Graduate Assistant - Teaching Assistant, Honors College

The University of Nevada Reno Honors College is seeking to hire one Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) to teach introductory honors seminars under the supervision of a lead honors faculty member and the Honors College Associate Dean.

The Honors College is the fastest growing college at the University of Nevada Reno and expects to welcome 300 firstyear students in fall 2025. All firstyear students are required to complete HON 109 a onecredit firstyear experience discussionbased seminar that emphasizes critical thinking engagement with diverse primary source texts communitybuilding and personal and professional development.

As the Honors College is an umbrella college that serves highperforming undergraduate students with any major all HON prefix courses are interdisciplinary; thus GTAs may have any disciplinary background.

The Honors College recognizes that GTAs are above all else students. To that end GTAs have access to a faculty mentoring program that includes regular meetings teaching observations and incentives and opportunities for professional development.

Responsibilities:

• GTAs along with a lead honors faculty and the Honors College Associate Dean will teach HON 109 in fall and spring semesters.

• GTAs may have the opportunity to teach an upper division honors seminar of their own design in the spring.

• GTAs will join a teaching team that includes other faculty GTAs and undergraduate TAs.

• GTAs will hold weekly office hours in a shared GTA office space in the Honors College.

• GTAs will attend regular faculty check ins monthly AllCollege meetings HonorsFit (a oneday honors orientation for incoming students) and the Honors Faculty Retreat (a oneday introduction to the Honors College for all faculty).

• Opportunities for summer teaching are possible.

Required Qualifications

• Candidate must be enrolled as a graduate student at the University of Nevada Reno.

• Candidate must be active in a degreeseeking program.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as an instructor teaching assistant discussion leader or academic mentor.

• Experience and/or knowledge of honors education or other special educational programs for highperforming students.

Compensation Grade

Graduate Assistant

Schedule

Expected hours to work per week: 20

A background check will be conducted on the candidate(s) selected for hire.

HR will attempt to verify academic credentials upon receipt of hiring documents. If the academic credentials cannot be verified HR will notify the faculty member that an official transcript of their highest degree must be submitted within thirty days of the faculty members first day of employment.

References will be contacted at the appropriate phase of the recruitment process.

Applicants hired on a federal contract may be subject to EVerify.

As part of the hiring process applicants for positions in the Nevada System of Higher Education may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform jobrelated tasks.

For positions that require driving evidence of a valid drivers license will be required at the time of employment and as a condition of continued employment.

Schedules are subject to change based on organizational needs.

The University of Nevada Reno is committed to providing a place of work and learning free of discrimination on the basis of a persons age (40 or older) disability whether actual or perceived by others (including serviceconnected disabilities) gender (including pregnancy related conditions) military status or military obligations sexual orientation gender identity or expression genetic information national origin race (including hair texture and protected hairstyles such as natural hairstyles afros bantu knots curls braids locks and twists) color or religion (protected classes).

About Us

The University of Nevada Reno is a leading public research university committed to the promise of a future powered by knowledge. Founded in 1874 as Nevadas original landgrant university the University serves more than 23000 undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and 63 countries.

Classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as an R1 (Very High Research) university it is also recognized in the Carnegie Community Engagement classification. The University is also ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the Best National Universities and Best National Public Universities. It also ranks in the top tier of the WSJ/Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the New York Times Top Colleges for Economic Diversity.

Since 2009 nearly $1 billion has been has invested in advanced labs facilities and residence halls on the main campus. The University is home to Nevadas first medical school the University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine and the Wayne L. Prim Campus at Lake Tahoe where education research and creative work thrive in a stunning mountain setting. The University delivers on its original landgrant mission with outreach across the state through the University of Nevada Reno Extension Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Nevada Small Business Development Center the Nevada Seismological Laboratory and Wolf Pack Athletics.

The main campus is in Reno Nevada a burgeoning global technology hub with a vibrant midtown and downtown. Found where the high desert of the Great Basin meets the High Sierra and Lake Tahoe the beautiful 290acre main campus is also a Nevada State Arboretum. The Universitys physical infrastructure is expanding with ongoing construction of the newly named John Tullock Business Building set to open in fall 2025. Groundbreaking is also planned for a new State Public Health Laboratory Building on campus alongside the recent acquisition of 16 parcels near campus known as University Village to provide affordable housing for graduate students and early career faculty.

Collaborating with worldrenowned organizations the University fosters innovation through initiatives such as the Digital Wolf Pack partnership with Apple which ensures equitable access to technology for students providing new incoming freshman or transfer students with an iPad Air and accessories. Googles TechWise initiate is an 18month program that fully supports undergraduate students in becoming entrylevel software engineers by graduation.

In 2023 the U.S. Department of Commerces Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced that Nevada led by the University of Nevada Reno was named one of the inaugural 31 RegionalTechnology and InnovationHubs (TechHubs).Nevada was selected from a competitive pool of 489 applicants from across the United States and its Tech Hub will strengthen Americas lithium batteries critical elements and other electric vehicle materials industry sectors within the state.

Through its commitment to highimpact education worldimproving research and creative activity and outreach thats transforming Nevadas communities and businesses the University continues its 150year tradition of benefitting our state nation and world.

The University recognizes that diversity promotes excellence in education and research. The inclusive and engaged community on campus recognizes the added value that students faculty and staff from different backgrounds bring to the educational experience.

Today the University delivers on its original landgrant mission of access to education and knowledge by investing in the academics facilities support engagement and vibrant campus life that promote our diverse students cognitive growth and academic achievement all while remaining one of the best values in American higher education.