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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.

Explore how activism, art, film, comedy,
and rhetoric can promote social change

Reaching for Equality - August-September
Carol Tatkon Center Art Gallery
Dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal," through the words, images, and symbols, this
exhibit examines the rhetoric of equality and tracks our progress (or lack) towards achieving equal rights for all people.
Curated by the Cornell University Library. In partnership with the First-Year Collaborative Committee.

Get Inspired and Get Registered - September 6th, 4:30pm
Balch Courtyard Terrace
(rain location Carol Tatkon Center Room 3330)
Get Inspired as President Skorton reads the Gettysburg Address an talks about the power of
words to change our world. Then get registered in this kickoff to our voter registration drive.
Part of JAM The Vote and The Big Red Sleepover Takeover.
In partnership with the First-Year Collaborative Committee.

Political Filmmaking - November 7th, 5:30pm
Carol Tatkon Center, Rm 3330
Carol Tatkon Center presents the important new film Stop Loss. Screening, Dinner,
& Discussion with professors Fredrik Logevall & Sarah Kreps. Come and discuss such
issues as: the new presidency & Iraq policy, foreign relations, and war and economics.
Sponsored by Carol Tatkon Center, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education,
Office of the Dean of Students, and Court-Kay-Bauer Community.

Crossing the Line - March 5th, 5pm
Tatkon Center's "Comedy Lounge" presents Crossing the Line. Join Professor Graeme Bailey and Vice Provost Michele Moody-Adams to discuss how comedy is used to prod and provoke and when it crosses the line. Featuring mocktails, hors d'oeuvres and outrageous comedy clips from comedians such as Whoopi Goldbery, Chris Rock, Carlos Mencia and more.

Is It Just Rhetoric? -Spring 2009
A more serious look at the power of speech to advocate and inspire.

How We Protest -Spring 2009
An examination of various forms of collective protest at Cornell and beyond.

USEFUL LINKS:

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
Cornell University
Carol Tatkon Center
3058 South Balch Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853

Phone: (607) 253-4282

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