Something I am constantly reminded of at my job here on campus is there is so much wiggle room to what some may call "screwing up."



I am terrified of dealing with money. TERRIFIED. Especially large amounts of it, that isn't even mine... makes sense. I think. But as my kind and noble supervisor told me today, "Yeah, you really need to get over that."



The university contract we sign with performers states the university takes a percentage of merchandise sales, without sales tax. This means we need to count the merch in and out after the sales are completed. We then need to count the money, figure out how much of it is tax and then take the percentage of the earnings before tax is added. Sounds confusing right? To you math whizzes out there, I am guessing not. But for me to do that math in front of artists that aren't always keen on us taking their hard-earned money makes me really nervous.



What settles my nerves and my stomach is knowing I will have plenty of opportunities to practice this, what some may consider simple, math. As with anything, the more and more one practices something and has effective feedback he or she will improve.



Like I have mentioned many times in the past, working on campus is more than a job. There are more than enough opportunities to leave your comfort zone and practice some thing you may be frightened to do. That really is one of my favorite perks of this job.



Nice digs, I know.



And you can have nice digs as well. The Student Employment and Involvement Office is always advertising job opportunities to UWSP students. Make sure to fill out your profile to have e-mails sent you about job openings that you would be interested in:

https://mypoint.uwsp.edu/sieo/sieo005/student/default.aspx