Students work to get through school
Jennifer Joyner
Issue date: 10/27/08 Section: News
"I really don't think it will affect anything because I'm only taking a few hours," he said.
Marisa Grippo, a junior from Jonesboro, is on scholarship at the UA, so she doesn't need to work to pay bills.
"I kind of like working," Grippo said. "When I'm doing school stuff it's hard to know if I've studied enough for a test, but at work, you know exactly what's expected of you... Work can be relaxing."
Grippo is lucky because a lot of times she can do her homework at her job at Urban Table Bar and Grill, she said.
"Also, the results with work are immediate," she said. "[However], I get stressed out if I have to work more than 20 hours a week."
Off-Campus Connections assists all undergraduate students who live off campus, including first-semester students living at home, upperclassmen moving off campus, married students, students with dependents and part-time students, according to the OCC Web site.
Currently, more than 70 percent of UA undergraduates live off campus, and 75 percent of those students work, according to the Web site.
Of these students, 62 percent work more than 15 hours a week, 38 percent work more than 20 hours a week and 13 percent work more than 40 hours a week, according to the Web site.
Academic performance suffers when students work more than 12 hours per week, said Kattie Wing, director of Financial Aid, according to the Web site.
The OCC office is located on the sixth floor of the Arkansas Union.
Marisa Grippo, a junior from Jonesboro, is on scholarship at the UA, so she doesn't need to work to pay bills.
"I kind of like working," Grippo said. "When I'm doing school stuff it's hard to know if I've studied enough for a test, but at work, you know exactly what's expected of you... Work can be relaxing."
Grippo is lucky because a lot of times she can do her homework at her job at Urban Table Bar and Grill, she said.
"Also, the results with work are immediate," she said. "[However], I get stressed out if I have to work more than 20 hours a week."
Off-Campus Connections assists all undergraduate students who live off campus, including first-semester students living at home, upperclassmen moving off campus, married students, students with dependents and part-time students, according to the OCC Web site.
Currently, more than 70 percent of UA undergraduates live off campus, and 75 percent of those students work, according to the Web site.
Of these students, 62 percent work more than 15 hours a week, 38 percent work more than 20 hours a week and 13 percent work more than 40 hours a week, according to the Web site.
Academic performance suffers when students work more than 12 hours per week, said Kattie Wing, director of Financial Aid, according to the Web site.
The OCC office is located on the sixth floor of the Arkansas Union.
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