Work study positions are offered to virtually every student who applies for one. The majority of our on-campus work study positions are actually funded by Luther.
Please review our Work Study Q & A for answers to other commonly asked questions regarding this program.
As a first-year student, if you file a FAFSA, you'll receive a financial aid award that provides an opportunity for a work study position. If you choose not to file a FAFSA and are interested in work study, please contact us and we will include a work study opportunity in your financial aid award. Generally students are assigned work study positions in dining services, facilities, or grounds. However, positions for are also available in a variety of other areas such as Communications and Marketing, Library and Information Systems, and various academic departments on campus.
To assist in the process of matching you with a possible position, we invite you to complete a brief online form that provides information on interests and experience in various skills.
Please note that first-year students are not required to complete this form to receive a work study assignment. You'll receive additional information regarding your work study placement during summer registration.
There are numerous routes to explore for discovering work study positions on campus. Generally, the first step is to ask your advisor if they know of any work study positions available in your related academic departments. Administrative assistants of offices on campus are also great resources to check with on current work study positions.
There are lots of on-campus job options. For instance, if you're interested in:
These are just a few examples of the many areas in which Luther students work on campus.
Students with federal work-study funding also have the option of off-campus jobs, such as tutoring at an area school or daycare, helping to harvest and cross-pollinate at Seed Savers Exchange, assisting at the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, working in the gallery at Decorah’s Art Haus, and many other positions.
All campus departments use web-time entry to record work hours electronically in Luther’s administrative computer system. Utilize norsehub.luther.edu to access your web-time entry.