Call for Nominations - George Peter Award for Dedicated Service
The Cornell University Employee Assembly is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the George Peter Award for Dedicated Service! This monetary award will be presented to an employee who consistently demonstrates their commitment to encouraging and supporting staff integrity and inclusion.... Read More
Employee Assembly Staff Forum: COVID in the new semester - A Panel Discussion
EMPLOYEE ASSEMBLY STAFF FORUMS The Employee Assembly hosts a Staff Forum on Friday, 2/18/22 from 12:00-1:00PM (EST). Panelists include the provost and those responsible for developing and implementing our COVID-19 mitigation strategies as we begin the new semester. Further details are provided here... Read More
Employee Assembly Special Election - Fall 2021
The Employee Assembly holds regularly scheduled elections each spring; this special fall election will include twelve currently vacant seats who will represent staff by holding at-large, college and identity-based seats. To view the election results, please click here. For general... Read More
Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) Feedback Sessions
Members of the Public Safety Advisory Committee will be present to hear from students, faculty and staff and capture community perspectives on campus public safety on Cornell’s Ithaca campus, in response to the Public Safety Reform Report and Final Recommendations. There will be two feedback sessions... Read More
Student Assembly Election - Fall 2021
The Student Assembly holds regularly scheduled elections twice a year; this fall election will include five seats (four Freshman Representatives and one Transfer Representative) who will represent the undergraduate student body by holding at-large, undergraduate college and identity-based seats. To... Read More
Student Assembly Election - Spring 2021
The Student Assembly holds regularly scheduled elections twice a year; this spring election will include twenty-five students who will represent the undergraduate student body by holding at-large, undergraduate college and identity-based seats, along with two elected Undergraduate Representatives to the University... Read More
Student-Elected Trustee (Undergraduate) Election - Spring 2021
Cornell is one of relatively few institutions in the nation to allow students to directly elect representatives to its highest governing body. In alternating years with the undergraduate students, a graduate or professional student will be elected by fellow students to serve as a full voting member on the Board of... Read More
Employee Assembly Election - Spring 2021
All of the races were uncontested so voting will not take place. Results are in - please click here for results and more information about the election.
Employee Assembly Staff Forum: COVID - A Year Later
EMPLOYEE ASSEMBLY STAFF FORUMS This forum will be an opportunity for the staff community to hear from President Pollack and her colleagues at the one-year milestone of the campus (and the world) reacting to the impacts of COVID-19. This will be a look back and a look ahead, with a focus on the... Read More
Community Building: Engaging in Difficult Conversations
EMPLOYEE ASSEMBLY STAFF FORUMS Staff want to find continued ways to support the diverse population and engage in community building: How do we engage in difficult conversations with those around us, in a respectful and productive manner, especially when we share differing and perhaps emotionally... Read More
Graduate and Professional Community Initiative (GPCI)
Graduate and Professional Community Initiative (GPCI) As a living document to be updated by future members of the graduate and professional student community, the Graduate and Professional Community Initiative (GPCI) will be able to respond to successes and additional challenges. The full... Read More
Employee Assembly - Wind Down to Winter Break Panel
EMPLOYEE ASSEMBLY STAFF FORUMS Please join the Employee Assembly with panelista from Cornell Human Resources and the Faculty Staff Assistant Program for a panel discussion focusing on thoughts and suggestions on 2020's impact on wellbeing. This panel discussion will be held on Monday, December 14,... Read More
Employee Assembly Staff Forum - Cornell Health
EMPLOYEE ASSEMBLY STAFF FORUMS Please join the Employee Assembly with leadership from Cornell Health for a Zoom webinar on December 1, 2020 from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM to discuss the current status of COVID-19 on campus, how to stay safe over Winter Break and COVID testing. Details are... Read More
Student-Elected Trustee Election Results
ELECTION RESULTS! The Student-Elected Trustee election has taken place as voting ended on Wednesday, November 4. Learn more about this election. This was paused in the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
President's Address to Staff
View this year, as well as previous year's, President's Address to Staff.
Fall 2020 Proposed Amendments to the Campus Code of Conduct
The Codes and Judicial Committee of the University Assembly was charged by the President to review recommended changes that were a result of the Campus Climate Task Force. The Office of University Counsel has considered these recommendations into the proposals posted ... Read More
Student Assembly Election - Spring 2020 (reactivation) and Fall 2020 (new seats)
Meet the candidates for the seats up for election on the Student Assembly! For more information about the Student Assembly elections and to meet the candidates, please click here. Voting starts on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at 12:00pm. This election has been reactivated after a slight pause due to the ... Read More
Employee-Elected Trustee Election Reactivated
Meet the candidates who are vying for this seat! After a slight pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Employee-Elected Trustee election has been reactivated. Voting begins Monday, September 14, 2020 at 8:00am. Learn more about this election.
