies, parking and/or Health Insurance, books, graduation fee etc.).
• may not be hired as adjuncts. Graduate assistants may not be hired as adjuncts or in any other employment status at the University while they are graduate assistants.
• Term of the Assistantship: One full academic year, beginning September 1 and ending June 30.

How Students Apply:
There is no separate application form for the graduate assistantship.

Graduate Assistantships will be considered as part of the admission process to a graduate degree program. Most of our graduate degree programs have rolling admission, so the earlier a student completes the application for admission, the greater chance the student has to be considered for open graduate assistantship positions.

Recommendation for Graduate Assistantship Appointment

Departments will send their recommendation for graduate assistantship appointments to The Graduate School. The official offer of an assistantship, and final appointment into a position, is conducted through The Graduate School. The official offer of appointment will be sent, via regular mail, to the student from The Graduate School. NO appointment is official or finalized unless it is approved by The Graduate School.

* Students should not begin work until they have signed and accepted the offer and terms of the assistantship with The Graduate School. Employment papers (I-9 Eligibility of Employment and W-4 tax forms) must be completed at The Graduate School before beginning the graduate assistantship position.

Returning Graduate Assistants

Graduate students may be reappointed to a second year into the same graduate assistantship position. Any individual assistantship may not exceed a total of four semesters (two academic years), regardless of the department in which the student serves.

General Guidelines for Graduate Assistantships

Ensuring that our graduate students are having challenging, productive and rewarding assistantship experiences is always important. Each graduate assistant should be involved with activities/projects that relate to faculty research, clinical/field work assignments and/or instructional responsibilities in the student's master's degree program. In addition, each graduate assistant should be assigned to a faculty mentor in their program of study to help ensure that the assistantship is directly related to the student’s program of study.