{"id":22191,"date":"2026-03-31T16:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/?page_id=22191"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:57:09","slug":"student-employee-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Employment Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"FALL2017_AerialPhotos_01\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2020\/12\/FALL2017_AerialPhotos_01-1600x1161.jpg');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t@media all and ( min-width: 960px ) {\n\t\t\t#site-panel__image-overlay-6a9589177f7e4 {\n\t\t\t\theight: 500px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n    \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-6a9589177f7e4\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay--no-ribbon horz-center vert-middle\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">National Student Employment Week (April 13-17, 2026) is an opportunity for colleges and universities across the country to recognize and celebrate the contributions of student employees. At St. Olaf College, student workers play a vital role in our community while simultaneously gaining skills and experience for the future workforce.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the College\u2019s participation in National Student Employment Week, we will be honoring the outstanding contributions of student employees and supervisors.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We are proud to present the nominees for Supervisor of the Year and Student Employee of the Year below!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"winners-for-2025-2026-supervisor-of-the-year\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Winners for 2025-2026 Supervisor of the Year<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22283\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/image-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/image-2-e1775223404493.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"230,226\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image (2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/image-2-e1775223404493.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-22283 aligncenter\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/image-2-e1775223404493.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"226\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Rick Parris<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Stav Dining Manager<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Bon Appetit<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891780783\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891780783\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\u201cWorking at Stav is a commitment\u2013you have to stand there for long hours and constantly move your body. [Rick\u2019s] small greetings always gave us great motivation to work. I have learned to be compassionate, kind, calm in hectic situations, and friendly from him.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22284\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/image-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/image.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1551\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/image-1024x993.jpeg\" class=\" wp-image-22284 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/image-300x291.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"223\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Tara HuptoN<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Assistant Director of Academic Support &#8211;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>SOAR, Tutoring, and Student Success<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Academic Success Center<\/h4>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891780cfe\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891780cfe\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;Tara always makes sure to meaningfully listen to the feedback and insights that my fellow Mentors and I provide, and I can tell she genuinely cares about what we have to say. She treats us like colleagues and gives us a genuine stake in the SOAR program, which has made me feel more respected as part of a team than I ever have in any other setting.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22285\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/image-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/image-1-e1775224690999.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1067,1037\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/image-1-e1775224690999-1024x995.jpeg\" class=\" wp-image-22285 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/image-1-e1775224690999-300x292.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"226\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Mary doroff<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Assistant Director of Academic Support &#8211;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Supplemental Instruction and Tutoring<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Academic Success Center<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a958917815ad\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a958917815ad\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\u201cI am nominating Mary Doroff because she works endlessly to better the success of Oles while seeing the tutors and SI leaders as more than just employees\u2026.All in all, Mary is a supervisor worthy of this award because of her great organizational and problem-solving skills, on top of her dedication to allowing Oles succeed academically and caring for her employees.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22289\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/image-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/image-2-e1775224855387.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1067,1027\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image (2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/image-2-e1775224855387-1024x986.jpeg\" class=\" wp-image-22289 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/image-2-e1775224855387-300x289.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Lukas John Wymer<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Associate Director of Student Activities<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>for Programmatic Initiatives<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Office of Student Activities<\/h4>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891781a9d\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891781a9d\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;I am nominating Lukas Wymer for the Supervisor of the Year award as thanks for his immense and ongoing contributions to developing student leadership skills and cultivating campus community through social programming. Lukas supports [us] by prioritizing student-employee wellbeing, providing student-workers with agency in their roles, and maintaining his responsibilities while increasing the number of student-employees under his supervisory umbrella from less than 20 to over 100.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"nominees-for-2025-2026-student-employee-of-the-year-in-leadership\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Nominees for 2025-2026 Student Employee of the Year in Leadership<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22299\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/screenshot-2026-04-07-151650\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-151650-e1775593219639.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"459,487\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-04-07 151650\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-151650-e1775593219639.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-22299 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-151650-e1775593219639-283x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Tashani Williams &#8217;26<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Writing Tutor and Lead Tutor<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Academic Success Center Writing Desk<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Leadership Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Bridget Draxler <\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178245d\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178245d\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Tashani stands out for her commitment to promoting collaboration between the Writing Desk and the science departments. She has created targeted advertisements for science majors, trained writing tutors in ways to tutor scientific writing, and hosted personal statement workshops for students applying to graduate school in the sciences. Tashani has also led efforts to train her fellow tutors in inclusive tutoring practices, such as Critical Language Awareness, a line of research in composition studies that focuses on language prejudice and language justice.