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My typical day as a labtech consisted of opening the computer lab, turning on all computers, periodically checking e-mails for service request, and assisting students with general software queries. My direct supervisor was the School of Business Building Manager and IT Director. My additional responsibilities consisted of inspecting classroom/auditoriums for defects, reporting facility maintenance issues and completing specific task (e.g. videoing meeting, photographing special events, event setup).

Administration and management exhibited a student centered and open communication style of leadership. This style of leadership allowed student employees to focus on their studies while maintaining a clear understanding of daily job assignments. I learned that in a flexible work environment that open communication is essential to being effective and productive.

I was apart of a four man labtech team that covered a ten hour lab schedule. Our schedules rarely overlapped. However, it was important that each of us stayed aware student and faculty request, daily events and shared task assigned by our supervisor. Many times you would have to complete a task started by another labtech. Open communication remained important because you may have to work someone else's shift or request them to work your shift.

My job as a labtech was virtually stress free. However, during exams, midterms and finals time management was essential to maintaining balance as a student and student employee. My job contributed greatly to building a student and professional networks. I was able to engage administration, faculty and staff in conversations that was enriching to my career development.

While working at Texas Southern University (TSU), it was a pleasure to see the smiles on the students faces when you provided food items that they liked and enjoyed. A typical day consisted of arriving at 5:30 a.m. to ensure that breakfast was prepared and ready to serve by 7:00 a.m. Lunch had to be prepared and served by 11:30 a.m. Dinner prepared and served by 5:00 p.m.  The daily routine consisted of training individuals, cleaning the facility, purchasing, preparing production sheets and food. 

I learned additional skills and responsibilities as it relates to serving as a Food Service Director.
 
As the only food service management on-site, I was responsible for the fifty-three employees who worked under the food service contract. I believe we performed an excellent job and made the TSU staff and students very pleased with our services. 

Most of the employees were skilled at their job responsibility and were committed to the company providing excellent customer service. 
 
The hardest part of the job was trying to please all the students and provide some of the food items they liked since we had no control over the menus because the menus were set by the food nutritionist at the corporate office.

The most enjoyable part of my job was working to motivate people and to see the smiles on the students faces when satisfied with their meal.

•	Responsible for aligning materials and services in the Office of Information Technology (OIT)
•	Requisition stocked and non-stocked materials/items for maintenance activities 
•	Requisition services from vendors in support of operation and maintenance activities
•	Assist in the approval process of old and new vendors – analyzing quotes for system updates
•	Collate requirements and utilized data from vendors in planning Purchase Orders (PO)
•	Issue Purchase Order; ensure (PO) delivery schedule is met and suppliers meet contractual criteria
•	Review approve and update Purchase Orders (PO)- manage communication for PO with vendors
•	Resolve Purchase Order and invoice issues, liaising with account payable (AP) and receivable (AR)
•	Execute purchasing policies and procedures, and prepare weekly and monthly system reports
•	Serves as Point of Contact (POC) for coordinating purchase of materials and services for TSU (OIT)
•	Solicit competitive proposals from qualified suppliers – utilizing supplier KPI reviews and benchmarks
•	Review supplier performance regularly to ensure maintenance of the procure to pay process
•	Perform project duties as assigned – communicate with other departments regarding PO status
•	Review Purchase Orders and contracts for completeness, accuracy and compliance with OIT policies

You will interact with all cultures. You will learn about how to make the most of your education and you will acquire new skills to help you with your career and manage your life. Accepting assistantship, teaching responsility and research assistanship have helped me a lot wth many of the experiences that I needed to succeed in my career. The environment gave me the flexibility to adapt to many working environment both hostile and non-hostile environment. I left Texas Southern University with the maturity that I can succeed any where. It is true of me today that what I learned from Texas Southern University is an additional experience and skill that is now helping me to succeed in a career that i have studied at the school. The degree is very useful and the training that I receive is worth the cost of my education at Texas Southern University. I am proud of a school such as Texas Southern University for creating and giving opportunity to me and a diverse and ethnic group of students to succeed in their choice of carreers an their studies.I am one of them through my determination and hardwork.

