Daily Schedule

Thursday, October 22

7:30–9:00 a.m.

Board of Trustees Committee on Alumni Affairs and Development Breakfast Meeting

8:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.

Registration and Information Desks Open
Foyer, J. Willard Marriott Executive Education Center, Statler Hotel

9:00–11:00 a.m.

Board of Trustees Buildings and Properties Committee Meeting ^

Board of Trustees Committee on Governmental Relations Meeting ^

Administrative Board Meeting

11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.

New Member Welcome Orientation with Administrative Board Members (by invitation)
A luncheon event especially planned to welcome our newest Council members and provide insight into the roles and responsibilities of Council membership.

1:00–2:30 p.m.

Cornell University Council Committee Meetings (also Friday, 11:15 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.)
Council committees provide an opportunity to become more informed about, participate in, and offer feedback to a particular area of the university. If you are not already a committee member, you may use this occasion to sit in and learn more about one or more committees that interest you.

• Admissions and Financial Aid
• Governmental Relations
• Public Relations
• Technology Transfer

1:00–3:00 p.m.

Board of Trustees Committee on Academic Affairs Meeting ^

Board of Trustees Committee on Student Life Meeting

1:30–2:30 p.m.

Tours (choose one)

• Behind the Scenes with Frank Robinson (also Friday, 3:30 p.m.)
  Museum director Frank Robinson will lead you on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Johnson Museum's permanent collection, including prints, photographs, drawings, and Asian art.
  Tour Guide: Franklin W. Robinson, The Richard J. Schwartz Director, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
  

• CALS Greenhouses
  Cornell's agricultural program is known the world over for advancing global agriculture and addressing some of the most vexing problems, from pest management to plant breeding, from Asia to Africa to New York State. Enjoy an inside view of the place where groundbreaking research starts—in Cornell's greenhouses. With 163 separate compartments—the largest non-commercial greenhouse complex in the state—Cornell's greenhouses are multipurpose teaching and research facilities, and in some buildings, public observatories. Tour the Purple Conservatory with its wide-ranging plant collections and the Green Greenhouses to see both historical and state-of-the-art facilities, some current research projects, and several energy conservation initiatives being undertaken in Cornell's plant growth facilities.
  Tour Guide: Andrew R. Leed, Manager, CALS Greenhouses

• Equine Treadmill and Farrier at the College of Veterinary Medicine
  See how the ancient art of the farrier—still practiced at the forge—supports a modern-day teaching hospital, and how running a horse on a treadmill helps veterinarians diagnose equine health problems.
  Tour Guides: Jonathan Cheetham, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
  Michael Jon Wildenstein, Farrier, Cornell University Hospital for Animals

• Physical Sciences Building Hard Hat Tour (also Friday, 3:30 p.m.)
  Under construction for two years, the $142 million Physical Sciences Building is scheduled for completion at the end of 2010. This LEED Gold structure will provide a dynamic, state-of-the-art facility to support Cornell's internationally recognized research and teaching in the departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Physics, and Applied and Engineering Physics. The labs, offices, and public spaces will occupy approximately 197,000 gross square feet. Sited on an already paved area in order to preserve green space on the Cornell campus, the building will provide spectacular atria and views.
  Tour Guides: Gary N. Wilhelm, Project Director
  Michael S. Husar, Senior Project Manager
  Gregory L. Crossett, Senior Construction Manager

• The Nooks and Crannies of Willard Straight Hall
  Completed in 1925 as one of the nation's first student unions, the Straight's facilities include a great hall, two dining rooms, offices for student organizations, a browsing library, a small art gallery, a computer lab, a movie theater, and a ceramic studio. Come explore the little-known, out-of-the way passages, closets, and tunnels at Willard Straight Hall.
  Tour Guide: Kent L. Hubbell '67, BArch '69, The Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students

3:00–4:15 p.m.

2009 Hatfield Lecture
H. Fisk Johnson AB '79, ME '80, MS '82, MBA '84, PHD '86
Chairman and CEO, and Chairman of the Board, SC Johnson & Son, Inc.

