Build With Students.
Up to 400 university students from UCLA, USC, UC Berkeley, and campuses across Los Angeles come to our conference at UCLA on November 14. You meet them face to face. Then Meridian creates hackathon-style events by field, where student teams take on a real challenge from your field.
An event is one field, in one room, run as a hackathon. Take pre-med: physicians and healthcare executives join, and students from UCLA, USC, UC Berkeley, and other Los Angeles campuses are placed on teams with people from schools they would not normally meet. Each team gets one real problem from the field, then presents to the executives in the room. The winning team takes home a prize.
Who We Are
Cross-Campus by Design
Teams mix students from different campuses on purpose, so students work with people from schools they would otherwise never meet.
Built From the Inside
Meridian is run by students at UCLA, USC, and UC Berkeley, with ties to each campus's administration and student body.
From Los Angeles
Founded by Jaxton Wright, from Oxnard, and built for students across Los Angeles and Ventura Counties.
Executives in the Room
Executives from the field are at every event, there to get to know students and open doors for them.
Working With Meridian
Meet Students in Person
A table is a start. Your executives can join roundtables, introduce themselves to the room, and get to know students one conversation at a time.
Set the Challenge
Bring a real problem from your field. Student teams from different campuses work on it side by side, then pitch their answers to the executives in the room.
Work With Student Organizations
Student organizations and campus groups bring their members to Meridian and run tables of their own. Meet the people who organize campus life in one room, not campus by campus.
Be Known Beyond One Day
After the conference, Meridian creates events by field. Everyone who attends joins the Meridian network.
George Leis, Chairman, YMCA of the USA, and President, CalPrivate Bank. Alex McDowell, Production Designer, Minority Report and Fight Club. DeRay Mckesson, CEO, Campaign Zero. Dr. Rosaly Lopes, Senior Research Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Paul Rusnak, Founder, Rusnak Auto Group.
31 executives confirmed for November 14. 18 partners are working with us. See the partner directory
Campus Offices and Departments
UCLA and USC departments and student organizations reaching their students.
1. Tell Us
Tell us who you are and what you would like to do.
2. We Talk
We talk and find the right fit.
3. We Make It Happen
We build it into November 14 or one of the events by field, whichever fits what you want to do.
The First Meridian
150 students met executives from Netflix, OpenAI, and Chase Bank. Not for a lecture. For conversations that turned into mentorships, internship introductions, and career pivots. November 14 is bigger.
23 executives attended, and nine students left with internships.
“I had an amazing time speaking on my experience and being able to hear the experiences of so many other talented individuals.”
What Would You Like to Do With Meridian?
The General Atomics Sciences Education Foundation funds Meridian and the aerospace design lab.