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The University of Michigan Dearborn developed a Campus Student Employee Handbook to provide to new student employees when they are hired. This handbook is meant to inform student employees about their rights and responsibilities and offer considerations to gain and practice skills and build a robust student employment experience.

The University of Michigan Dearborn presented this poster to their campus leadership team during their Spring 2024 Retention Summit. It highlights on-campus student employment as a high impact practice. This example can serve as an inspiration for how you might tell the story of student employment at your institution.

This is an example of a survey that is facilitated at The University of Michigan Dearborn. The team focused on student employment and student success initiatives leverage this as a way to understand and gather the feedback from students currently participating in student employment. The feedback, barriers and needs identified are prioritized in the ongoing work of their campus core team. Utilizing this survey method can be an easy way to begin engaging working learners in the co-design of student employment on your campus.

This is an example of a survey that is faciliatated at The University of Michigan Dearborn.  The team focused on student employment and student success initatives leverage this as a way to understand and gather the feedback of student employment supervisors across the institution.  The feedback, barriers and needs identified are prioritized in the ongoing work of their campus core team. Utilizing this survey method can be an easy way to begin engaging supervisors in the co-design of student employment on your campus.

This blog style resource outlines a variety of ways to showcase your Work+ Collective Goals and Accomplishments by leveraging what may already be occurring at your institution. With embedded images and links to resources, it will walk you through opportunities to utilize such as poster presentations, articles or write ups from news outlets or newsletters, end of year reporting or presenting, and websites and social media platforms.

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Each of our inaugural Institute universities were paired together to interview, learn from and share valuable insights and work with one another. Each institution was then charged with writing a blog that summarized key takeaways and learning. In this series of blogs, we'll delve into the innovative approaches, best practices, and success stories from universities across the country. From career development initiatives to performance management strategies, we'll explore how universities are enhancing the student employee experience ensuring their roles are preparing them for the future workforce. Join us as we uncover the secrets to maximizing the potential of student employment programs and creating meaningful opportunities for students on campus. This blog highlights the efforts of the University of Illinois-Chicago and was written by the University of Minnesota.

Brandee Popaden-Smith, Director of Work+Learn at Arizona State Unversity, shares updates about how ASU is continuing to focus on scaling work-integrated learning opportunites for all students. She shares key learnings about how scaling happens effectively and what true integration looks like at a large institution like ASU. Finally she discusses how the team has leveraged human-centered design, as well as, a national collective approach to advance this work both at ASU and other institutions across the US.

Each of our inaugural Institute universities were paired together to interview, learn from and share valuable insights and work with one another. Each institution was then charged with writing a blog that summarized key takeaways and learning. In this series of blogs, we'll delve into the innovative approaches, best practices, and success stories from universities across the country. From career development initiatives to performance management strategies, we'll explore how universities are enhancing the student employee experience ensuring their roles are preparing them for the future workforce. Join us as we uncover the secrets to maximizing the potential of student employment programs and creating meaningful opportunities for students on campus. This blog highlights the efforts of the University of Minnesotaand was written by University of Illinois, Chicago.

Each of our inaugural Institute universities were paired together to interview, learn from and share valuable insights and work with one another. Each institution was then charged with writing a blog that summarized key takeaways and learning. In this series of blogs, we'll delve into the innovative approaches, best practices, and success stories from universities across the country. From career development initiatives to performance management strategies, we'll explore how universities are enhancing the student employee experience ensuring their roles are preparing them for the future workforce. Join us as we uncover the secrets to maximizing the potential of student employment programs and creating meaningful opportunities for students on campus. This blog highlights the efforts of the University of Maine. It was written by their colleagues at Northern Arizona University.

Each of our inaugural Institute universities were paired together to interview, learn from and share valuable insights and work with one another. Each institution was then charged with writing a blog that summarized key takeaways and learning. In this series of blogs, we'll delve into the innovative approaches, best practices, and success stories from universities across the country. From career development initiatives to performance management strategies, we'll explore how universities are enhancing the student employee experience ensuring their roles are preparing them for the future workforce. Join us as we uncover the secrets to maximizing the potential of student employment programs and creating meaningful opportunities for students on campus. This blog highlights the efforts of the University of Michigan-Dearborn and was written by Arizona State University.

Each of our inaugural Institute universities were paired together to interview, learn from and share valuable insights and work with one another. Each institution was then charged with writing a blog that summarized key takeaways and learning. In this series of blogs, we'll delve into the innovative approaches, best practices, and success stories from universities across the country. From career development initiatives to performance management strategies, we'll explore how universities are enhancing the student employee experience ensuring their roles are preparing them for the future workforce. Join us as we uncover the secrets to maximizing the potential of student employment programs and creating meaningful opportunities for students on campus. This blog highlights the efforts of Virgina Commonwealth University and University of Central Florida.

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