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Retiree Employee Assembly
Representatives Needed
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Are you interested in representing the experience and needs of Cornell retirees within the larger university context?
Are you seeking a convenient and flexible way to volunteer?
Two Cornell staff retirees are needed to represent the retiree community on the Employee Assembly (EA) beginning June 2023. The EA advocates for staff interests and identifies matters of concern and works with the university administration/other key stakeholders to seek solutions. This is an excellent way to be involved in decisions that make Cornell a great place to work and retire from!
The one retiree seat/vote is shared by two volunteers to reduce the overall time commitment. Rotating off are retirees Stacey Coil and Alan Mittman, whom we thank for their dedication and willingness to serve in this important role. Alan says, "It was fun and rewarding to meet and work with employees I knew and worked with at Cornell. Everyone was welcoming and supportive."
Retirees who live outside New York state are eligible to volunteer and can join meetings remotely. Retirees who have returned to working at Cornell are eligible to volunteer.
What’s involved?
- Participate in noontime bi-weekly EA meetings with subcommittee meetings occurring on off weeks. You will work collaboratively with your fellow representative to determine participation and coverage for these various meetings.
- Join the Cornell HR Retiree Engagement Advisory Committee (HR REAC) meetings three times per year. This committee is charged with advancing Cornell as a retiree/retirement-friendly employer.
- Liaise with Work/Life in Human Resources to communicate with retirees, and inform them about specific issues/concerns
- Connect with the retiree community through events sponsored by Work/Life, the Retiree Newsletter, and/or other opportunities.
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Special Virtual Retiree Event:
Climate Change and Fruit Crops in NY
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 12:00 PM
Join us for a special virtual presentation for Cornell retirees featuring Dr. Alan Lasko.
Dr. Lakso is an Emeritus Professor at Cornell University with 50 years of research in apples and grapes, integrating crop development with environmental factors and cultural practices as they affect productivity and fruit quality. His research emphasized experimentation and simulation modeling approaches to understand physiological responses to management, weather, and climate change, as well as adapting and developing new precision technologies to help growers optimize fruit production.
Stay tuned for more special presentations for Cornell retirees in the coming months!
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Local and Virtual Activities |
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Science in the virtual pub - Yes, We Can Really See That from Space!
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 7:00 PM
Today more than 60 satellites in orbit carry Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payloads used to image the earth. The commercial SAR industry is valued at over $3 billion and continues to grow, but you won't see any of this imagery on Google earth!
In this talk Nicholas LaVigne, Data Scientist, Ursa Space, will explore this unique sensor and how scientists and engineers at Ursa Space Systems are using it to catch illegal fishing vessels, measure the world's available oil supply, provide humanitarian aid, and more.
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Cornell Concert Series - Amadou & Mariam
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 8:00 PM
For the past forty-odd years, Amadou & Mariam have managed to joyfully combine their love story with a musical career while becoming, discreetly but surely, the most famous ambassadors for Malian and African music, all around the world. They’ve played the world’s biggest festivals, from Coachella to Glastonbury, and opened for huge bands such as Coldplay and the Scissor Sisters. By enriching their Afro-pop with new pigments and by introducing to the world the richness and subtleties of African music, the duo has brought African music to the charts and to the dance floor. They’ve inspired many artists to mix Afro and electronic sounds. If in the 80s, certain crazy minds had fantasies of a sono mondiale (global sound), Amadou & Mariam are the ones who have made it a reality.
Tickets to their performance at Bailey Hall can be purchased on the event web page.
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Beautification Brigade Orientation
Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 7:00 PM
Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County’s volunteer Beautification Brigade takes care of public flower plantings in Ithaca. Volunteers have fun, learn gardening techniques, and help keep Ithaca gorgeous! No experience is required.
The Orientation will be about an hour long, with time for any questions at the end. You will be introduced to the Beautification Program and the sites, learn about volunteer sessions, and view the short, CCE-mandated training video for all volunteers.
For those who can’t make it to the orientation, volunteers are accepted at any time during the season. Email tompkins@cornell.edu to learn more.
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Day Trip to NYC
Saturday, April 15, 2023
Create your own adventure in NYC! Day trip to NYC sponsored by the Cornell Recreation Connection.
- $72.00 per person
- Bus leaves B Lot at 6:00 am
- 10:15 am drop off at Bryant Park
- 7:00 PM meet at Bryant Park for departure
- 11:15 PM arrive at Cornell B Lot
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit the CRC web page.
