The University supports a strong student employment program. All SPU students can use our job site, whether or not you have work study in your financial aid offer.

Types of Student Employment

• On-Campus Employment: Regular and Work Study. There are hundreds of jobs available on campus at SPU! If you are awarded work study, this will be a work study job. (Exception: Positions in Campus Dining, Campus Ministries, and student government jobs (ASSP) are not work study eligible work study)



• Off Campus Employment: Community Service. Current positions help at-risk youth, the homeless, and the elderly throughout our local community. There are limited number of positions are available. Must be awarded work study.



• Off Campus Employment: State Work-Study. Must be awarded work study. Students with a major/minor in the School of Theology are ineligible.



• Off-Campus Employment: Regular Part-Time Jobs. Many part-time jobs with local employers are available; you do not need to have work study to apply.

Work-Study
Work Study is a financial aid program, offered to qualified students based on need levels determined by the FAFSA. It is assumed that wages earned under work study will be used for educational expenses.

Using Work Study:

• Find a job – this is the responsibility of the student, if you have trouble finding a position please contact the Office of Student Employment.
• Get paid – the employer will pay you directly. You may earn up to your awarded amount. State Work Study students may be eligible for an increased award and should contact the Office of Student Employment for more information.
• Pay SPU – if you are using your wages to pay your account it is your responsibility to make that payment. You are not required to pay your earnings directly to SPU.

Benefits of the Work-Study Program
Work study can help you lower your Expected Family Contribution (EFC) and retain eligibility for financial aid in future years! The EFC — what the government expects the family to pay toward college costs — is primarily determined by parents' and students' income.

• Report Work Study earnings both as Income on the FAFSA and as an Income Exclusion on Worksheet C on the FAFSA
• Work study wages will automatically be excluded from your overall income, decreasing your EFC
• A lower EFC increases your eligibility for aid programs

More information is available at Student Employment.