Marquette Student Employee Named Best in the Nation Released: April 26, 2005 Daniel Hamrin, a senior in the College of Communication at Marquette University, has been named National Student Employee of the Year by the National Student Employment Association.   Hamrin, who has served as the Alumni Memorial Union (AMU) student employee coordinator of the past two years and is also assistant building manager, was also recently named Student Employee of the Year for the state of Wisconsin and received the regional award from the Midwest Association of Student Employment Administrators.  He was also named Marquette's Student Employee of the Year. As student employee coordinator, Hamrin manages a staff of approximately 415 students, leads training and direction of more than 30 student managers, and acts as a liaison between Marquette staff and student workers.  Among his accomplishments, Hamrin retooled the entire student employee program in order to make it a leadership development experience.  He also worked a shift in nearly every area to create a relationship with staff. Hamrin joined the AMU as a freshman in the Event Management Office and within his first two weeks, was named Student Employee of the Week among more than 300 other student employees.  He was named assistant student employee coordinator in the AMU his sophomore year. During Hamrin's four years at Marquette he volunteered with Campus Kitchens, represented Marquette as a student representative to the Association of College Unions International Region 8, served as a camp counselor for the Wauwatosa Recreation Department, and recently was awarded a Peer Education Student Leadership Award from the Division of Student Affairs. Office of Public Affairs Contacts Brigid O'Brien Miller Director of University Communication Phone: (414) 288-7445 Send e-mail Anne Broeker Sr. Media Relations Specialist Phone: (414) 288-0286 Send e-mail