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College News
STATE OF THE COLLEGE ADDRESS
In a Nov. 24 open letter to the Cornell College community, President Les Garner stresses that the college’s core values will not change in the face of national economic instability. Furthermore, he states that, while the college may be faced with difficult challenges ahead, “our commitment to teaching, learning, and the liberal arts will not waver. With the confidence and support of alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff, and friends, this institution has overcome greater challenges than the current crisis, and together we can overcome this challenge as well.” |
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FORMER PRESIDENT ARLAND CHRIST-JANER DIES
Former President Arland Christ-Janer passed away Sunday, Nov., 9, in Sarasota, Fla. He was 86. Christ-Janer served as Cornell’s president from 1961-1967. During his tenure he shepherded the construction of more campus structures than any previous administration, building four residence halls—Dows, Pauley, Tarr, and Rorem—The Commons, the maintenance building, and Ink Pond. Read more...
Christ-Janer (center) with Terry Gibson '59, Cornell senior vice president, and Carey Downs Gibson outside of King Chapel following his honorary degree ceremony in 1999. |
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GARNER NAMED TO NATIONAL METHODIST BOARD
President Les Garner has been elected to the board of the International Association of Methodist Schools, Colleges, and Universities (IAMSCU). Read more...
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HAWKINS 65TH AT NATIONALS
Senior Rachelle Hawkins finished 65th out of 279 competitors in her first appearance at the NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country National Championships. She covered the six-kilometer course in a school-record time of 22 minutes, 9.32 seconds, breaking her own mark one last time in her final collegiate race. Read more... |
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FALL ALL-ACADEMIC ATHLETES
Cornell placed 19 student-athletes on the Iowa Conference all-academic teams for the 2008 fall season. The Rams had five student-athletes selected in volleyball and women's cross country, three in football, two in men's soccer and men's cross country, and one each in women's soccer and women's golf. Read more... |
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HEARD ON CAMPUS
John Granger, author of The Deathly Hallows Lectures, explored the meaning of J.K. Rowling’s eye imagery and Christian content in a fun review of the world’s fastest selling book and best-selling series the day before Halloween in a lecture titled “The Eyes of Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows’ Spiritual Vision.” |
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Tim Roemer, former congressman and 9/11 commissioner as well as current president of the Center for National Policy, spoke on “National Security Challenges in the 21st Century.” Roemer served as congressman from the third district of Indiana from 1991-2003, and was a key sponsor of the legislation that created the 9/11 Commission. Read more... |
Campaign News
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CAMPAIGN UPDATE
A $2.5 million estate gift from Lee and Dorothy Whitson will further endow the Frank N. Whitson Memorial Scholarship in honor of their son and only child, who died of leukemia in 1974.
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As part of their 50th reunion gift, the Class of 1958 donated over $677,000 in cash, pledges, and planned gifts to endow the environmental studies program and to fund a scholarship in honor of long-time geology professor Herb Hendriks, who started one of the first environmental studies programs in the country at Cornell in 1975. |
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A $550,000 gift from John McGrane ’73 and Martha (Marty) Benson McGrane ’73 will renovate the President’s house, provide for a number of other campus programs, and acquire property for Cornell’s future growth. Read more... |
Cornell in the News
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FACULTY SHARE EXPERTISE
Associate Professor of Economics and Business Todd Knoop has been making the media rounds with regard to the current economic crisis, appearing in Business Week, the Associated Press, the Cedar Rapids Gazette, and others. Knoop appeared live on "Money Talk" with Bob Brinker, a nationally syndicated radio talk show, on Sunday, Nov. 9, and was featured in a Dec. 17th story on KCRG concerning the closing of two stores in Cedar Rapids. Read more...
Craig Allin, professor of politics, was featured Monday in High Country News on the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a Bill Clinton-era conservation law protecting 58.5 million acres of national forest area from logging and energy development. Read more... |
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GARNER FEATURED IN SERIES OF INTERVIEWS
President Les Garner was featured in The Greentree Gazette’s series of “Gazette Minute” interviews discussing One Course At A Time, U-CAN, Cornell Students, and endowments. Read more... |
Alumni News
CORNELLIANS ELECTED TO OFFICE
Four Cornellians were elected to government offices this past November, including Professor of Politics Emeritus David Loebsack (Congress), Christopher Carney ’81 (Congress), Deborah Mell ’90 (Illinois state Congress), and Nancy Kleihauer Adams ’64 (mayor of Pequot Lakes, Minn). Read more... |
UPCOMING ALUMNI EVENTS
February 5, 2009 - Bonita Springs, FL Campaign Event at the home of John Smith '71 and Dyan Smith
March 6, 2009 - Greater Cornell Reception at NCAA Div. III Wrestling Championships
March 7, 2009 - Colorado Alumni Annual Ski Day at Copper Mountain
March 14, 2009 - St. Louis Campaign Event at Windows on Washington
April 25, 2009 - Washington D.C. Campaign Event at the home of John McGrane '73 and Marty Benson McGrane '73
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NEW YEAR GIVING
Support Cornell's Annual Fund by sending in your gift today! Each gift helps fortify the Hilltop in many positive ways and makes a difference in the lives of each and every student. You can make your gift today by visiting Cornell’s secure online giving site or call 1-877-683-7666. Thank you for helping us reach our 2009 goal. |
Coming Up
VISITING WRITER SERIES: POET KATHLEEN HALME
On Jan. 15 Poet Kathleen Halme will read from and discuss her most recent book Drift and Pulse. In Drift and Pulse, her third book of poems, Halme is fascinated with the domain where matter is experienced as mind. Drawing upon brain science, anthropology, and biology, these poems take aim at the big questions of form and death. |
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BASKETBALL VS. COE
The men’s basketball team is off to its best start in almost 20 years. Come cheer them, and the women, on against Coe and toss some toilet paper! Monday, Jan. 19, women 6 p.m.; men 8 p.m. Read more... |
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LYRIC THEATRE PERFORMANCE: CABARET
Since its inception, Lyric Theatre has presented a rich tapestry of musical theatre and operatic offerings. Lyric Theatre's 2008 production will be Cabaret. Feb. 5, 6, and 7 at 7:30 p.m., and Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. in Kimmel Theatre. Read more... |
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MUSIC MONDAYS
Music Mondays, in its 11th season, continues on March 2 with Martin Bruns, baritone, and Jan Philip Schulze, piano, and finishes with the Avi String Quartet on March 23. Read more... |
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DIVISION III WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Last year Cornell wrestling topped off one of its most successful seasons ever with a 7th place finish and four All-Americans at the NCAA Division III Championships. This year, on March 6-7, 2009, Coe and Cornell will host the event at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, starting at 10 a.m. Come watch returning All-Americans Nick Nothern and Kyle Kehrli lead the Rams in their own backyard.
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DIMENSIONS LECTURE
This year, Dimensions is pleased to welcome Dr. Danielle Ofri on March 18, 2009 for a lecture, classroom visit, and writing workshop. Her presentation, "Multiculturalism and Diversity," will be in Kimmel Theatre at 11:15 a.m. Dr. Ofri is a physician and teacher at the oldest public hospital in the United States, Bellevue Hospital in New York City. As a writer and literary editor, Dr. Ofri speaks with unique insight into the human experience – how illness, healing and the practice of medicine reveal our depth, compassion, and sense of meaning. |
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HOMECOMING 2009
Save the date! Cornell Homecoming 2009 has officially been announced for Oct. 9-11. Stay tuned to the alumni website for more information. |
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