Austin Burdine of Greenwood Village, Colorado, honored as Olivet's outstanding student employee for 2017

2017 Apr 7

Olivet Nazarene University congratulates Austin Burdine of Greenwood Village, Colorado, as Student Employee of the Year for 2016-2017.

"Our student employees are critical for the work we do at Olivet," said Dr. David Pickering, executive vice president for administration and human resources, during the awards ceremony. "The skills they learn here can transfer to their future careers. They learn good supervisory techniques by observing their supervisors."

Burdine is a senior, majoring in computer science. He is a student employee for Olivet's Benner Library & Resource Center.

Burdine's supervisor, Matt Marcukaitis, Informatics web application manager, said in his nomination: "Austin single-handedly coded two programs, which will allow all of the library's programs to be built into a consistent framework. His work will impact the entire library by providing a new system with permissions controlled within a single system. He is committed to helping our team prepare for this transition before he graduates in August."

Nominations for Olivet's awards came from students, staff and faculty members to recognize nominees for attributes, expectations, leadership/style and impact to their department or office. Olivet's awards ceremony also celebrated the value and contribution of Olivet students who worked in the 1,257 student jobs on campus during the 2016-2017 academic year.