<p>I was unable to go to the meeting on the 18th so I was wondering if someone who did go, or an upperclassmen, could fill me in.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Did you read through all of the promotional literature on the website I sent you?</p>
<p>What website?</p>
<p>Like I said yesterday, use Google. It is your friend. A Cornell student is going to have to be more resourceful than what you are demonstrating these days.</p>
<p>[cornell</a> meinig scholars - Google Search](<a href=“cornell meinig scholars - Google Search”>cornell meinig scholars - Google Search)</p>
<p>This is the last I am going to help you.</p>
<p>Sorry Cayuga but I tried google/yahoo. The link to the website is too general and doesn’t actualy specify what I am going to do.</p>
<p>And yea, some of my questions can be found online so sorry for that. But a lot of my other questions are things, such as dorming/dual degrees, that can’t be answered via a generic website but by current Cornell students.</p>
<p>All dual degree questions can be answered by reading the Cornell Courses of Study. All dorming questions can be answered by reading the Cornell Campus Life websites.</p>
<p>Look even in online forums, you need to learn manners.</p>
<p>CAN YOU NOT CLICK AND READ?!!?!?!?!? Quoted verbatim from the website.</p>
<p><strong><em>Requirements of the Program</em></strong></p>
<p>The following program requirements must be met by all National Scholars in order to remain a member in good standing and to continue to receive the financial benefits associated with the special designation of MFCNS:</p>
<pre><code>* maintain an overall GPA of at least 2.7.
- actively participate in the MFCNS and/or in other organizations/activities on campus or in the local community as documented through the yearly submission of an Activity Verification Form-AVF
- submit an annual essay detailing your leadership activities within MFCNS; the Cornell community; and/or the community at large.
- participate in the Freshman Forum.
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<p>These expectations are viewed as a way of ensuring that members take full advantage of the opportunities for growth and connection. They also are designed to continue to foster the principles on which National Scholars were originally selected - academic achievement and commitment to leadership in service to community. Any difficulties individuals may have in meeting any of the expectations will be examined on a case by case basis by the Director. Each year, all National Scholars must submit an Activity Verification Form that has been confirmed by an advisor and answer specific questions in an Excellence in Leadership Essay. The deadline for submission of these materials is usually mid-April of each academic year. Failure to meet these requirements can result in a students’ removal from the National Scholars program. </p>
<p><strong><em>Activities of the Program</em></strong></p>
<p>Peer Advisory Network
The Peer Advisory Network is a program designed to ease the transition process from high school to college for incoming MFCNS freshmen. Each summer, MFCNS upperclassmen are paired up with an incoming freshman based on their common undergraduate college. Towards the end of the summer, the upperclassmen contact their buddies, talk with them and introduce them to the Meinig Family Cornell National Scholars. Once the freshmen arrive on campus, the first formal event is usually a buddy walk through Ithaca’s gorges to downtown Ithaca for some local Purity Ice Cream. Throughout the year, big buddies are there to answer questions, offer advice, and impart their knowledge about various aspects of Cornell life to freshmen to help them adjust to their new surroundings.</p>
<p>Summer Internship Living Expenses Grant
National Scholars can apply for a one-time grant of up to $3,000 to support a summer internship in a nonprofit and/or career-related field that furthers their leadership experience. While National Scholars are encouraged to design their own internship experience - and often do - The Cornell Commitment internship coordinator maintains a database of past internships and often has a number of pre-established opportunities available.</p>
<p>Funding is given on a first come/first served basis to cover living expenses associated with participation in the summer experience. Students can apply to receive this summer funding by completing an application and providing a budget any time after their internship placement has been secured. Internships must be full-time, which is at least 8 weeks and 280 hours. Experiences for credit do not qualify for funding. Applications are available in 103 Day Hall.</p>
<p>Internship Program Homepage</p>
<p>Summer Expected Savings Replacements (ESRs)
Expenses incurred during the summer may make it difficult to meet Cornell’s expectations for savings from summer earnings. The ESR is a one-time grant, disbursed one-half each semester after the summer internship to meet the expected summer savings. To qualify for an ESR, a student must be a financial aid recipient, have worked in a program-approved position and meet the appropriate requirements. To learn more, please go to: ESR Application</p>
<p>Executive Mentoring Program
National Scholars develop long-term mentoring relationships with high-ranking university administrators that often extend well past graduation. Past mentors have included university presidents, provosts, deans, and directors. They enjoy getting to know their National Scholars personally, sharing a lifetime of leadership experience. </p>
<p>Students are able to sign up for an executive mentor at the beginning of each academic year. Mentors regularly organize informal outings with their students, including anything from dinner to rock climbing. Although everyone’s schedules are hard to coordinate, our objective is that the executive mentor and his/her group of 10-12 students meets at least twice each semester. It’s a great way to learn from the leaders of this institution and to get to know them as real people!
Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, Stephen Golding, hosts
Meinig Scholars for a dinner at his home with his family. Spring '08
Freshman Forum
All freshman National Scholars are expected to participate in this year-long experience. During the first semester, students are engaged in team-building and educational initiatives intended to foster identity as a community of leaders. During the second semester, students examine and address an issue of relevance to the Cornell community. In working with Cornell administrators to achieve this end, National Scholars hone their leadership and communication skills while effecting positive change. </p>
<p>CCLEAD
The Cornell Commitment Leadership, Emergence, Assessment, and Development program (CCLEAD) is designed to help National Scholars develop skills and learn effective techniques that will facilitate their assumption of leadership positions at Cornell and beyond. The CCLEAD program is a series of leadership workshops available to second-semester freshmen and sophomores from all three of The Cornell Commitment programs who aspire to leadership positions and exhibit basic leadership qualities that would be enhanced by the program. The creation of a leadership workshop for local high school students serves as the CCLEAD capstone experience.</p>
<p>Applications for CCLEAD are made available at the end of the fall semester for participation in the Spring semester.</p>
<p>Scholars Symposium
Coordinated by the Executive Board, the Scholars Symposium offers leadership training, networking opportunities, and lectures and discussions on topics relevant to leadership in a college setting and beyond. Each year, the Executive Board varies the programming based on the needs and interests of the total membership. Stay tuned to the CNS-L listserv for notification of specific events. Scholars Symposium is a great way for all class years of MFCNS students to interact and get to know and learn from each other.</p>
<p>Excellence in Leadership Awards
Each year, as part of meeting program requirements, all National Scholars must write a reflective essay detailing what they’ve learned about themselves as leaders. In an effort to remain connected to MFCNS and as a way to honor the accomplishments of our current students, the MFCNS alumni have created the Excellence in Leadership Awards. A panel of alumni from across the country review the essays (which are due each April) over the summer and make an award to a person(s) in each class who has demonstrated exemplary leadership. Students are recognized with a certificate and small financial award during a ceremony in the following fall semester. The winner of the senior class Excellence in Leadership Award is invited to speak at the MFCNS Alumni Reception held each June in NYC.</p>