student employees

Allison Owens seated in a chair infront of a white board

Student Employee Designs Future in UTA Libraries Marketing Department

“There are a lot of different things you can do at the Libraries—you can work at the front, the FabLab, here in Marketing—so just find what you…

Carissa Knitowski in Shop Room next to CNC Plasma Cutter

Student Employee Finds Confidence in UTA Shop Room, Graduates with New Goals

Carissa Knitowski navigated the large equipment that fills the Shop Room with ease and familiarity. She gestured at the green Computer Numerical…

Haley holding her graduation cap that says Nurse Haley

Long-Time Student Employee Leverages Outreach Skills in New Nursing Career

Hand-to-hand outreach, accompanied by Klovenski’s charming personality, has been the high standard of nearly every in-person event hosted by the…

An older man in a gray polo and blue baseball hat stands in front of a Vietnam Veteran memorial.

UTA Libraries Student Employee Forges Second Life as Oral Historian

Two years ago, Master’s student Joe Carpenter orchestrated a ceremony that saw his father-in-law Steve Kennedy receive the bachelor’s degree he…

A young man with a mustache and beard wearing a black shirt stands in the U T A Libraries FabLab, smiling and looking directly into the lens.

Star GRA Reflects on “Learning by Doing” as He Walks Stage, Bids Farewell to FabLab Career

Vikram Gupta, a graduate research assistant pursuing a Master of Science degree in computer science, started his career in the University of Texas…

A young man stands at the guest services desk in Central Library. He is wearing a gray striped polo and indigo face mask. He is giving the Mav Up hand gesture.

Student Employees Lead UTA Libraries Branches, Transforming Service Model

The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries is operating their branches in the Architecture & Fine Arts and Science & Engineering…

A young woman wearing a leopard print headscarf and black face mask gives the Mav Up hand gesture in the U T A Central Library. She is wearing an orange hoodie underneath a gray The North Face jacket.

Biology Major Finds Life in UTA Libraries

Fall 2021 graduate Warda Ashraf applied to work at the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries in part because of the isolation of the COVID-19…

A young woman stands in the middle of the Science and Engineering Library, smiling for the camera. Her hair is tied up in a ponytail on top of her head, and she is wearing a blue and white tie dye top.

Psych Major Leaves Mark on UTA Architecture & Fine Arts Library and Campus

Ashley Brown wanted to follow in her mother’s footsteps when she applied to work for the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries in August 2019…

A young man with a beard, glasses, and baseball cap gives the Mav Up hand gesture in front of the 3 D printers in the U T A Fab Lab.

FabLab Lead Carries History of Making into New Career

Since Neiman Ingram-Ford is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in visual communication design with an emphasis in digital design, the University of…

a young man in black glasses and a gray shirt smiles at the camera

Long-Time FabLab Student Employee Graduates with Unexpected Tools in His Belt

Samuel Law, University of Texas at Arlington class of 2021, was working toward his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering when he joined…

a chart with orange units on a blue background; in the center, a circle with the word, "exams," which is linked to three boxes: one that reads "rest" to the left, "creating scheduled" on top, and "revision" on the right.

GUEST POST | Finals Prep: Dos and Don'ts from a Seasoned Studier

No matter how old you get, exam anxiety doesn’t go away. The pressure surrounding exams is increasingly causing problems and thus it is important…

U T arlington FabLab logo sign from a downward angle pointing up

‘A Quality Vision’: FabLab Partners with Art + Art History Department to Innovate Student Experience

Junior Brayden Itz remembers feeling slightly intimidated the first time he visited the FabLab at the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries…