Student Resources
FINANCIAL SUPPORT RESOURCES
A) Presidential Research Fellowships—This is a fantastic opportunity for new students. New Students who are interested in the PFW please mention that in your cover letter. Please foreground your publication history and/or serious publication agenda in your Cover Letter in your application to the program. Decisions are made for Fall in March, so if you are interested in the PFW, please have your application completed by March 1st. For regular admission, there is a rolling admission deadline.
The Fine Arts website will have further details about the program when they are solidified.
B) Graduate Teaching Assistantships
The College of Fine arts is expanding the GTA positions, including for the MFA. Packages exceed 15000 annually with teaching duties. Details on their website, but please mention your teaching interest and experience in your cover letter, if you would like to be a candidate for this support and responsibility. For creative writing, students would teach or assist in the Introduction to Creative Writing course, or help out with first-year writing courses.
C) Dean’s Scholarship – New Students usually receive $2000 in a scholarship when they enroll. This award would also qualify a candidate for in-state tuition.
D) Grad College Financial Aid portal—Students be sure to do your FAFSA application ASAP. Please maintain 6 hours per semester for aid purposes, even in the summer (though you may spread out from one summer session to the next)
https://www.utrgv.edu/graduate/funding/index.htm
E ) Graduate Assistantships and Work-study positions.
MFA students often work with riverSedge magazine in a GA position. There is usually a GA position for an MFAer to work with the student lit magazine Gallery. Students support the faculty leading the magazines in duties to help the publication and to support the faculty in their workload.
https://www.utrgv.edu/graduate/funding/assistantships/index.htm
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STUDENT RESOURCES
Additional Enrollment Hours Request
When requesting over the cap limit of hours, please fill out the Additional Enrollment Hours Request below. Email it to cofa@utrgv.edu or bring by the forms to ELABS 334