Fisk Johnson is the 2009 Robert S. Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education, the highest honor Cornell bestows on outstanding individuals from the corporate sector. He is the fifth-generation family leader of the 123-year-old family company, SC Johnson. As the CEO of this leading global consumer packaged goods company, Fisk will speak to the challenges we face in light of the global consumption crisis.

4:30–5:30 p.m.

Keynote Speaker
W. Kent Fuchs, Provost
Cornell 2009: Engaged, Effective, Excellent

How does an institution as large and complex as ours react and respond to unexpected challenges that will impact us for several years? Provost Fuchs will discuss the ongoing process of developing a new strategic plan for Cornell in an era of reduced resources. With input from task forces across the campus, this plan will focus on enhancing efficiency while building on Cornell's legacy of excellence in education, research, and outreach.

5:45–7:45 p.m.

Wine and Dine at Weill
Mingle with friends and meet new ones during cocktails and a movable feast in the beautiful open spaces of Joan and Sanford I. Weill Hall.
Attire: business casual

8:00–9:30 p.m.

Carnauba, A Son's Memoir
H. Fisk Johnson AB '79, ME '80, MS '82, MBA '84, PHD '86,
Chairman and CEO, and Chairman of the Board, SC Johnson & Son, Inc.

In 1998, Samuel C. Johnson '50, trustee emeritus, longtime benefactor of the university, and former chairman of S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc., traveled to South America with the intention of recreating an earlier trip made by his father, Herbert F. Johnson, who went to Brazil in 1935 to study the carnauba palm, the key ingredient for the Johnson company's wax products. Carnauba, A Son's Memoir documents the journey that Sam Johnson made with his two sons, Fisk '79 and Curtis '77. It is a deeply personal film and a testament to the power and importance of family in shaping our lives. Fisk will introduce the hour-long film and take questions from the audience afterward.

Friday, October 23

7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.

Registration and Information Desks Open
Foyer, J. Willard Marriott Executive Education Center, Statler Hotel

7:15–8:30 a.m.

Breakfasts (choose one)

•  Athletics & Physical Education
  Join Director Andy Noel, football coach Jim Knowles '87, other coaches, and student athletes for a fun, informative, and inspiring breakfast.
  Speakers:  Jim Knowles '87, The Roger J. Weiss '61 Head Coach of Football; coaches, and student athletes

• Public Service Center—Grown for a Greater Good: Community Based Horticulture Initiatives and Cornell University | View the invitation
  The Cornell Public Service Center proudly hosts a panel presentation featuring faculty, staff, and students contributing to community-based horticulture initiatives. Join us as we discuss faculty endeavors, student-led programs, and other community projects supported by Cornell University. Topics will range from garden-based learning programs, to projects that address healthy living and issues of obesity, to community gardens and food security initiatives.

8:45–10:00 a.m.

Joint Annual Meeting (no registration necessary)
State of the University Address: David J. Skorton, President
Peter C. Meinig '61, BME '62, Chair, Board of Trustees
Mitchell D. Lee '90, JD '96, Chair

10:00–11:00 a.m.

Far Above... The Campaign for Cornell: A Conversation About the Endowment
Please join Paul Gould '67 and President David Skorton for conversation and Q&A about the management of Cornell's endowment and investment strategies in this challenging environment.
David J. Skorton, President, Cornell University
Paul A. Gould '67, Managing Director, Allen & Company, LLC; Chair, Investment Committee, Cornell University Board of Trustees

11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m.

College and Unit Lunches

Learn the latest college or unit news while you enjoy lunch. Select any session you find interesting. (Please note that some lunches are combined.)

