As compiled by Barbara Ofosu-Somuah (NYMP11)

When I first heard that there will be a Middlebury Posse from Chicago on campus next year I was so glad [to hear] of the Posse Middlebury expansion. I was excited that I would be able to meet other students from a different state who would go through the same process as I did. Now that I am on campus I feel like I have a new duty to fulfill. Ever since I have been on campus, all the Posse scholars have supported me in so many different ways. Now that twenty, not just ten, new scholars are coming in Fall of 2012, I look forward to being as welcoming to them as [the older] Posses were to me. I hope that Posse Chicago will continue to carry on the Posse traditions, values of leadership and support [here on campus]. I am also looking forward to meeting ten more amazing individuals who will bring their unique experiences to the Middlebury campus and inspire the people around them just as the Posse members have inspired me.
When I first heard that there will be a Middlebury Posse from Chicago on campus next year I was so glad [to hear] of the Posse Middlebury expansion. I was excited that I would be able to meet other students from a different state who would go through the same process as I did. Now that I am on campus I feel like I have a new duty to fulfill. Ever since I have been on campus, all the Posse scholars have supported me in so many different ways. Now that twenty, not just ten, new scholars are coming in Fall of 2012, I look forward to being as welcoming to them as [the older] Posses were to me. I hope that Posse Chicago will continue to carry on the Posse traditions, values of leadership and support [here on campus]. I am also looking forward to meeting ten more amazing individuals who will bring their unique experiences to the Middlebury campus and inspire the people around them just as the Posse members have inspired me.
Rana Abdelhamid (NYMP13)