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Student Employee of the Year Competition
The UT Austin Student Employee of the Year Award is given annually to an outstanding student employee who has made a unique contribution to the university and has demonstrated exceptional reliability, quality of work, initiative, and professionalism.
The winner received an award of $500 and was recognized, along with all the nominees, at an event sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs on April 8, 2013. The event is part of UT Austin’s celebration of National Student Employee Appreciation Week, April 7–13, 2013. Please visit Celebrating Student Employees for tips and tools for recognizing the student employees in your unit.
The Student Employee of the Year program is supported by donations to the University Operations Student Employee Recognition Program fund. Donations in any amount are welcome!
2012-2013 Student Employee of the Year Award
We are pleased to recognize Kevin J. Luecke (pictured), Undergraduate Research Assistant in the College of Natural Sciences, Department of Astronomy - McDonald Observatory, as The University of Texas at Austin’s 2012-2013 Student Employee of the Year. Please take a moment to view the video about Kevin produced by the Division of Student Affairs.
In addition, the following 10 students were selected as Finalists in the 2012-2013 competition:
Carlissa Garcia, Student Associate, Division of Continuing and Innovative Education, K-16 Education Center
Jennifer Ibara, Student Associate, University Health Services
Julian Joseph, Senior Student Associate, College of Education, Learning Technology Center
Franciso Loredo, Senior Student Associate, Red McCombs School of Business, Department of Accounting
Crystal Nguyen, Undergraduate Research Assistant, School of Social Work, Center for Social Work Research
Joshua Poncik, Student Assistant, Jackson School of Geosciences, Institute for Geophysics
Faith Shin, Student Associate, Facilities Services, Campus Environmental Center
Courtney Sweebe, Resident Assistant, Division of Housing and Food Service, Residence Life
Megan Trumeter, Student Associate, Division of Housing and Food Service, Human Resources
Stormie Wilfong, Senior Student Associate, Intercollegiate Athletics
Pictured on left (l-r): Julian Joseph, Crystal Nguyen, Carlissa Garcia, Megan Trumeter, Stormie Wilfong, Courtney Sweebe, Jenny Ibara, Kevin Luecke
Seventy-three exceptional student employees were nominated in the 2012-2013 competition. Our congratulations to each of them!
- Download the complete list of 2012-2013 nominees [PDF]
2011-2012 Student Employee of the Year Award
Bianca Wugofski (pictured on left), Student Associate at Texas Performing Arts, was selected as The University of Texas at Austin’s 2011-2012 Student Employee of the Year.
• View the Division of Student Affairs’ video interview with Bianca, filmed at the 2012 Student Employee Recognition event
• Download the complete list of 2011-2012 nominees and finalists [PDF]
2010-2011 Student Employee of the Year Award
On April 4, 2011, Brandon Okafor (pictured on left), Student Associate in the Jackson School of Geosciences, was presented The University of Texas at Austin’s first Student Employee of the Year Award.
• Download the complete list of 2010-2011 nominees and finalists [PDF]
