Career Exploration & Development 2024 Student Employee Awards Celebration

Student Employee Awards Celebration hosted by Career Exploration and Development on April 9, 2024

  • Recreation and Wellness Services won the Flashes GROW Award, in recognition of our dedication to engage and develop student employees through high impact, reflective conversations. 
  • Keerthan Gopu (Adventure Center) won the Sunshine and Positivity Award, in recognition of his kindness, positivity, and dedication to the morale of the workplace and community.

Departmental Awards of the Year 2023-24

  • Emerging Leader Award: Olivia Liggett (Ice Arena)
  • Creative Innovator Award: Payton Schramski (Operations)
  • Ray of Sunshine Award: Tess Hardin (Kent State of Well-being)
  • Student Ambassador Award: Evan Coates (Kent State of Well-being & Operations) 
  • The Most Outstanding Student Employee of the Year: Seema Dhaher (Aquatics)
  • Graduate Assistant Excellence Awards: Alex Sanchez (Ice Arena) and Mary Nern (Kent State of Well-being)
  • The Most Outstanding Professional Staff Member of the Year: Greg Bailey (Senior Associate Director, Business and Administrative Services)

Area Student Employees of the Year 2023-24

  • Adventure Center: Keerthan Gopu
  • Aquatics: Julia Fike
  • Fitness and Wellness: Saba Sayyad
  • Guest Services: Kyah Jeffries and Taylor Smith
  • Ice Arena / Outdoor Facilities: Dillon Seymour
  • Intramural Sports: Alexis Zienka
  • Kent State of Well-being: Brenna Frimel
  • Marketing: Sydney Spires
  • Operations: Taylor Hubbard
  • Student Personnel: Jayla Hartmann Starks 
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