School of Kinesiology and Recreation

KNR Graduate Program Contacts

, Ph.D., Graudate Program Director
Phone: (309) 438-3804

, Graduate Program Secretary
Illinois State University
School of Kinesiology and Recreation
Campus Box 5121
Normal, IL 61790-5121
Phone: (309) 438-5952

, Graduate Program Admissions
Illinois State University
School of Kinesiology and Recreation
Campus Box 5121
Normal, IL 61790-5121
Phone: (309) 438-5681

Financial Aid and Graduate Assistantships

Each year, many of our Kinesiology and Recreation graduate students receive financial assistance in the form of loans, grants, employment, scholarships, tuition waivers, and graduate assistantships.

Graduate assistantships, including a full tuition waiver and a competitive stipend, are available for full-time students.  Other forms of financial aid, including Minority Tuition Waivers, Trustees’ Tuition Waivers, and scholarships, are available to qualified applicants. Early applications for financial aid are encouraged. The deadline for Graduate Assistantship applications is April 1. Late applications may receive consideration if positions are still available. A limited number of assistantships become available for spring semester; submit your application with your Graduate School application.

It is strongly recommended that you complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Click here to go to the FAFSA website. Completing the FAFSA is necessary to make you eligible for some Graduate Assistant positions.

If you would like to be considered for a tuition waiver in the event no assistantships are currently available, please mark both the Graduate Assistantship and Tuition Waiver boxes in the upper right hand corner and  complete the tuition waiver section of the application using black ink. If no assistantships are currently available, you are encouraged to reapply for future semesters. Please note, if you received a tuition waiver instead of an assistantship, you must reapply each semester to be considered for a tuition waiver.

Tuition waiver application deadlines:
Sept 1 for Fall semester
Feb 1 for Spring semester

In addition to completing a Graduate Assistantship application, you must also complete a Teaching Preference Form. If you have Microsoft Word, you may complete and save the Word document to your computer and send it as an . Otherwise, please print and complete (using black ink) the Graduate Teaching Preference form and mail to:


Nancy Woods, Graduate Program  
Illinois State University
School of Kinesiology and Recreation
Campus Box 5121
Normal, IL 61790-5121
Phone: (309) 438-5681

Eligibility and Selection for Graduate Assistantships

Students meeting the admission requirements of the School are eligible for a graduate assistantship. Acceptance into the graduate program does not guarantee financial support will be awarded. 

Career Opportunities

Click here to see the Illinois State University Career Opportunities web site.