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The new Student Employment Office portal. SEO changed the payroll system for Boston University students in June. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

New SEO payroll system draws mixed opinions from students, supervisors

Eli Pekelny September 20, 2024
The new payroll system implemented by Boston University Student Employment Office is causing various reactions from student employees and supervisors.
A person speaks with the front desk at the Educational Resource Center in the Center for Career Development building. Many Boston University students have on- or off-campus part-time jobs in addition to being a full-time student. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Glimpsing into the lives of full-time students with part-time jobs

Lilu Trondowski September 18, 2024
For some students, finding employment is not a simple task, but for others, work has become a space and time to further their aspirations.
A member of the graduate student workers union holds a sign protesting wages at a rally in November. Teaching assistants are considering joining other BU-employed groups in striking, following unsatisfactory contract negotiations with the school. CORINNE DAVIDSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BUGWU deliberates over strike authorization, begins voting process

Abigail Hassan March 6, 2024
Following recent contract negotiations with Boston University, The Graduate Workers Union is considering going on strike.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Students should be careful of scams, but the administration should too

Editors September 21, 2021
As more students fall victim to scams, the administration should consider how some of these scams may fly under their radar.
student village 2 at 33 harry agganis way

BU officials talk differences in summer housing, remote jobs for third LfA session

Ashley Soebroto April 11, 2021
As the LfA summer approaches, BU officials say there will be reduced in-person jobs with housing.
Mailroom in a Boston University on-campus residence. Uncertainty looms around the Fall semester for many students who hold on-campus jobs through the federal work-study program. GABRIELA HUTCHINGS/ DFP FILE

Work-study placements to look different this Fall

Nathan Lederman August 26, 2020
One of the many aspects of campus life that remains unclear for the Fall is the status of students’ work-study jobs.
Boston University’s Financial Aid office. The university says it is determining if it will be able to pay work-study recipients who can no longer work because of the coronavirus. BRIAN MCHALE/ DFP FILE

No plan in place for work-study grant recipients

Melissa Ellin March 25, 2020
As a result of BU’s campus closure during the COVID-19 pandemic, BU students receiving federal work-study grants were forced to cease work or begin working remotely at their supervisor’s request. So far there is no plan in place to help students who cannot work remotely to earn the rest of their funding for the semester.
Boston University’s Financial Assistance office has not yet made a decision as to whether it will refund students that receive financial aid for dining plans and on-campus housing during the remote learning period. EMILY CANDAL/ DFP FILE

SEO and Financial Assistance continue to evaluate courses of action

Samantha Kizner March 16, 2020
The Student Employment Office is attempting to ensure that those enrolled in the university’s work-study program can continue to earn their pay following Boston University’s announcement that classes will be moved online until April 13.
Jess and her coworker Katerina Chew embrace outside the Earl's entrance in the Prudential Center after a closing shift on Apr. 11, 2019, at around 3:20 a.m. Jess said that most of the people she socializes with are her coworkers, that a "traumatizing aspect" of going through difficult times together "forms bonds." CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP STAFF

BU students working long hours off-campus face anxiety, stress

Chloe Grinberg May 2, 2019

When Jessica Frith is awake until 5 a.m., an experience college students know well, she isn’t cramming for a test or getting back from a night out. She’s at home in bed watching Netflix to “decompress”...

A student waits in line at the print center inside Mugar Memorial Library, where the student employee position will be eliminated at the end of the semester. PHOTO BY NATALIE CARROLL/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Self-serving printing system to replace Mugar print center next semester

Breanne Kovatch December 8, 2016

At the end of the Fall 2016 semester, the Print Center at Mugar Memorial Library will undergo a series of changes, and the current print center that employs 36 students will be replaced by a new system...

More students working while enrolled in college, study suggests

Daily Free Press Admin January 31, 2013

The results of a study finding an increase in the number of full-time students who are also employed can be attributed to a desire to minimize loans and debts, BU officials said. “If you’ve already...

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