Department of Human Resources
Office of Student Employment

Who can nominate:

Co-worker, supervisor, department head, director or dean

Student Employee Eligibility:

• Must be employed by the University of Minnesota Duluth
• Must be employed through College Work Study or Miscellaneous Student Employment
• Must be either a graduate or undergraduate student. Resident Advisors, Graduate Assistants, or Teaching Assistants are not eligible
• Must have worked for a period of 3 months full-time or 6 months part-time between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009
• Must be performing student employee jobs

Step-by-Step Instruction in Nominating your Student Employee:

Step 1: Review the above Guidelines in Nominating Your Student for the "Student Employee of the Year" competition to determine the eligibility of your student employee.

Step 2: Fill out the Nomination Form. Please take note that Nominations of the three winners will be posted online. Submitting a Nomination Form gives UMD Human Resources permission to publish your nomination online if your candidate is selected as a winner.

SAMPLE NOMINATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT:

UMD Nomination Forms from previous years
http://www.d.umn.edu/umdhr/studentjobs/nsew/winners.htm

Nomination Forms of NSEA (National Student Employment Association) "National Student Employee of the Year" Past Winners
http://www.nsea.info/SEOTYwinletters.asp

Step 3: Submit the Nomination Form by February 13, 2009 to UMD Department of Human Resources.

by paper copy:

Barb Gundersen
UMD Department of Human Resources
255 Darland Administration Building
Duluth MN 55812

by email: (We encourage you to send the Nomination Form to our office electronically via email. You can type in your name on the Signature section. The nominee's email account must be used to submit the nomination electronically which will serve as your Signature.

bgunders@d.umn.edu

Selection Criteria (Students will be evaluated on the following criterias):

1. Reliability
2. Quality of Work
3. Initiative
4. Professionalism
5. Uniqueness of Contribution (In case of a tie, uniqueness of contribution is the deciding factor.)

Number of Awards:

1. UMD Student Employee of the Year
2. First Runner Up
3. Second Runner Up

If you have any questions, please call the Office of Student Employment at 218-726-8297 or e-mail bgunders@d.umn.edu.