OSU's 2004-2005 Student Employee of the Year
Kris Lemoins, Student Employee of the Year 2004-2005
Kris Lemoins, OSU Student Employee of the Year Finalist for 2004-2005.
Nominators: Lee Bird, Jill Rucker, Kathy Shelton, Virgil Nichols
Kristoffer Lemoins is preparing to graduate and begin his dream job as a computer analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency.
The College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology at Oklahoma State University’s top-ranked African-American electrical engineering senior has a 3.59 grade point average in addition to three years experience as a webmaster and technology assistant.
Lemoin’s sterling reputation made it difficult for even the CIA to conduct a background check, jokes Lee Bird, OSU’s vice president for Student Affairs, one of the many who nominated him for OSU’s Student Employee of the Year award.
“The poor agents found nothing – no parking ticket, no disciplinary record – nothing. Everyone questioned apparently said the same thing: ‘He is smart, kind, loyal, responsible, generous with his many gifts and extremely clean cut.’ In short, he had the shortest background check in the history of the CIA.”
Lemoins will be name Student Employee of the Year at a reception on April 13 th at 3:00 p.m. in the Willard Hall lounge. Finalists Ty (Hornish) Reitan, Michelle Calvert, Mitchell Kelough, Lori Allen, and all other nominees will also be recognized; everyone is invited to attend.
During National Student Employee Appreciation Week April 11-15, the Stillwater City Commission will honor Lemoins and the other OSU finalist at the April 11 th meeting and Mayor Bud Lacy will proclaim the week as Student Employee Appreciation Week in Stillwater.
OSU System CEO and President David Schmidly has signed a resolution declaring April 11-15 as OSU-Stillwater Student Employee Appreciation Week. “OSU student employees have repeatedly shown their dedication to their jobs, no matter where they work,” he says. “We take great pride in our student employees and certainly appreciate all they do in the classroom and on the job. I congratulate each of them on a job well done.”
Numerous OSU departments and programs also praise Lemoins for his creation of websites specifically designed to meet their needs and for giving more than was required for the job.
“Kris has the ability to take our ideas and turn them into technological reality,” says Bird, referring to the Student Concerns Database that Lemoins created for the Office of Student Affairs to foster communication between students and the administration.
For three years, Lemoins has also worked as website manager for the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology (CEAT) Student Academic Services.
“He has made a tremendous impact on how we serve our current and prospective students,” says Virgil Nichols, director of general engineering. Lemoins’ web design for CEAT Student Academic Services includes flexible features for students with vision disabilities that enable them to change the font size and/or color scheme and save the changes for future use, one of the many examples of innovation and creativity Lemoins has brought to his work.
Jovette Dew, coordinator of CEAT’s Multicultural Engineering Programs, commends Lemoins for his leadership qualities and scholarship achievements. “His diligence with his studies and his love for learning are very important attributes that he has exhibited to all of us who work with him.”
In addition to updating websites for CEAT Career Services and the CEAT Student Services office at OSU-Tulsa, Lemoins also created and designed websites and databases for OSU’s ALPHA program, says coordinator Jill Rucker, taking time to survey new students to find out what they would want to know about the university and ALPHA while building the site.
“He is not employed by me during the summer,” says Rucker, “however, he checked on the website and the online registration bases weekly throughout the summer. One time the server went down and he even drove an hour just to come to my aid!”
Lemoins is also active in the CEAT Student Council , Eta Kappa Nu honorary society and the Multicultural Advisory Board.
“I’m pleased that Kris will serve our government,” says Dr. Bird. “If you have to have a CIA, you want to have people like Kris working there!”
