Graduate Employees (GE)
Landscape Architecture Graduate Employee (GE) Positions
There are three types of GE positions at UO: instructional, research, and administrative.
The Department of Landscape Architecture is allocated instructional GE positions by the Dean, and the number of these positions varies from year to year. These GE positions are distributed amongst PhD students (as offered at admission and/or by application; see the PhD Handbook) and MLA students (by application). GE positions that are available by application for the next academic year are announced in Winter quarter, with decisions publicized in spring quarter (and no later than the end of the summer).
Research or administrative GEs may also be available on an as-needed basis. These positions are not typically part of the annual call for applications and are announced as they become available.
For all departmental GE positions, priority consideration will be given to qualified graduate students in the Department of Landscape Architecture.
At the UO, Graduate Employee (GE) appointments include a full tuition remission, stipend, coverage of most fees, and health insurance during each term of the award. The UO and GTFF establish minimum salary rates through collective bargaining. Rates are set for three levels of appointment, eligibility for which are based on academic criteria. UO GE Monthly salary and base rate information (by FTE) will be included with your official UO GE contract which will be processed through Duck Web. In the meantime, you may reference the GE salary chart, based on your GE level, on the Grad School Website.
Landscape Architecture GE Information:
- Detailed Past Course Descriptions
- GE Appointment Details – Salary, Insurance, Policies, Summer Term, etc.
- Graduate Duties & Responsibilities Statement
- UO Graduate Studies Orientation and UO Graduate Employee Mandatory Training: (The training will be offered at the beginning of each term. All graduate employees in the first term of their appointment must take the training.) Available at Community Canvas page. Contact the Division of Graduate Studies for access to the page.
GE New Appointment Instructions
If you have been offered a GE appointment, go to New Appointment Instructions for the following details:
- Step-by-step Instructions (including timelines)
- Summer GE New Appointment Instructions
- Fall/Winter/Spring GE New Appointment Instructions
- Hire Documents (Required documents for re and new hires)
- New US Citizen/Resident Hires
- New International Hires
- Rehires
- Fees and Insurance
- International Students & Insurance (*Important*)
- Contract Limitations
- Tuition Remission
- Training & Orientation (GE Orientation is required at beginning of fall term)
- Payroll and Payments (Direct deposit, social security number, time cards)
- Non-Native English Speaker
Your offer decision and hire documents need to be submitted by the noted deadlines to the SAE Admissions and Operations Specialist. A delay in submitting documents by the deadlines may result in a delay in payment.
GE Resources
- GE Appointment Details – Salary, Insurance, Policies, Summer Term, etc.
- GE Workload Allocation Form
- Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation
- Teaching Effectiveness Program (TEP)
- SPEAK Test for Non-Native English Speakers
- Dan Kimble Teaching Awards
- Faculty GE Evaluation Form
International GE Resources
- International Student Employees
- Grad School International Students
- International Affairs (advisors)
- SPEAK Test – For Non-Native English Speaking GTFs in Teaching Related Positions
The hire packet for new international employees cannot be completed until the employee is in Eugene due to documents they won’t receive until after they arrive. Therefore, new UO International GEs need to arrive in the U.S. prior to the UO payroll deadline (first week in September) in order to have time to get their GE payroll record established with university departments.
Students offered a GE position will need to provide a social security number in order to set up their UO Payroll account. Students who do not have a social security number will need to follow additional steps outlined in the hire documents, upon accepting an appointment offer, in order to obtain a social security number/card. Applications for a SS card need to be submitted within 30 days of employment. New International GEs who arrive too late to establish their payroll record will have a delay in payment.
Questions?
Please send GE-related questions to archinfo@uoregon.edu