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Chats in the Stacks Book Talks
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Destroy the Copy with Annetta Alexandridis - Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 4:30–5:30 PM, 107 Olin Library and Zoom. The destruction of sculptural plaster cast collections, whether through simple neglect or targeted demolition, sheds light on the aesthetic ideals, political ideologies, educational and scholarly practices, and ideas of race that underpin these decisions, according to Annetta Alexandridis, associate professor of classics and history of art. In her Chat, Alexandridis will explore how different museum and academic traditions, notions of value and authenticity, or colonialism have impacted the fate of collections.
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State and Family in China with Mara Yue Du - Thursday, April 13, 2023, 4:00–5:00 PM, 107 Olin Library and Zoom. Intergenerational family relations played a central role in the Chinese transition from empire to nation-state, according to Mara Yue Du, assistant professor in history. Focusing on family law, parent-child relationships, and the evolution of the Chinese state, Du traces how the state-sponsored parent-child hierarchy of the Qing dynasty gave way to the reforms of filial piety law that became the basis of state-directed family reform in the Republic of China.
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Weeds of the Northeast with Antonio DiTommaso - Thursday, April 20, 2023, 4:00–5:00 PM, 160 Mann Library and Zoom. Identifying your local weeds can be relevant to everyone from home gardeners to landscapers, pest management specialists, allergy sufferers, and foragers of all kinds. In this Chat, soil and crop professor and chair Antonio DiTommaso will discuss Weeds of the Northeast, the best-selling aid in the identification of more than 500 common and economically important weeds in a region reaching as far south as North Carolina, as far north as Canada, and as far west as Wisconsin.
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Lifelong Film Screening - Agents of Change
Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 4:30 PM
119 W Court St., Ithaca
From the well-publicized events at San Francisco State in 1968 to the image of Black students with guns emerging from the takeover of the student union at Cornell University in April 1969, the struggle for a more relevant and meaningful education became a clarion call across the country in the late 1960s. Africana Library Director Kofi Acree will guide the talkback after the screening.
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Living Well with Cancer: Incorporating pure essential oils into your daily life
Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 5:30 PM
This presentation, offered by the Cancer Resource Center, will include:
- Incorporating pure therapeutic essential oils into daily life
- Information and instructions to use essential oils in our homes and our lives in a safe and easy way.
Presenter Kash Iraggi-Wiggins is a certified aromatherapist, a Reiki practitioner, and an herbalist. She also teaches classes in Ithaca on how to make and use body care products that support the body’s ability to heal itself. Her classes include the advantages of the daily use of essential oils and the medicinal benefits of aromatherapy.
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Weill Cornell Medicine Wellness Series: Caring for the Caregiver
Wednesday, March 29 at 4:00 PM
With an increasing older adult population the need for caregiving is growing. Caregiving can affect the caregiver’s life in a myriad of ways including his/her ability to work, engage in social interactions and relationships, and maintain good physical and mental health. It is critical to understand this and explore ways in which we can care for the caregiver.
This caregiver presentation, presented by Nicole Butler, Ph.D. an Instructor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine, is for those who care for older adults.
Dr. Butler specializes in adult psychotherapy and uses evidence-based treatments, including cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, to help patients with anxiety, depression, mood disorders, trauma, stress, life transitions, and related disorders. She also has expertise in behavioral management for people with migraine and chronic pain.
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Caregiver Support & Education Network Meetings
Thursday, April 13, 2023, 12:00 PM
Are you providing care for an adult family member, spouse, or friend, either locally or long distance? Perhaps the one you care for is living in a facility, independently in their own home, or in your home. If so, you are invited to attend meetings of the Caregiver Support & Education Network.
Participants are welcome to attend when their schedule allows. Caregivers come together to share the challenges, joys, and resources of caregiving as well as listen to occasional speakers presenting on topics of interest specifically to caregivers. Facilitators will share strategies, tools, and resources for coping with stress, caregiver guilt, and burnout as well as information on local/national resources that may assist you. Meetings will be held via Zoom until further notice.
