Student Support Resources
While personal support resources exist in many places around the university, faculty commonly refer students to the ones described below. Your staff colleagues in these areas are educated and trained to help students with a range of specialized interests and needs.
Academic planning and support
Both at the college and university level, students have access to a strong corps of professional advisors who will assist them with understanding academic policies, graduation requirements, special programs, and career pathways:
- College/unit advising and university support offices
- Cornell Career Services (including Law and Graduate School advising)
- Education Abroad
- Fellowships
- Health Professions Advising Center
- Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives
- Student Veterans
Acknowledging traumatic events
Some of the most difficult and meaningful work we do as educators is to support students when disturbing and distressing local, national, or global situations occur. Please refer to these resources for guidance:
- Diversity and inclusion guidance, including resources to address racism, antisemitism, and Islamophobia
- Trauma informed pedagogy for your FWS classroom
Community and connection
There are many ways for students to find community at Cornell through academic offerings, personal development spaces, and extracurricular activities.
- Courses that facilitate student connections:
- Community-engaged learning course guide
- Intergroup Dialogue Project undergraduate and graduate student offerings
- Learn Where You Live courses
- Courses with travel components (e.g. NS 4630 Global Health, Development, and Policy Issues in Tanzania)
- Cohort-based programs, such as:
- OADI's McNair Scholars, Research Scholars, and Pre Professional Programs (P3)
- Kessler Scholars for first generation college students
- Student activities organized through Campus Groups
- Physical education courses, Cornell Outdoor Education, and intramural sports
Mental health, wellbeing, and counseling
Cornell offers extensive services and programs designed to support students, prioritize a campus culture of healthy and well-being, and promote mental health awareness.
- Comprehensive supports organized by level of distress (emergency, elevated, concern): Ithaca campus and Cornell Tech
- Cornell Minds Matter student organization
- Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), including individual and group counseling
- CU Flourish newsletter for students
- Let’s Talk, an informal, private drop-in consultation with a Cornell Health counselor
- Skorton Center for Health Initiatives
- Student Success and Advocacy Services, including the CARE team
- Well-being coaching
Specific student populations
Cornell is committed to serving its diverse student populations, including those with intersecting social and personal identities. The list of supports below is not exhaustive, but an excellent place to start exploring various resources and identity spaces.