Student Workers Find Campus Facility Services

CFS student workers Josh Miller (left) and Evan Green.

INDIANAPOLIS – If you are a student at IUPUI and you need a part-time job on campus, Campus Facility Services is the perfect place to look.

CFS continues to hire students to work in various fields in the department: engineering, construction management, utilities maintenance, building services, grounds and business operations. Student employees manage construction projects, act as accounting assistants, update computer-aided design maps, clean buildings, and perform labor in the grounds department, among other things.

One student who has taken advantage of job opportunities in CFS is Evan Green. He has attended IUPUI majoring in construction technology since 1999. He worked for CFS first as a grounds laborer and then as an assistant construction manager. Recently, Evan was offered a full-time position in the Construction Management Department as a project manager. He will begin his full time duties upon his graduation in May.

“Working for the CFS Renovations Department as an assistant construction manager has provided me with construction management experience by putting into practice in the real world the things that I have learned in class,” Green said. “The flexible schedule and the people at CFS make it a real joy for students to work in their chosen field of study while gaining valuable experience in preparation for getting a job after graduation.”

Green’s care and concern for his customers has been apparent since the first day that he began to work for CFS. He enjoys the interaction with the campus customers and hopes to continue to build good relationships on campus.

Ken McKnight, senior mechanical engineer, says “the opportunity to hire students part time to provide them with real world experience and then as full-time employees is very exciting. The construction technology students have done a great job assisting our full-time construction managers with the large quantity of renovation projects needed as the IUPUI campus continues to grow.”

Green is the second construction technology student who has been hired as a full-time employee after working for CFS part time.

Josh Miller, who earned a bachelor’s degree in construction technology in May 2000, was a student employee from 1998-2000. Miller is now a full-time staff member. During his time at CFS, Josh has married; hand built his house, and had two children.

“Student workers have been a great asset to CFS. Everyone benefits when you hire students. The students get practical experience while working flexible hours at a location close to their classrooms. We have benefited greatly from the energy and skills of the students” said Emily Wren, assistant vice chancellor for facilities. “If you are not using students in your work place you are missing out on a great resource!”