STUDENT GUILD EXECUTIVES

LEE-ANNA MILLER

Student Guild President

Doctor of Medicine | 3rd year

STUDENT GUILD PRESIDENT MESSAGE

CSMSJ Students and Community,

My name is Lee-Anna Miller and I have been selected to serve as your Guild President for the upcoming term 2026-2028. It is both an honor and a privilege to hold this position as we all look forward to the continued growth and excellence of our institution.

As I reflect on my three years spent at CSMSJ, I encourage you to not underestimate what this institution will demand of you. The standards here are set for the improvement and well-roundedness of each student. Every student here faces challenges, but in time those challenges reveal lessons that shape us into competent and compassionate physicians.

To successfully complete this journey, you must be willing to be molded not only by academic knowledge but by experiences. You must be willing to embrace one thing that is certain in medicine and in life; CHANGE.

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– Challenge yourself

Change is not a bad thing, it allows for growth. It allows a person to discover traits about themselves that were dormant or to develop new ones. Change avoids stagnation and as a physician, it is demanded of us to continuously evolve.

– Hold on and never give up

Change can be uncomfortable, but you will only see its fruits if you persevere. I encourage you to be patient with yourself; do not compare your journey to someone else’s. Instead, seek advice, support and be careful of the company you keep, in or outside of CSMSJ. These are just a few of the things that keep you afloat throughout your journey.

– Action

Change will come unexpectedly. When it comes, you must decide whether you will resist it or grow through it. Remaining still is rarely an option. If you refuse to act, change doesn’t stop just for you it continues; it moves forward with or without.

– Non-Negotiable

It is necessary to develop the courage, boldness and resilience to push past comfort zones. This is non-negotiable. This will involve taking risks at times, to step out and make things happen for
yourself.

– God at the center

Above all else, keep God at the center of your life, Matthew 6:33 guides us saying- “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all His righteousness and all these things shall be added on to you.”

The journey ahead is not going to be easy, allow me to share a few thoughts that got me this far.
1) If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.
2) God never puts you where He has not equipped you.
3) God is a just and merciful father that has plans not to harm you, but to prosper you and give you a future.

There are going to be instances in your journey where you question yourself, your capabilities and even God, but I encourage you to reflect on these points and I pray they help in dire times.

– Embracing change

Change usually comes with a new start and at times with new opportunities that come but once, thus, seize these chances when presented. Embracing the change, you will find others with similar experiences and can create long lasting relationships.

Therefore, I encourage all of you: to expect change, accept change, embrace it and allow it to shape you into the physician and person you are meant to become. ‘For God has not given you a spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7.

Together, let us embrace the change and build a future worthy of the calling we have gotten. Thank you and may God bless and keep you.