1.	Architecture, Art, and Planning: Kent Kleinman, The Gale and Ira Drukier Dean Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art: Frank Robinson, The Richard J. Schwartz Director
2.	Arts and Sciences: G. Peter Lepage, The Harold Tanner Dean Library: Anne Richardson Kenney, The Carl A. Kroch University Librarian
3.	Agriculture and Life Sciences: Susan A. Henry, The Ronald P. Lynch Dean Lab of Ornithology: John W. Fitzpatrick, The Louis Agassiz Fuertes Director Plantations: Donald A. Rakow, The Elizabeth Newman Wilds Director Shoals Marine Laboratory: William E. Bemis, The Kingsbury Director
4.	Engineering: Christopher K. Ober, Interim Dean
5.	Human Ecology: Alan D. Mathios, The Rebecca Q. and James C. Morgan Dean
6.	Hotel: Michael D. Johnson, Dean
7.	ILR School: Harry C. Katz, The Kenneth F. Kahn Dean
8.	Johnson School: L. Joseph Thomas, The Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean
9.	Law: Stewart J. Schwab, The Allan R. Tessler Dean
10.	Student and Academic Services: Kent L. Hubbell, The Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean
11.	Veterinary Medicine: Michael I. Kotlikoff, The Austin O. Hooey Dean

 

11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m.

Cornell University Council Committee Meetings (also Thursday, 1:00 p.m., and Friday, 3:45 p.m.)
Council committees provide an opportunity to become more informed about, participate in, and offer feedback to a particular area of the university. If you are not already a committee member, you may use this occasion to sit in and learn more about one or more committees that interest you.

• Human Resources Advisory

1:00–2:00 p.m.

Panels (choose one)

• Varied Voices: Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholars
  Discovery. Research. Scholarship. Myriad opportunities for undergraduates. The Rawlings CPRS enables its students to collaborate with faculty members in designing and planning individualized programs of research. Join us as students and their faculty mentors from across academic disciplines discuss their research.
  Moderator: Hunter R. Rawlings III, President Emeritus, Cornell University         

• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
  A panel of faculty members from the Creative Writing Program and the English, history, and sociology departments will present their own thoughts on Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Grapes of Wrath, and will respond to the ideas and reactions of members of the audience. This Depression-era work, which won Steinbeck the Nobel Prize for Literature, is the 2009 selection for Cornell's New Student Reading Project. The novel treats some of the key issues that we face today: the role of the banks and big business in the lives of ordinary Americans, the apocalyptic consequences of ecological crisis, the nature of prejudice and the effects of cultural difference, the potential effectiveness of collective struggle, the future of the traditional family, and the role of women in the crises and tragedies of the modern world.
  Moderator: Laura Brown, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and John Wendell Anderson Professor of English
  Panelists: Derek S. Chang, Associate Professor, Department of History
  J. Robert Lennon, Assistant Professor, Department of English

1:00–5:00 p.m.

Board of Trustees Meeting ^

2:30–3:30 p.m.

Presentations (choose one)

• Executive Pay and Performance: Past, Present, and Future
  Professor Hallock will explore whether there is "pay for performance" in executive compensation systems. He will discuss basics of executive compensation, how and why compensation levels have grown, some of the history of pay for performance, how academics and practitioners look at these issues differently, and why these seemingly simple issues can be difficult to answer. He will also discuss recent legislative proposals and prospects for how executives may be paid in the future.
  Speaker: Kevin F. Hallock, Professor of Labor Economics and of Human Resource Studies, ILR School

• Renewable Energy Research and Development at Cornell University
  A wide range of experts at Cornell are developing and putting into practice a variety of renewable energy technologies including solar, geothermal, and those that convert biomass into heat and power. This panel presentation will include Cornell experts working on a range of renewable energy options, such as anaerobic digestion that produces methane from waste streams; slow pyrolysis, a carbon-negative technology that produces combustible gasses and a valuable soil supplement (biochar); and geothermal systems. The technologies being developed will help to expand and diversify our renewable energy options, especially those that fit our unique and resource-rich northeast. How these technologies will benefit Cornell University, the region, and beyond will be discussed.
  Moderator: Michael P. Hoffman , Director, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station; Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
  Panelists: Jefferson W. Tester '66, MS '67, Croll Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems; Associate Director, Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future
  Largus (Lars) Angenent, Associate Professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
  Johannes Lehman, Associate Professor, Soil Fertility Management and Soil Biogeochemistry
  

