Month: October 2020

• The Career Development Drop-In Hour with Jim Wylde is cancelled on Wednesday, October 28.
• Academic Advising Drop-In Hours with Sarah Denes are cancelled on Wednesday, October 28.
• Career and Academic Advising Drop-In Hours with Meg Wurm are cancelled on Thursday, October 29.

All others will occur as scheduled. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

The Writing in the Disciplines program is currently seeking qualified MA or PhD students (non-packaged only) to serve as WID Graduate Assistants in the Spring 2021 semester.

About WID and WID GAships:

WID stands for "Writing in the Disciplines." At GW, undergraduates are required to take 2 courses designated as WIDs (or writing intensive) either in their own discipline or in another dept. WID courses differ from traditional writing-intensive courses insofar as they are geared towards developing standards and completing writing projects that a student might find in a respective field—essays, blog posts, business proposals, research bibliographies, etc.

Review and assessment of this work is shared between the WID GA and the faculty member. What sets WIDGAs apart from traditional GAs is that their duties are strictly based on writing development. You can comment, critique, and assess the grades on written work, but you are not a grader. You are not a lab tech. You are not an administrative assistant. However, you may be asked to hold office hours and to meet at least 3 times with the faculty to touch base on your progress. WID GAs will not do more than 50% of grading. Duties may be conducted virtually. International students are encouraged to apply!

We base our WID GA salaries on the number of students a course is capped at and have a sliding scale that determines the number of hours worked to the total amount paid over the semester. On the lower end, we pay $2140.00 for up to 10 hours/week; on the higher end, we pay $4280 for no more than 20 hours/week.

Some other details:

• WID does not offer tuition remission.
• This award is non-renewable. Depending on your availability, we could invite you back to be a WID GA each fall and spring that you're at GW. We occasionally offer online classes as well, for flexibility. 
• We may place you into courses outside your discipline. We have had great success with GAs from the humanities assisting on writing assignments for undergraduates in Engineering, Chemistry, International Affairs, Business Administration, etc. 
• International students are encouraged to apply.
• Packaged GAs should speak to their DGSs or Chairs about placement, before seeking alternative placement within WID.

Here is the policy page, which lays out the role of the WID GA in greater detail: https://writingprogram.gwu.edu/wid-graduate-assistants-and-peer-writing-preceptors

To submit an application
Please complete WID GA Application Forms Part I and Part II.  
Recruitment will run through Nov. 23--upon which the application forms will close. 

Emailed applications will not be accepted.

Sarah Denes' Academic Advising Drop-In Hours are cancelled today, October 14, 2020. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

Elizabeth Lusk's Academic Advising Drop-In Hours will end at 12:00 pm today, October 6, 2020 due to a schedule conflict.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.