2008 Woodie Awards
Student Employees to be honored this week
Second-annual Student Employee Appreciation Week takes place
Chris Kreuslich
Issue date: 4/25/06 Section: News
Saint Mary's will host its second annual Student Employee Appreciation Week this week. Daryl Williams, assistant director of Financial Aid is the organizer of the event. He said that this is a national event that occurs at other universities and campuses. The National Student Employment Association (NSEA) designates the second week of April as Student Employee Appreciation Week. However, due to Easter Break, this year's celebration was pushed back to this week.
"Student Employee Appreciation Week started for colleges and campuses to acknowledge and recognize their student workers," said Williams.
Student Employee Appreciation Week is a way to publicly thank student employees for their hard work, contributions, and dedication to their jobs. Williams said that student workers are a critical element in the day-to-day workings of many offices.
"Offices cannot really function well without the help of our student employees," said Williams.
This is Saint Mary's second year of partaking in festivities after a task force was developed last year in response to student workers' feedback of how they felt expendable and unappreciated for their work and would like to receive higher pay.
"The program should have been long in place before I arrived at Saint Mary's," said Williams, "I am very pleased to see the program in its second year."
Many students are paid out of their work study package and the departments on campus have reliable, responsible student employees as an addition.
"All in all, it's a win-win situation," said Williams, "students getting paid out of their financial aid package and being able to celebrate their accomplishments and hard work."
Students are able to build trust within the departments and are given special projects to handle. Williams also said, "I hope as the years go by this program becomes bigger and better than the previous year."
Last year's student employee of the year Patrick Dunigan '06 said, "I was very surprised at the program and did not know that it had existed. I was pleased to see it done for the students." Dunigan also said that "it was good to see the school acknowledge the students, workers, and all of their hard work and long hours they put in."
As the winner of last year's Student Employee of the Year Dunigan had his name engraved on a plaque which hangs in Filippi Hall. An Saint Mary's coach's jersey, a basketball t-shirt with the teams' signatures, and a gift certificate to the bookstore were also given to Dunigan.
However, Dunigan would like to see more publicity of this event. "I have a good deal of friends who are student workers that have no idea about this program or that it even existed," he said. Dunigan also hopes that as the years go on the celebration will get bigger and better.
Various departments on campus have been able to nominate their student employee of the year. All votes will be tallied and the announcement will be made at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 28 in the Filippi Hall Lounge. The winner will be presented with a plaque with their name engraved on it.
"Student Employee Appreciation Week started for colleges and campuses to acknowledge and recognize their student workers," said Williams.
Student Employee Appreciation Week is a way to publicly thank student employees for their hard work, contributions, and dedication to their jobs. Williams said that student workers are a critical element in the day-to-day workings of many offices.
"Offices cannot really function well without the help of our student employees," said Williams.
This is Saint Mary's second year of partaking in festivities after a task force was developed last year in response to student workers' feedback of how they felt expendable and unappreciated for their work and would like to receive higher pay.
"The program should have been long in place before I arrived at Saint Mary's," said Williams, "I am very pleased to see the program in its second year."
Many students are paid out of their work study package and the departments on campus have reliable, responsible student employees as an addition.
"All in all, it's a win-win situation," said Williams, "students getting paid out of their financial aid package and being able to celebrate their accomplishments and hard work."
Students are able to build trust within the departments and are given special projects to handle. Williams also said, "I hope as the years go by this program becomes bigger and better than the previous year."
Last year's student employee of the year Patrick Dunigan '06 said, "I was very surprised at the program and did not know that it had existed. I was pleased to see it done for the students." Dunigan also said that "it was good to see the school acknowledge the students, workers, and all of their hard work and long hours they put in."
As the winner of last year's Student Employee of the Year Dunigan had his name engraved on a plaque which hangs in Filippi Hall. An Saint Mary's coach's jersey, a basketball t-shirt with the teams' signatures, and a gift certificate to the bookstore were also given to Dunigan.
However, Dunigan would like to see more publicity of this event. "I have a good deal of friends who are student workers that have no idea about this program or that it even existed," he said. Dunigan also hopes that as the years go on the celebration will get bigger and better.
Various departments on campus have been able to nominate their student employee of the year. All votes will be tallied and the announcement will be made at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 28 in the Filippi Hall Lounge. The winner will be presented with a plaque with their name engraved on it.