Issue date: 8/17/07 Section: News

Media Credit: Steve Berry Working at Starbucks, junior Brian Pritchett moves a bread cart out of the store. Dining Services is among the largest employers of SIUE's nearly 1,200 student workers.

SIUE employs approximately 1,200 student workers on campus. These student employees perform tasks ranging from answering phones at desks in Rendleman Hall to cooking burgers at the Grill in Center Court and refereeing intramural sports to working as a "life model" at the Art and Design building.

Sally Mullen, associate director of Financial Aid who works in the Student Employment Office, said students must use the school's online job database to get a job on campus.

"There is really only one way for them to get a job on campus, and that's through Student Job Finder on the web," Mullen said. "We post all of the jobs there, on-campus and off-campus jobs, for the students to look at."

Using the Student Job Finder, students can search for specific jobs or view all job opportunities. The page for each specific job opportunity lists a description of the job, qualifications needed, hours per week, wage paid, schedule (most are flexible) and application instructions. The Student Job Finder is located at siue.edu/studentemployment.

Mullen said students have many different jobs to choose from.

"We have everything from students who do programming, students who work in the library and work in the fitness center - you know, check out equipment - RAs (resident assistants) in housing, and lots of different office jobs, food service type jobs and janitorial type jobs," Mullen said. "It's just a big variety."

Junior Shane Stevens is employed as a resident assistant in Prairie Hall. She works regular office hours, one night a week on duty, and various weekend shifts on duty.

"We get hourly pay on top of housing being paid for," Stevens said. "RAs definitely get involved with the university. I definitely feel connected to the university because I'm an RA."

Stevens previously worked in Dining Services at Center Court and as a desk manager at Prairie Hall and Cougar Village.

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