•  Hope in Law and the Economy
  "While we breathe, we will hope." When President Barack Obama took office earlier this year, many were suggesting that the new president would put words like this behind him as he turned to the hard-nosed issues of policy making. "You campaign in poetry and you govern in prose," they say. But research suggests that such comments fundamentally underestimate the nature and the power of hope as an instrument of day-to-day regulation and policy making. In the aftermath of financial crisis, a global search is on for new regulatory paradigms, both public and private. What kinds of social and political institutions give markets legitimacy and encourage market participants, professionals, and regulators to be hopeful—proactive, risk-taking, and embracing of change? Part of the answer is that lawyers and financial experts already have at their disposal the tools and methods they need to create a healthy global market, if only they could recognize them and more systematically replicate them in public and private regulatory practice.
  Speakers: Hirokazu Miyazaki, Associate Professor Anthropology, Department of Anthropology
  Annelise Riles, Jack G. Clarke '52 Professor of Far East Legal Studies, Cornell Law School; Director, Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture; and Professor of Anthropology

3:30–5:00 p.m.

Tours (choose one)

• Behind the Scenes with Frank Robinson (see Thursday, 1:30 p.m.)

• Library Exhibit—The Lincoln Presidency: Last Full Measure of Devotion (also on view Saturday, 1:00–5:00 p.m.)
  Cornell University Library celebrates the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth with the exhibition The Lincoln Presidency: Last Full Measure of Devotion. See the exhibition on view in Carl A. Kroch Library, and hear the curator talk about Cornell's exceptional Lincoln collection, including one of five original copies of the Gettysburg Address in the hand of Abraham Lincoln, a manuscript of the Emancipation Proclamation, and a manuscript copy of the 13th Amendment signed by Lincoln and members of Congress. This exhibition is generously supported by a grant from the Nicholas H. Noyes, Jr. Memorial Foundation.
  Tour Guide:  Katherine A. Reagan, Ernest L. Stern Curator of Rare Books & Manuscripts

• McGraw Hall Museum
  McGraw Hall was originally constructed as the university museum, with collections to support instruction in many fields. The anthropology collections now survive as the last part of the original museum, with materials representing the spectrum of human life in the world. Visitors will see what the original museum was like, learn something of the history of collecting at Cornell, and see archaeological and ethnographic objects from Lower Paleolithic stone tools to prehistoric ceramics and Egyptian antiquities to 20th-century clothing and ritual items.
  Tour Guide: Frederic W. Gleach, Senior Lecturer, Curator of the Anthropology Collections

• Physical Sciences Building Hard Hat Tour (see Thursday, 1:30 p.m.)

• Plantations Welcome Center Groundbreaking Celebration
  Celebrate the launch of construction on the Cornell Plantations Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center! Nestled into the base of Comstock Knoll at the heart of the botanical garden, the new building will provide many long-wished-for visitor amenities, including a small café, fully accessible indoor restrooms, and flexible space for exhibits, educational programs, and special events.
  Tour Guide:  Donald A. Rakow, The Elizabeth Newman Wilds Director, Cornell Plantations

• Rappelling Schoellkopf Stadium
  Experience real higher education! Enjoy the bird's-eye view of campus from the top of the Schoellkopf Crescent, then rappel down with the supportive experts from Cornell Outdoor Education. Learn about ropes, knots, harnesses, and climbing technique. Novices wanted! No experience expected or necessary. Wear sensible shoes and loose-fitting clothing, and bring your camera!
  Tour Guides:  Todd Miner, Lindseth Executive Director, Cornell Outdoor Education
  Mark B. Holton MS '94, PhD '99, Director of Outdoor Programs and Risk Management, Cornell Outdoor Education
  Josh Bochniak, Climbing Programs Coordinator, Cornell Outdoor Education

3:45–5:00 p.m.

Cornell University Council Committee Meetings (also Thursday, 1:00 p.m., and Friday, 11:15 a.m.)

Council committees provide an opportunity to become more informed about, participate in, and offer feedback to a particular area of the university. If you are not already a committee member, you may use this occasion to sit in and learn more about one or more committees that interest you.

