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Virtual Reunion
2021
Thanks to our good friends in the
Class of 1971 for inviting us to join in 50th Reunion celebrations, get
ready to celebrate Reunion digitally June 10-13! Don't miss these class events and
gatherings!
Register to join the fun
Join us for these special events:
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Enjoy a forum entitled, "What's Going
On! Rock, Pop, and Protest in the 1960s" featuring music professor Judith Peraino
and sponsored by the Classes of 1970, 1971 and College of Arts & Sciences on
Thursday, June 10.
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Join the Class of 1971 on a virtual
tour of campus led by Roberta Moudry '81 on Friday, June 11.
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Socialize with friends you may have
missed seeing or make new friends at our Class of '70 Happy Hour on Saturday, June
12.
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Enjoy university featured programming
throughout Reunion weekend!
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Questions? Contact:
Cathy Hogan '70 and Sally Anne Levine '70, Reunion co-chairs
cornell70reunion50@gmail.com
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16MAR2021 - A message from our President
Sally Anne Levine that was recently mailed to all of our class]
Dear '70 Classmate,
If this past year has taught us anything, it is the value of our communities and
our connections to one another. Whether you have remained in close touch with our
'70 classmates over the years or recently tuned in to a virtual gathering for the
first time, Cornell remains a community ready to welcome you with open arms. You
are an important member of our Cornell family.
Staying active in our class is vital to maintaining our shared community. The Class
of '70 plans activities, events, and special projects that keep us connected to
each other and to Cornell. Nearly everything we plan as a class—from online events
to on-campus traditions—is made possible by class members' paying class dues, which
we hope you will do at this time. Because the Cornell Magazine is ceasing publication,
the dues amount has been reduced.
The enclosed dues form (Pay Dues Here) also provides an opportunity for you
to support our Class of 1970 Scholarship and the Class of 1970 Spirit Fund. By contributing
to these funds, you will be making a philanthropic gift to Cornell in addition to
paying your class dues. For fiscal year 2021, our scholarship is projected to provide
$5,717 in undergraduate support. The recipient for academic year 2020-2021 is a
young woman in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Our Spirit Fund contributes
approximately $4,000 each year to Touchdown the Bear – you may have noticed that
Touchdown always sports a "70" jersey – as well as to the cheerleaders and the outstanding
senior athletes banquet.
We hope you will choose to stay involved by becoming a 2021-2022 class dues payer
and to support current Cornell students and assure the ongoing spirit of Cornell
by making an additional gift to one or both of our class funds. Your contributions
help make our continued connections possible. Thank you!
Sally Anne Levine '70, Class President
P.S. As always, dues payers will receive exclusive discounts via the Big Red Marketplace.
P.P.S. Paying class dues is not considered the same as making an outright
gift to Cornell. Class dues support class specific programs while other gifts to
Cornell support the broader initiatives of Cornell. Similar to your other philanthropic
giving, class dues are tax-deductible.
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03JUN2020: Created as a part of the VIRTUAL Reunion 2020 please check out
this short video about Judy Chicago at the Johnson Museum of Art which includes
a shout-out to the Class of 1970: click here.
Note: this video contains a small amount of nudity.
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12MAR2021: Reunion 2021 will be VIRTUAL:
please check
here.
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Cornell's Seventh Annual Giving Day was held on Thursday, March 11, 2021.
What is it? It is an annual day when alumni, parents, friends,
and Big Red worldwide come together to make a difference for Cornell, and so too
for the world. Please look at the website for Cornell Giving Day 2021:
https://givingday.cornell.edu
to find answers to your questions and much more information about Giving Day 2021. It
covered a full 24 hours from 12:00 a.m. until 11:59 p.m., "Ithaca Time". There
are descriptions of challenges and updates on donations to all manner of areas of
the University.
Please keep in mind that the Legendary Class of 1970 has three established
gifts to Cornell: we have two endowments: The Class of 1970 Scholarship Fund
(which has been awarding scholarships to Cornell undergrads
annually for many years) and The Spirit of the Class of 1970 Fund
(used to support and sustain: 1. Touchdown the Big Red
Bear; 2. The Cornell Cheerleading Squad; and 3. The Annual Senior Athlete Banquet). Our
third fund is The Class of 1970 Art Fund (which
has been used to purchase or assist in obtaining several works of art for Cornell's
Johnson Museum of Art). Please use the following info when
making a donation to any (or all!) of these three funds.
