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Working as a Student assistant at the Marist College Library has been a great experience for me. I have been working there since my freshman year of college, and I have learned a lot about overall management operations, and maintenance. I work about 20 hours a week, and a typical day at work would include checking in and out books, journals, reserve books, and other library materials. Helping patrons locate certain materials and providing assistance  is also included. I have learned how to process holds, renewals, assist with document delivery, as well as interlibrary loans. I work other students, and it is very easy to communicate with one another, and we're always available to aid each other if we're struggling with a certain task or question. The hardest part of the job is probably completing a task you're not too familiar with, or having a high demand for collaboration rooms. The most enjoyable part of the job is the flexibility, and the constant assistance from my bosses. My experience here has helped me learn how to handle certain situations, and  work well with others. This is extremely important in any working environment.

A normal day in any job in IT is dealing with tasks at hand and other tasks from other departments in IT that might get handed to you because the department is short staffed. Yhey refuse to hire anyone because they don't meet the requirements of a job description word for word and because they refuse to reallocate funds to fill these positions then complain about it everyday. They're more than willing to let people get in trouble for the sake of it rather than help one another out. The amount of students they hire is absurd as the majority of them sit around and do nothing practical and are there for the sake of it. Workplace culture is like highschool where ideas that save time and manpower are shot down because it might be a bit too expensive so they go with a more long drawn out plan that takes even longer and eventually uses nearly double the amount of money than what was needed at the start because it didn't follow procedure. Moving up is almost near impossible as most of upper management in IT is older and not willing to experiment with technologies or hire anyone that wants more than $55,000

Since I was a student worker so I was allowed to work 20 hours a week wherein my duties included:
•	QA Testing and simulations for new technology rollouts prior to significant upgrades by participating in student QA and bug testing teams, using agile methodologies on open source applications.
•	Quality Assurance and regression tested the Sakai open source LMS following scripted test cases.
•	Developed and designed a workshop attendee database for Faculty improvements.
•	Created documentation for cleaning trouble ticket data using excel and QMF verifying succinct attribute tagging for consistent analysis of problem reports.
•	Supported clients in learning analytics conference and prepared reports.
•	Supported non-technical clients online and face to face in iTeam.

All of the team mates were very nice and helpful. My supervisor always liked my work and helped me to learn more and more. Overall, it was a great experience.

Regular game of a school pretending to itself that it is / wants to be more progressive and that they support all students and want the best for everyone. In reality it only wants to help the rich / dominant culture representative / athlete. All other students and staff are touristed, and treated as nothing until they threaten to sue. Active attempts at union busting, tons of money spent on window dressing while staff are paid below average, pretty much all management is some combination of incompetent / vindictive / sycophants / tyrants of petty kingdoms etc. If you want to do or be anything outside of 1950s ideals it's not going to happen here. Since they're a 501c3 their tax returns are public - check out some of those line item employee expenses. Particularly the former president's wife's stipend, while they claim they can't afford to pay adjunct professors and staff appropriate wages.

Marist, beautifully situated on the Hudson River, is more concerned with expanding and presenting the facade of sound educational programs than really addressing quality control issues in its academic offerings. 

The administration is clueless as to the actual programs and materials being taught, and many of the faculty are more interested in creating "research" projects that just allow them to spend less time with students and be accountable for the material being taught in the classroom. This is especially true for the game design program, where honestly, the program is a true "bait and switch" department. There is a lack of resources, leadership and vision, and more importantly, no real substance. The Marist game design program is like a shiny arcade that draws you in, gets you to pump your money into the machines, and then you realize all the controller buttons are broken.

The administration is extremely protective of their inflated salaries and makes every effort to force faculty to make concessions on all planes to ensure those salaries remain ridiculous. Beyond being top heavy, the president is completely insulated from the day-to-day operations of the school, which are generally run by the Vice President of Academic Affairs. The primary concern of this school is to make sure affluent students who can pay full tuition are coddled and that the aesthetic aspects of the school appear to be top notch. The faculty is a mess, the leadership is horrible, the general morale is bad and the quality of school is utterly and completely overrated.

My experience working in the student finance office at Marist College has been nothing, but active and busy. I have become very productive, and have learned so many life skills. I am adaptable, have great time management skills, interpersonal skills, and knowledgeable of the different finance opportunities within the office. Attending Marist College has prepared me for professional environments, and reality. Although, just being in the office and working multiple hours is still not enough to take care of my other expenses, I believe that being open to jobs outside of Marist is going to be a great experience, and guide to financial success.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The physical space is beautiful.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They place more emphasis on investing in buildings and programs than employees. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good administration who will listen but at the end of the day mist employees feel under valued do to the below industry pay. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very busy. Asked to do a lot. Resources are available to accomplish your task.

Teachers are given freedom to create and modify the syllabus material as they best see fit. Systems are in place for online grading. Allowed me to develop my teaching skills over the 10 years I've been there. 
All departments are friendly, helpful and supportive.
Director checks in occasionally but is mainly hands-off leaving us to do our jobs. Office staff are helpful and accommodating to our needs.
Good food and variety in cafeteria.

During my typical workday, I am responsible for coordinating with my team on various projects. A big part of my day is dealing with bug reports - testing different scenarios on different browsers and creating bug reports to make sure that the developers have enough information to fix these issues. I  also work on different projects that include content migration using Life ray. Throughout the day I complete various administrative duties as well, including answering phones, drafting documents and emails. I also provide strong customer service and resolve customer issues.

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