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Student Affairs and Academic Support

Student Affairs Graduate Assistantships

Get real-world experience to complement your in-class education. Graduate assistants in the Division of Student Affairs and Academic Support advise students and organizations, plan major university events, hear conduct cases, support residential communities and much more.

Mark Your Calendar

GARP 2025 will be held over two weekends:

  • Virtual interviews will be Feb. 6-8, 2025.
  • Discover Carolina (in-person visit) will be Feb. 21-22, 2025.

 

Graduate Assistant Recruitment Program

The Graduate Assistant Recruitment Program — GARP for short  — is a partnership between the Division of Student Affairs and Academic Support and the College of Education’s higher education and student affairs program. GARP aims to connect incoming HESA students to graduate assistantships within Student Affairs and Academic Support.

Eligibility 

To participate in GARP, you must be a prospective HESA student. Invitations to participate in the program will be extended near the end of the fall semester. 

Program Benefits

  • Meet faculty, staff and current and prospective students.
  • Interview for graduate assistantships at USC and neighboring colleges.
  • Tour the beautiful University of South Carolina campus.

Participating Offices

While the roster of participating offices changes from year to year, the following offices generally hire their graduate assistants through GARP.

Offices from outside the Division of Student Affairs and Academic Support and from partnering colleges and universities also have participated in GARP in previous years.


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