The UI Office of Student Employment and the UI Student to Employed Professional program named the first-ever Student Supervisor of the Year. Jessica Waldschmidt, program coordinator at the Honors Program, was selected from among 59 supervisors nominated by 89 student employees. Twelve others will receive certificates of distinction or appreciation.
Waldschmidt and other nominees were selected for the excellence of their training and professional development, help applying classroom learning to the real world, ability to connect job skills to future employment, and care for the student as a person.
The UI acknowledges faculty and staff who supervise more than 8,000 student employees and whose contributions shape student educational experiences.
Certificate of Distinction
- Aubree Compton, International Programs
- Kelly Flinn, Center for Conferences
- Katelyn Johnson, Center for Conferences
- Deone Pedersen, Tippie College of Business
- Patrick Rossmann, Housing and Dining
- Sean Thompson, Department of Psychiatry
Certificate of Appreciation
- Joshua Atcher, College of Engineering
- Paul Below, Division of Sponsored Programs
- Michelle Danielson, Undergraduate Admissions
- Robert Durham, Theatre Arts
- Allison Hursh, Recreational Services
- Christopher Parker, Division of Health Services Research
Finalists
- Jenevive Chan, Department of Pediatrics
- Laurie Croft, Belin-Blank Center
- Erin Fitzgerald, Student Life Marketing and Design
- Janiece Ford, Facilities Management
- Lokesh Gakhar, Protein Crystallography
- Tracy Hufford, Tippie College of Business
- Adisa Kuburas, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
- Kathy Lafaurie, Academic Advising Center
- Kim Lake, Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine
- Allison Rockwell, Division of Interdisciplinary Programs
- Kelly Soukup, Center for Student Involvement and Leadership