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Care.com Care Talks
With Care Talks, you’ll get access to exclusive events from expert speakers offering advice and guidance to help you better care for yourself and your family. Check out these upcoming events:
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Caring for Aging Loved Ones: Caregiving – Legal and Financial Wellness Check-Up - Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 1:00 PM. This session will discuss locating and organizing important documents, executing or updating important legal documents (e.g., wills, trusts, advance directives, guardianships/conservatorships), finding an elder care attorney, understanding the costs of care for home care and senior living and planning for your own future. Register
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Financial Wellness: Budgeting Basics - Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 1:00 PM. Learn about the basics of budgeting and how to better manage your money. This webinar discusses determining financial priorities, how to reduce expenses, recognizing debt trouble, and strategies for saving. Register
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Longview’s Social Adult Day Program Currently Enrolling
Older adults in the Ithaca community are invited to join Longview to socialize and enjoy shared activities and interests with peers. Families find relief (and joy) in knowing their loved ones are well cared for in a friendly, supervised setting while away from home.
Friends arrive at 9:00 AM and gather around the table for coffee and conversation, followed by a full day of interesting and engaging things to do together (exercise, news and events, nature walks, crafts, games, entertainment, cooking, and baking, to name just a few). Lunch and healthy snacks are provided throughout the day, which adjourns at 3:00 PM.
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Generations of Care Respite Project
Tompkins County Office for the Aging was awarded a grant to implement a short-term pilot respite project called Generations of Care Respite Project. This project allows for Ithaca College students, currently enrolled in a health, aging, or related program, to provide respite breaks to caregivers, aged 60 or above, who care for an aging Tompkins County resident with any diagnosis who benefits from respite care. All students have received the evidence-based respite training REST (Respite Education and Support Tools) along with other training.
This program allows caregivers the much-needed break they need to care for themselves, whether that is attending an appointment, pampering, exercise class, movie, shopping, or meeting with friends. This program allows you the freedom to take some time for self-care while knowing that one of our very capable students is providing social interaction, companionship, and care for your loved one.
Respite care will run through May 5, 2023. This program is free to qualified participants. Please contact Dawn Sprague, Project Coordinator, at Tompkins County Office for the Aging via email or phone at 607-274-5499, for more information or to participate in this project.
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Level Up Your Birding This Spring with the Lab of O
As spring creeps into the Northern Hemisphere, anticipation ratchets up: each day brings the chance for first-of-the-year birds and sweet songs not heard in many months.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has free resources to help birders of all levels maximize their enjoyment and connection with the natural world. Here are just a few ways they can help you connect with birds this spring:
The Lab is also offering a free course for retirees, The Joy of Birdwatching, that offers all the tips and techniques a curious beginning birdwatcher would need to get started.
To redeem your free course, click the ‘Enroll Now’ button and apply the coupon code JOYCOURSE100. The coupon expires on April 30th.
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Healthy Aging Laboratory Needs Study Participants
The Healthy Aging Laboratory is looking for male and female participants 22 and older for a study on decision-making. The study involves completing questionnaires on a computer (all of your answers will be kept completely confidential) on Cornell's campus. The study will take approximately 60-90 minutes and participants will be compensated $25 for their time. Free parking is provided.
Contact the lab via email or by calling 607- 255-2457.
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Cornell Division of Human Resources is seeking a Temporary Administrative Assistant.
The Office of the Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer leads the human resource function for the University, which employs approximately eighteen thousand staff and faculty on campuses in Ithaca, Geneva (NY), New York City, and Qatar, as well as dozens of research facilities across the country and beyond.
As a Temporary Administrative Assistant, you will:
- Work with the Executive Assistant of the Office of the Vice President to provide administrative support, scheduling of meetings and events, and facilities management support to the Vice President and Chief Human Resources and the division.
- Answer telephones and greet visitors while providing exemplary customer service requiring tact, critical judgment, and confidentiality, to assist callers and visitors with basic needs and refer complex issues appropriately while managing sensitive situations with confidentiality.
- Answer questions regarding contact information and services provided by the Division of Human Resources.
- Work on administrative projects for the division.
This is a full-time, on-campus, 39-hour/week temporary position not eligible for university benefits. If interested, please email worklife@cornell.edu.
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Temporary, Part-Time Position in Student Services Open
Cornell University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering has a need for short-term help, up to 15-20 hours/week, from someone familiar with student services at Cornell.
Tasks include:
- Maintaining and creating student records
- Answering email
- Working with the Associate Director (who heads up the Undergraduate program in ECE)
- Assisting the Advising Coordinator (faculty position that focuses on advising curriculum for our undergraduates)
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