Multicultural Programs
The professional staff of Human Ecology’s Office of Admissions, Student and Career Development provides a focus on efforts to recruit, enroll, retain, and graduate all students. through such programs as:
• The Arthur O. Eve Educational Opportunity Program or EOP assists New York State residents who are educationally and/or economically disadvantaged. All admitted EOP students are required to attend a six-week, university-wide Pre-Collegiate Scholars Program that introduces students to the Cornell campus, the academic rigors of college life and the surrounding Ithaca community.
• The Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives or OADI provides academic and professional resources and support to students interested in participating in its signature programs.
• The Association for Engagement and Partnership (AEP) unites first-generation students as well as students from disadvantage backgrounds in the College of Human Ecology. AEP provides a supportive foundation for enrollment, retention, and graduation.
• Office of Admissions, Student, and Career Development, MVR 1210.
• The Human Ecology Peer Partnership Program provides mentorship through a network of faculty and upper-class students to incoming first-generation students, and students from disadvantage backgrounds. The program is specifically focused during their first semester.
The college also offers academic, personal and career counseling for all students. For more information or to make an appointment.
The Human Ecology Peer Partnership Program addresses the needs of incoming students as they make their transition to Cornell by providing a supportive community of peers, upper-class students, and faculty members. With family and friends far away, students may miss the safety of a community where they are completely free to be themselves.
The Peer Partnership program supports students' personal growth and academic success by facilitating relationships and the sharing of information among new students, upper-class students, and faculty. Participants in the program meet weekly in small groups for planned academic and social activities. In the process, they make informal contacts, discuss questions and concerns, receive tips on resources available at Cornell and in the Ithaca community and get to know their peers.
Past activities include attendance at athletic events, guest lectures and performing arts programs; shared meals on campus and at local restaurants; and trips to destinations on and off campus including Cornell's Lab of Ornithology, the Harriet Tubman house and the Ithaca Farmer's Market.
With the motto "Yesterday’s vision, today’s reality, and tomorrow’s hope," the Association for Engagement and Partnership (AEP) was created to bring together first-generation students and students from disadvantaged backgrounds in the college of Human Ecology to provide a supportive foundation for enrollment, retention, and graduation. AEP is open to all currently enrolled students.
• participating in admissions.
• sponsoring workshops and activities that support the retention of students in the college.
• providing volunteer services to the Cornell and Ithaca communities; and
• attending regular meetings and hosting an annual fall Alumni-Student Forum.
The AEP student committees are:
• recruitment and retention,
• student relations and publicity
• career development.
Program Mission
The College of Human Ecology believes that an inclusive community enriches the educational process for all members of the college community. Consequently, the college focuses efforts on a broad range of services for students. This includes not only recruitment, but also retention services for students. Additionally, the college partners with several university offices, including the Learning Strategies Center and the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives, as well as New York State opportunity program offices, to assure that Human Ecology students have access to the vast array of services available on campus.