Graduate Assistantship Program (GA)

Graduate Public Service Internship Program (GPSI)

University of Illinois Springfield

Last Name:

Personal Goal Statement

First Name:

UIN:
1.

Why do you want to be a GA/GPSI?

2.

What personal characteristics will make you a successful GA/GPSI?

3. How do you feel a GA/GPSI position will better prepare you for your professional career after
graduation?

4. What special skills, credentials, or relevant experience do you have at this time that will
contribute to your success as a GA/GPSI?

5. What are your academic and/or professional career plans once you complete your GA/GPSI and
UIS graduate degree?

6. What are five adjectives that faculty or supervisors you have known might use to describe you?
(Dependable, etc.)

7. What additional details would you like for us to know about you that speak to your potential to
be a successful GA/GPSI?