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By Ryan Kupperman | 3/13/24 11:17am

Michael Myers sits at Belk Library’s service desk at 4:25 a.m. Myers is approaching a year working at Belk, taking the 11:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. shift during Elon’s academic year. A 26 year old with his undergraduate math degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Myers is currently taking an acting for non-majors class at Elon, attending martial arts classes in the Koury Center every Tuesday and Thursday and thinking about pursuing a masters degree in library science, statistics or computer programming.

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