{"id":413705,"date":"2025-09-10T17:41:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/413705\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T17:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:41:16","slug":"from-classroom-to-campus-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/413705\/","title":{"rendered":"From classroom to campus job"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sept. 10, 2025<\/p>\n

Working on Memorial\u2019s campuses is more than just the paycheque \u2013 it\u2019s an opportunity to develop new skills, meet people and connect with your university community.<\/p>\n

\"\"From left are Memorial University students and MUCEP employees Rafika Rahman and Victoria Simmons. <\/p>\n

Photo: Rich Blenkinsopp<\/p>\n

Students can take advantage of these opportunities during Campus Employment Week, taking place Sept. 12\u201319 and offered by Career Services<\/a>, Student Life.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Sept. 12, job opportunities will be posted with Memorial\u2019s Undergraduate Career Experience Program (MUCEP)<\/a> and the International Student Work Experience Program (ISWEP)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Danielle Jackson, manager at Career Services, says one of the strengths of the two programs is that students don\u2019t have to go through the job hunt process alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom one-on-one advising to workshops to our Memorial\u2019s Online Record of Experience<\/a> work sessions, we provide the support students need to get the most out of their campus employment,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s not just about finding a job, it\u2019s about gaining confidence, building transferable skills and connecting with the campus community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Memorial University students Rafika Rahman and Victoria Simmons share their different, but equally rewarding, experiences with campus employment below. Read on to hear their thoughts.<\/p>\n

LP: Could you tell me a little about yourselves and how you became students at Memorial?<\/p>\n

RR: My name is Rafika and I am from Dhaka, Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m in the second-last semester of a bachelor of business administration degree. I chose Memorial for its vibrant campus life, affordability and its academic excellence. Other than that, I enjoy retail therapy and coffee.<\/p>\n

VS: My name is Victoria, I use she\/her pronouns and I\u2019ve lived in Mount Pearl, N.L., for most of my life.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m doing gender studies and French as a double major, and I chose Memorial because it was close to home.<\/p>\n

I am really into reading, writing and exploring film through a feminist lens.<\/p>\n

LP: How are you involved with campus employment?<\/p>\n

RR: I have had MUCEP positions every semester, from research to events to communications.<\/p>\n

\"\"Rafika Rahman is a business student at Memorial. <\/p>\n

Photo: Rich Blenkinsopp<\/p>\n

My fifth MUCEP was as a marketing assistant at the Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning<\/a> (CITL), where I realized that I really like marketing.<\/p>\n

This led to marketing roles with The Commons<\/a> and the QEII Library<\/a>. I have learned about so many options in the marketing field from social media management to data analysis.<\/p>\n

Every position is helping me reach my career goals.<\/p>\n

VS: I heard about MUCEP through Career Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I wanted something here on campus that would fit with my studies and I found a job I love, researching cinema magazines.<\/p>\n

Last year I focused on different women writers from the 1930s and how women were represented in the media. I researched the \u201crivalry\u201d between Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo, who had never even met.<\/p>\n

It was fascinating to look at the ways that women are treated in the media.<\/p>\n

I even presented my research online at a conference in Quebec. It was a really big learning opportunity for me and I\u2019m very grateful.<\/p>\n

LP: How has your MUCEP experience influenced and supported your time at Memorial?<\/p>\n

RR: My degree doesn\u2019t have a co-op. program, so MUCEP gave me hands-on experience in the field.<\/p>\n

At CITL, I got to build the Instagram page from scratch. Working with The Commons, I promoted services like scanning, tutoring and 3D printing.<\/p>\n

At the QEII library, I worked on making library services relatable. Did you know there is a map room students can use? There are maps on movies, fashion, even Winnie the Pooh, Narnia and the Lord of the Rings.<\/p>\n

These roles taught me about strategy, scheduling and analysis. It really helped me understand that marketing is so broad with so many career paths. MUCEP changed my life completely!<\/p>\n

\"\"Victoria Simmons is a French and gender studies student at Memorial. <\/p>\n

Photo: Rich Blenkinsopp<\/p>\n

VS: I chose this position to improve my French and it\u2019s been so valuable to speak French in a professional setting. My advisor has been incredibly supportive.<\/p>\n

A highlight was presenting at the conference, that I mentioned. The six-minute video presentation was the result of nine months of research.<\/p>\n

As stressful as it could be, I love looking at media now and thinking, \u201cHow are women or queer people or other marginalized groups being represented in media?\u201d And now I appreciate how much time and effort goes into these presentations.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to do my PhD eventually. I\u2019ve been thinking about how films were being shown to people 100 years ago. It seems so long ago, but a lot of the things that we think about now, people were also thinking about then.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s just what I want to do forever, I think.<\/p>\n

LP: Is there anything else you would like to share?<\/p>\n

RR: There\u2019s a misconception that a MUCEP is \u201cjust a student position.\u201d They\u2019re not.<\/p>\n

You can tailor them to your degree and build your resum\u00e9 or portfolio. Students should apply to help them with job opportunities after graduating.<\/p>\n

VS: \u00a0I\u2019d like to echo that. A job on campus allows you to connect with people that you might not have connected with before. You get to apply classroom skills in a real-world setting. The hours are really flexible, too.<\/p>\n

MUCEP helps you branch out and realize there\u2019s so much you can do on campus, or even in the world, that you might not have thought of before.<\/p>\n

Ready to find a job that\u2019s right for you? Jobs will be posted on Friday, Sept. 12.\u00a0 Learn more and apply here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sept. 10, 2025 Working on Memorial\u2019s campuses is more than just the paycheque \u2013 it\u2019s an opportunity to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3092],"tags":[51,142143,142144,142145,142146,142147,34982,142148,897,142149,142150,108808,142151,15065,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-413705","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-campus-and-community","10":"tag-career-development-and-experiential-learning","11":"tag-centre-for-innovation-in-teaching-and-learning","12":"tag-faculty-of-business-administration","13":"tag-faculty-of-humanities-and-social-sciences","14":"tag-french","15":"tag-gender-studies","16":"tag-jobs","17":"tag-memorial-university-libraries","18":"tag-qeii-library","19":"tag-student-life","20":"tag-student-support","21":"tag-students","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115181236085732048","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}