• Athletics Alumni Advisory
• Committee on the Arts
• Committee on Career Services
• Committee on Sustainability: Energy, Environment, and Economic Development
• Cornell's Adult University Alumni Advisory Board
• International Programs
• Student and Academic Services

4:45 p.m.

Board of Trustees TGIF Reception with Graduate Students

5:15–6:30 p.m.

A Celebration of Scholarship | View the invitation
Open to all Trustees, Council members, and their guests.
A reception offering the opportunity for donors and all Council members to meet students who have been assisted through the generosity of Cornell's alumni, parents, and friends.

6:45–9:45 p.m.

SETTING THE PACE: 1865–2015
ENGAGE. EXAMINE. EMBARK.
Join your colleagues for a special evening with an exciting finale not to miss!
Reception and dinner
Attire: jacket and tie

Saturday, October 24

7:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Registration and Information Desks Open
Foyer, J. Willard Marriott Executive Education Center, Statler Hotel

7:30–8:45 a.m.

Breakfasts (choose one)

• Cornell Annual Fund (limited seating; attendance by pre-registration only)
  Join Annual Fund volunteers for an entertaining unveiling of fundraising goals for 2010 and celebration of 2009 records.
  

• Greek Life
  Mingle, enjoy breakfast, and hear a few words from great speakers. The program will feature highlights and accomplishments of the fraternity and sorority system from our student leaders and a review of the future goals and initiatives of the fraternity and sorority strategic plan.
  Speakers:  Travis T. Apgar, The Robert G. Engel Associate Dean of Students, Fraternity and Sorority Affairs
  Anthony B. Cashen '57, MBA '58, Chair, Fraternity and Sorority Advisory Council
  Kent L. Hubbell, The Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students

9:00–10:00 a.m.

Presentations (choose one)

• Cornell eClips: Reaching Across the Globe with Digital Stories
  "The best teachers are the best storytellers. We learn in the form of stories." (Frank Smith, To Think: in language, learning and education)
  Imagine the many stories that come through the doors of Cornell University in the form of speakers, visitors, advisors, and alumni. Now imagine capturing this wisdom and creating small, focused video or audio clips to broadcast across the Internet's many channels, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and social networks such as LinkedIn. You have just imagined Cornell's eClips Collection. Cornell eClips is the world's largest collection of digital media on entrepreneurship, business, and leadership. Our users span thousands of universities, community colleges, and high schools and hundreds of countries. In this session, Dr. Streeter will show the ways that Cornell is reaching out to the world through eClips, working with Cisco to help fuel small business development in emerging economies, helping other collaborators inform the dialogue on global warming, and creating a body of content on everything from sustainability to life science entrepreneurship to business ethics to business planning to creativity and design and beyond. The session will also feature some of the material that has been captured in other languages (Portuguese, Cantonese, etc.) and the many possibilities for additional international collaboration.
  Speaker: Deborah H. Streeter, The Bruce F. Failing, Sr. Professor of Personal Enterprise and Small Business Management, Department of Applied Economics and Management

• Cornell Outreach: Students, Staff, and Faculty in Service to Communities
  Helene Dillard, Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE), will present an overview of Cornell's comprehensive statewide outreach system. With a strong public mission and an extensive local presence, CCE is uniquely positioned to respond to educational needs and make a difference in New York communities. Nina Bassuk, professor of urban horticulture, will discuss the Student Weekend Arborist Team (SWAT) program, which for 7 years has been training students to carry out municipal tree inventories in New York State in small communities that would otherwise not have the resources to do so. Using hand-held computers and GPS units, students take over 25 fields of data relating to tree health and opportunities for new planting. In addition, the economic and environmental benefits of their tree population are quantified in a report to each community that helps them prepare a master plan to better steward their green resources.
  Speakers: Helene R. Dillard, Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and College of Human Ecology; Professor of Plant Pathology; Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension
  Nina Lauren Bassuk '74, Professor, Department of Horticulture; Program Leader, Urban Horticulture Institute
  

