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Collaborating with Cornell faculty and staff, New Student Programs (NSP) promotes the best possible first-year experience for undergraduate students.

NSP inspires and supports students throughout their crucial first year by:

  • Providing an orientation to Cornell and easing the transition to life at the University;
  • Encouraging intellectual curiosity, cultural exploration, and informal interactions with faculty;
  • Developing programs to promote diversity and inclusiveness; integrity; and a "commitment to freedom, equity, and reason"*;
  • Exposing new students to services that support their academic goals, holistic well-being, and life pursuits; and
  • Introducing new students’ families to Cornell.

 

The Grapes of Wrath at the Tatkon Center

The Photography of Dorothea Lange August-September
Carol Tatkon Center Art Gallery
This exhibit of images from the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, features Dorothea Lange's most famous photographs from the 1930s of migrant workers in California and destitute share croppers in the South. Included are several of Lange's iconic “Migrant Mother” images of Florence Owens Thompson and her children in 1936 in a California migrant labor camp. Lesser known but equally powerful images are taken from Lange's photographs during World War II of Japanese-Americans being rounded up for confinement in US internment camps.
Part of the Grapes of Wrath at the Tatkon Center series. Sponsored by the Carol Tatkon Center, Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, and Office of the Dean of Students.

Immigration: From Ellis Island to the US-Mexico Wall
November-December
Carol Tatkon Center Art Gallery
Visit the Tatkon Center to view an exhibition of photos highlighting 20th and 21st century migration into the United States. Photographs of Ellis Island from the Library of Congress and photographs of the US-Mexico Wall provided by Professor Maria Cook will be displayed.
Part of The Grapes of Wrath at the Tatkon Center series. Sponsored by the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Carol Tatkon Center, Department of International and Comparative Labor, and the Office of the Dean of Students.

Farmingville: Film Screening, Dinner and Discussion
November 6, 5:30pm, Carol Tatkon Center Rm: 3330
This film explores the hate-based attempted murders of two Mexican day laborers that catapult a small Long Island town into national headlines. Hailed by the New York Times as a “primer” on the explosive issue of illegal immigration this is an event you won’t want to miss!
Part of The Grapes of Wrath Reading Project Series at the Tatkon Center. Sponsored by the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Carol Tatkon Center, Department of International and Comparative Labor, and the Office of the Dean of Students.

 

 
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New Students Website - Whether you are a first-year, transfer, graduate or professional student, your new academic journey has begun. This site will help you keep track of requirements for new students, provide answers to common questions, and help you learn more about Cornell's vast offerings.

Graduate School Student Services — Gateway to student services for graduate students.

New Student Reading Project — In the Summer of 2008, Cornell’s incoming undergraduate class will read Gary Wills' Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America. On August 24, during orientation, a panel of Cornell faculty members will discuss the book, and invite student questions, in preparation for the next day’s meetings of more than 220 small discussion groups. As in past years, 10 essay contest winners from the incoming class will receive gift certificates to the Cornell Store.
New Student Programs, Office of the Dean of Students
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