Brigham Young University. Student Employment

Student Employment began in at least 1947 and is the predecessor to the Placement Bureau, which began in 1952. Over the years of the University, Employment (Staff and Student) and Placement will be closely intertwined in function. Managers included: Doris Dickson (1968), Lura Pospical (1981-1985), Darlene Kelly (1985-1986), Penny Morrell (1986-1991), Mark Hansen (1998-2000), Nancy Hatch (2002-2003), and Collette Blackwelder (2009- ).

Variant names

Student Employment Office

Student Employment Services

Employment Services

Description

Established: 1947

Location: Provo, Utah (1947- )

Functions

Student Employment Services posts jobs from on and off-campus employers and establishes qualifications for hiring at BYU. Students are encouraged to contact off-campus employers directly.

Assets and Administrative Structure

Student Employment functioned under the direction of the Director of the Campus Employment Office from 1970-1971; the Employment Office from 1972-1985; Placement and Employment Services from 1985-1997; and Employment Services from 1997-2008. In 2008, Employment Services was disbanded and Student Employment took off on its own under the Assistant Administrative Vice President in Human Resource Services. Student Employment was run by a Manager.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University (1947-1970)

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. Campus Employment (1970-1971)

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. Employment Office (1972-1985)

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. Placement and Employment Services (1985-1997)

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. Employment Services (1997-2008)

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. Human Resource Services (2009- )

Later unit: Brigham Young University. Placement Bureau (1952)

Associated unit: Brigham Young University. Staff Employment (1964- )

Associated Archival Materials

Brigham Young University Employee Relations/Equal Employment Opportunity Office, 1967-1996: box 1 folder 5 (UA 1289)

Papers, 1948-1963 (UA 881.16.14)

Sources

Brigham Young University, The First One Hundred Years, 1975: vol. 3 p. 637 (Student Employment began in at least 1947 and is the predecessor to the Placement Bureau)

Division of Learning Resources Collection, 1965-1976 (In 1968, Student Employment was run by Doris Dickson) (UA 282 A .1.4)

BYU Telephone Directory, 1970-1971: p. 36 (Student Employment functioned under the Campus Employment office)

BYU Telephone Directory, 1972-1973: p. 9 (Student Employment functioned under the Employment Office)

Brigham Young University Catalog, 1981-1982: p. 28 (Lura Pospical, head of Student Employment)

BYU Telephone Directory, 1985-1986, p. 37 (Darlene Kelly, head of Student Employment)

BYU Telephone Directory, 1986-1987, p. 37 (Penny Morrell, manager)

BYU Telephone Directory, 1990-1991: p. 15-16 (Employment Services is superior to Student Employment; Manager Penny Morrell)

BYU Telephone Directory, 1993-1994 p. 46 (Superior unit: Placement and Employment Services)

Brigham Young University Catalog, 1996-1997: p. 415 (Student Employment Services, variant name)

BYU Telephone Directory, 1998-1999: p. 38 (Mark Hansen, manager)

BYU Telephone Directory, 2001-2002, p. 50-51 (Student Employment Office, variant name)

BYU Telephone Directory, 2002-2003, p. 38 (Nancy Hatch, manager)

BYU Telephone Directory, 2009-2010: p. 78 (Student Employment is its own unit; manager, Collette Blackwelder)

BYU Catalog, Services Available on Campus, 1997-1998, via WWW, May 26, 2011 (Student Employment Services posts jobs from on and off-campus employers and establishes qualifications for hiring at BYU; Students are encouraged to contact off-campus employers directly)

Brigham Young University Undergraduate Catalog, 2007-2008, via WWW, May 20, 2011 (Employment Services Don J. Brown) http://saas.byu.edu/catalog/2007-2008ucat/pdfportions/103admin.pdf

Brigham Young University Undergraduate Catalog, 2011-2012, via WWW, May 20, 2011 (Employment Services--Staff and Administrative--John P. Young) http://saas.byu.edu/catalog/2011-2012ucat/AdminFaculty/Administration.php

Undergraduate Catalog | Administration, 2011-2012, via WWW, May 20, 2011 (Employment Services, superior to Staff and Administrative; John P. Young) http://saas.byu.edu/catalog/2011-2012ucat/AdminFaculty/Administration.php

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2011-00073

Creator: UPB