Welcome to Berry College, home of the Nation’s Premier Student Work Program. You most likely will chose to participate in this exciting opportunity to work (99 percent of all students work before they graduate from Berry), and gain job specific and transferable skills which when combined with strong academics, service and other co-curricular activities prepares you for graduate/professional school or your first destination career position.
Our family of programs under the premier student work umbrella is unique and available to you. These programs include student work jobs in 161 campus departments, student-operated enterprises, career center services, internship resources, training, community and industry work positions (primarily for sophomores and above) and the Gate of Opportunity Scholars program for selected candidates.
As you ‘own’ your job, we encourage you to focus on the values that make the student work program effective in meeting your needs and the needs of Berry and our campus community. These include the values of personal motivation, trustworthiness and service. We challenge you to embrace the learning outcomes that will make you successful – taking initiative, problem solving, providing quality service, teamwork, accountability and dependability. You will be mentored and coached by your student supervisor or staff/faculty supervisor to also become proficient in job specific skills. All of these skills can be added to your set of experiences while at Berry and help you craft a robust resume to document your accomplishments.
Opportunities for high performance team building, online and face to face training and other professional development activities including our annual etiquette dinner, career fair, student enterprises conference and various career assessment activities will be available to you throughout the year. We encourage you to seek them out and get involved!
Our knowledgeable, professional staff along with student leaders oversees each program under the premier student work umbrella. You are invited to attend an open house to visit with us and meet the team on Tuesday, Sept. 9 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in our offices on the top floor of Krannert Center. We can’t wait to meet you and give away some great door prizes!