Events

Cornell Reunion Weekend is June 5-8, 2008. ILR events take place on Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7.

Friday, June 6

Beyond the Leadership Hype: Get Them on Your Side and Keep Them on Your Side (the non-academic voice of an academic)
3:00-4:00pm, Room 115, Ives Hall - Webinar Instructions

The discussion of leadership has been hidden beneath mythology, fads, and academic jargon. Professor Bacharach believes that beneath the leadership hype, leadership is a straightforward concept, having to do with the capacity not simply to generate ideas, but also the capacity to mobilize people around these ideas, and to put these ideas in place. He views leadership as the learned capacity to be proactive, not something you're born with. Building on the concepts presented in his two books, Get Them on Your Side: Win Support, Convert Skeptics, and Get Results and Keep Them on Your Side: Leading and Managing for Momentum, in this presentation Professor Bacharach will address leadership as a proactive learned skill which all organizational members can attain and apply.

ILR celebrates the endowment of the Harriet Morel Oxman Directorship of the Catherwood Library
4:00-5:00pm, LRP Collections Lobby, Catherwood Library

Please join us in honoring our benefactor Harriet Morel Oxman '48 and her husband Ted Oxman. In recognition of exceptional support for ILR, the position of the Harriet Morel Oxman Directorship of the Catherwood Library was created on this occasion, her 60th reunion.

Reunion Reception
5:00-7:00pm, Look for our tent in the upper courtyard, Ives complex.

ILR graduates and their spouses are cordially invited to this informal gathering.

Saturday, June 7

ILR Breakfast
8:00-9:00am, Look for our tent in the upper courtyard,Ives complex.

All ILR alumni and their families are invited. Dean Harry Katz will provide an update on the school at 8:30.

Blogging the World of Work
9:15-9:45am, Catherwood Library Computer Training, 233A Ives Hall

Catherwood Library staff member, Chris Miller, will demonstrate how staying up to date with the latest news and information about the ILR field can be a time consuming process. Why waste time visiting all the different sites you use when you can let those sites tell you when they have new information? This session will discuss the use of new technologies that allow you to subscribe to web sites, blogs, and other sources of information and visit only one source to be informed and review the most current news. Several examples of excellent ILR resources will be included, as well as an introduction to the Catherwood Library blog.

ILR: A New World of Work
10:30am-2:00pm, Training Classroom, Catherwood Library

This new video presentation features perspectives from Catherwood Library Dean Harry Katz and takes a closer look at ILR's teaching, research and outreach mission; who we are today and where we're heading in the future; and the impact faculty, students and alumni are having on ILR and the world of work. ILR: A New World of Work was produced by Cornell University's Media Production Group and ILR Communications & Marketing.

Friday, June 6 & Saturday, June 7

11:00am–2:00pm, ILR Alumni Booth, Barton Hall

The ILR School - Promoting excellence in education, research, and service to the workplace. We welcome alumni to stop by our booth during reunion. The centrality of the workplace in an increasingly complex world is the primary focus at ILR. With its diverse and distinguished faculty, the school leads the way toward new insights about current and future challenges in the world of work. ILR is the nation's only institution of higher education to offer a four-year undergraduate program focused on the workplace, several types of graduate degrees, programs and workshops for adult learners, and customized services. From our Ithaca campus and additional offices around the state, ILR connects with the region, the nation, and the world. We look forward to visiting with you - if we don't see you first, please come up and say hello.

Martin P. Catherwood Library

The Martin P. Catherwood Library is the leading academic research collection on the workplace and workplace issues in North America. It is not the library you remember. Catherwood is now the library of choice for undergraduates because it is a beautiful facility, and also because of its wealth of information resources. Visit Catherwood Library and see for yourself.

Friday hours for Catherwood Library, and for the Kheel Center, will be from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Saturday hours for Catherwood Library, and for the Kheel Center, will be from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.

For More Information

The University's reunion web page is now better than ever! This site provides more information about reunion events, transportation, housing, the campaign, registration and much more. In addition, alumni can now sort Reunion Activities and Events by category, and can build their own itineraries for the weekend.

For additional information about ILR's Reunion schedule, please contact Janice Guthrie, ILR Alumni Affairs at 607-255-6511 or e-mail jmg6@cornell.edu.