Working for the Program

In addition to SCAs and AIAs who work with an individual class, we also hire some students to work with the integrated Sophomore College/Arts Intensive program behind the scenes. We will generally advertise these roles in the spring quarter or late in winter quarter, and we post them on Handshake. Brief job summaries are below—when hiring opens, it will have a fully updated job description with complete details about responsibilities and pay. Students must be enrolled in the autumn quarter after the program to be eligible.

Summer Program Assistant 

The PA works on all tasks related to the infrastructure that makes SoCo/Arts Intensive happen, including program-wide event planning, communication and messaging, supply and inventory management, residential housing assignments, field trip coordination, tracking finances, and other programmatic needs. The position is 35-40 hours a week throughout all 14 weeks of summer, with September as the busiest time.

Graduate Residential Associates

GRAs work full time for roughly a month, living in the residences with the students for the first two weeks of the program. GRAs provide administrative support to the SoCo/Arts Intensive programs and leadership to the 30-35 student-staff who are working most closely with the students. GRAs support program events, including student arrival registration and check-out of program housing. GRAs receive training from campus partners and program leadership, and participate in SCA/AIA September training. GRAs must be graduate students, whether coterm, doctoral, or professional.