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178252e\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178252e\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;Tashani is both intellectually and personally engaged with the complex ways in which language and identity connect, and the complicated systems of power and agency at play every time we put words to paper. This deep understanding of the connection between language and privilege underscores Tashani\u2019s approach to writing tutoring.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22300\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/e9b071a1-8d18-4368-9085-b6e84d15ef70_1_105_c\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/E9B071A1-8D18-4368-9085-B6E84D15EF70_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"886,886\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Artist&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;LEICA M11-P&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1712991868&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;A2M2&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"E9B071A1-8D18-4368-9085-B6E84D15EF70_1_105_c\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/E9B071A1-8D18-4368-9085-B6E84D15EF70_1_105_c.jpeg\" class=\" wp-image-22300 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/E9B071A1-8D18-4368-9085-B6E84D15EF70_1_105_c-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Steffen Montville &#8217;28<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Biology Department Office Assistant<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>Biology &amp; Environmental Studies Department<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Leadership Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Kathie Towler\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a958917829fe\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a958917829fe\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Steffen&#8217;s supervisor noted his enthusiasm and initiative as an office assistant. When tasked with workroom supply inventory, he created a new shared inventory form that significantly improved the process. He has shown a remarkable ability to apply what he has learned at work to help others in the department, even if it is not a part of his formal work duties. Steffen is always eager to help, even when it means volunteering for extra hours and additional responsibilities.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891782abd\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891782abd\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;Whether [Steffen] is completing a rather mundane task like loading paper in the copy machine or helping design and set up our Honors Day poster session, he can be counted on to take the job and run with it. He is a natural leader, and people want to follow him and participate.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22336\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/screenshot-2026-04-08-082524\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-08-082524-e1775654794888.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"536,556\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-04-08 082524\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-08-082524-e1775654794888.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-22336 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-08-082524-e1775654794888-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"225\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Emilia Holm &#8217;27<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Student Greenhouse Manager<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Biology &amp; Environmental Studies Department<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Leadership Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Jake Grossman\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px; text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178326d\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178326d\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Emilia plays a number of critical roles related to day-to-day operations in the greenhouse, including setting the student worker schedule and co-planning tasks like fertilization, pruning, repotting, propogation, and pest control. Her excellent work has allowed the development of new initiatives, such as expanded social media presence, in-person outreach events, and a systematic catalogue of the permanent collections.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178332a\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178332a\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;Not only is [Emilia] a pleasure to work with, always professional, and incredibly conscientious, but she really shines in her ability to marshal a team of student workers to do their best work. In the way that good leaders do, Emilia has motivated a group of individuals to become a team.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22344\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/screenshot-2026-04-08-084635\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-08-084635-e1775656037422.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"437,497\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-04-08 084635\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-08-084635-e1775656037422.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-22344 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-08-084635-e1775656037422-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Brekken Modory &#8217;26<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">WINNER<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Lead Circulation Desk Student Worker<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>LITS\/Library<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Leadership Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Susan Fiser\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a958917837d7\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a958917837d7\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Brekken is a strong leader who effectively communicates with a wide variety of people, collaborates and takes initiative when working with others, and shows respect for everyone with whom he interacts. He has a natural ability to work with library patrons and has been an excellent role model for the new student workers he trains. As an Education major, Brekken has also provided constructive feedback on the training methods used at the library and helped to improve communication and check-in methods for new student workers in particular.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178389f\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178389f\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;Whether [Brekken] is helping a student worker learn a new task, walking a patron through how to request an item online, or collaborating with staff, his leadership qualities have helped make the library-and our department- a kinder, more inclusive, and overall better place to be.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"nominee-for-2025-2026-student-employee-of-the-year-in-community-service\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Nominee for 2025-2026 Student Employee of the Year in Community Service<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22313\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/screenshot-2026-04-07-154629\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-154629-e1775594925539.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"432,465\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-04-07 154629\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-154629-e1775594925539.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-22313 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-154629-e1775594925539-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Elsa pRIEST &#8217;28<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">WINNER<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Community Recreation Birthday Parties Leader<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Community-Based Work Study<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Community Service Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Melissa Bernhard (NPSR)<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a958917840d5\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a958917840d5\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Elsa has played an important part in the success and growth of the community birthday party program by creating positive experiences for families in the Northfield Public Schools community. Her supervisor noted her responsibility and dependability, as well as her ease in building positive relationships with families, party attendees, and staff on site.