Undergraduates
For undergraduates, you must have a Personal Identification Number (PIN) prior to completing your FAFSA on-line. If you do not have you PIN, please visit www.pin.ed.gov to register. PIN applicants and holders will be required to select and answer a challenge Question. Please allow a minimum of 3 days for this process.

If you wish to work on campus, when completing the on-line FAFSA application, you must mark federal student employment or indicate that you want to work on campus. Many departments on campus seek student employees to assist with office or department operation. Major departments hiring students include: Athletics and Intramurals, the Library, Office of Information Technology, Enrollment Services, and Student Affairs. Students must inquire at these departments to find out about specific job responsibilities and qualifications required. Individual departments may have both positions available for federal work-study or if they have special needs, they may be using institutional dollars to fund student employment positions. Because Federal Student Work-Study is limited to citizens of the United States, there are limited opportunities for international students unless a department has self-funded their positions with institutional dollars.

Jobs on campus fall into four categories: Clerical Assistant, Tutors, Researchers and America Reads. Depending upon your skill level, you can qualify for one of these categories. It is always helpful to take a current resume of your experiences when you visit departments seeking employment.

STU B.A.S.I.C. offers an array of school-related services to current and prospective undergraduate, graduate and law students, including registration, financial aid and student account issues. There are online forms for Loan request, Federal Stafford Loan online application, FRAG application and PLUS Loan on-line application. STU B.A.S.I.C. can assist with scholarship application as well as all financial aid forms. They will also provide assistance with Work-Study time sheets and distribution of job assignment forms for Work-Study.

Graduate Students
Graduate students are eligible for graduate assistantships and loans. Each academic department has some graduate assistantships available. Please visit the Dean for Graduate Studies and Programs Office located in O’Malia Hall right across from the vending machines for more information. Some administrative departments have self-funded graduate assistantships so depending upon your background and skills, employment may be available.

Work-Services Program
Because we know the price of private education continues to rise. St. Thomas University recognizes the need to be creative in assisting students in financing their college education. It is our hope that such creativity will assist students in attaining their educational goals. St. Thomas University’s cost of tuition has consistently risen 5% each year for the past five years. The Division of Student Affairs has developed the work-Services Program to aid in deferring the cost of tuition. The Work Services Program is available to students who are not eligible for Federal Work Study and have successfully completed their first year of enrollment at St. Thomas University.

The Work-Services Program is a tuition waiver of up to approximately $1500.00 per semester. Students receive $6.15 per hour for work performed. A Work Services Program student must complete 20 hours per week to receive the total tuition waiver (i.e. 20 hours per week @ $6.15per hour x 12 weeks = $1500.00).

The Work-Services assignment is approved on a semester by semester basis only. Continuance in the Work-Services Program is not guaranteed.

Student accounts will be credited monthly for hours worked. Official timesheets are due on the 15^th and the last day of each month in the Office of Student Affairs to Toni Mountain, Director of Budget, Operations and Special Projects. The Office of Student Affairs is located in the Student Center.

Students will be considered in a probationary period during the first 30 days of the Work-Services Program, and will be evaluated by their supervisor for continuance in the work-services Program. Students may be dismissed from the Work-Services Program for poor performance, repeated absences, breach of confidentiality, breach of University standard employment practice, and failure to maintain good judicial and financial standing.

Application Period
It is important to apply early, since the funding for these positions disappears quickly. Apply two weeks prior to the start of school and no later than the first week of school. After that period, applications are closed. A Committee will review you application.

Application Process and Eligibility Verification
You must provide contact information including you STU ID#, names, address, city, state, zip code, contact phone number, email and the following:

1. Schedule of Classes
2. Academic Evaluation Record (AER)
3. Business Office student account summary (In order to be in good financial standing, the current semester’s bill must not be greater than $2,250.00.)

You must complete the official Work-Services Application and sign it, indicating that you are attesting that you meet all the prerequisites for a Work-Services Program position. By signing, you also acknowledge that you have read and understood the policies and procedures pertaining to the Work-Services Program. Applications can be picked up in the Student Center in the Office of Student Affairs.

University Financial Policy
In accordance with St. Thomas University’s financial aid Policies and Procedures, students may not receive gift aid (federal, state or University-based awards) beyond the cost of tuition and/or on-campus housing. The Work-Services Program tuition waiver is directly applied to the students’ account.

Funds may not be directly disbursed to the student. If a student’s financial aid status changes, an adjustment may be made in the tuition waiver award
Students may appeal the policies pertaining to the maximum number and amount of the University-based awards received. A student must appeal in writing to Toni Mountain, Director of Budget, Operations, and Special Projects, describing extraordinary or catastrophic circumstances, which require further review.

Off Campus Employment – Visit Career Services
Career Services receives new job opportunities daily and posts them online and in job binders located in the office in the Student Center. Access jobs online by going to Career Services and click on the MonsterTRAK logo. The STU password is “go bobcats”, which is needed when you access the site from off campus. Of course, Career Services provides all types of support to you throughout your job search. Visit the office or to request an appointment email / call careerctr@stu.edu / (305) 628-6688.