Graduate assistants appointed to at least a 25% position will be classified as in-state students for tuition purposes. Graduate assistants appointed to at least a 50% position will be classified as in-state students for tuition purposes AND will have in-state tuition paid. Miscellaneous and mandatory fees (activity fees, college fees, etc.), books, housing and other expenses are the responsibility of the student.
The process for your graduate waiver begins in your employment department. After it is entered in the BASIS system and approved by your department head, the Graduate School or Graduate School of Business must approve the waiver. Once the waiver has completed the approval process through BASIS, it is applied to your student account in ISIS. If your waiver has not been applied to your student account, contact your department to verify that your waiver has been submitted. If it has, contact the Graduate School or the Graduate School of Business to request a status report. Once the wavier applies to your account, any funds used to pay your tuition charges from your financial aid will be refunded to you.
Payroll Deduction Authorizations:
Graduate assistants may set up payroll deductions to pay for fees and student health insurance. In order to participate in payroll deduction, graduate assistants should have completed the employment process and registered for classes. Payments may be made in three equal deductions for regular sessions (fall and spring). To set up a Payroll Deduction
Requests, 
click here.
All information in the request form is required. Within 2 business days, you will receive a confirmation email of your request. Print, sign and return the Payroll Deduction Authorization Confirmation form to the Office of Student Accounts in person, by mail or by fax to 479-575-8438. Your payroll deduction cannot be processed without your signature on the Payroll Deduction Authorization Confirmation. The form needs to be in the Students Accounts Office by the end of the business day on
Tuesday, September 15, 2009.
Graduate
Assistants/Employees THREE PAYROLL DEDUCTION PLAN Confirmation Deadline: 9/15/2009 Deducted from Payroll Checks: |
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9/30/2009 |
10/30/2009 |
11/30/2009 |
As a fringe benefit to the students that have assistantships, the University of Arkansas pays for 60% of your health insurance with UHC. Each semester you will be given the option to "accept" or "decline" health insurance on your ISIS student center page. You will automatically be billed for the health insurance so you must select the decline button to remove the charge. If an International student wishes to "decline" the graduate assistant insurance, they must show proof of other insurance to the Office of International Students. The buttons will appear on your Student Center page.
When you accept health insurance and make payment or signup for payroll deduction, we will submit your insurance payment to UHC so your coverage can begin. You must accept the insurance so we can provide the personal information that is required by the insurance company. If you accept health insurance and don’t make payment for the charge, you will not be covered by UHC. For more information about health insurance go to the following link http://www.uark.edu/depts/healinfo/Insurance1/GAandTAinfo.htm.
Most Financial aid is received as EFT. This means that the funds will be disbursed through a nightly batch process. If the total of financial aid applied for the term is greater than the balance owed, the surplus will be refunded. A refund will be produced within one week of the account being overpaid and direct deposited directly into your bank account or mailed to the last permanent address on record, unless a separate check address has been submitted. Direct deposit can be set up on your ISIS student center page.
If funds are received in the form of paper checks, Financial Aid delivers the checks to the Treasurer’s Office. An endorsement request is made via e-mail. Once you have endorsed the check, it is applied to your student account. Any surplus funds are returned to you in the form of a refund. A refund will be produced within one week of the account being overpaid and direct deposited directly into your bank account or mailed to the last permanent address on record, unless a separate check address has been submitted. Direct deposit can be set up on your ISIS student center page.
Additional Important Information:
You should be aware that Financial Need is affected by any departmental benefits (grant or non-grant) that are given as a fellowship, stipend, or tuition payment. Fellowships, stipends, and tuition payments (grant or non-grant) will count towards your total financial aid awarded for the year. If you have other sources of aid (e.g., loans or scholarships) departmental benefits can cause you to exceed the maximum aid that you are allowed for the academic year. If that occurs, federal law requires that Financial Aid reduce the amount of your financial aid.
If the sum of your financial aid and departmental benefits (grant or non-grant) will exceed your Cost of Attendance, speak to your financial aid counselor and request that your Cost of Attendance be reviewed for a possible adjustment. If an adjustment is not possible, then your financial aid will be reduced.
Grant money to be used for research is not considered financial aid. As long as your department attaches a letter to the sponsorship form explaining the purpose of the award, the funds will not be counted toward your total financial aid for the term.
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