Pre-Professional Graduate Assistant Appointment Request
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  

  Pre-Professional Graduate Assistants (PGAs) are appointed to positions in which they primarily gain experience, practice or guidance that is significantly connected to their fields of study and career preparation. In general, in order to be appointed as a PGA, the student’s enrolling unit and employing unit combination must be reflected on the Pre-Professional Graduate Assistants table posted at http://www.ahr.uiuc.edu/Grads/definitions.htm When these combinations are present, employing units may process the appointment without further approval.   PGA appointments in which the enrolling unit and employing unit combination does not exist on the PGA grid must be requested via this form. The request will be reviewed for approval by a committee coordinated by Academic Human Resources. Once approval has been granted, successive reappointments to the same position do not need approval.  

Submit completed form to Leslie Alexander - Academic HR, 807 S. Wright, MC/310. Questions may be directed via email (laa@uiuc.edu) or phone 333-6747.   Copies of the reviewed form with the decision noted will be returned to both the appointing and enrolling units. All new assistantship appointments must be submitted to Academic Appointments Processing via an Human Resources Transaction Checklist (HRTC) for Banner entry, a copy of the approval must accompany the HRTC.  

Pre-Professional Graduate Assistant Appointment Request University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  

Graduate Assistant to be Appointed:  

Name:__________________________________________________ UIN:_______________________  

Curriculum and graduate degree objective (i.e., Ph. D. in History, M.F.A. in Theatre):  

___________________________________________________________________________________  

Appointing Unit: _____________________________________________________________________  

Period of Appointment: (beginning and ending dates):________________________________________  

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Unit Executive Officer - Appointing Unit                                                                     Date 

REQUIRED ATTACHMENT: POSITION DESCRIPTION
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Enrolling Unit:  

Is the proposed appointment pre-professional in nature?  

____Yes. PGA classification is appropriate  

____ No. PGA classification is not appropriate  

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Unit Executive Officer - Enrolling Unit                                                                         Date 

REQUIRED ATTACHMENT: Explanation of the connection between the PGA appointment and the student’s academic program, specifying which area(s) of study in the graduate program would qualify this as a pre-professional appointment.
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Academic HR  

Approved: Yes _______ No _________  

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Academic HR Representative                                                                                         Date