Admitted Students Programming - EOTO

Each One, Teach One: August 15-19, 2025

This is an invitation-only event for new Cornellians who identify as people of color and it's your chance to get to know your peers and mentors, have a few extra days to make yourself at home on campus before the rest of your class arrives, and get familiar with campus and community resources. Our incoming international students will be on campus at the same time and share some programming with you, so there will be a good-sized group of people to get to know.

You can expect to make some friends, speak your truths, ask questions others incoming students might not understand, and learn some basics—like where you can get your hair done by someone who has experience with ethnic hair. You'll move in before New Student Orientation (NSO) on Friday, August 15 to participate in this program, then transition into NSO with the rest of the incoming class on August 20. There is no cost for this program.

EOTO 2024 Schedule

(Please use this to get an idea of the orientation schedule. We will be adding the 2025 schedule in late spring 2025.)

Friday, August 16

8 a.m. -3:30 p.m. Move in and registration
3:45 - 4:45 p.m. ICL Campus Tour (families welcome)
5-6:10 p.m. "Welcome to the Family" dinner with RAs (families welcome)
6:15-7 p.m. "Finding your family"

Saturday, August 17

8-9 a.m. Breakfast
9-11:30 a.m. Informational programming
12-1:30 p.m. Alumni of Color luncheon
1:35-4:30 p.m. Shopping at Walmart & Target
5-6 p.m. Dinner
6:30-8 p.m. Family time
8:10 p.m. S'mores night

Sunday, August 18

11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Day at the waterpark
6:15 p.m. Dinner with Cornell Volleyball team

Monday, August 19

8-9 a.m. Breakfast
9:05 a.m. - 11 a.m. "Just because I am"
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch with snack exchange
1-3:10 p.m. Campus resource presentations
5:10 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Dinner with NSO leaders
7-7:50 p.m. Scavenger hunt
8 p.m. Movie night

Tuesday, August 20

8-9 a.m. Breakfast
9:05-10:30 a.m. Downtown Mount Vernon tour & group crafting
10:35-11:20 a.m. Informational programming
11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Lunch
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Informational programming
1:40 - 3:30 p.m. Family time
4-5:15 p.m. EOTO/ISO Olympics
5:30 p.m. Dinner