Cornell's Caring Community: Something to Feel Good About
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Week of November 23rd, 2009
In the News: Employees Get Wellness Boost from Cornell Program for Healthy Living
Quote for the Week:
The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they'll ease
Your will they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling.
- Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields, What the River Knows, 1990
Week of November 16th, 2009
In the News: 1,200 students go 'Into the Streets' for community service
Quote for the Week: “Our challenge – the challenge for each of us – is to integrate the gifts of higher education into ourselves – and by doing so, to engage more fully with the world around us – to “be the change” we want to see in the world.” - David Skorton
Week of November 9th, 2009
In the News: Cornell Dining serves up Cornell-grown produce
Quote for the Week: "Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children." - Kenyan Proverb
Week of November 2nd, 2009
In the News: Message from David Harris, Chair for the Cornell United Way Campaign
Quote for the Week: "My experience playing football at Cornell taught me the importance of never putting individual accomplishments above team success." - Ed Marinaro '72, 1971 Heisman Trophy runner-up, renowned actor
Week of October 26th, 2009
In the News: Innovative thinking results in bottom-line savings for AAD
Quote for the Week: "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain
Week of October 19th, 2009
In the News: Ithaca community swarms to Insectapalooza 2009
Quote for the Week: "Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” - Albert Einstein
Week of September 28th, 2009
In the News: Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans
Quote for the Week: "Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
Week of September 21st, 2009
In the News: Recent grad takes his hospitality training to Cambodia
Quote for the Week: "To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world." - Heather Cortez
Week of September 15th, 2009
In the News: Cornell community comes together to care for ill students
Quote for the Week: “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”- Maya Angelou
Week of September 7th, 2009
In the News: Cornell United Way campaign kicks off Sept. 17
Quote for the Week: “People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. ”- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Week of August 31st, 2009
In the News: Custodians' moving tales stir 'Philosopher Kings' audiences
Quote for the Week: “Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vintage point. ”- Harold B Melchart
Week of August 21st, 2009
In the News: More than five dozen new Cornell students help Ithaca community
Quote for the Week: “When you live your life with an appreciation of coincidences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of infinite possibilities. ”- Deepak Chopra
Week of August 17th, 2009
In the News: IQ Ambassadors shrink distance between Ithaca and Doha
Quote for the Week: “Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret - curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.”- Walt Disney
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