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T H E N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E C O R N E L L B L A C K A L U M N I A S S O C I A T I O N F A L L 2 0 1 2
UUPPDADATTEE Sharing the vision of
our education
Dear Cornell Black Alumni Association Members and Friends,
The CBAA board is so pleased with the enthusiasm that we have seen from our alumni since our
fabulous reunion in June. Kudos to Chimene Liburd, Angela Celestin, Joanne Hill and our class
clerks for a job well done. We would also like to thank the outgoing board for their hard work.
Now we need to keep the enthusiasm going. The board is committed to continuing to offer events
of that caliber. We look forward to seeing you at our future events.
This newsletter is just one part of our effort to increase communication with our alumni and stu-
dents. Please visit our website (www.cbaa1976.com) for regular updates as well. If you would like
to contribute to the newsletter or help create it, join our communications committee. Please
spread the word...Undergraduate and graduate alumni are welcome. We would love to have you!
SEPTEMBER ISSUE
EXECUTIVE BOARD President Anika Daniels-Osaze, Arts '96 [email protected] Treasurer Darien Ward, ILR ‘90 [email protected] Secretary Zachary Murray, AAP '12 [email protected] VP Membership Carol McIntosh, Arts'83/ Weill '87 [email protected] VP Programming Jade Dean, Hotel'08 [email protected] VP Fundraising /Scholarship Ebony Ray, ILR'10 [email protected] VP Student Relations Cynthia Cuffie, HumEC'74 [email protected]
CBAA’s Executive Board Join a Committee or volunteer to be a Regional Representative today! Our six standing committees are: Membership Committee Programming Committee Scholarship & Fundraising Committee Campus & Student Relations Committee Communications Committee Secondary/Graduate Schools Committee As a Regional Representative, you are an important resource for CBAA and a pivotal part of volunteer, social and cultural activities in your area. Each region needs assistance in planning 2-4 regional events per year. This is a great networking opportunity for our alumni! For committee details and to sign up visit:
http://www.cbaa1976.com/volunteer.html
CBAA REUNION 2012
CBAA UPDATE 2 FALL 2012
CBAA PROGRAMMING CALENDAR 2012/2013 July - NJ/Philly/Delaware Cornell Alum, Friends, and Family Summer Potluck Picnic Unami Park, Garwood, NJ Saturday, July 21, 2012 from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM Contact Leon Smart '82 - [email protected] or Gale Jones '82 [email protected] August- MD/DC/VA Class of 2016 & New Student Sendoff August 5th, from 4-7pm@ Nixon's Farm, 2800 Nixon's Farms Lane, West Friendship, MD Directions: http://www.nixonsfarm.com/contact.htm Contact Randall Nixon '78 at [email protected] or Phone: 443-364-8380
September - NYC, Detroit Pre-Homecoming Mixer NYC - September 2, 2012 @ 2:00 p.m. Riverside Park; Contact Kassandra Frederique @ [email protected] for more details Detroit - September 20, 2012 @ 6:30 p.m. - Roast Restaurant, Westin Book Cadillac Hotel; September - Washington, DC General Body Meeting September 15, 2012 @ 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Hall of the States 444 N. Capitol St., NW, Suite 367 Washington, DC 20001 Contact: Anika Daniels-Osaze - [email protected] for more details September - Ithaca (Homecoming) Mosaic Exchange: Alumni-Student Panel & Networking September 22, 2012 @ 9:00 a.m. Clark Hall, Room 701 Ujamaa 40th Anniversary Banquet September 22, 2012 @7:00 p.m. Willard Straight Hall, Memorial Room September - Miami Black IVY Conference September 27-29, 2012 visit http://bialconference.org/about/ for more information October - Chicago Rising Ivy Breakfast - Cosponsored with Black Ivy Alumni League and Google October 10, 2012; Contact Akiza Boddie-Willis - [email protected] for more details October - Cornell Medical College Reunion/ CBAA mixer undergrad and grad alumni (NYC) October 20th, 2012– special guest speaker: Randall Nixon '78 contact Carol McIntosh at [email protected]
Our Regional Reps Chrissa McFarlane Atlanta [email protected] Rosalind Usher Atlanta [email protected] Joanne Hill Chicago [email protected]
Akiza Boddie-Willis Chicago [email protected]
Veta N. Martin Detroit [email protected] Lois Bennett Detroit [email protected] Deborah Arrindell Los Angeles [email protected] Hindatu Mohammed Bay Area/ San Francisco [email protected] Kassandra Frederique New York City [email protected] Nadia Ormsby New York City [email protected]
Jason Morgan New York City [email protected] Tracy Appiah Ohio [email protected] Corinne Burton Southern NJ/Philadelphia [email protected]
Colleen Clarke-Norman Southern NJ/Philadelphia [email protected] Chimene Liburd Washington DC [email protected]
Dionne Benjamin Washington DC [email protected] Regina Little Washington DC [email protected]
CBAA UPDATE 3 FALL
October - May - June - September (NY, Chicago, DC, San Francisco) Avon Walk for Breast Cancer http://www.avonwalk.org/ Fall - 2012 - NYC Date TBD Alvin Ailey Performance - Co-sponsorship with the Black Ivy Alumni Association January - All Regions 1st Week of January - Back to School Alumni/Student Mixer Location & Time for each region to be confirmed February - NYC Volunteer at St. Francis Xavier's Soup Kitchen - space is limited 55 West 15th Street, New York NY contact [email protected] for details April - All Regions Arts Programming Event-Information to be provided May - All Regions Cinco De Mayo Alumni Mixer May 5, 2012 -Information to be provided May 26, 2013 - Ithaca Cornell Commencement/ CBAA Graduation Reception and Senior Leadership Award Presentation June/ July -All Regions Professional Development Event-Information to be provided We will continue to update the CBAA website as events are added.
