assistant professor

academic advisor

financial systems manager

professor

faculty

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Now take this with a grain of salt, I was only a student administrative assistant. I cannot say much about pay and benefits since those don't apply to how I worked as a student as much, but I can attest to the work environment for what I saw. There was a handful of people in the office who I worked really well with. I was frequently asked to help these specific directors with their projects in proof-reading, copy / editing, data entry, design, and problem-solving technical issues. Those people were an absolute delight. However, there was a lot of internal conflict between departments. It got to the point where I was required to lock supply cabinets so that only certain people could have access upon asking permission to have something retrieved. Despite being in the same shared office space, they isolated the graduate studies department requiring that they pay for their own supplies because of personal beef between them and the assistant to another department. There is a lot of turnover. The office manager position who acted as my supervisor had three different people in it's place during the three years I worked there. Of those three years, the position was vacant for almost a whole year while myself and two other students took on the duties until the role could be filled. Several people from the office has since left, some of which were only there for about a year before quitting. Most of them complain about the constant office gossip, incessant nitpicking, and hostility they felt from certain members of the office. The office space was at least clean as part of my job (and other students) was to ensure cleanliness of the office space daily.

If you need tablets, laptops and microphones, you can contact IT Service to borrow the tablets, laptops and microphones.
When other students, faculty, advisors and supervisors contact you, you should know that you will help them in solving troubles. When you work in MSU Denver, you need a calm head to solve troubles even though the troubles are not yours. For example, a student can meet you because she cannot copy her notebook with the printer. Next, your duty is to help her in copying her notebook with your kindness. If you cannot help her, you can require her to contact IT Service Help Desk. You always need to know at least one method to help others in troubleshooting their problems. If you work in Financial Aid Office, you need to know all policies of Pell Grant, Student Loans and Work-study. 
You need to be patient to learn and update information because the longer you work in MSU Denver, the more knowledge base you learn. Learning is a long-term process that you totally cannot finish in one day or one week. However, you do not have to worry because you can ask your supervisor for help. Next, you are helped. You learn new things everyday. You accumulate your information, skills and experience every year. 


Working in Higher Education is a good experience to get ones foot into the door,  this especially helps when you graduated from the same institution and are working for it as a full time employee. 
The positions are state employee based and the raises vary greatly per what the budget allows, as it receives its primary funding from the state. 

The overall culture is good and it all depends on what department you get to work for. As each department get to freedom to help its employees.  I've learned alot over the past few years and still growing with everyday knowledge. 
It does get sometimes a bit routine working as when there is downtime one has to find things to keep busy. But working and maintaining a data center is this environment is fairly easy and not to much demanding. 

Coworkers are great to have lunch with and it makes the day go by faster. 

Overall my satisfaction working for this higher ed institution has been a very pleasant and rewarding along the way throughout the years.

During my time at Metro, I saw many, many valuable people of color leave for better jobs elsewhere because they were not being valued by the university.  This ended up being the case for me as well.  Those people of color who left were consistently replaced by white people, making the workforce less and less diverse as time went on. 
White folks stayed and climbed the ranks.  As a person of color I never felt like my voice or my contribution mattered; worse, I saw no commitment whatsoever to students of color, who had lower rates of completion.  Faculty and staff of color who did work on projects to make life better for students of color did not get credit for their work--and I saw white higher-ups take credit (and sometimes very public awards) for that same work, which those higher-ups had initially roadblocked or else just showed no support.  This doesn't even address hostile work environments because of issues of race, which was definitely a problem in many different offices.  I left feeling very disillusioned and bitter.

A typical day at work involves meeting with students, managing their challenges and assisting them in accomplishing their goals. I have learned a great deal of patience in this job due to the high amount of customer service involved and sometimes having students who may not have had the best experience in higher education in the past. Management tends to be fair not only with employee requests but also with student situations. The hardest part of this job is handling upset parents when their child may not be up to their expectations with their academic performance. Due to FERPA, we cannot share that information without permission from the student. Sometimes it is difficult for parents to grasp since much of the time, they are paying for the education. This is not just a job but rather a career in making a difference in the lives of others. The most enjoyable part is when you know that you have truly made a positive impact on someone's future.

I've had quite a bit of experience with several management in many companies and have to say that the management is very passive aggressive in how they belittle their employees especially the newer hires. Management was confused about where to place the position I applied for and had different supervisors in a month. No one cared to provide an orientation of the culture and system of the organization. The interview process was not planned very well.

Learned that the school cares about image more than quality of education which is really disappointing because I was intrigued by the classes they offer.

The most enjoyable part of the job were the student workers and the most of the employees. Although management somehow seemed to enjoy creating tension between employees, there were some that held their own very well was genuine.

Part of my job as the sales and marketing manager is to put the right advertising in front of the MSU Denver students and the Auraria Campus. It is my job to sell ads on multiple platforms, including newspaper, magazine, television, radio and website. I exceed client expectations by including added value such as social media, giveaways, creative services and great customer service. Selling ads helps pay for the printing and other equipment needed to run the student office. 

I enjoy working with my team that is ambitious and goal oriented, making the work environment not only fun but exciting. It is important to learn how to incorporate the main stream advertising ideas within our department on campus. We work hard to maintain relationships with our existing clients as well as constantly growing obtaining new ones.

I worked in the Student Activities Department as an Accounting Assistant.  I loved the actual work I did.  I got to interact with students and teach them about GAAP for half the day and the other half of the day was spent doing paperwork, so there was a nice balance between social activity and quiet activity that many positions lack.  It was a work study job so the pay was low and as a student you got little respect from management.  I eventually left because the interim director would not allow me to take ONE day off to study for my finals.  I was a full time student (18 credit hours) plus working 35 hours a week and ended up having to quit so I could pass my finals because without ONE day to study I would have failed my senior year final.  I was surprised that they would not give me the day off since I had worked there over a year and only took time off only once prior (for surgery).

I taught simulations labs and taught clinicals with students in long term care facilities.  I enjoyed working with the students and the staff was fun to work with and worked well together.  The hardest part of the job was working with students that couldn't pass the classes.  They needed a lot of extra coaching and tutoring to keep them in the program.  It could be difficult at times. The best part of the job was seeing when a student suddenly figured something out and things just clicked for them.  You may have to teach things several different ways to reach different student.  It is a great feeling to finally see someone finally make the connection of how things work and see them grow as a nurse when they  interact with the patients that they are caring for.

What is the best part of working at the company?
My Department Chair and the Departmental Assistant are awesome!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
As Affiliate Faculty, no job security, poor pay, basically a dead-end job that requires an advanced degree, because you are NOT getting hired full-time, trying to park on campus and haul around everything you need for class, total lack of support outside my department... Really a lot of stress, honestly. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It depends on where you choose to spend your time: with students, with tenured faculty, with staff, etc. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I teach remotely, and then go to campus as absolutely necessary.

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