Meinig Family Cornell National Scholars

As finals wrap up, we’d like to share our final student spotlights for the school year! Tewodros "Tedi" Mitiku ‘23 is a Computer Science & Philosophy double major. He has served on the e-board of URMC for three semesters as events chair - guiding the logistics and planning of corporate and professional events for the org. This semester, he led on one of AppDev's products, Volume, where he worked with designers, developers, and marketers to build and ship an app to Cornell. Te...di offers some advice to current undergraduates: Invest time into relationships and conversations with all the interesting professors and students around you at Cornell. Stick around for our next two spotlights featuring our board’s amazing seniors!

Today’s student spotlight is junior Callie McQuilkin ‘22. Callie studies Government with minors in English and Inequality Studies. She is the CEO and co-founder of the Cornell Advocacy Project (@theadvocacyproject__), a new student organization that strives to make an education in advocacy accessible to anyone with an internet connection. Furthermore, she hopes to continue helping others find power in their voices through her work with the Cornell Speech Team, where she ove...rsees a team of 20 powerhouse speakers as a student coach. She has also served as a teaching assistant for the Cornell Prison Education program and a writer for the Trace's award-winning ‘Since Parkland’ project, to memorialize American youths lost to gun violence. During the pandemic, it has at times been easy to feel alone, Callie said. Just remember the world, and especially Cornell, is full of allies. All you have to do is find them.

Earlier this week, the Meinig E-Board hosted a virtual chat featuring alums Brian Murphy ’16, and Kenny Zhou ’20. Both Brian and Kenny shared how their experiences with Meinig not only helped them to meet new people from different parts of the university, they gained valuable skills related to teamwork and communication as well. In addition to speaking about their Cornell experiences, the alums shared their perspectives on topics like deciding on a major, choosing a specific career path, and the transition from college to professional life. If you would like to discuss ways to stay involved with the Meinig Family Cornell National Scholars, please contact Jacinta Stark, [email protected].

Thank you Meinig senior Hana Gabrielle Bidon '21 EN, for sharing some advice with our incoming Meinig Scholars!

"The Meinig network gave me the support and community to pursue some really meaningful initiatives during my time at Cornell! I'm grateful for all the friends I've met through the program, and the internship and leadership experiences that shaped my career interests." ~Yunyun Wang '21

Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has. ~ Margaret Mead. Over the spring semester, Meinig Scholars have worked in teams to develop a training that defines values and attributes of specific leadership methods. Project teams presented their lessons earlier this week to other Meinig Freshmen and upper-class students, executive mentors and other members of the university administration via zoom. The freshmen presenters covered points like resiliency, leading teams, mentoring, and other skills and values related to leadership that can be applied to their student life and beyond!

Good morning students! Did you know that North Campus is offering free weekly programming from April 22nd through May 16th to get you moving and keep you connected? You can access the schedule via the link below! https://recreation.athletics.cornell.edu/lets-get-outside