• Rich Lands and Poor: Progress, Conflict, and Responsibility in Global Development
  The dynamics of economic growth in developing countries and the interactions of developed and developing countries have transformed billions of lives in the last quarter century. Two Cornell faculty will present current work on controversial aspects of this transformation. Ronald Herring (government) will discuss the global political conflict around GMOs (genetically modified organisms): Is the cutting edge of biotechnology a tool for addressing the problems of underdevelopment or a threat to the world's poor? Richard Miller (philosophy) will describe the transnational interactions, economic, environmental, and political, which are, in his view, the major source of obligations of people in the United States to advance the life-prospects of people in developing countries.
  Moderator: Richard W. Miller, Professor of Philosophy
  Speakers: Richard W. Miller, Professor of Philosophy
  Ronald J. Herring, Professor of Government

• The Relation Between Science and Government Policy; Cornell's Expanding Role in Climate Change Research and Policy
  When the government adopts policies or makes decisions that involve science, factors that are not scientific often dominate. It is essential, however, that decision makers be cognizant of the related scientific knowledge and information, whether or not that supports their predilections and decisions. This time-honored maxim was systematically breached by the previous administration. We will review the extent to which the maxim has been restored by the Obama administration. Cornell, with its unique combined strength in research and outreach, is particularly well poised to contribute meaningfully to energy and climate change policies for the 21st century. Many of our faculty are involved in regional and national assessments of impacts of climate change, and projects focused on renewable energy solutions, greenhouse gas mitigation, cap-and-trade policy, and building adaptive capacity for various sectors of society. The faculty leading these projects are frequently in communication with policy makers at the state, national, and international level, and with the leadership of state, federal, and international agencies. The Center for a Sustainable Future is currently working with several colleges across campus to build on our strength and encourage the hiring of several new faculty in the social sciences and humanities, as well as climate and natural sciences, to work on these issues.
  Speakers: Kurt Gottfried '51, Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics
  David W. Wolfe, Professor of Plant and Soil Ecology, Department of Horticulture

9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Board of Trustees Meeting

10:15–11:15 a.m.

Presentations (choose one)

• The State of the World Economy
  Professor Eswar Prasad will review the macroeconomic prospects for the U.S. and the rest of the world, focusing on the balance of risks between growth and inflation. He will then discuss lessons to be learned from the crisis, including the implications for financial sector reforms and the structure of the international financial system. He will also review the future of the U.S. dollar, the G-20 process, and the evolving relationships between the U.S. and major emerging market economies such as China and India. 
  Speaker: Eswar S. Prasad, Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy, Department of Applied Economics and Management; Senior Fellow and New Century Chair in International Economics, Brookings Institution

• The Future of the UAW and The Big Three Auto Companies
  This presentation will focus on the crisis facing the domestic auto industry and in particular the recent near bankruptcy and subsequent federal government bridge loans to General Motors and Chrysler. The troubles in the auto sector have had enormous consequences for the UAW, auto workers, and the communities where auto production had been concentrated. Our speakers will provide presentations on the labor relations aspects of the current crisis, information about how unions and workers in other countries are responding to similar crises, and the implications of the current crisis on autoworker pensions and security.
  Moderator: Harry C. Katz, The Kenneth F. Kahn Dean and Jack Sheinkman Professor, ILR School
  Speakers: Harry C. Katz, The Kenneth F. Kahn Dean and Jack Sheinkman Professor, ILR School
  Arthur C. Wheaton, Industry Education Specialist; Director, Western NY Labor and Environmental Programs, ILR School

• Theatre, Film, and Dance in the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts 
  The student academic experience continues beyond the classroom with direct involvement in season productions, student films, academic symposia, and dance performance. During this session, you will hear about the participation of students in all aspects of theatre productions and see a scene from Lee Blessing's Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music. You will learn about the burgeoning film program, our Cornell in Hollywood Internship Program, and see a sampling of student film projects. And you will experience the excitement of a student dance work in progress and learn about the many dance program offerings. A selection of graduate students will also discuss their experience in the theatre studies program.
  Speakers: Faculty members and graduate and undergraduate students in the Department of Theatre, Film, and Dance

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Pregame Buffet Lunch

12:30 p.m.

