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January 18, 2023
To all of our SCL colleagues, welcome back and happy new year! We hope you had a restful and rejuvenating break. We look forward to kicking off another year with our enthusiastic and passionate team and are all eager to welcome students back to campus this week.Â
Please explore the newsletter below for important updates, resources, and happenings around our division. Keep an eye out later next week for additional updates from Vice President Lombardi and more ways to connect this semester.
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2023 Soup & Hope Season Begins
Over the past 16 years, dozens of Soup & Hope speakers have touched, inspired, motivated, and stirred the hearts of those who gather over a series of lunch hours during the winter months at Sage Chapel. Soup & Hope kicked off on Jan. 12 with Mark Vallely's story. See the full schedule and register here.
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Save The Date: Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture with Richard T. FordThe annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration at Cornell aspires to be a cross-campus and community partnership that makes accessible the life and legacy of Dr. King for contemporary times. Read more about this year's speaker and remember to save the date: Feb. 13 at 7 PM.
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Advisory Committee Updates
The SCL Advisory Committee would like to send a big thank you to everyone for participating in the recent SCL values feedback sessions. There are still a handful to go but so far, you all have shared thoughtful and informative feedback that will help us to continue shaping our divisional values. This semester, the Advisory Committee will continue their work defining student development goals and will quickly move toward the next stage of focusing on the SCL priority of staff development. Continue to visit the SCL Divisional Planning page of the SCL staff website for additional updates and opportunities to engage with this important work.
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New SCL Staff and Celebrating Promotions
Congratulations and welcome to our new team members in Student & Campus Life. Take a moment to reach out to new staff on your team and throughout the division to welcome them, learn about their role, and help them get to know SCL better.
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Members of the 2022 Orientation Team hanging out with Touchdown at First Year Festival, a Fall Orientation program planned for new students complete with cotton candy, escape rooms, inflatables, and prizes!
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The Tatkon Peer Leaders preparing to welcome new students and community members to Downtown Ithaca for CU Downtown, a collaboration between the Downtown Ithaca Alliance and the Tatkon Center for New Students.
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Get to Know the Tatkon Center for New Students
Recently renamed, the Tatkon Center for New Students is committed to serving as a resource center for new students across campus. From welcoming Cornellians and their families at New Student Orientation in the Fall and Spring, to hosting programs that support students in their transition and development, to cross-campus collaboration, we aim to inspire students and guide them through a transformational college experience.
The Tatkon Center for New Students is located in the Robert Purcell Community Center (RPCC) room 201, and located in RPCC 101 is the programming space and study lounge, open from 3 – 11 PM Sunday – Thursday. Tatkon Peer Leaders staff the welcome desk during open hours and are a group of paid students from across disciplines, interests, and areas of the Cornell community. Be sure to follow the Tatkon Center on Instagram as it continues to grow into a hub for new students to connect with programs, events, and resources across campus.
Have something you would like to communicate to new students? Connect with the staff to share out the amazing work you are doing!
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SCL Staff Notes & Reminders
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Help Keep Our Campus Community Healthy
COVID is still present and winter weather brings about even more potential for illness. If you become ill, speak with your supervisor about options to stay out of circulation. As a reminder, all members of the Cornell community – students, staff, and faculty – are expected to self-report positive COVID test results through Cornell's Daily Check. Doing so prompts several informational emails to the individual who tests positive.
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New Resource for Staff Career ExplorationThe new Career Success Center helps employees explore the career development programs and opportunities at Cornell. With resources such as the Career Management Toolkit, Opportunity Finders, and Career Guidance.
Get to Know the SCL Staff Website
Did you know the SCL Staff website is filled with valuable information to stay up-to-date on available resources, professional development opportunities, and so much more!
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Resources & Opportunities
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Inclusive Excellence Summit 2023
The Inclusive Excellence Summit is an annual event for staff and faculty to connect and learn with one another around our shared desire to cultivate a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace that fosters a culture of belonging.Â
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Share Your Story to Promote Well-being
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Engaged Opportunity Grants
Applications due Friday, Feb. 10. The next round of the Einhorn Center's Engaged Opportunity Grants will open later this month. EOGs support faculty and staff who are creating, enhancing, or sustaining community-engaged learning opportunities for undergraduates. Awards up to $3,000.
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Preparing for Baby Series Begins Feb. 22Free of charge, the Preparing for Baby series will help you sort through much of the information available for new parents and guide you in making the best decisions for your family. All Cornellians (faculty, staff, postdocs, and students) and their partners/support people are welcome to attend.
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Below are resources and opportunities for students to explore and to help keep them engaged with the campus community. Please share with the students you interact with and with colleagues.Â
- Encourage students to participate in Weeks of Welcome Jan. 22 – Feb. 5.
- Foundations of Community-Engaged Learning helps students to build the skills and mindset to collaborate with communities and pursue positive change.
- Winter Career Carnival takes place on Thursday, Jan. 26 from 5:30-7:30 PM in Toni Morrison Hall. Play winter-themed carnival games with a career twist. Go ice fishing for jobs on Handshake! Snacks and prizes available.
- Spring Orientation is THIS WEEK! Starting Jan. 19 with new student move-in, a family welcome reception, and residence hall community meetings. University events for students and families will take place throughout the day Friday, Jan. 20 and College programming will take place Saturday, Jan. 21.
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Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nÇ«' (the Cayuga Nation). This land acknowledgment has been reviewed and approved by the traditional Gayogo̱hó꞉nÇ«' leadership.Â
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