Student Employment and Recognition

Campus Recreation is the largest student employer on campus with over 250 student employees. We provide students with transferable skills that will help them get, and keep, the next job.

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Student employee officiating an Intramural basketball game.

Hiring

At various times throughout the year, typically at the beginning of the fall and spring semesters as well as just before the summer terms, the Department of Campus Recreation will host job fairs for students interested in employment. The department will also offer a workshop in conjunction with the job fairs to aid students in drafting their cover letters and résumés.

Once applications have been submitted, student employee candidates may be selected to participate in first round interviews and then second round program area interviews.

Students who are hired will go through an in-service training and orientation program. Schedules are established based on availability. Student wages are based on the position and experience.

Student Employee Job Descriptions

Please contact CampusRecJobs@olemiss.edu with any questions pertaining to student employment.

Spring Hiring Timeline

Interested applicants MUST attend a job fair to receive the application link and be considered for a position. The student application is open until 12:00 PM on January 23rd. Late applications will not be accepted.

Thursday, January 16th from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM hosted via Zoom
Tuesday, January 21st from 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM hosted in the Turner Center Auditorium (room 205)
Tuesday, January 21st from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. hosted via Zoom
Wednesday, January 22nd from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. hosted via Zoom

Applicants will be contacted for interviews by the program area hiring manager.
Interview location depends on the position/program area the applicant is interviewing for.
Some program areas may require skill assessments to be considered for a position.

Meet the Team

Aquatics student employees sitting on bleachers. — Aquatics student employees.

Facility Operations student employees sitting on bleachers. — Facility Operations student employees.

Fitness student employees sitting on bleachers. — Fitness student employees.

Intramural Sports & Sport Clubs student employees sitting on bleachers. — Intramural Sports & Sport Clubs student employees.

Memberships (left) and Marketing (right) student employees sitting on bleachers. — Memberships (left) and Marketing (right) student employees.

Outdoors student employees sitting on bleachers. — Outdoors student employees.

Employee recognition

2024 Director's Award and Bill Kingery Scholarship Recipients

Josh Verneuille
Intramural Sports & Sport Clubs

Emma Finlay
Outdoors

The Director's Award is the highest honor that a student employee can receive. Each program area nominates student employees who consistently go above and beyond their job expectations, sets the standard for exceptional performance, lives out our TEAM CR values, and supports the department's vision of being a flagship institution.

Bill Kingery Scholarship

Bill Kingery was the first Director of Campus Recreation at the University of Mississippi, and he served the campus for 43 years before he retired in 2013; Mr. Kingery established this scholarship in an effort to continue supporting the student employees who are so valuable and essential to the department.
Contribute to the Bill Kingery Scholarship Fund