The Graduate School's website Center for Graduate Teaching Excellence is designed to provide GAs information and ideas to perform their various duties at SIUC.

International students must satisfy university requirements for English language proficiency if duties include teaching.

The Master's Fellowship is a one-time award at the master's degree level that is designed for those nominees who show the greatest promise for scholarly and professional achievement in their respective disciplines. The fellowship will be awarded for three semesters, fall, spring, and summer for a total of eleven (11) months.

• Environmental Conservation (GEOG 100) – Assist instructor with class attendance, testing, grading, and assisting students.
• World Geography (GEOG 103) -- Assist instructor with class attendance, testing, grading, and assisting students.
• Weather, Climate, and Society (GEOG 104) -- Attend two 1-hour classes per week, lead labs each week.  Assist instructor with class attendance, testing, grading, and assisting students.
• Geography, People, and the Environment (GEOG 300i) – Assist instructor with class attendance, testing, grading, and assisting students.
• Physical Geography of the Americas (GEOG 303i) -- Attend two 2-hour classes per week, lead labs each week.
• Meteorology (GEOG 330) -- Attend classroom lectures and lead labs each week following a standardized workbook. Preference given to a Masters student with a Concentration in Weather and Climatology.
• Intro to Geographic Information Systems (GEOG 401) -- TA will attend one 2-hour lecture and teach labs each week. Preference given to Masters student with Concentration in GIS.
• Intro to Remote Sensing (GEOG 406) -- TA will attend one 2-hour lecture and teach labs each week. Preference given to Masters student with Concentration in GIS.
• Cartographic Design (GEOG 416) -- Attend one 2-hour lecture and teach labs each week. Preference given to Masters student with Concentration in GIS.

Research opportunities through grants have been provided by:

• Illinois Groundwater Consortium
• Illinois Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute
• Illinois Water Resources Center
• National Institute of Justice
• The Nature Conservancy
• U.S. Geological Survey
• Local planning commissions
• American Water Resources Association
• Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research
• Midwest Technology Assistance Center
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
• National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

Areas of study through recent grants have been:

• Analysis of Water Use Trends in the US
• Benchmark Investigation of Small Public Water System Economics in the US
• Cache River Illinois: Decision Support for Watershed Planning
• Development of 21st Century Precipitation Scenarios Using Probabilistic Downscaling Techniques
• Prioritizing Mangrove Swamp Fragments for Ecological Preservation Using Remote Sensing and GIS
• Understanding the Social Context of Ecological Restoration in Multiple Ownership Watersheds, Southern Illinois