• Students or supervisors encountering concerns or challenges with a graduate assistantship are encouraged to seek advice and assistance from the following or other relevant sources, as appropriate and in this sequence if possible: the student’s advisor or program director, the chair of the student’s department, the associate dean for graduate affairs in the student’s school or college, the supervisor’s own supervisor, the Office of Graduate Education and Life.
• Graduate assistants are not technically considered to be employees, and so WVU Talent and Culture does not hold any jurisdiction over assistantship arrangements. However, guidelines and procedures relevant to employees (see especially Employee Relations), and the Student Employment Handbook may be helpful in guiding resolution of some problems.
  
• Graduate teaching assistants are expected to conform to University policies, procedures, and regulations concerning teaching, as documented in the University catalogs, the Provost’s website, the Faculty Handbook, the Faculty Senate website, the Registrar’s Office website, and other related information.