Football Game
Cornell vs. Brown

1:00–3:00 p.m.

Alternate Activities (choose one)    

• Companion Animal Hospital, College of Veterinary Medicine
  See how science and compassion come together to bring innovation to veterinary medicine at the teaching hospital of the nation's leading veterinary college. Tour behind the scenes to see technology in imaging, oncology, emergency, and other services of the Cornell University Hospital for Animals.
  Tour Guide: William A. Horne, DVM, Director, Cornell University Hospital for Animals

• Library Exhibit—The Lincoln Presidency: Last Full Measure of Devotion (also see Friday, 3:30 p.m.)
  Cornell University Library celebrates the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth with the exhibition The Lincoln Presidency: Last Full Measure of Devotion. The gallery will be open for viewing from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Carl A. Kroch Library. The curator will be present to answer questions about Cornell's exceptional Lincoln collection, including one of five original copies of the Gettysburg Address in the hand of Abraham Lincoln, a manuscript of the Emancipation Proclamation, and a manuscript copy of the 13th Amendment signed by Lincoln and members of Congress. This exhibition is generously supported by a grant from the Nicholas H. Noyes, Jr. Memorial Foundation.
  Curator:  Katherine A. Reagan, Ernest L. Stern Curator of Rare Books & Manuscripts

• Newly Renovated Design Studios in Design and Environmental Analysis
  DEA is delighted to share their beautiful new studio space on the 4th floor of Martha Van Rensselaer Hall. Guests will enjoy not only the spectacularly skylighted display corridors, but a full range of the freshmen to senior student work on exhibit for the current Council for Interior Design Accreditation visit.
  Tour Guides: Sheila Danko, Professor and Chair, Design and Environmental Analysis
  Jan Jennings, Professor, Design and Environmental Analysis
  Jack Elliot, Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Design and Environmental Analysis
  

• Putting Your Garden to Bed: Tips for Fall Planting, Pruning, and Garden Care
  The end of the growing season is still a busy time for gardening enthusiasts. Learn about what to plant, when and how to prune shrubs and trees, and other tips for fall gardening from the expert horticulturists at Cornell Plantations. This program will include a tour of the Zucker Shrub Collection in the F.R. Newman Arboretum, a specialty garden that showcases a diverse selection of flowering shrubs, ornamental grasses, and low-maintenance perennials.
  Tour Guide: James A. Mack '79, Horticultural Supervisor, Cornell Plantations

• Tyrolean Traverse Fall Creek Gorge
  High above Cayuga's waters… see the gorges like you have never seen them before! Join the supportive experts from Cornell Outdoor Education to cross Fall Creek's Hemlock Gorge and one of its stunning waterfalls commando style—harnessed into ropes above the rushing waters. Novices wanted! No experience expected or necessary. Wear sensible shoes and loose-fitting clothing, and bring your camera!
  Tour Guides: Mark B. Holton MS '94, PhD '99, Director of Outdoor Programs and Risk Management, Cornell Outdoor Education
  Cornell Outdoor Education student leaders

6:00–8:00 p.m.

Dine and Discuss: If I Only Knew Then…
Taking care of my health and well-being, navigating campus, choosing a major, finding outside activities, learning study skills, getting things done, paying my bills… if I only knew then what I know now! Join Dean of Students Kent Hubbell '67 and Carol Grumbach '78, JD '87, Associate Dean of Students and Director of the Carol Tatkon Center, over dinner at Appel Commons. We'll have a lively and informal discussion about being a first-year student at Cornell and how the Carol Tatkon Center, New Student Programming, Faculty in Residence Program, and the Office of the Dean of Students work to introduce students to the richness of opportunity at Cornell and to support students' intellectual exploration and discovery.
Hosts: Kent L. Hubbell '67, BArch '69, The Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students
Carol Grumbach BS ILR '78, JD '87, Associate Dean of Students and Director of the Carol Tatkon Center