The Employee Assembly hosted a Panel Discussion on Employee Education Benefits on Thursday, 1/21 from 12:00-1:00PM (EST) to discuss available education benefits and opportunities for staff.   Panelists included Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Mary Opperman, and representatives from CULearn, the Employee Degree Program, the School of Continuing Education and eCornell:  

• Kathy Burkgren, Associate Vice President, Organizational Development and Effectiveness
• Paul Krause, Vice Provost, Externa

Dear David,   I’m writing to acknowledge and thank you for sharing GPSA Resolution 6: On the Proposed Changes to the Student Code of Conduct. The Board of Trustees adopted a new Student Code of Conduct and Procedures at its December 10 meeting.

Dear Cat,   Thank you for conveying to me Student Assembly Resolution #7: Support for Native American and Indigenous Students at Cornell’s Demands, and Student Assembly Resolution #8: Cayuga Land Acknowledgement.   As you know, Cornell sits on the traditional homelands of the Cayuga (Gayogohó:no') Nation, whose lands were expropriated

Dear Logan,

I am writing to acknowledge and to thank you for sharing University Assembly Resolution 6, “Maintaining the University Assembly’s Jurisdiction Over the Code of Conduct” for my consideration. 

Dear Logan,

Thank you for submitting University Assembly Resolution 3, “Bylaw Changes to Require Recorded Voting,” for my consideration. I appreciate the UA’s continual review of its bylaws to improve its internal operations.

I acknowledge receipt of this resolution and support the requirement for recorded votes of the UA’s actions, which will increase transparency and improve your constituents’ understanding of their representatives’ positions on issues before the UA. 

Dear Logan,

Thank you for submitting University Assembly Resolution 2, “Support for Native American and Indigenous Students at Cornell’s Demands,” for my consideration.

Dear Logan,   Thank you for conveying University Assembly Resolution 5, “In Recognition and Appreciation of Cornell University Students.” I share your appreciation for the efforts of our students to adhere to the safety measures that the university put in place this fall. Thanks to their careful practices, we were able to have a successful and safe in-person semester, as planned.   Sincerely, Martha E. Pollack   Martha E. Pollack
President, Cornell University
300 Day Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Tel: 607-255-5201

Dear Logan,   Thank you for submitting University Assembly Resolution 4, “Acknowledging the Passing of Transgender Day of Remembrance, Upholding the University Assembly’s Commitment to Representing Trans and Genderqueer Members of the Campus Community, and Establishing the LGBTQIA+ Facilitator to the University Assembly.”   I support this resolution and appreciate the University Assembly’s acknowledgment of the Transgender Day of Remembrance in November and the steps the assembly is taking to support our transgender, genderqueer, intersex, and nonbinary students, faculty, and sta