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178418d\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178418d\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;Elsa has become an integral part of our Community Education birthday party program, and her impact is felt by families, staff, and participants. She represents the very best of what a college work study student can be, engaged, thoughtful, dependable, and driven by genuine joy in serving others.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"nominees-for-2025-2026-student-employee-of-the-year-in-social-impact-belonging\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Nominees for 2025-2026 Student Employee of the Year in Social Impact &amp; Belonging<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22311\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/screenshot-2026-04-07-154433\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-154433.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"737,780\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-04-07 154433\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-154433.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-22311 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-154433-283x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">jEAN bUTLER &#8217;26<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">WINNER<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Writing Tutor and Lead Tutor<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>Academic Success Center Writing Desk<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Social Impact &amp; Belonging Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Bridget Draxler\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891784967\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891784967\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Jean is deeply committed to empowering writers, especially those who identify as neurodiverse. Her project work has focused on accessibility for neurodiverse writers with an emphasis on the strategic use of AI. She was selected this year to represent students on the Provost&#8217;s AI task force as a result of her excellent research on writing tutoring in the age of AI and how to use generative AI to eliminate barriers for students with neurodiversity while retaining author agency.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891784a17\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891784a17\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;Jean is inquisitive and tenacious, passionate about data, and committed to access and inclusivity. In particular, Jean\u2019s leadership on disability access and AI best practices have made her an outstanding student employee.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22315\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/screenshot-2026-04-07-155044\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-155044-e1775595178551.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"489,551\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-04-07 155044\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-155044-e1775595178551.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-22315 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-155044-e1775595178551-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Evan Atchison &#8217;26<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>New Student Orientation Coordinator<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Orientation &amp; Transition Experiences<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Social Impact &amp; Belonging Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Sarah Jurewicz<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891784e96\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891784e96\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Mary and Evan consistently centered the First-year student experience in their planning for New Student Orientation this fall. They wanted to make sure that the programming had the maximum positive impact on new students and gave them the most possible opportunities to meet new Oles. They provided an incredibly friendly and approachable demeanor in the face of the myriad of questions from new Oles and more experienced SOAR leaders helping with the events. Their reliable presence made the process move as smoothly as possible for everyone.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891784f48\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891784f48\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;Throughout NSO I observed both Mary and Evan, in separate spaces, help not only new students, but also, the upperclass student SOAR leaders with a myriad of concerns. Their reliable presence bridged incoming students\u2019 summer preparation phase into the start of the first semester of college as they tirelessly provided their service however they could.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"2\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22312\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/screenshot-2026-04-07-154528\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-154528-e1775594843197.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"432,452\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-04-07 154528\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-154528-e1775594843197.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-22312 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-154528-e1775594843197-287x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Mary Yelick &#8217;26<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>New Student Orientation Coordinator<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Orientation &amp; Transition Experiences<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Social Impact &amp; Belonging Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Sarah Jurewicz<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891785392\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891785392\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Mary and Evan consistently centered the First-year student experience in their planning for New Student Orientation this fall. They wanted to make sure that the programming had the maximum positive impact on new students and gave them the most possible opportunities to meet new Oles. They provided an incredibly friendly and approachable demeanor in the face of the myriad of questions from new Oles and more experienced SOAR leaders helping with the events. Their reliable presence made the process move as smoothly as possible for everyone.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891785455\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891785455\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;Throughout NSO I observed both Mary and Evan, in separate spaces, help not only new students, but also, the upperclass student SOAR leaders with a myriad of concerns. Their reliable presence bridged incoming students\u2019 summer preparation phase into the start of the first semester of college as they tirelessly provided their service however they could.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22337\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/screenshot-2026-04-08-082700\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-08-082700.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"412,398\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-04-08 082700\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-08-082700.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-22337 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-08-082700-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">James Taylor &#8217;27<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>SSSD Peer Leader<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Student Support Services for Students with Disabilities<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Social Impact &amp; Belonging Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Dana Zimmerman\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891785b66\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891785b66\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">James has become a driving force in building a more inclusive campus community with TRIO SSSD. He recognizes the challenges that students with disabilities face to joining events on campus, and he takes an active role in making sure they can participate fully. While driving a school van to school functions and local events, he creates a &#8220;brave space&#8221; for students to discuss their identities and challenges and feel a real sense of inclusion and belonging at St. Olaf.