Employee Assembly Election - Spring 2020 (reactivation)
After a slight pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this election has been reactivated. Meet the candidates for one of the 18 seats that are up for election on the Employee Assembly! Voting starts on Monday, August 24, 2020 at 8:00am.
Staff Feedback Forums
STAFF FEEDBACK FORUMS As we move into a phased re-entry to campus, we recognize that it's critically important for the administration to continue dialogue with staff and gather feedback and input on matters that are central to our workplace environment. Over the summer months, the EA... Read More
Feedback on Financial Update presentation
The Employee Assembly welcomed special guests Mary Opperman, Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, and Paul Streeter, Vice President for Budget and Planning to its meeting on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Public comment/feedback from the staff community are welcomed and encouraged until Friday, June 12th, 2020... Read More
Office of the Student Advocate Recommendations on Community Life
The Office of the Student Advocate of the Student Assembly was founded in Fall 2019 in order to address student needs and help students advocate for themselves at all levels of the University. In accordance with Student Assembly Resolution #65: Office of the Student Advocate Observations and... Read More
2020 Proposed Amendments to the Campus Code of Conduct
The Codes and Judicial Committee of the University Assembly was charged by the President to review recommended changes that were a result of the Campus Climate Task Force. The CJC has considered these recommendations into the proposals and are accepting public comment.... Read More
COVID-19 Staff Forums
COVID-19 STAFF FORUMS The Employee Assembly has collaborated with senior University administrators to host COVID-19 Staff Forums facilitating conversations with the staff community as information and updates are announced. Details are provided here.
Spring 2020 Student Assembly Election
Check out the registration requirements to be a candidate in Spring 2020 Student Assembly Election. This election is to fill the following positions for the 2020-2021 term: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Representative College of Art, Architecture, and Planning... Read More
Student-Elected Trustee Election Announced
All graduate and professional students who will remain a student for the duration of the Student Elected Trustee's term (2020-2022) are eligible to be candidates for the Spring 2020 Student Trustee Election. The elected candidate will serve as a full-voting member of the Cornell University Board of Trustees for a two-... Read More
Employee-Elected Trustee Election Announced
All regular, full-time employees of Cornell in non-exempt, exempt, or academic non-professorial staff categories (i.e., excluding all members of the University Faculty permitted to vote for a faculty-elected Trustee pursuant to the first paragraph of Article XIII, Section 1 of the Cornell By-laws) who are employed at... Read More
President's Address to Staff
Cornell President Martha E. Pollack will address staff on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 1:00 to 1:45 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall. Pollack's remarks will be followed by a question-and-answer session. Join the livestream with captions on CornellCast. If you are in need of... Read More
GPCI Draft Open for Comments
Add your comments to the development of the GPCI Initiatives
Election Results - Student Elected Trustee
Student-Elected Trustee Election Results Student-Elected Trustee Re-Tabulated Results
Staff Conversations
Read the Staff Conversations Report: What helps – or hinders – your sense of connectedness at Cornell?
Graduate and Professional Community Initiative (GPCI) Seeks Input
The Graduate and Professional Community Initiative (GPCI) is a vision and a plan presented to our University by the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GPSA) to address critical issues in graduate and professional student life at Cornell University. Integrating a wide range of topic areas into a... Read More
President's Address to Staff
Cornell President Martha E. Pollack will address staff on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in Klarman Hall's Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium. Pollack's remarks will be followed by a question-and-answer session. Cornell staff members can submit questions for President Pollack, before and during... Read More
We're Hiring!
Join the Team! We are hiring two Clerks this spring. Student Assembly Clerk Hate Speech Working Group/CJC Clerk
Thanks to Student Assembly, syllabi are now available online.
A Student Assembly resolution has led to a substantive improvement for students: Faculty can now make course syllabi available online before students enroll in classes. http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/07/thanks-student-assembly-syllabi-are-now-available-online
Employee Assembly Update
The EA has been hard at work this year! To date, we have considered eleven resolutions on issues of concern to the staff community, including transportation and parking, web accessibility and LGBTQ inclusion. We are excited to announce our new officers and welcome six new representatives for 2017-18... Read More
Cornell Cinema's Cinema Under the Stars continues
GPSA-sponsored, Cornell Cinema's "Cinema Under the Stars" series continues next Wednesday (7/26) just after sunset (between 9:15 - 9:30 pm) on the Willard Straight Terrace with Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity. http://cornellcinematickets.universitytickets.com/user_pages/event.asp?id=255&cid=43