Those of you who pursued Higher Education, even for a little while: What kinds of campus jobs did you do?
I've had a few, and now that I'm back in school, I'm doing one now. Here's my colorful Campus Job history:
So what about you?
I've had a few, and now that I'm back in school, I'm doing one now. Here's my colorful Campus Job history:
- Multimedia specialist. Mostly what I did was show up at UH-Manoa early in the morning (six o'clock or six-thirty), get a bunch of keys out of Kuykendall, and open up all the auditorium classrooms on campus. I'd check the projectors to make sure they worked, I'd make sure each auditorium was stocked with acetate for the projectors and microphones that worked (I used to sing a different song in each auditorium). When they were all opened, I'd return to Kuykendall and be available for any trouble-shooting of A/V equipment any professor might be having. But since there were no classes at that time, I just read the paper or did homework. Good job.
- Reprography assistant. Deep in the bowels of Hamilton Library was the reprography department. When profs needed slides of something that was in a book, or when they needed photo-quality prints of stuff that was in books, they put in an order with us. I'd set it up on a light table with a 35mm SLR and an excellent macro lens, and take the shots. I'd develop the slides, negatives, and prints right there. Spent a lot of time in darkrooms. Good job, but it took a toll on my vision.
- Writing Tutor. At UH-Hilo, I worked two different campus jobs as a writing tutor. One was with a special affirmative-action program, another was in the Writing Center. I really dug the Writing Center job: Fellow students would bring their work and we'd help them make it good. I used to get hugs and little gifts (candy, usually, but once a six-pack of beer) from grateful students who got good grades on quality work.
- Library assistant. I'm doing this job right now at HPU. Seven bucks an hour for seventeen hours a week. It's good, mind-engaging, no-stress work. Love it.
So what about you?
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