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Community Work Study

Community service jobs include positions that "are designed to improve the quality of life for community residents or to solve particular problems related to their needs."

In order to comply with the regulations, departments are asked to identify all Work-Study students that are working in jobs where students offer a service to the community at large. Please check "yes" to the appropriate questions if the Work-Study student is engaged in this type of work.

Some examples of positions that are considered to be community service in nature are:

• Child care services (that are open to the public)
• Research projects in which the student is assisting with the actual research and the research benefits the community
• Tutors who are tutoring those who are not students at MSU
• Students who work for a department that provides a service to the community and have direct interaction with the clients (e.g.: museum, language lab, library, public broadcasting)
• Other jobs that meet the requirements if they are open to the public are health care, literacy training, welfare, social services, community improvement, crime prevention and control, transportation, recreation, rural development, public safety, youth corps, housing and neighborhood improvement, education, counseling (personal or career), support services or members of the community with disabilities or support for community recreation activities.

All students who are in positions engaged in community service are required to have a job description on file at the Student Employment Office. Only one description for each unique job is needed. If the student does not have a job description on file at the Student Employment Office, check "No" and a job description form will be sent for completion and returned to the Student Employment Office. If a job description for that unique job is on file at the Student Employment Office, check "Yes" and the description on file will be referenced.

Please call the Career Services Office at 517-432-6830 if further clarification is needed.