2024-2025 Student Employee of the Year
Nominations close November 10, 2024!
This year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Employment team will host the seventh annual competition for Student Employee of the Year.
Each year, the National Student Employment Association (NSEA) hosts the competition for the Student Employee of the Year. This years process will begin with campuses choosing one Student Employee of the Year winner for each of six categories (see categories below). The winner of each category, will then be submitted to NSEA for consideration.
The UW-Madison Student Employment Team will convene a selection committee from supervisors of students and other student-employment stakeholders across campus to choose the winners.
Scholarships will be awarded to the top Student Employee in each Category!
Deadline: Nominations will open October 1, 2024 and close November 10, 2024.
Eligibility
- Nominees must be a UW-Madison student in a Student Help or Graduate Assistant position at UW-Madison or at one of our Federal Work-Study partners.
- Please note if the winner of the graduate student category is a Teaching Assistant, per NSEA rules they will not be able to move on to the national competition.
- By February 2025, students must have been employed by their current employer for 6 months part-time or 3 months full-time.
- Students who are graduating in May 2025 will be eligible for the award and scholarship.
- Students who are graduating in December 2024 are eligible to be nominated but are ineligible for the scholarship since it is awarded in the Spring term.
- Students who have previously won a scholarship through the Student Employee of the Year competition will not be eligible for nomination.
- Information for the winner for each category will be released to campus for public recognition.
The six Student Employee of the Year categories that students can be nominated for are as follows:
Nomination and Selection Process
Students must be nominated by their supervisor to be eligible for this award. Supervisors can nominate their student for one category or multiple categories. A separate nomination must be written for each category. Supervisors must submit their electronic nomination form(s) by the deadline, 11:59pm Sunday, November 10th, 2024. No late applications will be accepted. Click the category links above to access the nomination forms for each category.
The winner of each Student Employee of the Year category will receive a $500 scholarship.
Winners of Student Employee of the Year Scholarships will be notified by January 2025.
Please contact Kristina Rittel (kristina.rittel@wisc.edu) with questions.
SEOTY Committee Review
We are looking for individuals to join the Student Employee of the Year review committee to help read nominations and select the winners. If you are interested in volunteering, please complete the SEOTY Committee Review Form. The deadline to volunteer is November 1, 2024.