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Although this was a student worker job that had little to do with my field of study, working at the Lewis University Library has been an incredible experience.

I started off as an assistant to technical services, which meant I helped prepare materials that were being added to the library's collection. After a year, I was moved to circulation services, which left me responsible for checking in/out materials for students and professors, as well as several other customer service related duties. I currently work as a student worker for special projects, where I am responsible for handling, transcribing, and digitizing various materials in the library's historical collection. Occasionally, I do help with interlibrary loan, government documents, recordkeeping, and cataloging. 

My first day of work at the library was also the first day of classes at college for me, so I always joke that I unofficially double-majored in library science during my time at the LU library. I have learned the obvious library-specific things, but because this was my first serious job, I finally got to practice customer service - rather, communicating professionally in general and making decisions that were respected by my work community.

Thanks to my co-workers, my learning experience went beyond the library patrons. I absolutely love my work family, which is ever-changing due to graduations. Not only did I learn how rewarding it is to work with a team with goals similar to mine, but how to handle co-workers who aren't necessarily on the same page.

The hardest part of the job is when there aren't enough people employed and all of the workers are given a bit more work than they can handle. Currently, there are about 5-6 vital positions that are empty at the library, and have been for some time. We even just hired the first director we've had in three years. It seems like management tries harder to distribute responsibilities on current employees instead of finding new employees to fill all of the voids.

Regardless, I love the work I do, I love where I work, I love my work community, I love all the help I've been able to give people...I love my job. Every day.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working at Lewis is the coworkers! They are dedicated to the university's mission and student success.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful aspect of working at Lewis is the increased workload resulting from a staff shortage to meet the university's demands. Although enrollment has grown, the leadership has not successfully hired additional employees to manage this workload. As a result, the small number of current staff members are required to take on additional responsibilities and are held accountable for tasks that should be handled by more personnel.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is friendly, but the technology is outdated. However, coworkers are dedicated to the college's mission. The university's culture resembles that of a typical Predominantly White Institution (PWI), where the minority population encounters challenges due to limited programs to improve retention and success rates for undergraduate students. The master's program has doubled, with most international students coming from India. Unfortunately, the resources and programming of this population are insufficient to adequately support the needs related to higher education in America.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day at the university involves providing support to students and ensuring they have the resources and information necessary to complete their degrees successfully. As an administrator, you work an eight-hour shift and are available to attend any activities during the day or after hours. You aim to support and help students have the best possible college experience.

The reason I left the University was because of the coworkers and fellow employees at the University.

In my two years of employment at the University, I was never fortunate enough to encounter much friendliness or helpfulness from my fellow staff members.

I am a very friendly And respectful person, Always willing to help my fellow coworkers in any endeavor. And in all honesty I thought that this was the ideal place for someone like myself. The University claims to be a super friendly, wonderful, holy, open and accepting place to work but unfortunately I didn't find that in the two years that I was employed.

Additionally, the University will brag about the benefits such as tuition reimbursement, extended holidays around Christmas time etc. 
The odd thing about this setup was when I worked there, I was unable to take any classes Or enjoy extended holidays Because I was expected to work while the University was essentially closed.

Best of luck

I've been teaching at Lewis University as an adjunct for over 4 years. Students are average; some good, some bad. I have autonomy to teach as I see fit, which is good. HR has continually made mistakes on my contract/pay each semester, shorting me hundreds of dollars. They have corrected the mistakes each semester, but it has been a challenge to keep up with it. The general philosophy/expectation is to give everything with very little in return. For example, the university refused to purchase equipment needed for the course but expected me to bring in my own for student use. The department chair and university expected me to teach another class without compensation. Department chairs overfill classes without regard to equipment, which makes teaching properly difficult. 

I went to College of Business there for about a year.

I firstly went to English as a second language school, where I developed the skills I had gotten in Brazil. 
I met students from many nationalities, found out more about their culture, and also about American's.
I also had the opportunity to let people know that Brazilian cultures is not only samba and soccer, we have a population over 200 million inhabitants nowadays, people who came from all parts of Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle-East, and of course native people, which got mainly mixed and spread different habits along the continental sized country.
After improving my English I started being a regular student and met good professors and made good friendship which has lasted up to now.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Most of the employees and students at Lewis are very bright, hard working, and aboveboard.  A few, though, aren't. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Dealing with arrogant bullying "leaders for life" that pass themselves off as Department Heads.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
By and large very good.  Only now and then did I find that wasn't the case... but the instances that it wasn't felt like I was dealing with a junior Mussolini wannabe.   

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Pleasant by and large.  Until the recently "crowned" department head showed up.

Lewis University is a wonderful place to work and I developed life long friendships as well as learning technical and on line teaching skills. I truly looked forward to going to work and enjoyed my co-workers as well as the over all environment. The best part of any day was my work with students and seeing them accomplish their dream of obtaining desired degree.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The amount of time off we receive in addition to PTO here is nice.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Job description is inadequate for the work being performed and salary paid.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic at times, lack of diversity and good leadership.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy work that the system should be doing on its own, but since know one knows how to make the system fully operational, most of the day is spent checking the computers mistakes.

Developed, implemented and reviewed service and programs for resident students.
Adjudicated students found in violation of university policies and procedures.
Responded to the developmental needs of resident students in an effort to develop positive living and learning communities in the resident halls.
Organized the selection, training and direct supervision of student staff, hall programming, and community development efforts in four resident halls.

I watched Lewis' management change significantly over the last ten years perhaps in part to dwindling resources (Higher ed was taking a hit before Covid). There was an emphasis on service and mission that was hard to uphold with hiring freezes and budgetary reductions. It was honestly hard to maintain professionalism, and serve students effectively, under many management decisions, so I left.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Assistant professor 15 salaries reported	$81,842 per year
Graduate assistant 11 salaries reported	$6,818 per month
Head coach 5 salaries reported	$66,400 per year
Partnership manager 9 salaries reported	$56,159 per year
Admission counselor 3 salaries reported	$52,561 per year

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