EAST LANSING, MI — Michigan State University is asking faculty and staff to volunteer and help in its dining halls. The school this fall has found it difficult to fill student jobs at dining facilities and has closed them to the public, according to a statement from the university.
Vennie Gore, MSU’s senior vice president for residential and hospitality services, sent an email to university deans, directors and chairs last week citing the staffing shortage and its effects on food service departments at the university.
“Faculty and staff from around campus are invited to sign up to assist in the dining halls!” Gore wrote in the email. “We have special needs during evenings and weekends.”
The university is also requiring 132 full-time staff members employed outside of its dining service department to work in the dining halls eight hours per week through Thanksgiving to help feed the thousands of students who have moved back into MSU’s 26 dorms.
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