Help wanted

By Erika Fisher ’17, Staff Writer

Lebanon Valley students balance their academic life with social obligations, and in many cases, professional duties.

A LVC student has the chance to work for the school to earn experience, build his or her resume and earn extra money through jobs that can often connect to a student’s major.

LVC offers dozens of jobs to students, enough that anyone can find one that works for him or her. The Lynch Technology Center’s main desk serves as an assistant’s job for the computer lab. Assistants help to keep the lab running and keep an eye out for any problems with the technology in the lab. Also located in Clyde A. Lynch Memorial Hall, the Office of Information Technology hires students to work at the front desk.

The Audiovisual Technology department is always looking for helping hands.
Help wanted Students are trained over a two-semester long program.

“After that, students are the first line of support for all installed technology in the classrooms, dining halls, meeting rooms and the basketball gym,” Andrew Greene, Director of the Audiovisual Technology, said.  “In addition, they are responsible for setting up equipment in areas that don’t have equipment installed and they set-up, test, troubleshoot, resolve issues and also provide training to users as necessary.”

The Center of Writing and Tutoring Resources, located in the basement of the Allan W. Mund College Center, is home to many on-campus jobs. Students can become a writing mentor, assigned to a first year seminar in particular, or become a writing center tutor, available by request.

“Almost all of them were hand-picked by the professors teaching the FYE courses, so there’s a relationship established already,” Elizabeth Julian, Director of the Writing Center and Peer Tutoring, said.  “Plus, writing mentors can focus on supporting one course, thus streamlining academic support.”

Organizational students help those struggling with keeping their academic work together in order to encourage growth in grades. Other students can work as tutors for different subjects, or as a peer mentor to incoming freshmen.

Valley Ambassadors are some of the first people prospective students meet on campus. Their duties include giving tours to prospective students and high school groups. They often work Saturday program days as well, helping to control the chaos of Discovery Days. Valley Ambassadors are typically interviewed during the spring semester; hired Ambassadors begin work the following fall.

The Vernon and Doris Bishop Library allows students to work at the front desk.  Duties include shelving books and helping to keep the library running. Across the sidewalk in Humanities, students work in the Registrar’s office to help keep classes running smoothly.  There are even student workers in President Thayne’s office.

Other students work outside of the college and go to Metz, working behind the counter at InterMetzo in Lynch Memorial Hall or in the Mund dining hall. These students also have the opportunity to work in the Dutchmen Den located in Yuhas Commons between Dellinger and Marquette. Though many of these jobs hire in the spring semester and don’t allow students to begin until their second semester, they provide valuable opportunities for students to gain professional experience before they go into the real world. Many of these jobs also allow students to work over the summer, helping to build their resume.

Check out current jobs on and off campus.