social media specialist

professor

personal trainer

patient accounts representative

outreach manager

William Woods University

For Faculty
Typical work day: Contract workload for full-time faculty is a 4/4, but overloads are standard practice and expected, 5/5 minimum with some faculty having 6 or 7 courses per semester.  Classes are small; student body reflects regional demographics and spans academic capabilities very broadly.  Standard equipment in classrooms and offices.  IT support is minimal but generally functions from day-to-day.  The learning management systems are not good, often the bargain deal for the institution - at one point the university was using three LMS at the same time for different functions (Moodle, Jenzabar, Tk20). 
Service contributions are significant with a couple hours of additional work every day +/-.
Scholarship is not a priority, and faculty must compete across entire institution for partial support for activities like conferences - but since so few are active this is typically not hard.

Learned: a lot about accreditation processes, the fiscal aspects of higher ed management in a near 100% tuition-driven environment, the detriment of recruiting a non diverse academic workforce

Management & Culture: generally weak management and insular thinking, having little or no experience in higher ed.  Most administrators (and faculty) have had no career experience outside the university and many are alumni.  Many will complain they feel trapped, which is accurate because there is little opportunity for personal professional development.  There is no faculty governance.  There is no meaningful board oversight (but they are within legal requirements). The university is essentially "steered" by two  administrators under the president, and relies more on very short term rewards rather than long-term investment.  Due to minor attention to advancement over the past 20-30 years (and a series of incompetent advancement officers) the university's liquid assets are minimal, and the feeling of being on a fiscal cliff is felt by all employees.

Hardest Part of Job: Individual faculty are typically silos in their fields; dealing with an appropriate balance of teaching and service; very marginal compensation and fringe. Faculty are on annual compensation contracts that effectively supersede any multi-year agreement.

Most Enjoyable Part of Job: The students - learning how to address very broad academic abilities and seeing students succeed in school and after graduation.

I was hired as the dressage barn manager for a one-semester contract at this equestrian college after I graduated from the equestrian program.  My day started out early checking on the 20 to 30 horses that were housed in this particular barn.  I also oversaw the equestrian student workers whose job it was to make sure that all horses that needed special attention (medication, legs wrapped, etc) was taken care of properly, along with feeding and watering.  Dressage riding classes were scheduled throughout the day so at any one time, there were riding students in the barn tacking up their assigned horses so taking care of these high-maintenance donated horses was quite a chore.  Most of all the horses on this campus had some sort of ailment and/or old injury that continually gave them problems, thus, the reason they were donated to the college to begin with.  I also was responsible for keeping the barn neat and tidy and with as many as 30 or 40 riding students per day coming in and out, this was not an easy task.  

Once a week I filled in as the hands-on equine instructor for a group of equestrian students taking a "how-to" class.  I worked in conjunction with another instructor who twice a week, explained to students in the classroom things such as how to apply a shipping bandage verses a standing bandage, pulling mane on a western pleasure horse, braiding ribbon in the mane on a Saddlebred as well as the difference between hays.  At the end of the week, I instructed the students and I actually demonstrated to them what they had been told previously in the classroom.  They got hands-on opportunities to practice these procedures and recognize different legumes.

On a typical day you can do anything from regular janitorial cleaning to lots of heavy moving of offices and dorms. Some specialties will include carpet cleaning and floor stripping and resurfacing. The company will bring in a rep from the chemical place they buy from to have us go thru courses and get certified for the use of the products. You are always in contact with management because repair orderes are always comming in. My boss was very easy to get along with and has a good sense of humor. I only worked with a few of my co-workers but got along all of them. Most of them made the day go buy fast and was enjoyable. A hard part of the job was moving real heavy equipmet up or down several flights of stairs. The hardest part of the job is they will work you as long as you let them as a part-timer so they dont have to give you any bennifits and when you talk to them about making you a full-time employee they make your work life harder.

Most of the time is spent fulfilling the responsibilities of co-workers that don't want to do there job. You're expecting to just learn and perform skills that you'd be compensated for at any other work place. You have to work overtime almost on a daily basis just to pick up the slack of others. There is no accountability for co-workers unwilling what they need to. And on the rare occasion someone new is hired they are often scraped from the bottom of the barrel and perform as such. All this and more can be yours for less than they pay at McDonald's or Walmart. You're expected to break your back for break crumbs and complete the duties of others that they themselves are paid more for. Would not recommend to any self-respecting, hard working, dependable person.

Work day starts 8 am with lots to do in the Business Services Office with inside customers and external customers, customer service is a main part of my work, phone calls, letters, creating worksheets, amortization, loan or payment plans, purchasing supplies, calling for service of printer/copiers, filing reports, completing journal entries and getting everything ready to go again the next day. The hardest part of job is when customers are upset then calming them down to get them to complete the requirements needed to complete transactions. Most enjoyable part of the job assisting external customers with their account and thus their education.

Organized and assisted with perspective student’s application process and other office work. While promoting the university in a positive manner through social media, email, and other correspondence with perspective students

Co-workers were great, many of them were around my age so we had a lot in common while my bosses weren't much older as me as well so same rules applied.

I really don't have any thing that I thought was extremely hard with my job. Everything was very enjoyable

Take our team to the training room 6-730am

Office time which included recruitment, student-athlete schedules, scheduling practice, scheduling tournaments, schedule community service events,  find fund raising sources, etc. 10-12

Meetings held in the afternoon either with student-athletes, other coaches, the Athletic Director, or other members of the University board.

Practice from 2-6pm

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing the professor I worked for was wanting me to do his job 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Professors and other employees 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Not very nice I felt like I was an idiot 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Miserable thrown into a job without any training

Productive and organized workplace. 
You arrive at work put your name and time that you can work, usually at the event of the games then you organize the games 2 hours before the match starts, we follow a high standard and we receive a lot of supporters so is a good way of profit for the university, then we stay another 1 hour after the event happen to check out everything

I have worked in a couple of different departments and I enjoy working with everyone in each department. A friendly and encouraging place to work. Great place to work and get experience, but pay increases are not very common. Unless you move up to a higher position, there isn't much improvement for a pay increase.

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