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Students seek work on campus Kim MyoungHyang Staff Writer With restrictions on where international students can work when in the United States as students, working on campus has become their primary source of income. Most international students hold an F-1 visa, the U.S. non-immigrant student visa. Generally, those students are not allowed to work in the U.S. outside of school. Many international students seek jobs on campus. “We had an increased number of international students utilizing our services and applying for positions on campus,” said Ed Rayburn, associate director of the Career Management Center. Compared to previous academic years, the number of international students enrolled at ASU has been increasing steadily and significantly. The total number of international students of ASUJ reached more than a thousand this fall. Along with the enrollment increase, international students who want to work on campus has increased. But positions may not always be available. “The number of student jobs on campus depends on the needs of each department, and their ability to hire student workers based on their departmental budgets,” Rayburn said. Through their working experiences at ASU, international students can better prepare for their future challenges upon graduating from the university and can improve their skills of working in the workplace. “They do fine jobs,” said Goldine Timpleton, of the ASU cafeteria staff. Timpleton has worked at the ASU cafeteria for five years. “The number of the international students (working at the cafeteria) is obviously increasing,” she said. On the other hand, for all students, it is not easy to maintain both the job and study.
SunWoo Lee, a graduate student of South Korea, said, “After I got the job, my grades dropped.” She has been working at the International Admission Office since July 2010. “Of course, I had to work during midterms and finals. It was difficult to reschedule the working time, because other students also had their exams,” Lee said. The approximate number of all students working on campus each semester is 600, including 197 Federal Work Study employees. International students are not eligible for Federal Work Study Jobs. On-campus jobs usually pay minimum wage, which is $6.25 per hour. With international students making minimum wage, the money might not be a big help to pay their tuition, fees or other expenses. However, the benefit of working on campus for international students is not only the pay. YeJin Tae, an exchange student of South Korea, wants to work as a resident assistant at Kays Halls or North Park Quads. “I think I can enjoy lots of activities such as making programs in the dorm or decorating bulletin boards,” Tae said. “I believe that through working on campus, I can experience American culture.” Tonae Mitsuhashi, a junior theater major of Japan, likes her job in the residence hall. She has worked as an RA of Kays Hall since August 2010. “I like to be a part of a staff team and there are lots of things I discover,” she said. “It is a good learning opportunity.” Although it would be a great experience, sometimes it is not easy for them to get accustomed to working in a foreign country. “It was scary at first, because everything was new to me. I was not sure whether I really could do well,” Mitsuhashi said. “But I seem to be doing alright because I haven’t got
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Wenqiao Li, a graduate student and business major of China, prepares food that is served in the Acansa Dining Hall.
fired yet.” Che Wei Hsu, a freshman business administration major of Taiwan, is looking for a job on campus that also will help improve his communication skills in English. “The biggest benefit would be the language. We can improve our English through working with American friends,” Hsu said. Working on campus brings students many opportunities and challenges if they obey the regulation of working. According to the office of International Programs, students are only eligible to work in designated student worker position up to 20 hours per week while school is in session and 40 hours per week during official school breaks, which includes the summer terms. Moreover, students are only eligible to work in the summer for 40 hours per week if they have been at ASU for one academic year and are not enrolled in class. Students can find on campus employment information at Career Services or by contacting the various departments.
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Hydration station open for use One of two Brita Hydration Stations has been successfully installed in the food court at the Student Union. The station will provide free filtered water to the campus. The station is hands free. Students will hold their cup in front of the station’s sensor and water will come out. Most of the funds of the station came from SGA and Student Union funds. Freshman biology, chemistry, and political science major, Benton Bajorek,of Jacksonville, was one of many students that were given a free bottle water at the opening. The second station will be installed next month in the second floor of the Student Union.
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Associate Director of the Counseling Center Pat Glascock demonstrates to senior physical education major, Elroy Brown of Osceola and senior logistics and hu,man resources major, Jeremy Gibson of Boligee, Ala. how much alcohol can effect a person at the “Game On” event Monday as part of Alcohol Awareness Week. The event had door prizes, free food and video games for anyone to play. The event was held to show students alcohol does not need to be consumed for students to have fun.
Wolf Center offers female-only hours Emily Alexander Staff Writer ASU takes pride in having a great work out facility in the Red Wolf Center. The facility was created to offer students a place to practice healthy lifestyle habits and participate in most recreational and physical activities desired. According to Kelly Tuttle, Coordinator of Wellness Programs at the Red Wolf Center, her goal is to offer ASU students all these things in a comfortable environment. For this reason, the Red Wolf Center is taking on a couple of additional hours on the weekends for females only. “There are women, for a variety of reasons, whether it is their comfort level, beliefs, or any reason, that
prefer not to work out with males. Our goal is to make this an environment for students to stay fit and live happy, active lives. The more comfortable they are, the more students we will see come to work towards those goals,” Tuttle said. The idea of a female only time period was brought to the attention of Red Wolf Center faculty when a student made a request based on her being uncomfortable working out with male students. “We had a request from a student asking for time for females only. After discussing it with my boss, the dean [Randall Tate], and the associate vice chancellors, we decided to honor her request,” Tuttle said. The new hours took af-
fect this past weekend, and are on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 p.m. 2 p.m. “These were hours the facility was not open before. We didn’t have to hire any new staff because it was only four additional work hours per week, and it was easily able to be covered by the students who were already on staff,” Tuttle said. Tuttle says there will be no limitations for the female only hours, and the entire facility will be open at those times. “The entire building is open. The desk staff won’t always be female only, but past the desk is going to be female only,” she said. For more information on the new hours or the Red Wolf Center contact Kelly Tuttle at 870-972-3058 or kjtuttle@astate.edu.
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