Cornell University
EN-13: Community Stakeholder Engagement

As previously noted, there are several standing campus-community collaborations that focus on various areas, and are governed to meet that end. In February 2015, community stakeholder engagement at Cornell is generally routed through the Office of Sustainability (Facilities), the Office of Community Relations (Administration), the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (Academic), and Cornell Cooperative Extension and Public Service Center (land grant mission) who consult on a regular basis. To enhance these efforts, change is in the offing. Engaged Cornell – a groundbreaking, $150 million, 10-year initiative to establish community engagement and real-world learning experiences as the hallmark of the Cornell undergraduate experience – was launched on October 6 2014. A goal of this developing initiative is to empower Cornell students to become active citizens and to tackle critical challenges by participating in hands-on, practical learning experiences in communities at home and around the world. This transformational initiative is being established with a $50 million gift from the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust. https://now.cornell.edu/engaged/ Engaged Cornell will create a new model and direction for higher education – one in which public engagement is deeply ingrained, fully institutionalized and effectively taught and implemented. Through this initiative, students graduating from Cornell will enter the world as educated global citizens who practice respect and empathy; seek collaboration, cooperation and creativity; embrace differences and diversity in all aspects of their personal, professional and civic lives; and are dedicated to working together to help solve some of the world’s most intractable problems. In turn, the community will have “one-stop shopping” that will enhance current offices and related community activities.

The Department of Inclusion and Workforce Diversity was established in January 2000 to provide leadership to the Cornell community in the areas of equal opportunity, affirmative action and diversity. The office serves as a liaison to local community organizations that address the employment interests of individuals from traditionally underrepresented groups.

In addition to the local organizations listed in E10, other connected groups include the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce, Workforce New York, Tompkins County Human Services Coalition, Local Leaders of Color, area governments, the Village at Ithaca, and the Center for Transformative Action. http://www.centerfortransformativeaction.org

http://www.blackoakwindny.com http://www.tccpi.org/Cornell_Solar_Project.html http://www.tccpi.org/Success_Stories.html http://sustainability.cornell.edu - See “News”

http://www.acsf.cornell.edu/collaborations http://sustainability.cornell.edu http://ccetompkins.org/energy