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NERCOMP EVENT
Managing Student Workers
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Many Institutions of Higher Education employ student workers to assist with service delivery. While student workers can add tremendous value to an organization, they also bring with them unique management challenges.
Today’s student workers (the “Millenials”) bring with them their own set of expectations and challenges. Join us to learn about the mindset of the ‘Millenial’ workforce and hear from experienced supervisors of students workers as they share their methods for facing the challenges associated with managing this unique workforce.
This SIG also offers the opportunity for you to interact with your counterparts at other institutions and share experiences on a more personal level. Bring plenty of business cards and build a support network of your very own!
Workshop Organizer/Host: Marie DiRuzza of Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date/Time:
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
9:30am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:30am
Location:
Southbridge Hotel & Conference Center
14 Mechanic St.
Southbridge, MA
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Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $93
Non-Members: $193
By clicking on the "Register" button below, you are indicating a commitment to attend and will be held responsible for the registration fee.
Your fee can be refunded if you notify us of a cancellation at least 8 days prior to the event via email to nercomp@nercomp.org.
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Additional Information
Event Schedule:
8:30am – 9:30am Registration and Coffee
9:30am – 10:30am "The "Me Generation" ...Getting the Most Out of Student Workers in the Digital Age
Speakers:
Eileen Cravedi, Access Services Librarian, College of the Holy Cross
Lynne Riley, Access Services Librarian, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Would you be interested in a job where you could read during work, eat candy, be excused of library fines, and have a book dedicated exclusively to you? We will discuss how to hire, train, and motivate "Me Generation" student workers. We will demonstrate some of our hiring, training, and motivational tools. Come hear what we have to say about things that work and pitfalls to avoid. "
10:30am – 10:45am Break
10:45am – 11:45am Managing Workers Who Are Students: The Balance Between Employment and Education
Speakers:
Sharon Griffin Edson, Help Desk Coordinator, Clark University
Matthew Essig, Help Desk Coordinator, Clark University
Employing students is a practice that helps to increase the strength of any University department on many levels. Employing students helps to facilitate a sense of involvement and community between a department and the community. However, employing students comes with its own advantages and pitfalls. How do we, as employers, effectively balance the professional expectations we put on workers and the understanding that their primary reason for being at college is to be a student.
11:45am – 12:30pm Making Connections
The lasting value of attending any NERComp SIG reaches far beyond the day’s content delivery. Building a support network of your peers can provide an invaluable resource that will last long after the SIG is over. Take some time to connect with your peers - share insights, swap stories and learn from each other!
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch (included)
1:30pm – 3:00pm "Managing a Millenial Workforce"
Speaker: Carie Windham, Student & Journalist
Carie, author of “Mother Google and Father IM: Confessions of a Net Gen Learner” in the Educause Review, will trade secrets from the Millenial mind during this session on reaching the next generation in the workforce. She’ll take a page out of her own work history and the insights of her peers to discuss what makes the Net Generation unique and how those qualities translate to a work environment. Learn what motivates today’s college students and whether or not free Internet is really required to keep them around.
3:00pm End
Speaker:
Carie Windham
Carie Windham, when she is not Googling her own name or emailing in sick, Carie Windham is completing a master’s degree from the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland where she studied Irish History as a Mitchell Scholar. In 2005, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from North Carolina State University after working as Chief of Staff in the university’s Student Government and as editor-in-chief of the university’s daily newspaper, Technician. As both a student and a student journalist, she took a keen eye to the traits and characteristics of her Net Generation peers, culminating in “The Student’s Perspective,” a chapter in the e-book, Educating the Net Generation, edited by Diana and James Oblinger, and “Mother Google and Father IM: Confessions of a Net Gen Learner” in the September 2005 Educause Review. When she finally gets off the Internet, she will pursue a career in academia.
Speaker:
Eileen Cravedi
Eileen Cravedi has been the Access Services Librarian for the past six years at the College of the Holy Cross. In this position she directly supervises seven full-time staff members, and indirectly supervises 10 part-time as well as between 40-60 student workers. Overall, she has worked in libraries for over 15 years.
Prior to working at Holy Cross she worked in private industry as a software developer for a medical software company and for a content management system. She also worked as Human Factors and Medicine Specialist for the Center for Applied Medical Informatics at the Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies of Michigan State University. During this time she concentrated on usability issues. She has had articles published in the Journal of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society, interactions, and Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 40th Annual Meeting. Along with Patty Porcaro, she presented Librarians Using Courseware: What a "Novel" Idea at the 2003 NERCOMP meeting. She is actively involved in the Access Services Interest Group of ACRL NEC.
Speaker:
Lynne Riley
Lynne Riley currently serves as Access Services Librarian at the George C. Gordon Library at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. where she hires, trains, and supervises approximately 30 student employees. Lynne has been managing student employees in an academic environment since 1989 and has presented programs on this topic for the New England Library Association and the Colleges of the Worcester Consortium.
Speaker:
Matthew Essig
Matthew Essig is the Help Desk Coordinator for the Student Help Desk at Clark’s Information Technology Services department. For the past two years he has co-managed the ITS Help Desk, specifically being in charge of the Student Help Desk portion. Within this role he has helped to facilitate the creation of a separate Student-centric Help Desk while continuing to assist with the overall management of both Help Desks. He continues to refine the Student Help Desk and its procedures to better provide services to Clarks growing student population. Matt is also responsible for the ITS website and training others in the Clark community on procedures for editing their departmental websites.
Speaker:
Sharon Edson
Sharon Edson is a Help Desk Coordinator for the Information Technology Services department at Clark University. She has spent the last 12 years of her career working on a variety of IT projects aimed at supporting end-users' computing needs. For the past 5 years, Sharon has co-managed the University's Help Desk operation where she is responsible for providing technology support and training to the faculty and staff. She hires, trains and mentors a staff of 20-25 student workers per year.
Related Media Files:
sig-ppt.ppt
StudentsMeGeneration1.ppt
Sig Presentation.ppt
Contact Information:
Lisa DiMauro
860-345-2081
ldimauro@wesleyan.edu
Hotel Information:
Please call the Southbridge Hotel directly at 508.765.8000. The room rate is $119.
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