2023 Student Employee of the year

Student Employee of the year

The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, in conjunction with the National Association of Student Employment Administrators, is holding its 34th annual Student Employee of the Year Program.

Each year, one outstanding UCCS student employee is chosen as Student Employee of the Year. The selected student receives a $200 award from the Student Employment Office and is entered in the regional and state competitions.

Click here to see past winners!

Sana Hamad

2023 Student Employee of the year

Sana epitomizes dedication to student success, faculty and staff support, and commitment to quality in both the mechanical engineering department and UCCS. I consider Sana exemplary in every aspect, and am actively encouraging her to consider graduate school in a selfish attempt to keep her working for us as long as possible! Sana’s natural mentoring has had a significant impact on students campus wide. As coordinator for MAE advising, I tend to get anecdotal feedback from students on our staff.

Sana has a reputation amongst the students for being the one to go to when they have questions or need help with anything. Sana is the best at setting aside her personal biases, asking as many questions as needed to fully understand issues and tasks, and then complete them at a level of expertise of a long-term staff member Sana recognized that our help center tutors needed more orientation so took it upon herself to develop a process to welcome them, address their concerns, and make them welcome and confident in their role.

Nominating a Student

Supervisors may nominate any number of student employees for Student Employee of the Year by submitting a Campus Nomination Form and a one page Submission Letter. Up to three letters of reference may also be submitted and will be used in judging the UCCS competition only.

Return the completed forms to the Student Employment Office by 4:00pm, Friday, February 2, 2024. (the Campus Nomination Form and one page Submission Letter are word documents which should be completed and submitted via the Campus Nomination Form link and adding attachments.  Late nomination forms will not be accepted.

Students must meet the following criteria in order to be nominated:

  1. Students must be work study, hourly or salaried student
    employees at UCCS.
  2. Students must have completed or expect to complete at least
    six months of part-time or three months of full-time employment
    with UCCS between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.
  3. Students must be in a UCCS degree program and enrolled in at least a half-time
    credit load for both fall and spring terms.

The Student Employment Advisory Committee will select the winner.