Outstanding Student Employee of the Year Award

Each Spring, WPI recognizes the outstanding contributions and achievements of students who work while attending WPI. Supervisors at WPI may nominate student employees whom they feel warrant particular recognition for their performance on the job.

There is no limit to the number of nominees a supervisor can submit.
All undergraduate and graduate student employees are eligible for consideration.
Previous winners will not be eligible for consideration in the future.

Step 1

Competencies

For guidance on what attributes to consider in your nomination, review the student employment competencies from NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers):

Student Employment Competencies

Step 3

Nomination Letter

Send a completed nomination letter to talent@wpi.edu. Nominations sent from January 2025 through February 2025 will be considered.

Nomination Letter Template

2024 Outstanding Student Employee of the Year

Michael O'Connor
M.S. Computer Science '24

Working in the IT department as a Service Desk Specialist II since 2021, Michael, ” is a leader exemplified by taking charge, being a mentor and demonstrating the highest levels of empathy one could expect. His work ethic is a strong motivator for others, usually being the bar, they set themselves to, and his positivity is the standard we all strive for.” – Brian Beckwith, supervisor. Michael will attain his graduate degree in Computer Science in May 2024.

Previous Winners

Ally Breen - B.S. Biology and Biotechnology

Ally worked in the Archives & Special Collections department from 2020 until 2023 as an assistant and student supervisor. She also worked for the Biology & Biotechnology department as a Peer Learning Assistant in 2022 and 2023 before graduating.

Aman Hiregoudar - B.S. Robotics Engineering

Natalie Mohn - B.S. Management Information Systems, M.S. Innovation with User Experience

Adam Murrison - B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Bhanuj Jain - B.S. Physics, B.S. Mathematical Sciences

Justin Amevor - B.S. Computer Science

Davianna Vasconcellos - B.S. Environmental Engineering

Johnny Wang

Elizabeth Towle - B.S. Chemical Engineering

Takayoshi Tsutsu - B.S. Management Engineering, M.S. Operations Analytics and Management

Ashley White - B.S. Industrial Engineering

Emma Healey - B.S. Civil Engineering, M.S. Civil Engineering

Veronica Rivera - B.S. Biomedical Engineering

Tete Zhang - B.S. Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, B.S. Biology and Biotechnology, M.B.A. Master of Business Administration

Randy Chin - B.S. Biomedical Engineering

Samuel Francois - B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nicholas Mondor - B.S. Actuarial Mathematics

Georgi Karkzhaliyski

Jairo Argueta

Will Grudzinski

Nicole Baugh

Yilmaz Kiymaz

Kristin Collette

Nate Piper

Competencies

Survey

Nomination Letter

Michael O'ConnorM.S. Computer Science '24

Previous Winners

Michael O'Connor
M.S. Computer Science '24