Summer Positions with Residence Life
Summer Conference Assistant
| Contract dates: | 5/4/26 through 8/7/26 |
| Positions available: | 14 |
| Classes: | May take summer classes. |
| Compensation: | $15/hour and lunch provided during training week. During certain weeks, the position is eligible for overtime (student employment policy and/or state and federal law may dictate how many hours a student can work.) |
| Additional jobs: | May possibly hold additional employment. All additional employment must be discussed with, and approved by, immediate supervisor prior to accepting. If approved, it is with the understanding that the SCA position will take priority when scheduling and all other commitments must be approved by Conference Professional Staff. |
Primary Function:
To assist conference staff with camps and conferences before, during and after their stay in the residence halls. More than one camp can be on campus at the same time, staying in different halls and camps can range in size from 5 to 1,100 guests. Summer Conference Assistants (SCA) will assist with answering phones, answering questions, providing directions, locking and unlocking doors, working front desks with varying hours, working check-ins, working check-outs, preparing and tearing down rooms, and other duties as assigned. SCAs must utilize excellent customer service in all aspects of their role as they will be interacting with future students, parents, and minors who have the potential to be future students.
Position Responsibilities:
- Must be available for training week (May 4-8, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.) and tear down week (August 3-7, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
- The position's work hours vary from week to week and the SCA needs to be available to work 10 to 39 hours per week.
- Must be customer focused.
- Flexible with hours you are willing to work.
- Requires moderate physical activity with reasonable accommodations.
Applicant Requirements:
- Applicants are required to be a continuing student at Western Michigan University.
- Applicants need to have lived on-campus for at least one semester (Fall, Spring, or both summer terms).
- Housing and Residence Life administers student conduct record checks for all applicants prior to applicants receiving and interview for the position. Student conduct records may affect an applicant's ability to be hired as a student staff member.
Summer Resident Assistant
| Contract dates: | 5/3/26 through 8/23/26 (you are unable to hold this position if you will be an RA, CA or LCA for Fall 2026) |
| Positions available: | 7 |
| Classes: | Required to be enrolled in a minimum of at least half-time credit hours at WMU for Summer I and Summer II. Any exception must be approved by Housing and Residence Life. |
| Compensation: | SRAs receive room, meal plan, and $500 (split evenly between each summer term); all of which are applied to the student account as a scholarship. SRAs must live in the summer school residence hall and Residence Life is unable to break any summer leases or housing contracts previously signed. |
| Additional jobs: | May possibly hold an on-campus job up to five-hours per week. All employment must be discussed with, and approved by, the immediate supervisor prior to accepting. If approved, it is with the understanding that the SRA experience will take priority when scheduling and all other commitments must be approved by the summer school hall director. *International students are unable to hold an on-campus job while being an SRA. |
Primary Function:
To assist students living in summer school housing during the summer by planning programs, building community, assisting with safety and security throughout the building and serve in an on-call duty rotation. Summer School RAs also work in the hall office during the week and assist with mail, answering questions and other administrative duties and perform other duties as assigned.
Applicant Requirements:
- Applicants are required to be a continuing student at Western Michigan University.
- SRAs are required to be enrolled in a minimum of at least half-time credit hours at WMU for each summer session in which they serve as an SRA.
- 2.6 cumulative GPA at the end of fall 2025 semester.
- Must have lived in residence halls for two semesters and have completed 16 credits by the end of the spring 2026 semester (16 credits does not include AP or credits obtained while in high school. Semesters lived in residence halls do not have to be at WMU).
- Housing and Residence Life administers student conduct record checks of all applicants prior to applicants receiving an interview for the position. Student conduct records may affect an applicants ability to be hired as a student staff member.