Coming Soon: April 7-11
The National Student Employment Week is celebrated annually by the National Student Employment Association the second week of April. This year, it will be observed April 7-11, 2025. The week showcases the importance of student employment in higher education, recognizes those students who perform outstanding work while in college, and thanks employers who hire and make the program such a success!
The Student Employment Team is looking forward to celebrating and honoring Monmouth University’s student employees and supervisors. We will be having some great giveaways and other events starting Monday, April 7. The Student Employee and Supervisor of the Year recipients will be announced during the week via the Student Employment website and social media.
The Purpose of the Week
- To enhance awareness of student employment and its important role in higher education experience.
- To recognize and reward the vital work that our student employees perform both on and off campus while attending college.
- To thank all the employers, who hire students for part-time positions and make the student employment program such a success.
Stay tuned for more information about upcoming events!
Nominations Begin in January for Student Employee and Supervisor of the Year
Student Employee of the Year 2025
Nomination Deadline: Friday, Feb. 7.
Student employees play an important role in all aspects at Monmouth University. Student Employment annually partners with NSEA (National Student Employment Association) to recognize the best student employees from campuses across the country. Supervisors can recognize outstanding employees by nominating a student who goes beyond, exhibits enthusiasm, dedication, and makes a difference in their departments.
Eligibility Criteria
- Students must currently be enrolled at the nominating institution
- Students must be in an undergraduate program
- Maintain a minimum G.P.A of 2.5
- Previous winners cannot be nominated again, but previous nominees are eligible.
Instructions
Supervisors may nominate by emailing a letter of recommendation & cover letter of who they feel deserve recognition for their outstanding job performance. Please email studemploy@monmouth.edu by the nomination deadline, Feb. 7, 2025.
Supervisors will nominate students by submitting a letter (two-page maximum) with the following requirements:
- Supervisors may nominate their students in one of five categories:
- Community Service
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Leadership
- Technology and Innovation
- Critical Thinking
- Supervisors will submit a cover letter with the following information:
- Student nominee’s name
- Student nominee’s email address
- Student nominee’s job title and department
- Supervisor nominator’s name
- Supervisor nominator’s email
Only one nomination per student will be accepted and departments may nominate multiple students as a group, limited to three students per single nomination by one supervisor.
Institutions will choose their winner by using the point scale outlined by NSEA. Nominations are read by a selection committee of readers comprised of a cross-section of staff from around campus.
Readers rank the nominations, using the attributes above, and the winner(s) are determined by the readers scores.
The student selected as Student Employee of the Year will be recognized during the week of National Student Employment Week in April! Also, that student will also be submitted to the Northeast Association of Student Employment Administrators (NEASEA) for consideration for national recognition.
Supervisor of the Year 2025
Nomination Deadline: Monday, Feb. 17, by 5 p.m.
The annual Monmouth University Supervisor of the Year program is officially underway! This is a nationally sponsored program (National Student Employment Association and Northeast Student Employment Association). 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.
Students may nominate supervisors whom they feel warrant particular recognition for their performance on the job. Nominations will be judged on the abilities of the supervisor, specifically: integrating students as members of the staff, guidance and mentoring, initiative, and alignment with mission of college/department.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible for consideration, supervisors must be nominated by an hourly student employee
- The nominee must have supervised the work of at least one student employee for a minimum of six months part-time (or three months full-time), during the selection period, and must be employed by the institution or have a formal student employment relationship with the school.
- The election period is for work performed Fall 2024 into the Spring 2025.
- Supervisors of all hourly student employees are eligible for consideration.
- Please email Student Employment at studemploy@monmouth.edu the letter of nomination (two-page limit), please include a cover letter.
- Supervisor nominee’s name
- Supervisor nominee’s email address
- Supervisor nominee’s job title and department
- Student nominator’s name
- Student nominator’s email
The supervisor selected as Supervisor of the Year will be recognized during the week of National Student Employment Week in April! We look forward to receiving your nominations!
The deadline for nominations is Monday, Feb. 17, by 5 p.m.