Student Employment Awards Ceremony 2024

Access all of the content from the 2024 awards ceremony, including the video presentation, the list of nominees and the winners!

Student Employment Awards Ceremony 2024

The National Student Employment Association declares every April student employee appreciation week. This year we wanted to do something special for our students and their supervisors to showcase the work they contribute to DePauw University everyday. Students and supervisors worked together to submit nominations for students and supervisors in various categories. All the the content from the ceremony can be viewed here!

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Nominees:

Between the four awards for this ceremony, there was a total of 105 nominees. As there were so many nominees, not every nominee could be highlighted at the ceremony. A small committee of staff members who were not nominated and do not supervise any student employees went through individual nomination to highlight front runners and choose winners for each category.

Job Readiness Award

This award was designated to a student who has made demonstrable efforts in preparing themselves for their career, post undergrad. This can be in job experience related to their eventual field, seminars/webinars they may have attended, participation in Hubbard Center career development activities (resume reviews, career fairs, networking events, ETC) and other career development activities.

We had a lot of top quality nominations for this award: here are some quotes from the nominations:

"She has continued to work with us throughout the school year and has been able to assist with many other events to provide excellent photography that can be used in many ways by Alumni Engagement. I can’t say enough about the value she brings to us in so many ways." - Ha Chu, nominated by Teresa Goddard

"She has been a great asset to our office with professionalism in all responsibilities of her position. She certainly has been a fantastic employee!" - Alexis Cagan, nominated by Pam Woodall

The list of highlighted nominees for the job readiness award were:

Sebastian Manrique for his work as a STEM Guide

Alexis Cagan for her work as a Front Desk Assistant in the Hubbard Center

Ha Chu for her work as a database assistant in Alumni Engagement

Jade Karas for her work as an assistant in the music library

Jacqueline Munoz for her work in campus activities

Leadership Award

This award was designated to a student who has a proven history of displaying attributes of professionalism, work ethic and reliability.

Once again, there were some amazing nominations in this category; here are some of the quotes:

"Without her, the Indiana high school ethics bowl would not be as efficient or well-organized as it has been. Because she is so capable, Irene is regularly given a great deal of responsibility. She has never let me, my colleagues, or her peers down." - Irene Amalaraj, nominated by Marko Mavrovic and Selma Poturovic

"Kelsey is the most reliable student I’ve ever worked with, and I hire 80-100 students a year for the last 6 years. She cares deeply for the work she does. She's committed to the job and committed to our department." - Kelsey Bernhard, nominated by Melynda Link.

"He is accomplished in his skills, he has an outsized capacity for hard work, a willingness to forgo most anything in service of finishing a project, and above all, he has a deep commitment to filmmaking and creativity in all its forms - and to top it off, he is a joy to work with and a great and inspiring leader." - Kyungmin Lee, nominated by JP Olsen.

The highlighted nominees for the leadership award were:

Annalise Grammel for her work in Admissions

Cole Pedro for her work as a CPC

Kyungmin Lee for his work in the Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media

Katelyn Adams for her work in the W Center

Nayeli Torres-Ochoa for her work as a CPC

Irene Amalaraj for her work as a STEM Guide and as a Hillman Intern

Kelsey Bernhard for her work in Athletics

Student Employee of the Year

This award was designated to a nominated student who has demonstrated behavior aligning with 8 career readiness competencies as put forth by the National Association of Colleges and Employers or NACE. They are as follows:

-Communication

-Technology

-Critical Thinking

-Professionalism

-Equity and Inclusion

-Career and Self Development

-Leadership

-Teamwork

Before moving into the quotes, it should be noted that this was a very close category. The quality of some the nominations for this award, and so the quality of the work done by the mentioned students, is of the highest caliber and everyone mentioned should be very proud of themselves.

"Gabrielle is the intern that I give my most challenging tasks to because I know she can handle it. She leads by example and is a good teacher." - Gabrielle Moore, nominated by Melynda Link.

"It has been an absolute pleasure to work with Andrew these last few years. My only regret is that it is unlikely we will have the opportunity to work together again once he graduates. He leaves the Prindle Institute, and DePauw, better than he found it." - Andrew Conarty, nominated by Marko Mavrovic

"I have seen the positive impact Hang makes on her peers. She is a light to those around her and we will miss her terribly when she graduates." - Hang Bui, nominated by Laurel Tilton

"He is professional and courteous and truly embodies Equity and Inclusion in all that he does around campus. Whether that is in the Campus Activities space, with his work in LSU or his work with House of Opulence. He is a campus leader and is excellent with teamwork. Truly one of the best students I've ever met and one of the best employees I've ever had." - Aaron Trinidad, nominated by Alyse Millikan

The highlighted nominees for the student employee of the year were:

Gabrielle Moore for her work in Athletics,

Aaron Trinidad for his work in campus activities

Nam Hoang for his work in the CDI

Andrew Conarty for his work as a Hillman Intern

Hang Bui for her work in ITAP

Hadley Freeman for her work in the Hubbard Center

Supervisor of the Year

Finally, the supervisor of the year award! Student employment and the Hubbard Center offers a huge thank you not only to our amazing students who nominated their supervisors, but also to the supervisors themselves; because of the quality of your work as student supervisors, there were over 60 nominations for this award. Clearly you have made a lasting impact on the students you work with. Student employment at DePauw could not run without the work you do so a massive thank you to all of our supervisors.

Here are some quotes from nominations in this category:

"She is ALWAYS making it known that our work does not go unnoticed!!! She is simply the best! If I could nominate her 100 times I would! She is not only extremely committed to her job, but she is committed to making sure her student employees are doing well both in school and in our personal lives." - Pam Woodall, nominated by Alexis Cagan

"Aside from just being a boss, Kathy has become a true friend and mentor and I am forever grateful that to her, being my supervisor is much more than just her job. Kathy truly represents what a great supervisor should be!" - Kathy McMurtrie, nominated by Shaelyn Maedor

"As busy as she is, she is never too busy to take the time to review my resume, write me a letter of recommendation, or help me write an email to find jobs/internships for when I graduate this year. If this nomination wasn't for her I'd probably have her proof read it for me right now. As a friend, she is also there for us in our personal aspects of life, always letting us take time for school/sports, giving us advice, or buying us Starbucks cause it's just one of those days. She truly is amazing at what she does but is also a wonderful person. I cannot imagine someone more deserving of this award!" - Melynda Link, nominated by many students with this nomination from Gabrielle Moore

The highlighted nominees for the supervisor of the year award were:

Erin Confer-Staggers for her work in Admissions

Troyanna Jefferson for her work in the CDI

Laurel Tilton for their work in Tenzer and the ITAP program

Melynda Link for her work in Athletics

Caroline Good for her work in the GCPA

Kathy McMurtrie for her work in HR

Pam Woodall for her work in the Hubbard Center

Ashleigh Jones for her work in Athletics Communications