Cornell Annual Fund Times
August 25, 2007 Vol. 1
Welcome Back Callers!
A Message from Beth
Welcome back to campus! I'm so glad to have you back on the team this semester and am really excited to be kicking off a new year at the Annual Fund.
Last year was a tremendous success. We had the highest credit card rate in the history of the program (37.3%), we brought in thousands of pledges for Cornell (4,568), and we had one of the highest fulfillment rates on record (71.1%). Most importantly, we had fun and we helped reconnect thousands of alumni with their alma mater.
We're about to head into another great year and I'm so excited to have you on board! I'm pleased to report that (with help from many of you!) we've already begun recruiting for the fall semester. If you have any friends who are interested in joining the team, I'd encourage you to recruit 'em now while there's still space in the room!
Again, it's great to have you back. I can't wait to see you around the blue room!Beth
Meet theManagement Team!
Aaron Shiber-Knowles, ’09is from Oakland, CA and is studying Philosophy. Aaron likes sports, music, and thinkingabstractly. He plans to avoid the mundane and “enrich his mind with tantalizing facts to become enlightened with the more sophisticated facets of life”.
Sarah Snider, ’08 is from Port Elizabeth, South Africa and is majoring in Biological Engineering. Sarah enjoys sunshine, vacations, beaches, working out, baking, cooking and movies. She plans to do an MEng and then get a challenging, stimulating, well-paying job.
Shayan Ahmed, ’09 is from Melbourne, FL and is majoring in Economics and Psychology. He enjoys playing cards, basketball, good music, good movies,good people,and just living life to the fullest.
Christen Kisch, ’08 is from High Bridge, NJ and is majoring in Human Development. She is interested in going into pediatrics and enjoys reading, sleeping, newlanguages, and friends.
Cesar Rufo, ’09 is from Jackson, NJ is studying Economics, Finance and (maybe) German Studies. He is a big finance junkie. He enjoys a fresh LI bagel with cream cheese and a crisp copy of the Wall Street Journal. He hopes to work on Wall Street, travel, retire at 45, and do philanthropic workafterwards, as well as purchase a pet baby polar bear.
Caroline Dias, ’08 is from all over and from New Jersey. She is majoring in Biological Sciences and is planning to make it through the year! She enjoys traveling, the gorges, andcooking but mostly eating.
Lu Feng, ’10 is from Pittsburgh, PA and is studying Engineering. He plans to travel to Europe after graduation. Lu is a big fan of sports, especially hockey.
Olivia Nnadi, ’08 is from Carneys Point, NJ and is majoring in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering with minor in Food Science. She plans to attend graduate school in food chemistry or food engineering. She currently does food science research and enjoys playing gamelan, anIndonesian music ensemble.
Stephanie Posen, ’08 is from Haworth, New Jersey and is majoring in History and French. She is hoping to move to New York City after graduation and work in Development. She just got back from studying abroad in Paris and is
excited to be back at Cornell!
Eric Smith, ’09 is from East Islip, New York and is majoring in Industrial and Labor Relations. He enjoys longwalks on the beach and reading novels by moonlight. He is currently doing an internship at Morgan Stanley inNYC for the fall semester and will miss working with the team.
Lauren Dachille, ’10 is from East Meadow New York and is majoring in Human Development. She plans to continue on into graduate school and work in psychology, education or both. She enjoys singing, theater, playing outside on sunny days (and sometimesrainy days), and OF COURSE The Cornell Annual Fund!
Stephanie Guo, ’09 is from Southbury, CT and is majoring in Chemistry and Biology. She plans to go on to medical school or graduate school for biochemistry. Steph enjoys tennis, music, medicine, watermelons :)
Ariel Joy Conant, ’09 is from Maidstone, VT and is majoring in Art History & Asian Studies. Her future plans include lots of travel:
Intense language study in Beijing; study abroad in Rome; teaching English in Taiwan, and grad school in London. She loves cooking (and of course eating) and uses it as a stress reliever.
Jarrod Schaeffer, ’09 is from Hazleton, PA and is majoring in Anthropology and Government and doing a concentration in Law and Society. His interests include electronics, physics, ancient mythology and civilizations, music, and Latin. He also enjoys martial arts, chess, swimming, running, and soccer.
Krystina Jackson, ’10 is excited to be back at the Annual Fund! She is also excited about being a new RA this year in the townhouses and is hoping to have a positive year.
Shylene Mata, ’08 is from Queens, New York City and is a Graduate student in the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs studying International Development. She plans to find a job in Development after graduation. She enjoys traveling, new languages, exotic foods and nature
Taña Block, ’09is fromLubbock, Texas and is majoring in Psychology. She plans on traveling to Europe and South America. She is interested in the arts: namely film, music, and painting. She also enjoy playingtennis and cooking.
Cornell News
Cornell’s recent rankings: Cornell is ranked 12th in national universities according to US News and World Report. Engineering physics is ranked No. 1 for 3rd straight year. The College of Engineering is ranked 7th overall. For the 3rd straight year, Cornell was ranked 4th in Economic Diversity for national universities, measured by percentages of undergraduate students receiving Pell Grants.Newsweek magazine's listing of the nation's "hottest" colleges and universities has placed Cornell at the top. Newsweek notes Cornell's diversity and land-grant status, which emphasizes "problem-solving as well as scholarly debate." Cornell also ranked 7th in Washington Monthly, a magazine that emphasizes how universities serve as engines of social mobility.
The Dalai Lamawill visit Cornell on Oct. 9 and give a talk entitled "A Human Approach to World Peace.”
Mohsen Mostafavi is leaving the College of AAP to become the dean of the Graduate School of Design at HarvardUniversity.
The Recording Industry Association of America filed 16 lawsuits against Cornell studentsaccused of copyright infringement.
TCAT announces new bus routes, including a bus between Cornell, Wegmans, and Walmart.
The Cornell University Center for Documentation on American Law, which will contain American court decisions and law reviews from Cornell’s Law Library, was inaugurated in July and will be housed in France’s highest court.
Sudoku!