Student Employee of the Year (SEOTY) Award
Each year, colleges and universities across the country recognize the outstanding contributions and achievements of students who work while attending college. Faculty and Staff at BYU can nominate students, and a committee selects winners from our university to be BYU's Student Employee of the Year. We then submit the name of our first-place winner to compete for the National Student Employee of the Year Award through the National Student Employment Association (NSEA).
Student Employee Appreciation Week
The SEOTY Award launches a week long celebration of the student work experience called Student Employee Appreciation Week. BYU has many qualified and exceptional student employees, and this is a wonderful time to recognize their efforts. This coming year, Student Employee Appreciation Week will be celebrated from March 10-14, 2025. It is recommended that departments recognize the student employees in their area during appreciation week with activities, awards or any other acclamation fitting the unique circumstances for their department. Click here for recognition ideas.
Nominating Your Student
Individual departments, managers and supervisors are encouraged to nominate outstanding student employees for BYU's SEOTY Award. Nominations for SEOTY 2025 began on December 2nd, 2024, and closed at 8:00am on February 3rd, 2025.
A committee of Faculty, Admin and Staff are randomly selected from across campus to assist in judging between each nomination. The top three applicants selected by the SEOTY committee will be recognized during BYU's Student Employee Appreciation Week, March 10-14, 2025. The first-place winner will be nominated for NSEA's nation wide competition. Check out BYU's first ever National SEOTY winner in the 2024 Leadership category here!
To be eligible, the nominee must be a current BYU student employee at the time the award is given who has completed or expects to complete at least six (6) months part-time or three (3) months full-time employment during this academic year, April 30, 2024 to April 30, 2025.
Nominations are now closed.
Year: 2025
Winner: Maya Langford
Department: CE FSY
Nominated by: Ryan Bradshaw
Previous Winners
| Year: 2024 Winner: James Hall Department: PF AVP Office Nominated by: Michelle Gioglio | |
| Year: 2023 Winner: Juliette Ball Department: General Counsel Office Nominated by: Andrea Hill | Year: 2022 Winner: Hannah Koford Dept: Ballard Center Nominated by: Steven Fox |
| Year: 2021 Winner: Eric Forbush Department: The Universe Nominated by: Ellen Hernandez | Year: 2020 Winner: Summer Ethel Herlevi Department: University Communications Nominated by: Jonathan David McBride |
| Year: 2019 Winner: Brenna DeLyn Scadden Department: OIT-Development Foundations Nominated by: Nancy M. Norman | Year: 2018 Winner: Dallin Glen Squires Department: Physics and Astronomy Nominated by: Jeremy Kenneth Peterson |
| Year: 2017 Winner: Jaren Michael Oldroyd Department: University Police Nominated by: Loyd Russel Fuller | Year: 2016 Winner: Nathan Thomas Hawks Department: Bean Museum Nominated by: Kathryn Birgithe Knight |
| Year: 2015 Winner: Haven Marie Simmons Department: Catering Nominated by: Adam Sherman Jones | Year: 2013 Winner: Kelsey Brooke Smith Department: English Nominated by: Carolyn Tuitupou |
Previous Nominees
2025 Student Employee of the Year
2024 Student Employee of the Year
2023 Student Employee Of The Year
2022 Student Employee Of The Year
2021 Student Employee Of The Year