Graduating seniors earn library's top award

students receive Fuerst Awards
Carla DeMello/Library Communications
From left, the winners are: John Chambers '10, Isabelle Cutting '10, Freddie Joyner '10, Katherine Ard '10 and Brian Sawnor '10, Nestle Library. Anne Kenney, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian, is pictured on the far left.

Cornell University Library honored its five top student employees April 15 at a ceremony for the 16th annual Fuerst Awards. Twenty-one students were nominated.

From left, the winners are: John Chambers '10, Music Library; Isabelle Cutting '10, Library Human Resources and Library Business Service Center; Freddie Joyner '10, Library Facilities Office; Katherine Ard '10, Math and Physical Sciences libraries; and Brian Sawnor '10, Nestle Library. Anne Kenney, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian, is pictured on the far left.

The award honors William F. Fuerst Jr. '39, a donor who was especially dedicated to undergraduates. He provided for five annual awards of $500 -- the largest financial award for student employees on campus.

Gwen Glazer is a staff writer for Library Communications.