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National Student Employee Appreciation Week

National Student Employment Appreciation Week at IU Indianapolis

Each year during the second full week in April, National Student Employee Appreciation (NSEA) Week comes to IU Indianapolis. 

This vibrant and engaging week, in coordination with the National Student Employment Association, brings events and programs to help us appreciate IU Indianapolis students working on and off campus, as well as empowers employers to appreciate and to recognize their student employees. Nominations for Student and Supervisor of the Year are also announced and celebrated during NSEA Week.

Kickoff Event

Encourage your student employees to come snag a NSEA Week T-shirt and get a picture with the mascot!

NSEA Awards Ceremony

This is for student employees and supervisors who were nominated and is invitation only.

NSEA Block Party

We want to celebrate your student employees at our annual Block Party. IU Indianapolis student employees can come get their NSEA Week T-shirt (if they haven't received one yet), snacks, and other appreciation items! 

NSEA appreciation video

We admire the hard work and dedication of our IU Indianapolis student employees. We also recognized that without amazing supervisors, the student employee experience wouldn't be possible. We invite you to watch our latest NSEA video where you can learn more about events offered for supervisors during NSEA week, as well a few student employee testimonies!

NSEA Awards Ceremony

The NSEA Awards Ceremony is for nominated student employees and supervisors as well as their nominators. You will receive an invitation from us if you nominated someone or you were nominated. 

Virtual appreciation

If you have students working remotely, it is still important to remind your students that you appreciate them. You can always send an email with a personalized message, but there are other ways you can send a virtual thank you that will make your message stand out. We have compiled a list of ideas to help your virtual NSEA Week be a success.

Increasing engagement and a sense of community can be challenging when your team is working remotely, but there are a few ways you can help your students feel connected.

Consider challenging your students to a daily or weekly trivia question that can be guessed through email. You could also encourage them to participate in polls where you can learn more about each other. Polls could also be completed during a Zoom meeting in a live setting through the Zoom platform or a live polling link.

For a fun activity to encourage your students to take a work break, consider sending them a our 2025 NSEA word search that we created! 

While we rely on Zoom to host staff meetings, you can also use Zoom to host parties and activities. This is an opportunity to unite your team and have some fun. You can convert many games to a virtual format, but we've compiled a list of ideas to help you get started.

If your office has your own social media account, consider posting an appreciation message that your students can see. This public demonstration of appreciation can mean a lot to your students. Follow OSE on social media @jobsforjags for posts that you can reshare, or tag us in your own appreciation messages. Don't forget to use the hashtag #redcarpetjags during NSEA Week!