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891785c2e\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891785c2e\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;James Taylor embodies the spirit of the St. Olaf student worker: he is a collaborator, a leader, and a dedicated advocate. His work with SSSD has directly impacted the retention and well-being of our first-year students, fostering an environment where disability is recognized as a vital part of campus diversity.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22328\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/img_4240\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_4240-e1775596756559.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1877,1907\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4240\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_4240-e1775596756559-1008x1024.jpeg\" class=\" wp-image-22328 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_4240-e1775596756559-295x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Jinn Yang &#8217;26<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Lead Circulation Desk Student Worker<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>LITS\/Library<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Social Impact &amp; Belonging Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Susan Fiser\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891786084\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891786084\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Jinn has had a transformative impact on the way that shifts are transferred and covered at the circulation desk, helping student workers balance the many demands of school, work, and life on campus. In doing so, he has created a sense of belonging within the department by opening up new connections between student workers who may not otherwise work together. His reliability and knowledge make him an excellent trainer and mentor for new student workers who join the team.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891786125\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891786125\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;&#8230;Jinn\u2019s efforts&#8230;have greatly improved our student workers&#8217; ability to balance work, school, and their social life. [Jinn] has helped create a space where students feel comfortable asking questions, working problems out on their own, and making lasting connections with their coworkers, even if they have never known or worked with each other before.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"nominees-for-2025-2026-student-employee-of-the-year-in-critical-thinking\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Nominees for 2025-2026 Student Employee of the Year in Critical Thinking<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22316\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/screenshot-2026-04-07-155233\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-155233-e1775595257473.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"595,626\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-04-07 155233\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-155233-e1775595257473.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-22316 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-155233-e1775595257473-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Rania Abdul Hafiz &#8217;26<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">WINNER<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Sports Medicine Student Assistant<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Athletics (Sport Medicine)<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Critical Thinking Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Tyler Keith<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a958917868f1\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a958917868f1\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Rania goes beyond just performing assigned tasks and actively works to understand what injuries are being assessed, how they are assessed, what tests are being used, how to educate student athletes on their injuries, and the benefits of their treatment. She applies her growing knowledge to helping educate other Sports Medicine Assistants. Rania has also built on the foundation of her student work to receive internships and apply to graduate schools to further her education in the field.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a958917869a0\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a958917869a0\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;[Rania] being our most trusted employee of the cohort is based on her ability to use the knowledge base that has grown over the past few years and apply it to the task at hand. Her critical thinking ability has helped her navigate challenges independent of our professional staff that have saved us both effort and work hours.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22301\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/senf-20\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Senf-20-e1775593569489.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1242,1290\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Senf-20\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Senf-20-e1775593569489-986x1024.jpeg\" class=\" wp-image-22301 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Senf-20-e1775593569489-289x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">sOLVEIG sENF &#8217;27<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Economics Department Teaching Assistant<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Economics Department<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Critical Thinking Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Allison Luedtke<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891786e02\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891786e02\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Solveig has demonstrated exceptional abilities in her Economics coursework, which has led her to be an excellent Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant. She has supported her supervisor in auditing data for her current research projects and developing code to analyze it. Her supevisor noted that Solveig precisely assesses complex mathematical sets in her role as a teaching assistant and regularly brings up insightful questions that help her consider new perspectives on the projects assigned in the course.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891786ea3\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891786ea3\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;Solveig has consistently shown herself to have some of the strongest critical thinking skills of any student I\u2019ve worked with in my time at St. Olaf. I feel fortunate to have benefited from those skills, both in my teaching and research.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22307\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/screenshot-2026-04-07-153648\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-153648-e1775594283741.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"618,632\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-04-07 153648\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-153648-e1775594283741.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-22307 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-153648-e1775594283741-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Ella Hansen &#8217;26<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Senior Admissions Fellow<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><em>Admissions Office<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Critical Thinking Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Lily Nelson<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a958917875b0\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a958917875b0\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Ella takes on complex projects with care, accuracy, and long-term planning. She approaches challenging assignments with curiosity and determination, and she takes the time to understand a project before moving forward. She also consistently brings new perspectives and innovative solutions to her team and helps transform abstract ideas into actionable plans.