Sirius Award

For Student Employee of the Year
Application

Over the years student employees have made valuable contributions to the YSU workforce. Often these employees manage full-time academic schedules and participate in campus activities in addition to working part-time. The commitment these students make in balancing the responsibilities of work and school deserves special acknowledgment.

Purpose: This award recognizes student employees who have made outstanding contributions to their employers. If you have a student employee whom you feel is worthy of special recognition, we encourage you to nominate him or her.

Criteria:

  • The student you nominate should have worked for you a period of at least one semester, and be a full-time, undergraduate student at YSU. 
  • Demonstrated skills and commitment that go above and beyond expectations
  • Demonstrated growth or competency in the following areas:
    • Reliability
    • Initiative
    • Uniqueness of Contribution
    • Adaptability
    • Quality of Work-Professionalism
    • Community and Campus Service
    • Disposition/Attitude


Selection: The Sirius Award will be awarded by the Student Awards Committee based on the evaluation by the employer as indicated on the nomination form.

Application Questions:

  1. Why is this student deserving of this recognition?  Be sure to include in what ways they have gone above and beyond your expectations.
  2. Please identify one or two of these qualities (Reliability, Initiative, Uniqueness of Contribution, Adaptability, Quality of Work, Professionalism, Community and Campus Service, and Disposition/Attitude)

PAST SIRIUS RECIPIENTS

  • 2023     Kira Bowman & Clayton Ketterer
  • 2022     Riley Campbell & Julianna Johnson
  • 2021     Veronica Erjavec
  • 2020     Bailey Simon
  • 2019     Ashley Lemasters
  • 2018     Joseph Sebest
  • 2017     Tyler-Alexis MacDonald
  • 2016     Ali Morris
  • 2015     Hope Bobonik
  • 2014     Eric Filicky
  • 2014     William Macomber
  • 2013     Matthew Benton