Blake Harriman ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™16, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™18W (MS) and Luke Meyerson ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™18 are the University of RochesterÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s student employees of the year.  They were honored April 10 in a ceremony at Feldman Ballroom in Douglass Commons.
Harriman won in the newly celebrated graduate student category. He was a dual major in mathematics and creative writing in the College and will graduate from the in May with a masterÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s degree in adolescence education. A native of Irondequoit, a Rochester suburb, he worked as a library consultant at the Medical CenterÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s , providing Blackboard support and network troubleshooting to Medical Center affiliates.
Meyerson was the winner in the undergraduate student category. The political science major from Rye, New York, developed a network for the political science department that links alumni to each other and current students.
The awards are sponsored by the Student Employment Office during National Student Employment Week. Harriman and Meyerson were chosen by a committee of nomination readers representing departments across the University. This year, 35 nominations were received, and any student who worked at least six months in 2017 was eligible.
ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½œI was honestly shocked I had won,ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½� says Meyerson, who was nominated by political science professor Gerald Gamm. ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½œThis award represents my proudest accomplishment from my time here at Rochester.ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½�
Harriman was nominated by Ray Watts, circulation assistant for the Miner LibraryÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s Institute for Innovative Education.
ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½œItÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s a real testament to the Miner Library team,ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½� Harriman says. ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½œI was surrounded by some of the most capable and dedicated staffers IÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™ve had the pleasure of knowing. They set the standard I strove for.ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½�
