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For twenty-two years, the Student Employee of the Year (SEOTY) Program has recognized numerous student employees across the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa (UHM). Over the past two decades the SEOTY program collaborated with the other campuses in the UH System to recognize their employees as well.
Marc Marquez is the 2008 SEOTY overall winner
Four students have won cash scholarships and recognition in the 23rd Annual Student Employee of the Year (SEOTY) Awards Ceremony held on April 10 at the UH Mânoa Campus Center.
The overall winner is Marc Marquez, a graphic design major and a computer clerical specialist for the Curriculum Research & Development Group in the College of Education. He received $750 for winning the SEOTY award. In addition, he received $50 for being selected the overall state winner and $100 for winning the regional award sponsored by the Western Association of Student Employment Administrators (WASEA). Marquez was chosen from 600 nominees for the WASEA award. A part of CRDG’s technology support team since 2006, Marquez was nominated by Mark Yap, Technology Support Manager, who also received the student employee of the year award in 2000.
The category winner is Daniel Carbone, an art major and a student assistant in the Department of Art & Art History. Carbone will receive $500. He was nominated by Lisa Yoshihara, art gallery director. Marquez and Carbone will have their names placed on the President’s Trophy that is on display in the Queen Lili‘uokalani Center for Student Services.
The following two finalists each received $250 scholarships:
Ruby Ng, a psychology major and a clerical specialist in the Institute for Higher Education in the College of Education. Ng was nominated by faculty in the ITE Secondary Program. Monica Tan, interdisciplinary studies, a student assistant in the Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Science. Tan was nominated by Colleen Bird, institutional support specialist.
Important Dates
| Date | Description |
| November 16, 2007 | SEOTY Kick-Off (Nomination Forms Available) Nov. 16, 2007 - SEOTY Craft Fair & Silent Auction |
| January 14, 2008 | RSVP Luncheon Forms Available |
| February 02, 2008 | Nomination Forms Deadline Feb. 25, 2008 - Nominee Picture Taking Begins |
| March 14, 2008 | RSVP Forms & Money Deadline |
| April 10, 2008 | UHM SEOTY Awards Program & Luncheon |
History of the Program
Our SEOTY Program and Awards Ceremony was developed before a Regional and National Competition was put together by the Western Association of Student Employment Administrators and the National Student Employment Association (NSEA), respectively. The idea for this recognition program on our campus was developed by Myrtle Ching-Rappa, Director of the former Student Employment & Cooperative Education Office, the department that initially held the event.
The SEOTY Program has proven our excellence with many outstanding student employees. Many of them have become State Winners and Regional Winners; we were also blessed with having a National Winner. The year that NSEA held the 1st Annual National Student Employee of the Year Awards, UHM’s Student Employee of the Year 1995, Teresa Lui, became the very first national winner.
Improvements to the SEOTY Program
Plans are underway to improve on the SEOTY Program. For Student Employee of the Year 2008, we want to change up the program and other events than what we have been used to in the past few years. Everything needs a change, and it’s time for SEOTY to enter this process. Over the years, we have expanded by including other campuses in the UH System and introduced a new category into the SEOTY Program, the Student Employee Team of the Year! Some ideas include, but are not limited to:
- Mini-Craft Fair on the day of our Awards Ceremony
- A change in the Event Program at the luncheon.
- Sponsorships from other organizations to enlarge the event.
- Increase our spectrum of advertising.
Still have questions about SEOTY?
If you have any questions about the Student Employee of the Year program send an email to cdseda@hawaii.edu
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