Bethel Ad­justs Food Ser­vice Op­tions in Re­sponse to Stu­dent Worker Short­age

MISHAWAKA--As a new se­mes­ter be­gins, there have been some sig­nif­i­cant changes im­ple­mented with the food venders around cam­pus. The Acorn is closed, and the Din­ing Com­mons is now open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. 

Rhonda Hef­felfin­ger from Bethel’s Hu­man Re­sources De­part­ment pro­vided some in­for­ma­tion about the changes that have been hap­pen­ing. She said the is­sue of the stu­dent worker short­age first started last year. How­ever, the is­sue is now greater than it was a year ago.  

“I think it’s the fact that be­cause we are right here on McKin­ley,” Hef­felfin­ger said. “[Stu­dents] can find em­ploy­ment sim­ply by walk­ing to var­i­ous places, and it’s dou­ble what we’re able to of­fer here on cam­pus.”  

Hef­felfin­ger said de­ci­sions about the fu­ture of the Acorn are still be­ing de­ter­mined, but it is hoped the Acorn can be re­opened at some point. 

“Acorn’s im­por­tant, but we’ve got to break down and get one area re­solved be­fore mov­ing on to the next,” Hef­felfin­ger said. 

Stu­dents in­ter­ested in ap­ply­ing for stu­dent worker jobs can visit Bethel’s stu­dent job board at stu­den­tjobs.bethelu­ni­ver­sity.edu.