Student Employee of the Year
Nominate Your Student Employee
Nominations are due by January 31, 2025. The award ceremony will take place on Friday, April 11, 2025.
With a galaxy theme to set the stage, this year's award ceremony will take place on Friday, April 11, 2025. Nominations close on January 31, 2025!
All students who are nominated through this form will be automatically nominated for Student Employee of the Year. In addition to the Student Employee of the Year award, the National Student Employment Association will be recognizing a student in the following categories. Within the nomintion form, the supervisor will be able to select a category that their student has excelled in.
What is Student Employee of the Year?
Every spring, colleges and universities around the country coordinate a selection process to choose one student employee from their campus whose outstanding contributions and achievements through their work set them apart from their peers. The hard work and dedication shown by these students exemplifies how student employment is a high-impact practice that helps to prepare students for success in their future careers and the workplace.
How the Process Works at Pepperdine
Starting with a nomination by the student's supervisor, all applications are accepted and then analyzed by a selection committee. After narrowing down the applications to a final group of five, the committee then votes on who should be the recipient of the "Pepperdine Student Employee of the Year," honor. After a decision is reached, the honor of this award is bestowed upon the chosen student and their work celebrated during National Student Employment Week. All nominees and their supervisor will be invited to the Pepperdine Annual Student Employment Award Ceremony where the winners will be announced. Each year, the Office of Student Employment choses a theme to set the stage. This year's theme is 'Galaxy' because our student employees are Out of this World and are all Stars!
Please note: undergraduate student employees and graduate student employees can be nominated for Student Employee of the Year.
The Pepperdine Student Employee of the Year will also move onto the National Student Employment Association (NSEA's) selection process for a chance to be named the National Student Employee of the Year. Additionally, NSEA Board Members will choose winners of each category: Community Service, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Technology & Innovation. NSEA will award each winner with $300, with the overall SEOTY receiving an additional $300.
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Supervisors are encouraged to nominate their student employee from their office for Student Employee of the Year who they feel deserve recognition for their job performance. Submissions for this honor are due by January 31, 2025 since National has an early deadline.
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For questions on how to nominate, please contact tess.marme@pepperdine.edu.