POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Graduate Assistantships Ithaca College – Exercise & Sport Sciences

Position Description: Graduate Student Assistantships: wellness, strength & conditioning, athletic coaching, and teaching assistantships for the 2025-2026 academic year.

General Information:  The graduate assistantships are awarded to 1^st year students for the Master of Science in Exercise and Sports Science at Ithaca College. To be considered for an assistantship, you must be admitted to the Exercise and Sport Sciences graduate program in the Department of Exercise Science and Athletic Training. Assistantships are available for full-time matriculated graduate students (MS degree only.) More information about the Master of Science Exercise and Sport Science degree program can be found here: https://www.ithaca.edu/academics/school-health-sciences-and-human-performance/graduate-programs/master-science-exercise-and-sport-sciences

Qualifications:

Wellness: experience in wellness/fitness industry and coursework in personal training or similar, certifications preferred

Strength & Conditioning: Certification or for the CSCS by the NSCA, SCCC by the CSCCa, &/or USAW.

Coaching: participation in intercollegiate sports team, experience coaching preferred.

Teaching Assistantship; undergraduate coursework in at least two of the following courses: biomechanics, exercise physiology, foundations of exercise science, strength & conditioning, sport psychology.

Responsibilities: Graduate student assistants Wellness Director/Clinic Manager, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Sports Coach, or Professor, as appropriate based on position awarded. Graduate student assistants work a maximum of 20 hours/week. For more information on the specifics of assistantship assignments, please contact the graduate program chair Deborah King, Ph.D. at essg@ithaca.edu.

Award: 50% tuition scholarship (15 to 18 credits depending on thesis or non-thesis plan) plus stipend for working 20 hours/week Fall and Spring semesters ($12,800) of your 1^st year of study totaling $27,560 - $30,512 applied to the 1^st year of study. Based on performance, students working in wellness or athletics are eligible to be hired by Athletics to continue to work for Athletes as student employees during their second year. Teaching Assistantships are a 1-year position, but students can find campus employment in other offices/programs for their second year. The MS can be completed in 16 months (non-thesis) or two-years (thesis).

Application procedures:  You must apply and be accepted to the M.S. program in Exercise and Sport Sciences to be reviewed for any assistantship. On your admission application, identify that you are applying for an assistantship and provide the additional requested materials within the online application process. To start the application process, go to the Ithaca College graduate admissions website:

https://www.ithaca.edu/admission/graduate-admission/how-to-apply.

Deadline:  In order to be considered for an assistantship, all applications for admission and applications for assistantship must be received by FEBRUARY 15^th, 2025.

For more information, please contact Dr. Deborah L. King, Graduate Program Chair, Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences at ESSG@ithaca.edu, visit the ESS website, or watch our information videos: short video, in depth video.

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