February 3, 2026 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

The pre-employment process is the first step in creating a top-of-the-line employment culture within your department. During this session, we will focus our discussion on how to attract the top student candidates by improving your workplace culture through highly effective processes at each level of pre-employment.  We will focus on job advertisement, creating effective job descriptions, a culture defining interview process, and setting expectations for the student before they start. Gain the competitive edge with your pre-employment processes by attending this workshop.

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Instructor: Josh Frahm, Senior Associate Director, Student Employment Programs | Pomerantz Career Center

February 11, 2026 | 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Effectively training front-line student employees is vital to the quality of customer service your organization can provide, but training students has some unique challenges. This course will address those challenges while offering participants an opportunity to explore training as a process that begins with your hiring procedures and continues throughout employment. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with each other while designing or updating their own student employee training program using a conceptual framework.

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Instructor: Lindsay Moen, Lead Public Services Librarian | Special Collections & University Archives 

February 17, 2026 | 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Students learn not only in classrooms, but also through their work experiences. This session explores how supervisors can intentionally support learning and development in student employment roles using the Three Ms: Mindset, Metacognition, and Memory. 

Participants will explore how beliefs about ability affect motivation and effort, how structured reflection improves performance, and how effective learning strategies strengthen long-term retention. Supervisors will leave with actionable tools they can immediately apply in training, feedback, and day-to-day interactions with student employees to help them learn from challenges and build skills for lifelong learning.

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Instructor: Anat Levtov, Associate Director, Leadership Studies | Pomerantz Career Center

March 2, 2026 | 9:30 am – 11:00 am

My students are hired, so now what? Leading students can be an overwhelming job, but supervisors will leave this course with tips on how to communicate and build relationships with students while at the same time setting boundaries. Students today are asking for opportunities to be challenged in their workplaces, and as supervisors we have the opportunity to model leadership and set the example for our students so they may perform well and develop into strong leaders in their own right. We will also be exploring best practices in student employee supervision and the challenges and opportunities of leading students today!

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Instructor: Anita Cory, Academic Program Manager | BSN Program

March 11, 2026 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Students gain many helpful academic and career skills from student employment. Sometimes, though, they don't readily connect that what they learn in their campus job will help them succeed in college now, and in work later in life. There are many benefits to helping students make academic/work connections. This workshop will share information about IOWA GROW®, a nationally recognized, time effective method for helping students make connections between work and academics. Participants will learn how to have effective IOWA GROW® conversations that improve job satisfaction, supervisor-employee relations, and overall student success.

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Instructor: Teri Schnelle, Director, Projects & Partnerships | VP of Student Life

March 24, 2026 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may search for student employment on campus, but do not want to disclose that they’re on the spectrum. Without knowing a student, how can you accurately identify a student’s strengths and skills in the interview? In this session, we’ll learn about the characteristics of ASD, the benefits of employing students with ASD, some of the challenges they may face in the workplace, and how to navigate the process of hiring and supervising students with ASD. This workshop will provide tips for current and potential supervisors of students with ASD and leave time for questions and discussion among attendees and facilitators.

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Instructors: Vickie Houser, Assistant Director | Student Disability Services

April 2, 2026 | 9:30 am - 11:00 am

The current generation of students in the workplace values feedback and recognition greatly.  This workshop will focus on the importance of having a solid employee recognition strategy in efforts to improve student employee engagement, retention, and performance.  Throughout the workshop, we will discuss the important aspects of successful employee recognition programs and work in groups to brainstorm methods of rewarding students within your department.  Think of this workshop as the “GUIDE” to Modern Employee Recognition Programs.

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Instructor: Alaysia McAtee, Employer Engagement Events Specialist, Career Coach | Pomerantz Career Center

April 9, 2026 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

The key to having a successful workplace culture, and in turn a successful workplace, starts and ends with your employees. In this case, that involves student employees. This workshop will focus on getting your students on board with your departmental culture from day one. Our presentation will focus on how to set clear expectations, set appropriate goals for your employees, create open and winning relationships, and go through how to hold your employees accountable. We look forward to discussing many tips and best practices in a positive and interactive setting.

Enroll Now: Creating and Effective and Positive Workplace Culture

Instructor: Josh Frahm, Senior Associate Director, Student Employment Programs | Pomerantz Career Center