EIU Athletic Training

Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainers

Two-year appointment including tuition waiver and 9 month stipend (approx $670/month.) Graduate Assistant responsibilities include assisting staff with daily care of student-athletes, coverage of practice and games with assigned sports including travel. Other duties as assigned by athletic training staff. Provide coverage and supervise students for summer sport camps for additional compensation. Weekend and evening work is possible. Serve as ACI for students in accredited undergraduate program. Eastern Illinois University is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference with 22 Div. I sports (I-AA football). www.eiu.edu/~sprtinfo

Qualifications:

Acceptance into Graduate School at EIU.
NATABOC certified or eligible.
Eligible for Illinois State Licensure.

Mail, email or fax resume and three references.

Contact:
Jen Tymkew
Assistant Athletic Trainer
jatymkew@eiu.edu
217-581-7677 (work)
217-581-7192 (fax)

Graduate School application can be found at www.eiu.edu/~graduate

Apply by: March 1, 2007

Starting date: August 15, 2007

Eastern Illinois University is located in Charleston , IL which is a small town located about 45 minutes south of Champaign . Eastern Illinois has a student population of 12,000 with everything within walking distance. Our sports compete at the Division I level, except for football (Division I-AA).

Our athletic training staff includes five staff members, four graduate assistants, and an accredited undergraduate program. Our staff is “young,” with the head athletic trainer currently in his seventh year and our assistants in their fifth, third, and two in their first years. We have 22 sports which utilize two athletic training rooms. Both facilities are equipped with rehabilitation equipment, treatment areas, and taping stations. Our graduate students are assigned to their own teams and are supervised by one of the staff athletic trainers. GA responsibilities include practice and game coverage, travel, and athletic training student supervision.

Most of our GAs pursue a degree in sports administration or cardiac rehabilitation. The graduate program offers a thesis and a non-thesis option, with the non-thesis option requiring a master's paper.
Graduate School Course Catalog

This is a very broad, general overview of our program. Please feel free to email or call if you have other questions I can answer. We are accepting resumes by mail, fax, or email.