Why the cap
Research and experience both say students working more than about 20 hours a week see grades slip. The limit protects your academic standing and, for federal jobs, keeps the position classified as student employment. It's a total across jobs, so two 15-hour jobs is over the line.
Managing it
If you need more income than 20 hours provides, talk to financial aid about emergency funds, a budget review, or additional aid before adding hours. For international students especially, the hour cap is not flexible — a Designated School Official can explain what counts.
In and around Porter Falls
The Porter Student Help Desk in Founders Union 118 is the single place to start when it is not obvious which office owns a question.
The practical details
During the term: Typically 20—25 hours a week total across all campus jobs while classes are in session. Breaks & summer: Up to full time (40 hours) when classes aren't in session. International students: A firm 20-hour limit during the term — going over is an immigration status violation. Anything time-sensitive — an accommodation, a booking, a deadline — is worth confirming directly before you rely on it, because the specifics here can change from term to term.
If you have a question
The office behind this is Porter Student Help Desk (Founders Union, Room 118). Call (715) 555–0120 or email help@uwporterfalls.edu during the fall and spring terms, or sign in to MyPorter to send a message or book a time. If it turns out another office owns the question, they will route it rather than send you back to the start.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. Every office, person, building, phone number and statistic on this page is invented; nothing here describes a real institution or a service you can actually contact.