National Student Employment Week

National Student Employment Week is celebrated across the nation during the first part of April. As a part of this week, Student Employment Services encourages campus employers to recognize the work done by their student employees. Employers honor their student employees during this time in many ways: taking the student employee out to lunch or coffee, luncheons or department banquets, certificates, thank you letters, to name a few. The culmination of events this week is marked by the announcement of Colorado State's Student Employee of the Year.

Student Employee Recognition Ideas

Treat Day--full-time staff bring in treats for student workers or take students out for an ice cream cone, coffee, or snack.

Letters of Appreciation or Letters of Reference

Take photos--post student worker photos on the department bulletin board along with what great things they do for your department

Coupon booklets--design coupons for free soda, home-baked goodies, etc.

Notes home--send a note home to the families of your student workers to tell them how much they are appreciated, what they do, and how terrific they are.

Certificates--buy or make low cost certificates and make up serious or silly awards and present them to your student employees.

Friendship plants--take cuttings from an office plant and give to each student employee as a "live" connection to the office.

Office decoration--make a banner or signs to hang in the office during National Student Employment Week, or decorate with a fun theme.

Office pot luck meal--host an office pot luck with the student employees as guests of honor.