A Day in the Life of a Student Activities Worker
Pamela Armas ‘20 who is majoring in Political Science and minoring in Psychology and Studio Art. Aside from being a student, Armas is the Manager for Student Activities Operation Crew. This means that when she works at Student Activities, she works for long hours with lots of things to get done on her “to-do list.” That is what a typical day for Armas is like on the job of working at Student Activities for the morning shift on Wednesday, September 25 and the night shift on Monday, October 21.
Morning Shift: 9:00 a.m.- Armas clocks in. She starts off the day by greeting all of the other workers who work at the Student Activities booth. Armas then checks to see what events are going on and where they are happening.
9:30 a.m.- “I had the pleasure of starting Broadway sales,” Armas said. “I counted how many people were online and everything.”
10:00 a.m.- “This is typically the time when the Broadway tickets start to go on sale,” Armas said. “This is the time where I run the tickets through the register to make sure that there are enough tickets to go around.”
12:00 p.m.- The staff working in the front has to do a cash-out toward the end of their shift. Armas has to then verify that all of the money coming in and out of the office is correct.
12:30 p.m.- “I approve posters for upcoming events and announcements, and this is typically around the time when my morning shift would end,” Armas said.
Night Shift: 8:00 p.m.- Armas checks all of the events that are going on for the night and makes sure that the necessary equipment is being set up for each event.
9:00 p.m.- “I noticed that room 3105 needed a computer,” Armas said. “So we then set the computer up manually.” The sororities paid their dues for that night, as they collected the right amount of money with about a $1500 cash-out.
10:00 p.m.- The technicians come in and set up for future events that are going on in the week. “I went through with the technicians to each room to make sure that the setup matches the diagrams,” Armas said.
11:00 p.m.- “I did a round and made sure that everyone was exiting the rooms,” Armas said. The Student Center building looked like how it should for that particular night, then the flyer stands must be switched out at the end of the night for the next shift. Armas went through and locked up all of the rooms.
12:00 a.m.- “I printed out the schedule of what is going on in the Student Center. I also print out what all of the tech requests are, and lastly I print out today’s ‘when-to-work’: who is scheduled to come in at what times,” Armas said. The television with all of the announcements on it and the “Unity” board are brought in. The windows get locked up. The cash-out gets completed. All of the money and the keys go into the safe. The front and the back offices get locked. Armas clocks out for the night.