Re: Getting word out to students?

Thanks everyone for the many suggestions. Many good tips there. I'll
follow up individually with a couple of you about a few specifics.
I'll keep you posted. Much appreciated.

Monica

On Sep 29, 2006, at 12:14 PM, Marilyn Saarni wrote:

> Probably the fastest link would be through the students affairs
> officers. They maintain their own email list. Not only do they
> keep a list of undergrads in their departments, they also often
> know who needs a job (they often help with job search resources)
> and whether they are potentially good employees.
> My own prejudice is that if you stick to work study employees
> only, you're limiting your pool of potentials enormously,
> especially if you want them to already have well-developed skills.
> Don't forget that lower income students, who are most motivated to
> show up on the job, often figure out that work study awards lower
> their total financial aid cash package, and they end up with less
> financial support over a school year when they take work study
> jobs. I myself, many years ago, discovered that work study tends
> to pay less than market-rate part-time jobs when the worker has
> sellable professional skills (like html coding).
> But if you plan to train, this is less of an issue.
> - Marilyn
>
>
> At 11:12 AM -0700 9/29/06, Judith Foster wrote:
>> Getting word out to students can be done through the web managers as
>> contacts for the students in their departments. Or through
>> whoever has the
>> lists for their department's students. I receive and send items
>> of interest
>> to both grads and undergrads and simply pass the information to
>> them through
>> the list serve with a link to the relevant web page. Not high
>> tech but it
>> works.
>>
>> Judith
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-webnet-list@lists.berkeley.edu
>> [mailto:owner-webnet-list@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of John
>> Ingham
>> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 11:00 AM
>> To: Monica Friedlander; webnet-list@uclink4.berkeley.edu
>> Subject: Re: [Webnet] Getting word out to students?
>>
>>
>> Getting through to the students, especially under grads, is what we
>> would like to know as well in our search for student assistance.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated by us as well...
>>
>> John
>>
>> At 10:37 AM 9/29/2006, Monica Friedlander wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I'm not sure this is the proper place to ask this, but maybe someone
>>> has a suggestion.
>>>
>>> I need to get word out to students about a small contest we're
>>> running in L&S. It's fairly urgent, and I can't find any means to
>>> distribute news to a large population like this. I tried a few leads
>>> but no luck. I know there's always Daily Cal and bulletin boards and
>>> such, but I'm trying to go a little more high tech here ...
>>>
>>> I'd appreciate your suggestions.
>>>
>>> Monica
>>>
>>> Monica Friedlander ~ Communications Manager ~ College of Letters and
>> Science
>>> 201 Campbell Hall ~ UC Berkeley ~ Berkeley, CA 94720 ~ 510.
>>> 642. 1307
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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