{"id":6062,"date":"2021-03-22T16:25:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T20:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earlhamcollege.wpengine.com\/?page_id=6062"},"modified":"2024-04-25T10:51:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T14:51:21","slug":"student-stories-julia-schetelig-21","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/about\/outcomes\/student-stories-julia-schetelig-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Student stories: Julia Schetelig \u201921"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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JULIA SCHETELIG 2021<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Hometown:<\/strong> Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major at Earlham:<\/strong> Psychology and Global Management<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s been really empowering. I\u2019ve been really humbled by how the community reacts to me being me, and Julia from everywhere at once is not a problem.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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She introduces herself to fellow students as Julia from Germany, Sweden, Finland and Singapore.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s got to be a story behind that set of countries, right? Yes, but where Julia Schetelig \u201921 is from and where she\u2019s been seem less important to her than where she\u2019s going.  \u201cCome talk to me if you\u2019re curious,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her forward focus is distinctive, and it has, no doubt, been important to her string of accomplishments: leading peace conferences through Initiative for Peace, writing a peace syllabus for refugees with a team of educators, creating a documentary on migrant workers in Singapore, presenting a TEDx Talk, and recently launching a website for young people who want to make a difference but are not sure where to start. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe website features resources on how to find volunteer opportunities, conferences, change-making apps, tips on how to crowd-fund and more,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019ve been fortunate enough to have had some great leadership positions. I want to spread leadership and share these experiences to empower others to be impactful in their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI understand the deep cultural context required to form solutions to social problems. I won\u2019t solve your problems, but I can teach you skills and knowledge that will help you get there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About a year ago, she began creating a massive spreadsheet full of the opportunities, skills and knowledge that make up Generation Impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI realized that there are so many opportunities and resources out there for people,\u201d she says. \u201cI want to empower others. Now that the website has launched, I want to know how can I reach more people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want young people to know that they can have an impact in their community. Young people can change the world. It\u2019s all about collateral impact. I may give just one person a resource that leads them to a conference, and it may form a chain to someone who becomes president of Cambodia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A self-described compulsive learner, Schetelig is a Psychology and Global Management double major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m open for a lot of things at the moment \u2014 academia, corporate social responsibility, consulting, nonprofits, organizations like UNICEF,\u201d she says. \u201cThese majors are aligned and very much about making an impact doing what I want to do through teaching and working. I have a lot of interests, but what unites all of them is that I love educating and empowering people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schetelig grew up in Germany in a Swedish-German bilingual household and went to United World College in Singapore before learning about Earlham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She learned about The Heart, the grassy center of Earlham\u2019s campus where students gather to connect with friends. She learned about the College\u2019s culture and approach to academics, where \u201cEarlham is a space to create yourself,\u201d as she describes it.  \u201cI was intrigued by the idea that I would have the freedom and space to create my way. I\u2019ve learned that you have to fight for your opportunities, and to recognize that space as an opportunity and not as a gap. It\u2019s space to greet things everyday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Earlham she has worked in theatre productions and has been a convener of Cabaret Club and member of two other choirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m a Peer Mentor, and it has given me so much joy,\u201d she says. \u201cPeople reach out to me when they\u2019re having a bad time. I sit with them and listen. I take 20 minutes to see if they\u2019re really OK. That\u2019s how we change the world. I want to be there for the people around me. What kind of leader are you if when you return from attending a peace conference, you ignore the person crying in the room next to you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has also initiated communication on campus about a Happiness Project, with the goal of having more deliberate thoughts, discussions and actions about how the Earlham community can be happier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEarlham is really challenging for me,\u201d she says. \u201cI felt like I wouldn\u2019t fit in, that people might not accept me for the crazy person that I am. I\u2019ve been privileged to have really good opportunities, and these are a huge part of who I am. These past few weeks I decided that I\u2019m just going to be me and see what happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been really empowering. I\u2019ve been really humbled by how the community reacts to me being me, and Julia from everywhere at once is not a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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