assistant professor

campus safety officer

adjunct faculty

associate professor

academic advisor

Roosevelt University

RU was a great work place before the new president joined it.  Many bad administrative decisions have been made which resulted in financial crisis.  Many faculty members, lower level administrators, and clerk staff lost their job.  The quality of service to students has declined, because it became a common practice to push employees outside of the area of their expertise.  Employees have been in fear of losing jobs and under much stress for several years.  They have not received any salary increase for 5 years; however, the president's salary was published as $638.000 about one year ago.  Retirement contributions were lowered by 8%.  The benefits of taking courses for free have been substantially reduced.  As result of all changes people are unhappy on the job.  Staff and faculty shortage resulted in adding more responsibility with no compensation to those who still keep the job.  Higher-level administrators had created a mess and then were shifted horizontally in the university structure without being accounted for unsuccessful changes they started (but not finished) implementing. 

My co-workers have been very hard working, dedicated and reliable.  I enjoyed working with them.  I also enjoyed interacting with students and faculty.  I loved implementing improvements to the operations of the Registrar's Office, inventing ways to provide current information to students, faculty and co-workers using several computer programs.
It was enjoyable being aware of importance of my job to the university.  I have learned a lot on my own by being able to utilize my thorough knowledge of the registrar's office policies, procedures and computer skills.   I had a smart immediate supervisor who placed a lot of trust in my work and let me implement improvements.  

Offering a flexible scheduled hours and location to accommodate attendance and completion of coursework necessary  to achieve an M.A. in Psychology. 

Responsibilities and competencies:
Assisting faculty, staff, and students with various tasks including answering questions, giving maps and directions, or checking in guests.
C.A.R.E customer service excellence; consistently and efficiently providing service excellence interactions.
Comply to attire and name badge dress codes.
Completed work accurately with attention to detail.
Contact security and/or other campus departments as needed.
Greet visitors, students, faculty and staff daily.
Help out with major events such as Open House which includes presenting appropriate hand out material.
Keep up to date on changes at the campus.
Monitor the lobby area and contact security if needed.
Open the welcome Kiosk in the morning and close at the end of the day.
Regularly refer to the Kiosk manual for the schedule of events. 
Track traffic on a tally sheet with notes as needed.
Use the iPad and mobile phone as needed for information and reporting.
Working in a team environment, sharing responsibilities with co-workers.

I enjoy working with my colleagues here at Roosevelt. My supervisors have been great in supporting my needs while pursuing my degree and I have great working relationships across many different departments through the University. I have learned here that the majority of faculty and staff are reasonable people who want to make the University a great place to work, study and grow. People here honor good communication, integrity, and a good sense of humor. Roosevelt is enduring many difficulties, as are many institutions of higher education. But people here are commited to working through those difficulties the best way(s) they can. 
The most difficult part of this job is that there can be times when pressures to perform various duties for various departments can be stressful. But the solution to this is the ability to know one's limits and not be afraid to manage up if necessary and delegate. My introductory statements reflect the most enjoyable part of my job. I am here to increase revenue for student success and to learn and grow as part of the process. I have great opportunities to do so while in this position.

Working in the undergrad office of admission is so amazing! The position of student ambassador attracts the best kinds of people who make for great representations of the school and even better coworkers and friends. We all hang out and have fun together in and out of the office, and we provide support whenever one of us needs it. I could not have asked for a better group of people to work with. I don't know if I'll ever experience that level of camaraderie in a group of coworkers again, but I sure hope to come close to it. The counselors you work with are amazing people as well. They work with you and care about you as more than just a student employee. Your schedule is SO flexible and can be adjusted with any new life changes. As well, if you miss a day of work, they will actually let you come in another day to make up your hours so you can still get paid. You get paid Chicago's minimum wage and because it's a student employment position, you work an average of 12 hours a week, no more than the amount of time you spend in classes. Just an all-around great group of people dedicated to helping the next generation get a proper education. Highly recommend!

Open office
Schedule employees
Review Days set-ups, Teleconferences and other needs
Supervise and troubleshoot all events
Quote and review all up-coming events
Weekly test and updating all installed systems in classrooms
Evaluate employees abilities
Reported Daily to Assistant Directors of daily activiaties
Co-workers were motivated students that needed guidence
Quick to understanding equipment operations
Hardest part interpreting hand designed teleconferences systems
Repair and trouble shoot self-configured automated systems
Replacing equipment without stopping scheduled events
Enjoyable was interpeting other people designs and repairing
Seeeing all parties involved encouraged by end results
Promoting and distributing higher educational information
Appreciating a supportive management and co-workers

What is the best part of working at the company?
Students & staff

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
For my 13.5 years working at Roosevelt, there was always the threat of being laid off in every department, Student population went way down, Management changed very often (no consistency), lying to students in re: to shuttle service from Schaumburg to Chicago, & lying to students about courses being accredited. Many students told specific courses were accredited and they tried to graduate and found out they had to take the course again at another college.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Supposedly equality to all, however, the staff, faculty & students were not treated fairly. Management heavy,  staff & faculty very low morale. The worst is Roosevelt management treated the students (paying customers) extremely poorly.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Take care of new applications, respond to emails, answer phones, attend meetings, push new applications thru the system.

The culture at this place is awful.  Management gaslights faculty and when you go to HR and legal, they are useless and turn you right back around to your boss.  I'm on my way out the door to teach at other local universities and I can't believe I stayed as long as I did.  I signed a contract when I started and my boss has changed the terms of the contract twice with regards to the hours worked.  (i.e. "You need to be present 40 hrs/week," which was not expressed to me before starting the position or in my contract, nor is it in the faculty handbook.)  I received no orientation and was expected to know the ins and outs of the university.  I was assigned to teach a semester long class 3-5 days in advance and had to come up with a syllabus and didactic outline for the courses within that time frame without access to the textbook.  I could go on and on.  Stay away if you want to keep your sanity.  

My daily responsibilities include managing the office staff , communicating with administration, working with the IT department, and meeting with students and parents.

I have learned that effective communication with office staff, management, and co-workers is very important to establish excellence in management.    
The most difficult part of this job is the difficulty in working with  the rigidity of some of the university administration.

The most enjoyable part of this position is working with students in assisting them in paying  and completing their education.

Given a typical day, working with staff and training our volunteers was very rewarding. The clients we served benefitted from a close working relationship and team work. What I learned most from the job was a spirit of true unity and how mentoring and coaching proved most useful in improving the staff' and client's level of professionlism at the workplace. The hardest part of the job was keeping the client's engaged as we faced working with all levels of clients, some not ready for employment while others had the skills and talents to find gainful employment. Management's stance was to get the work done and help the client's transition from unemployment to employment and/or continued educational training program that offered trades or career educational programs.

A typical day at work involved me meeting with various students who needed course help with General Chemistry I. I helped explain problems, write out various solutions and helped students with online homework and preparation for quizzes and/or tests. I've broadened/deepened my learning of concepts and topics relating to general chemistry I and II. My co-workers were other students (peers) who tutored other various science courses, which included but are not limited to: physics, organic chemistry and molecular biology. The hardest part of the job was finding out various ways to teach the same topic or idea to different students ( because of different learning styles).However, the most enjoyable part of tutoring general chemistry was meeting new and different people on a daily basis!

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