Founded by Undergrads, Service Groups Are Still Going Strong
By Lindsay Lennon
"I didn’t want to come to Cornell and stay in a bubble,” recalls Arts & Sciences alum Fatema Gunja Sumar ’01. “I really wanted to be part of the community—and there were a lot of ways we could connect our knowledge and shared humanity with Tompkins County.”
Sumar is just one of numerous Cornellians over the decades who have seen a need in the Ithaca area—and took it upon themselves to fill it by forming a student organization or program to provide a vital service.
Here’s a sampling of groups and efforts that were launched by undergrads years or even decades ago—and are still going strong today.