- The Class of 1970 Scholarship Endowment Fund : #112322
- The Class of 1970 Art Fund: #0000553
- The Spirit of the Class of 1970 Endowment Fund: #0010033
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COVID-19 important update
from Michelle J. Vaeth '98, Associate Vice President for Alumni
Affairs
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28MAR2020 - A letter from President
Martha Pollack has announced that Cornell's in-person Reunion 2020 has been cancelled.
Her letter mentions that the "Reunion team is already hard at work planning a virtual
Reunion celebration for all alumni the weekend of June 5, 2020." Please
watch this page or visit University level sites (https://alumni.cornell.edu/come-back/reunion/) to see
further details as they are finalized.
More details about Cornell and the coronavirus can be found at cornell.edu/coronavirus.
Thank you for your commitment to the Class of 1970 and Cornell.
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REMINDER: The Cornell Class of 1970 has a Facebook fan page! Please "Like"
it and "Suggest" it to other '70 classmates and Cornellians. Here is how
to find our FB page:
- Go to: http://www.facebook.com/Cornell70
If you are already logged into your Facebook page, you will arrive at the "Cornell70"
page.
"Like" it:
- Login to your personal Facebook profile page and then type Cornell70 into the Facebook
search window on your page.
"Like" it:
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A gift from our classmate Martin Tang has enabled Cornell to have a new Welcome
Center. Check out this article from the Cornell Chronicle: Welcome Center will be 'wonderful gateway to Cornell'
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[12FEB2017 - A message from our President
(and Class Correspondent) Connie Ferris Meyer]
On April 17, 2017, Martha E. Pollack, will become the 14th president
of Cornell University! She was elected unanimously by Cornell's Board
of Trustees back on November 14, 2016. Pollack is provost and vice president
for academic affairs at the University of Michigan. Her areas of expertise
and responsibility over her years there are multiple and varied and most impressive. Pollack's
academic background in computer science and information science will serve the vast
Cornell community well.
Upon being elected to be the 14th president of Cornell, Pollack stated the following,
"I am humbled and honored to have been elected to lead this great university," Pollack
said. "As a private university with a public mission, Cornell is the
embodiment of my own deeply held belief in the ability of knowledge to improve the
human condition. I can't wait to get started, and I look forward to meeting
and working with Cornell's outstanding faculty, students, staff and alumni in Ithaca,
New York City and around the globe."
For more information and narrative about Martha Pollack, please check out these
links from the Cornell Chronicle:
Martha E. Pollack, provost at Michigan, named 14th president
President-elect praises Cornell's 'spirit of innovation'
Pollack brings values of integrity, diversity to role of president
Welcome, Martha Pollack, to our fair Cornell and beautiful Ithaca. We
look forward to meeting you and getting to know you.
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We are looking for pictures related to Affinity Groups (Fraternities, Sororities,
Clubs, Freshman Corridor, etc.) that we can post on our site. If you
have any, please send them to our
Webmaster.
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Check out the pages about the Class
of 1970 Contemporary Art Fund at the Johnson Museum of Art:
Andrea Inselmann, the Curator of Modern
and Contemporary Art & Photography at the Johnson Museum of Art , produced a very
comprehensive brochure for Reunion to show the acquisitions funded by our Class of
1970 Contemporary Art Fund. Please click here to view the brochure. You
can go to About Us..Class Legacy or click
here for more information about our Class of 1970 Art Fund.
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21MAY2011 - The Cornell Class of 1970 now has a Facebook fan page! Please
"Like" it and "Suggest" it to other '70 classmates and Cornellians.
Here is how to find our FB page:
- Go to: http://www.facebook.com/Cornell70
If you are already logged into your Facebook page, you will arrive at the "Cornell70"
page.
"Like" it:
- Login to your personal Facebook profile page and then type Cornell70 into the Facebook
search window on your page.
"Like" it:
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21MAY2011 - Our class also has a Twitter page you can follow @CornellClass70. Just
go to: http://www.twitter.com/CornellClass70.
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