Find work that complements your study! Federal Work-Study (FWS) is a need-based program that is awarded to eligible students based on the filing of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Work-study funds are limited, and are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.

The FWS program provides jobs to students with financial need, allowing you to earn money to help pay for educational expenses. Positions are available both on- and off-campus. If you are eligible for FWS, you can earn up to the amount listed on your award letter. 

FWS employees are paid on a semi-monthly basis (around the 10th and 26th of each month), based on the number of hours worked. FWS money is earned and paid to the student, and is not deducted from the student’s balance on their Western account.

Students who accept their offer of FWS are not guaranteed a job or the entire amount of their award. Rather, they are given access to jobs.

Western Technical College is in full compliance with state and federal equal opportunity and affirmative action laws and regulations including Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments, Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1992, Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991, and Section 38.23 of the Wisconsin Statutes. It is the policy of the Board of the Western Technical College District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, age, disability, arrest or conviction record, political affiliation, union or non-union affiliation, marital status, sexual orientation, family or medical leave, or membership of the National Guard, state defense force or any other reserve component of the military forces of the United States or Wisconsin, in employment, education programs, admissions and activities. Services, financial aid and other benefits of this College and those originating from the Wisconsin Technical College System Board are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis. Western is committed to the elimination of sex-role stereotyping. Coordination of Title IX and Section 504 have been assigned to the Employment Benefits and EEO Manager at Western Technical College, 400 Seventh Street North, Post Office Box C-0908, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54602-0908; telephone 608.785.9274.