Despite Dartmouth's budgetary concerns, the number of campus employment opportunities available for students has not decreased, according to College officials.
"So far, there have been enough jobs for students who are looking," Todd Kilburn, manager of the student employment office, said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
Kilburn said the College could turn to the community to help students find jobs if absolutely necessary.
In some areas of the College, including Dartmouth Dining Services, the number of student employment opportunities have actually increased, Kilburn said.
"The more students we can hire the better," DDS acting director David Newlove said, pointing to students' increased need for employment in the current economic climate.
DDS student employees can continue to work beyond the requirements of their work-study obligations, Newlove said, which is not true in every College department.
The main dining options on campus also have maintained the hours they had during Spring term, Newlove said. Although Courtyard Cafe was closed this Summer, normal hours of operation have now resumed. DDS decided to permanently close North Cafe and Lone Pine Tavern last spring.
The budget cuts affected full-time employees more than students, Newlove said. DDS cut six positions in January 2009, none of which involved students, he said. Some employees were also transferred to different dining locations based on their years of experience.
"I've been here 35 years, and the woman I bumped has been here 31 years," DDS employee Shirley Baker said in reference to the shift of DDS employees among Dartmouth dining locations.
Student employees interviewed by The Dartmouth said they did not feel they were affected by the budget cuts. Aubrey Zerbach '11, who works at the Topside convenience store, said Topside employs the same number of students as it did Spring term.
Topside is "doing all right," she said.
At The Remix, budget cuts have affected full-time employees more than student employees, Brittany Garcia '11, who works at the smoothie and cereal bar, said, adding that students have not been untouched.
"DDS usually gives a pay raise for the first couple of weeks to give people an incentive to work here, but these past couple of terms they haven't done that," Garcia said.
At Harvard University, student employees have seen the maximum number of hours they can work reduced, according to The Harvard Crimson. College officials and publications at several of Dartmouth's other peer institutions, including Princeton University, Yale University and Cornell University, have reported that student employment has been unaffected by the budget crunch.
