Part Time - Student - Blue Apple Café Worker (Fall 2026)
Part-timeMedia, PAPart-time$12/hrPosted 6mo agoStill listed today
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Penn State Brandywine is hiring student workers for the Blue Apple Café through Housing and Food Services. The role offers flexible scheduling, convenient campus locations, a welcoming environment, and an employee meal discount during working hours. Workers may work up to 20 hours per week, including weekends, and can learn culinary skills while working with trained chefs.
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APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
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CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.
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CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.
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If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants.
Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants.
JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS Working for Housing and Food Services at The Pennsylvania State University Brandywine Campus offers competitive wages, flexible scheduling, convenient locations, and a welcoming environment to enhance your work experience. Student openings are available at the Blue Apple Cafe. Employee meal discount during working hours is provided.
Job Duties
- Food preparation, made to order serving stations, coffee shop, washing dishes and cleaning.
- Excellent opportunity to work with trained chefs and learn culinary skills.
- May work up to 20 hours/week, weekends included.
Wages start at $12.00 per hour, with opportunities for tenure base and merit increases. This opening also offers the opportunity for promotion and management training.
BACKGROUND CHECKS/CLEARANCES Employment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies.
CAMPUS SECURITY CRIME STATISTICS Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Pennsylvania Act of 1988, Penn State publishes a combined Annual Security and Annual Fire Safety Report (ASR). The ASR includes crime statistics and institutional policies concerning campus security, such as those concerning alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, and other matters. The ASR is available for review here.
EEO IS THE LAW Penn State is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you are unable to use our online application process due to an impairment or disability, please contact 814-865-1473.
Penn State is committed to and accountable for advancing equity, respect, and belonging. We embrace individual uniqueness, as well as a culture of belonging that supports equity initiatives, leverages the educational and institutional benefits of inclusion in society, and provides opportunities for engagement intended to help all members of the community thrive. We value belonging as a core strength and an essential element of the university’s teaching, research, and service mission. Federal Contractors Labor Law Poster PA State Labor Law Poster Penn State Policies Copyright Information Hotlines
How this job compares
Set against the 3,070 open Food Service jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$12/hr
- Pennsylvania median$15–17/hr27 hourly ranges
- US median$17–19/hr1,309 hourly ranges
This rate, $12/hr, is 25% below the Pennsylvania median midpoint ($16/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Food Service hourly ranges in Pennsylvania.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 134 open Food Service jobs in Pennsylvania and 3,070 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Chipotle Mexican Grill22 open
- ARAMARK15 open
- Cracker Barrel15 open
- Experience
- Food Service postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (413 postings).
- Education
- 14 of the 3,070 open Food Service jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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