Come Celebrate University of Maine Student Employees and Their Supervisors!
The National Student Employment Association (NESEA) has declared the second complete week in April as National Student Employment Week!
The purpose of the week is to:
-Enhance Student Employment and it’s important role in higher education.
-Recognize students who perform fantastic work during college.
-Thank employers who hire students for part-time positions and make student employment possible!
Student Employee of the Year
Each spring, the National Student Employment Administration (NSEA) coordinates a Student Employee of the Year selection process. The purpose of the selection process is to recognize the outstanding contributions and achievements of students who work while attending college.
The process begins at the institution level. Supervisors have the ability to nominate outstanding student employees to be considered as their Student Employee of the Year. Supervisors nominate their students in one of five categories: community service, diversity and inclusion, leadership, technology and innovation, and critical thinking. Institutions will choose their winner by using the point scale outlined by NSEA.
Students must be currently enrolled at the nominating institution. Stipend positions will not be considered (nesea.org, 2024).
Supervisor of the Year
The Northeast Association of Student Employment Administrators (NEASEA) conducts a selection process to choose an outstanding supervisor whom the organization recognizes as the NEASEA Supervisor of the Year. The goal of the program is to provide student employee Supervisors with the recognition they so fully deserve. Supervisor of the Year Information and Nomination materials will soon be available on the NEASEA website.
2009 marked the Inaugural Year of the Supervisor of the Year Program for NEASEA. The program begins at an institutional level and progresses to the Regional level. This award was established to recognize the integral the student supervisor plays in the education of a student employee. Student supervisors act as mentors and provide education to their students that they cannot gain through the classroom. Students at colleges and universities across the region are asked to nominate supervisors who they feel are especially worthy of recognition.
The selection process begins in January at the college/university level and is completed by April at the regional level. Many schools combine the results of their campus level selection process with other events surrounding National Student Employment Week (nesea.org, 2024).