Tatkon Center Tat Chats
Join their themed conversations covering everything from exploring minors to exploring Ithaca and everything in-between!
Tatkon student staff host these chats to informally advise and share their knowledge to make your first year the best it can be.
Adjusting to your new classes and schedule
Wed, Feb 17, 3-5pm
If you’re just starting at Cornell, or even if you have one semester under your belt, it can be really hard to adjust to your new schedule. Need some tips to get back in the swing of things? Want someone to vent to? Drop in with Ashni, ILR senior.
Quiet places on campus to study and relax
Thurs, Feb 18, 7-8:30pm
Looking to get out of your dorm room? Hear from Abby about some of the most popular and underrated places on campus.
Please join us this semester as we embark on a new adventure building relationships and community! Every Wednesday at 5 pm, the Off-Campus Housing Office will be hosting the BEAR Walk Talks session.
Women's Resource Center is Pleased to Announce Workshop with Kara Stevens, Founder of the Financial Wellness Platform The Frugal Feminista.
Event is tomorrow February 17th, @ 7pm but there are still some spaces left!
To register go to linktr.ee/cornellwrc
In this workshop, Black women will unpack and grapple with the various ways constructs of race and gender inform how they feel about money and feel about themselves in order to heal generational trauma caused by a lack of financial knowledge and wealth. This workshop will allow Black women to hold space in order to rewrite their personal money stories into ones that affirm their worth, build wealth, and reinforce abundance.
Wellness Collaborates with the Cornell Hip Hop Collection & DJ ha-MEEN: Hip Hop & Historical Roots Listening Party
- Wednesday, February 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm EST
- Provided live through Zoom
- Register Here
Established in 2007, the Cornell Hip Hop Collection preserves more than 250,000 items across dozens of archives documenting the origins of Hip Hop culture and its spread around the globe. Ben Ortiz has been the curator of the collection for the last ten years and is also known as DJ ha-MEEN, on the music scene as a professional DJ. This spring semester, Cornell Wellness has collaborated with Ben and the Hip Hop Collection, to bring more music and movement into your lives. Join Ben, as he spins Hip Hop music and the roots music where it all started from. DJ ha-MEEN will provide historical information and important facts about how these songs and lyrics impacted and expanded Hip Hop culture and community. It's a great way to ease out of your day!
Give yourself the gift of relaxation
- Thursday, February 18, 11:00am-11:30am EST
- Provided live through Zoom
- Register here
Putting in long hours on your electronic devices? Feel tension leaving your muscles as Kerry Howell, Cornell Wellness staff, guides you through a 30 minute progressive muscle relaxation session live through Zoom. Allow yourself to be led through this relaxation technique that will bring some much needed relief to your overworked muscles from your head down to your toes.
Cornell Chimes Competition Info Session
To join an info session, navigate the Chimes Concert Schedule and click on the Zoom link listed on the corresponding day.
Can you read music? Climb 161 steps? Balance on one foot? Join Cornell’s oldest musical tradition by becoming a Chimesmaster! To learn more about the 2021 Chimes Competition, visit our website.
Café con Leche - Latinx Go Global
Friday February 19 at 6:30pm
Click here for more information.
Click here to join event.
Meeting ID: 976 4423 8388 Passcode: café
Latinx students share their experiences studying in locations across the globe! Q&A with students and study abroad staff. This event is part of the Latino Living Center's Café con Leche series presented by Latinx Student Success Office Latinxs Thrive! series and Cornell Global Learning.
Sponsored by Latino Living. Center, Latinx Student Success Office, and Latina/o Studies Program.
February 19th
7:30PM - 9:00PM EST
Virtually join fellow Cornellians, friends, and family worldwide to celebrate CAAA, the accomplishments of our honoree, Ming Tsai ‘89 and the Lunar New Year - Year of the Ox.
This free event includes cultural performances from students and global alumni performers, multiple dinner and drink offerings, a silent auction, and a keynote address by our honoree, Ming Tsai. Ming Tsai will be doing a cook along, and will teach us how to make his new bings from MingsBings. You can order the kit here! Proceeds from ticket sales, donations, silent auction, and the Harney and Sons custom yellow tea blend will all go towards funding the CAAA undergraduate scholarship program.