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178766c\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178766c\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;Ella exemplifies the qualities this award seeks to recognize: analytical ability, creativity, initiative, and strong idea generation. Her consistent excellence, thoughtful problem-solving, and positive impact make her highly deserving of the Student Employee of the Year Critical Thinking Award.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22308\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/dsc01449-1200x799\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/DSC01449-1200x799-1-e1775594351231.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"658,678\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC01449-1200&amp;#215;799\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/DSC01449-1200x799-1-1024x682.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-22308 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/DSC01449-1200x799-1-e1775594351231-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Kenzie Nguyen &#8217;26<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Lead Circulation Desk Student Worker<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>LITS\/Library<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Critical Thinking Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Susan Fiser<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891787b64\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891787b64\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Kenzie excels at working with library patrons to help them find resources and connect them to the appropriate staff members for additional support. She is always willing to voice her opinions, which has led to various improvements in library seating, training materials for new student workers, and management of the reference room. Most notably, Kenzie has taken the lead on handling several safety-related incidents at the library, including the police alert about an armed person in the area this fall.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891787c25\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891787c25\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;Working at the library circulation desks always requires quick thinking and the ability problem solve, which [Kenzie] has done in a variety of situations; from helping patrons find the library items they are looking for, to training new student workers, and helping keep the library safe.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"nominees-for-2025-2026-student-employee-of-the-year-in-technology-and-innovation\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Nominees for 2025-2026 Student Employee of the Year in Technology and Innovation<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22302\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/sophia-fuhrmann\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Sophia-Fuhrmann-e1775593675886.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1587,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sophia Fuhrmann\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Sophia-Fuhrmann-e1775593675886-952x1024.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-22302 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Sophia-Fuhrmann-e1775593675886-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Sophia Fuhrmann &#8217;27<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">WINNER<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Senior Admissions Fellow<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><em>Admissions Office<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Technology &amp; Innovation Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Lily Nelson<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178851d\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178851d\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Sophia currently serves as the leader of the Student\/Faculty Connections Program, which facilitates personalized connections between current faculty and students and prospective students. When she stepped into the role, she worked with her supervisor to identify opportunities to improve existing tools and revamp the program. Her skill and speed at using Excel and the Admissions Office&#8217;s CRM system, Slate, has streamlined the program and made it more effective for everyone involved.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a958917885da\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a958917885da\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;Sophia&#8217;s work on the Student\/Faculty Connections Program and with other Visit team projects has gone above and beyond her job description. By combining creativity, technical skill, and dedication, she has left a lasting impact on our office and the experiences of prospective students.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22282\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/img_5113\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_5113-e1775594424371.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1050,1197\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_5113\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_5113-e1775594424371-898x1024.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-22282 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_5113-e1775594424371-263x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Shahad Alothman &#8217;27<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>DiSCO Student Manager for Creativity and Innovation<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>LITS\/Digital Scholarship Center<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Technology &amp; Innovation Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Don Ezra Plemons<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891788afa\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891788afa\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Shahad creates in various media, including 3D printing, multi-color printing, sewing, painting, and drawing. Her most noteworthy achievement was securing a $2500 gift to the St. Olaf DiSCO by sharing her passion, enthusaism, and creativity with a visiting alumnus whose job was to sell the same 3D printers that she uses in her work. Her lasting impact at St. Olaf will result in five new 3D printers coming to DiSCO and the Art Department, which Oles will use with the help of her training materials.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891788bb1\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891788bb1\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;Shahad\u2019s dedication to creativity, her disciplined exploration at work of her non-academic passions, and her motivation to succeed at this new technology set the stage for what could have been just a quick tour through DiSCO to become a cross-generational connection of Oles.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"2\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22342\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/screenshot-2026-04-08-083318\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-08-083318-e1775655274924.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"342,357\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-04-08 083318\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-08-083318-e1775655274924.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-22342 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-08-083318-e1775655274924-287x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Delaney Ensor &#8217;26<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Library Equipment and Technology Assistant<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>LITS\/Library<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Technology &amp; Innovation Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Susan Fiser<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891789091\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891789091\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Delaney has shown incredible diligence and attention-to-detail in learning about the 200+ pieces of equipment with which she works. She has also taken the lead on working to create a complete catalog of tutorials for all of the pieces of equipment the library circulates by reviewing, adjusting, and standardizing articles written by other student workers.