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Boston University’s Financial Aid office. The university says it is determining if it will be able to pay work-study recipients who can no longer work because of the coronavirus. BRIAN MCHALE/ DFP FILE

No plan in place for work-study grant recipients

By Melissa Ellin March 25, 2020
As a result of BU’s campus closure during the COVID-19 pandemic, BU students receiving federal work-study grants were forced to cease work or begin working remotely at their supervisor’s request. So far there is no plan in place to help students who cannot work remotely to earn the rest of their funding for the semester.
A Residence Life office in Kilachand Hall. A student has claimed that she was fired from her position as an RA because of a time conflict with a class. PHOTO BY VIVIAN MYRON/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Graduate student loses Residence Life job due to class conflict

By Sophia Brown April 26, 2018
Jessica Dellaquila, a Boston University alumna planning to return this fall as a graduate student in the School of Education, wants to bring attention to Residence Life’s demands on their student employees after she was not allowed to be a Graduate Resident Assistant due to an academic conflict.
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