Hi Stephen,

I oversee the Student Center Game Room here at Temple University! We have been replacing all of our old wooden cues with fiberglass Cutec 1pc House cues. They are pricier (about $100 ea.) but seemingly last forever (as opposed to our wooden cues which broke and splintered constantly with heavy use). I was told 1pc are better…

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Hi Sierra,?

I oversee the Student Center Game Room here at Temple University! We have been replacing all of our cues with Cutec 1pc House cues. They are pricier (about $100 ea.) but seemingly last forever (as opposed to our old cues which broke and splintered constantly with heavy use). I was told 1pc are better for communal use as they would…

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Hi Evelyn, ?

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Yes! You can create a staff account using a generic email. We actually have a temple.edu and gmail account just for the Game Room so we have Sony,?Microsoft and Nintendo accounts linked to those.?Our staff has the logins for each of these accounts so they can troubleshoot as needed.

We have also adjusted settings…

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Hi Chrissie,?
At Temple. we break training into New Hire and Returning. The first day or 2 days is just new hires (with some returners to help lead sessions) which covers all of our onboarding and basic job training. Then we will do one day of training for everyone (new hires and returners) which includes any updates, teambuilding,…

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Hi Jesse,?

We did the following for our building managers in my previous position but we were closed on weekends so events were only scheduled sporadically on the weekend not every weekend:?

1. All weekend shifts and late-night shifts were paid at time and a half?
2. At the beginning of every semester, students signed up for weekends, if an event…

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Hi Mic,?

I oversee Temple’s student-run graphic design and print shop. We do a lot of foam board cut-outs for sports games and for people who want them in their dorm rooms etc. We also only hire graphic design students who are extremely talented so we offer a lot of high-level design services such as logo creation, photo restoration,…

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Hi Kim!?

This is a great question! While I don’t remember receiving any direct “training” on being a student supervisor when I started overseeing students as a graduate student, I did receive some outside help. My mom (who has run her own business for over 20 years) gave me a book called “It’s Okay to be the Boss” shortly after I started working… Read more

Hi Ernie,

This is a great question and one that has been tricky on our campus. While early in Covid we did help run the virtual side of events, we currently do not provide any virtual support beyond setting up/testing equipment. Basically, our reasoning was:

1. It caused more issues than it solved – for example me creating Zoom links for people… Read more

Hi Meghan,
I oversee a very similar position here at Temple (formerly known as Event Staff, now referred to as Event Operations & Tech Support). I have struggled to make training successful as so much is learned on the job especially with the av/tech support aspect, many issues come up randomly and are fixed seemingly randomly as well. For… Read more