Working on Campus - Toyia Montgomery

Toyia Montgomery is a junior at Michigan State University and previously worked on campus but departed from her position.

Montgomery was working in Brody neighborhood as a Service Center Representative because she wanted to have another job to make more money.

In an interview Montgomery explained that it was nice to see people and be on campus since she lives off campus. "Disadvantages were the pay of course, it was very low... umm and the amount of work you had to do for the pay," Montgomery said.

Montgomery explained she would recommend the position to underclassmen but as upperclassmen it would be better to search for better paying jobs. Jobs on campus and off campus can be found on MSU's new Handshake website that is used for a career services network online.

Working On Campus - Domonique Jackson

Domonique Jackson is a freshmen at Michigan State University and wanted to find employment on campus.

Jackson explains that she wants to work on campus because she needs extra money in her pocket for everyday things such as food, things for school, and other necessities. 

Jackson stated in an interview that she did not want to work off of campus because she doesn't have her own personal transportation, "... I would rather work on campus because it would be easier to get there with the CATA station."

Jackson did not have a hard time in her search for employment and was recently hired by Michigan State football as a Spartan Aide to work with recruiting for the team. Jackson explained it was easy getting the job since she knew people that already worked there.

Ryan Thomas, 4th Year Senior

Ryan Thomas is a 4^th year student at Michigan State University and expresses what she did in order to be able to graduate in four years.

Thomas has stuck to a strict plan since her freshmen year for the number of credits she needs to take every semester in order to graduate within four years.

Thomas does agree that it is not normal to graduate in four years. “You have to know what you are doing in that four years and actually like be set,” Thomas said in an interview.

While taking a ton of credits Thomas has managed being on the Michigan State Dance Team for the past four years as well as being captain. Thomas has danced her whole life so doesn’t find dance very hard to manage but expresses that she is a student before anything.

Gillian Bradley, 5th Year Senior

Gillian Bradley is a 5^th year senior at Michigan State University and expresses how normal graduating in five years is for a lot of students.

Bradley has changed her major over 4 times which was one of the main reasons for adding the extra year to her undergraduate college experience.

There are some pros “…you take your time, you get to enjoy college life cause this is an experience in itself… umm you have more opportunities to get more experience like more jobs, more internships,” Bradley said during an interview.

As a full time student Bradley also runs her own business called Harper Ray Accessories. Bradley found it harder to manage school, two jobs, and her business after freshmen year. Now she manages everything successfully without being overwhelmed.

#TTRGHouse

Four Michigan State students, Tabinda, Toyia, Gillian, and Ryan refer to their house as "TTRG" which are the initials in their first names.

On Sunday evenings the girls usually have a very chill day compared to the rest of the week.

Between work, school, and extracurricular activities the girls never get a break until the weekend.

"Doing what I do best on Sundays... nothing," Gillian says. Which is true for the whole house since no one has work or class Sundays are used to do nothing before a busy week.

Sunday evenings usually consist of doing homework, catching up on their favorite shows, as well as spending time with each other.

Preview - #TTRGHouse

It's Sunday evening at TTRG house which is always chill and known as homework day. 

Toyia checks her emails while watching Keeping Up with the Kardashians while Gillian is laying in her bed watching Sunday night football, "doing what I do best on Sundays... nothing," she says.

Ryan lays on her floor and talks to her best friend, RJ Shelton, and after they get off the phone Ryan starts playing a song by LA&Y called ILYSB.

It gets a little noisy on Sundays the neighbors upstairs walk hard and blast music, Ryan's laughter fills the house after watching a video on twitter, and the train blows it's horn while passing through East Lansing. 

Later on, Toyia gets up and raids the fridge looking for something to eat and Ryan does the same as she heats up some chicken from Eastside Fish Fry. 

Gillian, Ryan, and Toyia all come in the living room and discuss the upset from the Michigan State vs. Michigan game over the weekend. 

As the night comes to an end, the girls gather around in the living room to tune into the new episode of WAGS Miami.