I tutored English, English Literature, Mathematics, Organic and Inorganic Chemistry as well as worked with first year pharmacy professional students on Pharmacy Calculations.
Typical day involves signing in where your subjects are listed and taking students needing help in understanding their topics or assignments and working to get them prepared for these or future lessons.
I learned I really enjoyed working with students and that some students are really motivated to learn. Also some students would come in initially thinking that we can help complete their home works.
The hardest part of the job was being limited by my class schedule and having continuity with some of my students. The best part of the job was being able to break up lessons into defined bits and tackling them where the students can understand a small or basic concept at a time and they can work on assigned areas of deficiency before the next lesson. Seeing the students grasp a hard concept finally is its own reward.

On the day I was in the office, I would answer calls about upcoming sporting events, media request for game tickets, update stats from previous games, report stats to conference and other schools we competed against. Make game day packets and write and edit media guides for all college sporting teams...At this job I learned how to interact with the media. Write Press release for games, radio and TV interviews, take action photos during sporting events...The management varied at this spot I worked with a number of Sports Info Directors and coaching staff, some I learned life values from, some were lead me in positive direction and help build me up as a young student, others were not much help to me at all....Co-workers were mixed with coaches and students/student athletes from many different Division 1 Colleges...The hardest part of the job was to maintain my school work while I was traveling. While working at TSU in the sports department I also played softball, so I had to maintain job, school and sports....The most enjoyable part of the job was the traveling to different states and schools.

TSU time after time has shown it does not put the students first. They do not make decisions that will benefit the student to provide the best competitive education to enable the students to compete for the same jobs as students graduation from other institutions, which is why many students choose to take the minimal required classes ad stay employed at TSU through the work-study or student worker program. Upper management does not provide training, and makes their own rules within important offices such as purchasing, A/P, IT, and HR. They will have you complete work one way, and then when an auditor comes in will all of a sudden have a policy in place that never existed, and try to force the lower level employees to cover. It's all about who is connected to each other. And don't dare go to HR, HR is the first to let any confidential information out, and the entire campus will be aware including students. The work hours are good, the benefits are good, however the environment is toxic. Most employees who work there are not qualified to work anywhere else.

The Immigration Law Clinic externship provided training in a legal environment that offered practical experience in the area of immigration law. The externship clinic removed students from the classroom environment and placed them in the working environment to enable them to apply the specific substantive knowledge they gained in the classroom. The Immigration Law Clinic offered students with an opportunity to acquire valuable and practical experience in the area of immigration. The immigration clinic developed skills in the areas of client interviewing, drafting of pleadings, pre-trial motion practice, courtroom presentation, and trial and advocacy skills. Students that completed the immigration clinic course demonstrated competency in handling administrative law cases from the initial client interview through court proceedings. Prior to being admitted to the program, the student must have submitted an application, been interviewed by the clinical instructor and received approval by the Director.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I get joy out of giving back to the community by helping students become lucrative business men and businesses women. The best part of working for this company is helping kids make their dreams a reality by giving them the tools they need to get the career they worked so hard to get.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part of working for this company is grading essay papers. But overall I really enjoy working for and with the University.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment is professional and the Culture is Urban.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day for me is essentially giving my class an PowerPoint assignment to do. Making sure the class understands the assignment and being that person that students can come to whenever they are going through tough situations. My day consist of being there for the students.

Extremely rewarding experience.  Even though it was hard work, I enjoyed the challenges (which were always met) and was proud to be a part of the University's Work-Study student payroll system, which was developed during my tenure there.

A typical day at work - very fast paced.
What I learned - enhanced my presentation skills as I had to provide orientation for over 400 work-study students, faculty, and potential employers, on/off campus, per academic year.

The workplace culture  - collaborative

The hardest part of the job was to get the payroll generated for all work-study students when they wouldn't get their information submitted on-time; it would be difficult, but necessary to meet the University's payroll cut-off time; however, the challenge was always met with success!

The most enjoyable part of the job was the atmosphere of learning and achievement that permeated throughout the campus.

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