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891789155\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891789155\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;[Delaney] was hired to start working for the very first year that the equipment was circulated at a dedicated equipment desk (as opposed to the general library circulation desk), and over the last three years she has shown an incredible willingness to learn, and work with staff to innovate and improve our services and offerings.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22340\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/screenshot-2026-04-08-083204\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-08-083204.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"813,783\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-04-08 083204\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-08-083204.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-22340 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-08-083204-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Brenden Ravndal &#8217;26<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Piper Center Peer Advisor Program Assistant<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><em>Piper Center for Vocation and Career<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Technology &amp; Innovation Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Zoe Davis<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891789985\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891789985\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">This year, Brenden has built out a structure for the Finance Club, established a new leadership team, and provided developmentally appropriate peer-led educational sessions and alumni networking opportunities. He formed a new partnership between the Club and Mike Berthelsen, CFO, to offer hands-on, work-based learning projects for students in finance. As a leader of the new Innovation Lab Group, Brenden also coordinated an event on generative AI in the workplace that was attended by over 20 students, faculty, and staff.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891789a5f\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891789a5f\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;Through these many contributions, Brenden has modeled servant leadership and has gone &#8216;above and beyond&#8217; to help the Piper Center best serve students.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22305\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/screenshot-2026-04-07-153256\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-153256-e1775594010418.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"319,322\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-04-07 153256\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-153256-e1775594010418.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-22305 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-153256-e1775594010418-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Mary Staplin &#8217;26<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Social Media Student Content Creator<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Marketing and Communications<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Technology &amp; Innovation Award<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Victoria Campbell<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891789f1b\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891789f1b\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Mary&#8217;s attention to detail shines through in her carefully edited videos for the College&#8217;s social media platforms. Her work this year has garnered over 86.9k views on the College&#8217;s Instagram page, including her most-viewed &#8220;Winter Walk in Northfield&#8221; video. Her supervisor highlighted her &#8220;How It Feels to Do Fine Arts and St. Olaf&#8221; video, which brought together content from more than 13 different fine arts experiences on campus&#8211;the largest project ever taken on by a social media team member.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a95891789fcd\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a95891789fcd\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;[Mary] always comes into work with a great attitude and a willingness to take the lead on any project that I need to get done. Mary understands what videos the college\u2019s accounts need and she has a go-getter attitude which together plays hand in hand for a constant flow of great content.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"nominees-for-2025-2026-student-employee-of-the-year-overall\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Nominees for 2025-2026 Student Employee of the Year Overall<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10105\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/benefits-2\/new-employee-benefits-overview\/sto-shield-icon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2019\/08\/STO-Shield-Icon-e1775596553575.png\" data-orig-size=\"193,196\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"STO Shield Icon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2019\/08\/STO-Shield-Icon-e1775596553575.png\" class=\" wp-image-10105 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2019\/08\/STO-Shield-Icon-e1775596553575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Anders Herfindal-Quint &#8217;26<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Academic Tutor &#8211; Lead Tutor<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Academic Success Center Tutoring<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Overall<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Mary Doroff<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178a874\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178a874\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Anders has served as a Supplemental Instruction Leader and as a Lead Tutor for Mathematics. His understanding of best practices in teaching and peer mentorship allow him to provide the tutors in his cohort with constructive feedback and help them troubleshoot difficult situations. He also took it upon himself to manage the biweekly collection of attendance data for the Academic Success Center. Anders takes an active interest in recruiting and hiring new academic tutors, who will one day uphold the standards that he has set.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178a926\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178a926\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;As a Lead Tutor, Anders serves as a liaison between the administration and the sciences cohort while working closely with [his supervisor] to ensure the highest standards of academic support. &#8230; Anders is a dedicated, insightful and proactive professional who will leave a lasting impact on the Academic Success Center.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22304\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/screenshot-2026-04-07-153007\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-153007.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"828,774\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-04-07 153007\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-153007.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-22304 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-153007-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Sasha MacKenzie &#8217;26<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Student Life Student Receptionist<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><em>Student Life Office<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Overall<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Kristina Anderson<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178ad5b\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178ad5b\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Sasha makes students feel comfortable and welcome when they come into the office for help. She helps office staff troubleshoot technological issues in addition to managing daily office tasks. She also trains new student workers and guides them to the job performance her department expects. Her positive attitude and natural leadership shine both at work and in the St. Olaf community.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178ae0d\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178ae0d\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;Sasha has a strong leadership quality that she shows every shift. This quality ties into our community sense and belonging and she continues to make a positive social impact in our office.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"2\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22314\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/screenshot-2026-04-07-154934\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-154934-e1775595086317.