Weissman Scholars Program

Student Assistant/Employee

(updated October 2022)

I am seeking a student employee to work on Weissman Scholar-related tasks for 4-6 hours weekly during the 2022-2023 Academic Year. This student will support the logistics of the program while gaining new skills and showcasing talents.

Roles/Responsibilities:

Program Support

The student worker will help support the logistics of the following programming:

• Weissman Summit
  • Communicate information and updates to scholars and alumni via email
  • Encourage registration of alumni and current scholars
• BabsonScholars Weekend
  • Communicate information and updates to scholars regarding their responsibilities
  • Manage recruitment of volunteers.
    • Create, publicize and monitor signupgenius.com
    • Update volunteer position responsibilities
    • Coordinate communication with volunteers
    • Include Presidential Scholars
• Weissman Advisory Board support
  • Support as needed for meetings, events, or initiatives

Scholar-Centric

The student worker will be responsible for promoting scholar engagement through the following:

• Utilize MailChimp to create weekly Weissman Wednesday Update drafts
• Update WSP online directory, Facebook & LinkedIn pages
  • Make them user-friendly
  • Complete membership
  • Expand frequency of use
• Facebook
  • Keep updated on scholar-related news
  • Encourage engagement
• LinkedIn
  • Ensure all scholars & alumni are on the page
  • Link scholars’ & alumni blogs to the page
  • Brainstorm other content to post on site

Projects

The scholar will help assist with the following project-related responsibilities:

• Track submission of post-project deliverables (receipts, reflections)
• Audit submitted receipts & prepared check requests.
• Prepare marketing/promotional materials about completed projects.

Miscellaneous

The scholar may be asked to work on other projects for Brian or Student Advising & Success (SAS))

• organizing and analyzing student surveys
• consulting with SAS staff on special project (first-gen, other scholar programs, etc.)
• Staffing the SAS front desk and phones as needed/able