As stated earlier, such commendations will give an additional competitive advantage to our qualified students as they search for professional opportunities outside the university. Their career seeking repertoire will include a university degree, valuable work experience, and a special acknowledgement by the university of their special service and contributions. This award program acknowledges our student employees as an important human resource component of the UCSC campus community. More importantly, this award program will provide student recipients with a valuable opportunity to note this achievement on their resume. An official notation of superior service will provide our selected students with a well-earned advantage as they seek future career employment opportunities.
Students working exclusively during the summer months are also eligible for consideration.
Outstanding Student Employee Awards are given on an annual basis. Cash awards are subject to income tax withholding. This is a new IRS flat-rate withholding percentage for awards, regardless of the withholding status of the employee. The student employee must be in good academic standing. This would apply to any level of student employment, highly skilled programmer, manual labor positions, or the innovative file clerk.