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Fall 2025 Magazine - On the Clock

When brainstorming an idea for this semester’s magazine, I thought about my UConn experience over the last few years. I thought about the people I met, the things I have learned and where most of my time is spent. This led me to think about my on-campus jobs. This semester I am balancing four: a tour guide, a Writing Center tutor, a staff writer at The Daily Campus and this role, as magazine managing editor at Nutmeg Publishing— I stay busy to put it frankly. Some people tell me I am slightly insane after looking at my weekly calendar that is filled with probably six or seven different colors —  but I would not have it any other way. While it is nice to earn some money on the side, to me, it is so much more than a couple paychecks every few weeks. These are places where I do work that I genuinely enjoy, meet people that I otherwise would not have met and find community on a campus with over 20,000 other students.
The purpose of the Nutmeg Magazine is to highlight an aspect of the UConn student experience. When I put in a request asking how many students hold campus jobs, it was nearly 10,000. While some students may have multiple jobs like me, this number still represents the thousands of students that contribute their time to work, in addition to their classes and other responsibilities. This does not include common off-campus job destinations in Downtown Storrs, such as the bars or restaurants, which is why we highlighted Huskies Restaurant and Bar to represent the hundreds of students employed just outside of campus. While we could not highlight every single campus job in this 44-page magazine, we went through the data and selected those that bring in a high number of student employment. Roles such as working at the Recreation Center, conducting research, and providing academic support were high, and we worked to profile students across campus in a variety of these roles.As you flip through the pages, I hope you get a sense of UConn student life and see how students’ roles are essential to the community that makes up our campus. With that in mind, enjoy learning a little bit about how students stay “On the Clock.”

Sara Bedigian