Willard

"It's instrumental in so many students lives to be able to have that financial support to do all the activities Cornell offers." Read more

-- Kristin Willard

How Your Gifts Help

   Around the World

The One Course At A Time academic calendar enables faculty and students to study away from campus, in whatever venues best suit the subject and method of the class. In classes in Minnesota, Guatemala, England, or beyond, students have the freedom to engage deeply and productively with the topic at hand.

Opportunities for support include:



International Study
Campaign goal: $2.5 million

International study can be profoundly empowering, awakening, and inspiring. It prepares our students for living, leading, and serving in a world of intense and regular global interaction.

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Off-Campus Study and Student-Faculty Research
Campaign goal: $1.5 million

With an increasingly competitive and global economy, it is more important than ever that students engage with the world beyond Cornell. Our students should have the opportunity to acquire knowledge in the most appropriate setting, where the excitement of generating or using knowledge is at its highest.

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Beta Omicron Distinguished Alumni Visitors
Campaign goal: $500,000

The Beta Omicron Distinguished Alumni Visitors program brings Cornell alumni back to campus as guest lecturers, panelists, and performers. It benefits students by exposing them to the experiences and insights of distinguished alumni in numerous fields.

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