Meet our new Faculty and Administrators
OADI replaces COSEP/ OMEA
CBAA UPDATE 4 FALL 2012
Gerard Aching, M.A. '90, Ph.D.
'91, professor of Spanish and
French literature and a member
of the graduate fields of African
and African-American and
Latin American studies, has
been appointed Director of the
Africana Studies and Research
Center.
Theoria Cason is the Residence Hall
Director for Ujamaa Residential Col-
lege. Originally from North Carolina,
she attended the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte, earning a de-
gree in Psychology; with minors in
Biology and Spanish. She then com-
pleted her Masters degree in College
Student Personnel at Western Illinois
University.
The Committee on Special Educational Projects, or COSEP, was established by Cornell University in
1965 with two primary goals: to increase the enrollment of African American students at Cornell and
to provide support services which would facilitate both their adjustment to, and graduation from, Cor-
nell. Later, the COSEP was expanded to include Latino, Hispanic American, Native American, and
Asian American students as well as those who would be first in their families to receive a bachelor's
degree, and those from lower-income families.
In 1976, COSEP was subsumed into the Office of Minority Educational Affairs
(OMEA). In June 2011, the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (OADI) was formed as a unit that
addresses diversity issues and support in the academic areas across the university. Today, COSEP remains
a committee of advisors, counselors, and administrators who support the special educational needs of its
students.
The Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (OADI) pronounced "wadi", is an Arabic/Ki-Swahili word that refers to a cool protected
passage route/valley through a desert, often formed by a seasonal river. OADI's Mission are two-fold: (1) to ensure that the widest
range of life experience, knowledge, creative expression and original thinking is shared across the breadth of Cornell's students, fac-
ulty, staff, and disciplines, particularly by those with backgrounds historically less likely to have been represented on campus and (2) to
support the increased presence, academic success, intellectual achievement, and inclusion across all fields of study of those from these
under-represented backgrounds at Cornell.
A.T. Miller, Associate Vice Provost of
Diversity Initiatives
The Power of Donor/ Alumni Support: Ujamaa’s Computer Facility Upgrade
Ujamaa Residential College has long needed an update to its computer facility. Alumni and do-
nors stepped up and answered the call. Due to a coordinated effort amongst Theoria Cason,
Renee Alexander ’74 and Jennifer Kamara ‘05, Ujamites can once again get their work done in the
comfort of their own home.
Fundraisers were held on campus and in New York City. Announcements reiterating the new for
an upgraded facility were made at Reunion. The facility is now equipped with several new com-
puters, printers and a scanner.
This upgrade is an example of the power that we have to improve our students’ experience and
rejuvenate our institutions. Thank you to all off our donors for making this possible! The unveiling of the upgraded facility will
take place during the 40th anniversary celebration of Ujamaa Residential College at Homecoming! A list of all donors along with
photos of the upgraded facility will appear in our next newsletter!
Alumni Spotlights
Cornell Alumni are making moves in
every field. If you know of an alum
who should be in the “Spotlight”
email the
details to
CBAA UPDATE 5 FALL
Svante Myrick, ‘09 was
elected Mayor of Ithaca and
assumed office in January
2012. A Communications
major from the College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences,
Myrick, 25 is the first African
American and the youngest
person to take on this role.
