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St. Cloud State University

Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid

Student Employee of the Year

The Student Employee of the Year (SEOTY) program is an opportunity for supervisors to individually recognize student employees (work study or non-work study), who have made outstanding contributions and achievements to the SCSU campus and partnering community agencies through their student employment.

Nomination deadline is Monday, February 16, 2009. We are "going green" this year! Please email your SEOTY nomination(s) to: seoty@stcloudstate.edu. The nomination form is also available online at http://www.stcloudstate.edu/financialaid/documents/NominationForm2009.pdf.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

Undergraduate students employed on campus or in approved community service work study positions. Graduate students on student employee payroll (work study or non-work study) who are performing student employee jobs.

Students must have been employed for a minimum of 3 months full-time or 6 months part-time between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009 (anticipated).
Nominations will be evaluated on the following qualities:

  • Reliability
  • Quality of Work
  • Initiative
  • Professionalism
  • Uniqueness of Contribution (in the case of a tie, uniqueness of contribution will be the deciding factor)

The 2008 National Student Employee of the Year was Jessica Scruggs, Berea College. Her supervisor's nomination letter and a list of previous National Student Employees of the Year are listed at http://www.nsea.info/seoty_winners.asp.

Would you like assistance in writing a winning nomination? The St. Cloud State University Write Place staff provides writing support at no charge. Contact the Write Place at (320) 308-2031, writeplace@stcloudstate.edu, or http://www.stcloudstate.edu/writeplace/

National Student Employment Week is April 12-18, 2009. This special week is an opportunity to recognize all student employees for the work they do. Attached are some recognition ideas for students for you and your department/agency.