In 2021 Cornell College joined other top liberal arts colleges as a Posse Foundation partner. Since then the college has welcomed six supportive, multicultural teams—Posses—each up to 10 students from urban areas. The scholars complete extensive pre-collegiate training together, arriving on campus with a support system that allows them to thrive and become campus leaders who make a difference.
How did Cornell become a Posse school, and what does it mean?
Posse founder: Cornell is a ‘warm community’
Community builder Shirley Romero Carreon ’25: “The fact that I was able to build a community here for other people makes me very happy.”
Team player Bryce Stevens ’26: “We’re not here for ourselves. We’re a Posse, we help each other.”
Writing coach Ren Solis-Roman ’27: “We were getting experiences that others only get once they’re here. That’s helpful because I know where to go and I have people to go to.”
Claudia Collazo-Ramos ’27 brings the fun: “A lot of the Cornell Posse students bring leadership and diversity, and I feel like we make Cornell more fun, especially the Puerto Rican Posse. We are very fun to be around.”