Adepero Oduye, ’97, a Brooklyn native, born to Nigerian
parents, was a pre-med junior at Cornell when her father sud-
denly passed away. "It was a wake-up call," says Oduye. "I al-
ready had doubts about that career path, and I was mostly
doing it for my father. I thought: 'Life is too short. What else
can I do?' Oduye took an acting class and fell in love with
acting ever since. She has starred in movies such as “Pariah”
and “Half Nelson”, has been in episodes of “Law and Order”
and “Louie” and is preparing for her new role in the remake
of Steel Magnolias with the likes of Phylicia Rashad, Jill Scott
and Queen Latifah.
Makila Z. James ’79 was
sworn in at the State Depart-
ment July 23 as United
States ambassador to Swazi-
land, Africa’s last absolute
monarchy. She majored in
Africana studies and history
at Cornell.
Hon. Debra James,
Arts‘75 , JD’78 is running
for New York State Su-
preme Court. She received
the Mattie Belle Davis
Award from the National
Association of Women
Judges.
Muhammad Halim '08 from the
U.S. Virgin Islands ran the
Men's Track & Field-Triple
Jump in this year’s Olympics
held in London.
Our Alumni are succeeding in fields such as politics, sports, and acting. Let’s celebrate their accomplishments!
Student Spotlights: Leadership Award Recipients The Cornell Black Alumni Association
Student Leadership Award recognizes a
current senior undergraduate student of
African descent for his/her outstanding
leadership and efforts to enhance the
lives of students and the community-at-
large while attending Cornell Univer-
sity. The purpose of the award is to rec-
ognize past accomplishments and encour-
age ongoing development of leadership
skills and social consciousness. Thank
you to our selection committee for their
hard work and congratulations to our
recipients! Visit our website for application and due
dates.
FALL 2011 Recipient SPRING 2011 Recipient
Janet Nwaukoni Quill and Dagger Senior Honor Society President
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Cornell Tradition Fellow
Mortar Board Senior Honor Society
Biology Scholars Program
Baraka Kwa Wimbo Gospel Ensemble
Ijeamaka Obodoagha Foundation for International Medical
Relief of Children President & Treasurer
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
Lansing Residential Center Mentor
Nigerian Students Association President 4-H Cornell Cooperative Extension Men-
tor/ Counselor
CBAA Event Highlights
CBAA UPDATE 6 FALL 2012
http://www.visitithaca.com/
CBAA UPDATE 7 FALL 2012
The 1st Annual Black Ivy Alumni League Convention will be held in Miami, Florida from September 27th-30th. Network with alumni from all our brother institutions.
The conference will focus on the 4 pillars of - Education, Leader-ship, Politics and En-trepreneurship.
Specially priced tickets are available to friends of CBAA. Use the code “CBAA” to save nearly $100 off your ticket.
Register here and join us in making history!
CBAA UPDATE 8 FALL 2012
GENERAL BODY MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
CBAA will hold a general body meeting on Saturday, September 15 from 9am- 1pm in
Washington, DC. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Participation model and
to vote whether CBAA should formally adopt the Participation model or return to a
Dues collecting organization.
Meeting Location:
Hall of the States
444 N. Capitol St., NW, Suite 367
Washington, DC 20001
To register for the meeting, please click here.
For those of you who are unable to attend, you can view the meeting on the CBAA
Website at http://www.cbaa1976.com/livestream.html.
In order to vote online, please complete the following Contact Information Form to
receive a special code. Once you submit this form a code will be emailed to you. The
code must be used in order to submit your vote online on the day of the meeting.
To submit a proxy, as per Section VI, par.4 of the CBAA By-laws:
“Each member shall be entitled to vote on each resolution being considered at a gen-
eral membership meeting. In an election of officers, each member shall be entitled to
cast one vote for each office. A vote may be cast in person, by proxy, or by U.S. mail. A
proxy must be in writing, signed and dated by the absent voting member, and must
indicate the designee who shall execute the proxy.”
Complete the following Proxy Form and mail by Wednesday, September 12, 2012 to:
Cornell Black Alumni Association
c/o Christina Ulrich
130 E Seneca St
Ithaca, NY 14850
The Agenda is as follows:
9:00am- 9:05am Greetings and Introductions
9:05am-9:15am Africana Update
9:15am-9:45am Officer Reports
9:45am-11:45am Dues vs. Participation Model Discussion and Vote
11:45am Meeting adjournment
11:45am-1pm Lunch and Mingling/ Membership drive
Please review the following documents before the meeting:
Participation Model Document from Alumni Affairs
CBAA 2012 Membership Dues Subcommittee proposal
Alumni Affairs Response to Subcommittee proposal questions/
Mosaic Participation Model Document
By-Laws
All of these documents can be found on the live-stream page of the CBAA website.
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