The Cornell University Press, as a special bonus, is providing free reading to everyone who registers for our 2021 Virtual Pan-Asian Celebration! Expect great selections from their deep Asian Studies collection. More details will be available soon.
Honoree and Keynote Speaker
Ming Tsai, MPS Hotel '89
Restaurateur, Entrepreneur & Celebrity Chef
Learn more and register at this link!
Bria Hamlet, WRC Educator-in-Residence Offers Yoga with an Emphasis on Communities of Color and LGBTQIA+ persons
The class 2/20 @ 2pm class welcomes QTPOC, yogis of all levels, though the content will be catered toward beginners. Join in this sacred space as we move freely with each other in community.
Register here https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYuce-qqTkuGdE79ePWtB2Y3qBYVqvZSy-n
Classes for particular communities held on Saturdays at 2pm ET
· BIPOC 2/13, 4/3
· QTPOC 2/20 4/17
· Women and Femme Folx – 3/6 5/1
· Yoga for All 3/20 5/8
Brought to you by the Women’s Resource Center
Co-op Mosey Open House Sunday, Feb 21st 1:00 – 5:00pm ET
Co-op Mosey is an afternoon of virtual fair open houses of the university-owned cooperative residences. Learn about living in a co-op for the 2021 – 2022 academic year!
The open houses will be in a virtual fair in CampusGroups, where you can chat with co-op officers, see photos, and enter Zoom sessions. You can enter each Zoom for just a short while, or for a longer time, or just read the descriptions and click to request further information from the houses that interest you.
Co-ops are unique, collaborative communities governed by their student residents, and are among the least expensive housing options on campus. For more information about cooperative living see https://housing.cornell.edu/cooperatives
Resources for Graduate Students
Visit https://gradschool.cornell.edu/student-experience/
to learn how to enhance your graduate student experience with the following:
Coming Out for Allyship: Building Allyship Series w/ QGrads
QGrads is collecting anonymous stories from any queer or queer-allied community member (students, faculty, staff, etc.) at Cornell that exemplifies either:
1. a time you felt unsafe, unseen, disrespected, prejudged, micro-aggressed, etc., and/or
2. a time when you've experienced (given or received) allyship
Share your story here: https://forms.gle/FHkGVsNEinG7b3Ls6
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Join psychologist Jennie Bernstein, PsyD, and nutritionist, Cindy Milner, RDN, to learn about common nutrition and health-relation misconceptions! We’ll address questions frequently asked by students about the latest diets trends, the connection between food and mood, meal and snack planning, eating on a budget and more!
When: Feb 24, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtcOmprzspE9AjEoEnIe1xFXow3LQ2vUWL
The Learning Strategies Center will help students build their academic community and resilience, whether it be through study partner matching or by following tips to Start Spring '21 Strong. Remember successful students ask for help by attending faculty and TA office hours, access free tutoring, and attend LSC-sponsored study skills workshops.
Cornell Health Let's (Tele)talk Spring 2021
Let's Talk is currently being provided by Zoom.
How it works: Let’s (Tele)Talk is available during the times listed in the current schedule (see link below). Click on the relevant link to access a Zoom meeting with a counselor. Students are seen individually on a first-come, first-served basis. There may be a wait in the virtual waiting room if the counselor is seeing another student. Please wait and we will be with you as soon as we can.
Talk/Text Resources
If you find yourself struggling or in need of someone to talk to, know that you are not alone. The following resources are here to support you:
Cornell Resources
Cornell Health phone consultation (24/7): 607-255-5155
Ithaca Resources (24/7)
Ithaca Crisisline: 607-272-1616
Advocacy Center (sexual/domestic violence): 607-277-5000
National Talk-Lines (24/7)
Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255
Trevor Project hotline (LGBTQ+): 866-488-7386
LGBT+ National Hotline: 888-843-4564
TransLifeline: 877-565-8860
National Text/Chat Services
National Crisis Text Line: Text HELLO to 741741
Steve Fund crisis text line: Text STEVE to 741741 (connects you to a counselor of color)
Trevor Project text line (LGBTQ+): Text START to 678678
