<p>Student employment is available for those receiving aid as a piece of the “self-help” portion of the aid package and for other students who just wish to work to help pay a portion of their own expenses. The Office of Student Employment is within the Financial Aid Office and maintains a database of all the various positions for students. The kinds of positions are those you’d expect–student assistant positions in offices throughout the campus, computer help desk (which is fully staffed by professionals but also needs student help), libraries, departmental offices etc. Many students find working for our catering office to be both highly paid (their wage rates reflect the need to also hire non-students, so they are higher) and extremely flexible. Jobs in Campus Recreation and Wellness are perhaps the most highly sought after, so if your student is interested in that, I’d be in touch with them over the summer. There is a student employment fair within the first week or two of school to help students find positions and offices to find willing help. I think that most students find working on campus to have a lot of benefits that go well beyond the paycheck as the offices they work in become their surrogate families. There are lots of ways for students (US Citizens) to work in the community at large. Baby-sitters are in big demand in our neighborhood, though the students with cars have a significant advantage on this front. </p>
<p>Visit the Financial Aid Office website and click on Student Employment for more specific examples. </p>
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