Week 8: Outline

USM Work Study Program Proposal

PowerPoint Presentation
I. Introduction
a. Group members
b. Why we selected USM WSP
c. Our proposal envision
II. History of Work Study Program (WSP)
a. Basic Facts
b. Date started at USM
c. Benefits of WSP both students, campus, and future employers
d. Qualifications and restrictions of holding a USM WS job
III. USM Vision and Mission of WSP
a. Vision
i. student employees important to Southern Miss
ii. Why? provide valuable services to campus departments and offices
b. Mission
i. Southern Miss Goal: to provide student workers with economic and social benefits
ii. Benefits: provide student workers with professional employment skills and behavior
IV. Financial Situation of USM WSP
a. Money allocated for USM WSP (PowerPoint slide with this number typed on it, with some type of animation to draw attention to how much is spent on WSP)
b. Compare WSP allocation to other allocations allowed on campus
c. How money is used (charts and graphs)
d. Pros/cons of USM WSP financial standing (presented in a chart or table, blue writing for pros and red writing for cons)
V. The Problem: Students working WS jobs that are not linked to their major
VI. Solutions to the Problem
a. Assign jobs within students major
b. Draw attention to USM WSP
c. Create fliers advertising USM WSP (word document of flyer)
d. Advisers help push the USM WSP (sample booklet of WSP jobs in each major)
VII. Generate more money for USM WSP
a. More money = more WS jobs
b. Benefits of MORE WSP jobs
i. Students learn valuable skills that will be used in future jobs (video clip of a former student saying how WSP job helped him/her at their current job)
ii. Better students create a more valid USM credibility rating
iii. Increases the value of an USM education (quotes from former students or bosses of former USM Students)
c. Fundraisers
i Ideas (ex: t-shirt sales, raffles, bake sales, etc.)
II. How money will be disbursed (chart/graph)
VIII. Conclusion
a. Long term effects of this proposal on the university
b. Brief summary of the USM WSP Proposal

This is the outline for our group project. Some of the topics were not fully researched because of time constraints. If we were able to revise anything it would be better research for topics such as History. I also thought it would be interesting to see what changes have been made to work study in the past to make it better and what if other schools have made any changes that are similar to the idea we propose here.

More time and with more group members collaborating this project would have gone really well.