CMSS: Student Employment Opportunities
Student Assistant Positions
- Office Assistant
- Social Media / Marketing Assistant
- Graphic Design / Photographer
All positions are posted on the student employment website as they become available. Visit the Student Employment website for more information on Student Assistant Positions.
D.E.E.P. Impact Positions
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Diversity Educators—Student Staff who create and implement programming that focuses on promoting inclusion, advocacy, and respect in order to equip students with the cultural capacity to change the world.
Requirements: It is required for any students who are interested in becoming a Diversity Educator to take course HRD 123: Leadership Styles, Theory, and Application. This course is only offered in the fall semester.
Course Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate an awareness of their own social identities, including a recognition of privilege and marginalization
- Demonstrate an increased knowledge of various social identities and identity groups
- Critique cultural texts such as songs or video clips
- Develop diversity education programming, including creating educational presentations and selecting dialogue models
- Identify and apply skills for effective facilitation, including active listening and trigger management
- Apply group dynamics concepts to their experiences
- Demonstrate emotional awareness through self-reflection
Interested in taking the course? Keep an eye out for our informational sessions in the spring, or email Cynthia Ruff at ruffcr@jmu.edu.
Graduate Assistantships
- D.E.E.P. Impact GA
- Leadership Development GA
Descriptions of all assistantships can be found on the College Student Personnel Administration website or contact Rebeca Barge at barges@jmu.edu.