Co-founder Ezra Cornell in 1865: “I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study.”
Cornell University Affiliates
Multicultural Resource Centers and Initiatives:
1. Office of Minority Educational Affairs
2. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Resource Center
3. Women’s Resource Center
4. President’s Council of Cornell Women
5. Cornell United Religious Work
6. International Students and Scholars Office (ISSO)
7. Student Disability Services
8. Faculty and Staff Disability Accommodation
9. Bias Response Program
10. Asian & Asian American Resource Center
11. Center for the Study of Inequality
Multicultural Student Programs
Programs in Cornell’s undergraduate colleges, that provide academic, career, and leadership opportunities:
1. Agriculture & Life Sciences Diversity
2. Engineering Diversity Programs Office
3. Hotel School Multicultural Programs
4. Human Ecology Multicultural Programs
5. Industrial & Labor Relations Multicultural Affairs
Courses of Study
Currently offered in units throughout the university:
1. Africana Studies
2. American Indian Program
3. American Studies
4. Asian & Asian American Studies
5. Feminist Gender and Sexuality Studies
6. Latino Studies
7. Religious Studies
Cornell University Alumni Affinity Groups:
1. Cornell Asian Alumni Association (http://caaa.alumni.cornell.edu/)
2. Cornell Black Alumni Association (http://cbaa1976.com/)
3. Cornell Latino Alumni Association (http://www.claany.org/)
4. Cornell Native American Alumni Association (http://aip.cornell.edu/cals/aip/alumni/cnaaa/index.cfm)
5. Cornell University Gay and Lesbian Alumni Association (http://dos.cornell.edu/dos/cms/diversity/lgbt/alumni.cfm?)
Scholarships:
1. The James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and Harmony (Value: $5,000)
http://dos.cornell.edu/cms/about/awards/perkins/upload/webguidelines_100209.pdf
http://dos.cornell.edu/dos/about/awards/perkins/
2. Constance E. Cook and Alice H. Cook Awards
3. Diversity Scholarship, CRP
4. Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/flas.asp
Residential Program Houses:
http://www.campuslife.cornell.edu/campuslife/housing/program-houses.cfm
Program Houses are themed living and learning communities that offer the chance to develop interests (cultural, the arts, the environment) with other like-minded students while experiencing the full breadth of the Cornell residential experience.
Program Houses Include:
1. Akwe:kon: http://www.campuslife.cornell.edu/campuslife/housing/undergraduate/akwekon.cfm
2. Holland International Living Center: http://www.campuslife.cornell.edu/campuslife/housing/undergraduate/holland-international-living-center.cfm
3. Latino Living Center: http://www.campuslife.cornell.edu/campuslife/housing/undergraduate/latino-living-center.cfm
4. Multicultural Living Learning Unit (McLLU): http://www.campuslife.cornell.edu/campuslife/housing/undergraduate/multicultural-living-learning-unit.cfm
5. Ujamaa Residential College: http://www.campuslife.cornell.edu/campuslife/housing/undergraduate/ujamaa.cfm
Multicultural Clubs, Campus-Wide
There are currently 822 registered student organizations at Cornell. Please take a look at the Student Activities Office (SAO) website to browse for student groups which might interest you:
http://sao.cornell.edu/SO/browse
Cornell “Firsts”/Diversity Statistics
Cornell’s commitment has continued over time, as reflected in its many “firsts”, which include:
1. In 1872, Cornell was one of the first co-educational institutions in the East;
2. In 1906, Cornell was the founding institution for Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the first undergraduate African American fraternity;
3. In 1916, Rho Psi, the first Asian fraternity in the Ivy League, was established at Cornell;
4. In 1929, Cornell was the first university to have an interfaith department for religious affairs;
5. In 1936, Cornell was the first university to award a Ph.D. to an African American woman (Flemmie Kittrell).
AAP/CRP Affiliates
AAP Diversity Clubs:
http://aap.cornell.edu/crp/people/studentorganizations.cfm
• International Planning Student Organization (IPSO)
• Minority Organization of Architecture, Art, and Planning (MOAAP)
• The Women’s Planning Forum (WPF)
• Planning Students for Diversity (PSD)