Yale last week honored 10 undergraduate students whose dedication to on-campus jobs helped strengthen the campus community and the world beyond - and celebrated the importance of work in the Yale College experience.
The Y-Work Awards for Outstanding Undergraduate Student Employees, created by the Yale College Dean's Office and the Office of Undergraduate Financial Aid, celebrate the positive experiences of student workers and the key contributions they make to the offices and departments for which they work.
Students receiving this year's awards included a photographer whose "publication grade" images of complex fossil specimens benefited researchers worldwide; a laboratory assistant who helped boost the productivity of the Department of Anthropology's laboratories; a talented writer who quickly gained the trust of colleagues at Yale School of Medicine; and a head peer liaison who offered mentorship and support to fellow students in the Afro-American Cultural Center.
"Out of the many award nominations we received, the students here this afternoon clearly stood out for their dedication and professionalism in the workplace as well as their initiative and innovation to go above and beyond the call of duty," Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis said during a ceremony at the Yale Schwarzman Center.