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"435,456\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-04-07 154934\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-154934-e1775595086317.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-22314 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-154934-e1775595086317-286x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">KylIe Murray &#8217;28<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Natural Sciences and Math Office Assistant<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Psychology Department<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Overall<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Darla Frandrup<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178b20c\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178b20c\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Kylie excels in communicating with faculty, staff, and students in her role as office assistant, easily navigating the competing priorities of the five departments she supports. She troubleshoots technical issues when they arise and handles sensitive information with discretion and integrity. Kylie&#8217;s careful planning and attention to detail ensure that deadlines are met and work is completed to a high standard. Her supervisors trusts her to take ownership of responsibilities and help train and support her peers.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178b2aa\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178b2aa\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;In every aspect of her work, [Kylie] demonstrates dedication, competence, and pride in her contributions. Her efforts significantly enhance the functioning of our department, and her positive attitudes and strong work ethic make her truly deserving of recognition for her outstanding service.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22318\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/screenshot-2026-04-07-155627\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-155627-e1775595468234.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"609,601\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-04-07 155627\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-155627-e1775595468234.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-22318 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-07-155627-e1775595468234-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">cORA hARPEL &#8217;26<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Student Assistant for Customer Service<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Student Accounts\/Financial Aid<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Overall<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Joshua Bowens<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178b9fc\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178b9fc\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Cora is a diligent and reliable student employee who understands the importance of her role for students&#8217; experiences and outcomes. She is able to work patiently and compassionately with students who come into the office and is always willing to go above and beyond. Cora has an exceptional attention to detail and a kind and thoughtful approach to correcting others. She is a friendly, approachable, and positive presence in the office.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178baa8\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178baa8\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;Cora\u2019s leadership is not positional, but relational and behavioral. She leads by example\u2014through consistency, kindness, accountability, and professionalism. Other student employees and staff benefit from working alongside her, and her presence elevates the overall functioning of the office. She embodies the balance of competence and character that defines an exceptional employee.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22306\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/benjamin-siegel-headshot-1-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Benjamin-Siegel-Headshot-1-1-e1775594148395.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1365,1566\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Benjamin Siegel Headshot (1) (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Benjamin-Siegel-Headshot-1-1-e1775594148395-893x1024.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-22306 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/Benjamin-Siegel-Headshot-1-1-e1775594148395-261x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">ben Siegel &#8217;26<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Senior Admissions Fellow<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><em>Admissions Office<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Overall<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Lily Nelson<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178bee6\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178bee6\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Ben is a dependable, enthusiastic student leader who brings his best effort every day to leading campus tours, assisting with large scale admissions events, and handling behind-the-scenes office responsibilities.This year, in particular, Ben has taken the lead in planning and scheduling Professional Development events in the Admissions Office.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178bfa1\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178bfa1\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;In every sense, Ben embodies the ideals of a Student Employee of the Year. 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She is dedicated to helping patrons get the books, resources, and equipment that they need, even if it requires extra effort and extra hours. She is diligent about communicating with coworkers about tasks that need to be completed, and she is skilled at directing other student workers in a way that feels supportive, rather than confrontational. Susanne consistently ensures that library policies are followed, while still helping community members get the support that they need.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178c7df\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why were they nominated?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why were they nominated?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178c7df\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">&#8220;&#8230;Susanne is one of those students you never want to graduate so that they can stay with you forever, but you know that they will go on to do much greater things after St. Olaf. I have complete confidence in all of the work she does for us, and am consistently impressed with the speed and accuracy with which she does tasks.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #cc8a00; padding: 10px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22317\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/student-employee-awards\/kaya\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/KAYA-e1775595364566.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1365,1546\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"KAYA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/KAYA-e1775595364566-904x1024.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-22317 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/files\/2026\/04\/KAYA-e1775595364566-265x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #242121; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Kaya Clemons &#8217;26<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">WINNER<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Student Fellow<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Buntrock Institute for Freedom and Community<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nomination:<\/strong> Overall<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Nominator:<\/strong> Kelly Shirah<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"internqs\"><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id6a9589178cc6f\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Why do they excel at this job?&lt;\/strong&gt;\"    ><strong>Why do they excel at this job?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"target-id6a9589178cc6f\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">Kaya independently developed an IFC social media account and created a marketing campaign to publicize IFC events. 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