1.
English department teaching assistantships, which require teaching
freshman composition during the student's second year of study.
2.
William C. Friday Endowment research assistantships for general
and specialized research.
3.
Research assistantships for specific research projects funded
through external agencies such as the National Science Foundation
(NSF) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Since
1993, 25 different students have been supported through the
acquisition of more than $750,000 in external funding that includes
9 consecutive years of funding from the National Science Foundation.
