The Office of Student Services provides personalized, friendly service to support students in admission and financial aid, course registration, and student life. The office additionally offers support for veterinary student organizations, international opportunities, off-campus experiences, professional licensing, and career planning. Stop by to snag candy in between classes or for a quick chat with our fantastic Student Services staff!
The Academic Coaches are a team of faculty offer guidance on evidence-based methods to help students improve studying and time-management skills, reduce testing anxiety, and use reflective processes to improve academic performance. Students can schedule 1-on-1 meetings at vet_coaching@cornell.edu, or work through the CVM Learning Strategies Canvas course to learn about strategies on their own.
As the CVM's Well-being Program Director, Kate creates and promotes initiatives that support the well-being of the CVM college. Working with other members of the Cornell community, the CVM Well-being Committee, and industry experts, Kate brings awareness of and access to resources by coordinating well-being activities and opportunities across the college. She works closely with DVM, MPH, and graduate program leadership to help design and deliver of the college’s well-being curricula and co-curricular activities. Stop by Kate's office or email her at cvmwellbeing@cornell.edu!
Genel is a member of Cornell Health’s department of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) who works in the CVM to support the mental health of graduate and professional students. Students can arrange single-session therapy, short-term individual counseling, and group workshops, or coordinate with Genel for recommendations and referral programming services. Her office's physical location at the college allows students with tight academic schedules to have an appointment with a CAPS therapist without having to travel! Connect with CAPS by logging onto your Cornell Health portal.
The Well-being Community Room (Schurman Hall S1-017) is a large fitness room that features a variety of fitness equipment (including ellipticals, weights, yoga mats and blocks, and a ping-pong table). The room can be used whenever empty, or reserved using the college's internal room scheduler. Stop by to unwind, relax and take a break from studying, solo or with friends!
The CVM Caring Cabinet is a new Well-being Program initiative with collection bins in the Student Kitchen, Library, Office of Student Services, and Well-being Community Room as a “leave what you can; take what you need” food pantry for the CVM community. The Caring Cabinet wish-list is posted on each bin, and donations include non-perishable, un-expired, un-opened boxed/canned/jarred goods.
CAPS is a campus-wide Cornell Health initiative that offers individual and group counseling, drop-in consultation, and workshops. CAPS staff members come from diverse clinical and cultural backgrounds with expertise in responding to the wide range of mental health concerns faced by university students. Learn about scheduling an appointment with a CAPS therapist, or log onto your Cornell Health portal!
Cornell Health provides medical care, mental health care, and support for for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students studying on Cornell’s Ithaca campus. To make an appointment:
The Big Red Barn Graduate and Professional Student Center is a social hub for graduate and professional students across campus. The BRB hosts events every week, including weekly trivia nights and T.G.I.F (Tell Grads It’s Friday)! Stay up to date with programming on Instagram or by contacting bigredbarn@cornell.edu!
The Centers for Student Equity, Empowerment, & Belonging ("The Centers") is part of the Office of the Dean of Students within Student and Campus Life. The Centers work together to support student equity, empowerment, and belonging through identity-based programs, resources and community spaces. Centers include:
- The Asian & Asian American Center (A3C) on the 2nd floor at 626 Thurston Ave which acknowledges and celebrates the rich diversity that Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American (APIDA) students bring to Cornell and actively fosters a supportive and inclusive campus community.
- Black Student Empowerment on the ground floor of 626 Thurston Ave which leads initiatives to support Black identified students and other underserved student populations, advises student organizations, implement intercultural and intersectional longitudinal co-curricular programs.
- First-Generation and Low-Income Student Support on the 2nd floor of 200 Barnes Hall which promotes identity exploration, community, advocacy and empowerment for all students who identify with the first-generation and/or low-income student experience.
- The Gender Equity Resource Center on the 2nd floor at 209 Willard Straight Hall which fosters a vibrant and supportive campus community for woman-identified and gender diverse people so that they can bring their full and authentic selves to every part of their lives.
- Latinx Student Empowerment on the ground floor of 626 Thurston Ave which leads strategic planning and collaborative partnerships across campus to improve the Latinx/e student experience at Cornell University. This area cultivates student-centered initiatives that foster identity development, leadership skills, and a strong sense of belonging.
- The LGBT Resource Center on the 3rd floor at 626 Thurston Ave which is the hub of LGBTQ+ student life and resources at Cornell. They provide advocacy, outreach, education, support, and community to LGBTQ+ students of all identities, backgrounds, and experiences.
- The Office of Spirituality and Meaning-Making at 118 Anabel Taylor Hall which supports all Cornell students of all religious identities, ethical backgrounds, and worldviews in discovering what they deeply believe, finding places of spiritual belonging, and growing into the people they feel called to become.
- Undocumented & DACA Student Support in Room 215 of 200 Barnes Hall which serves as a resource to undocumented, DACAmented students, students from mixed-status familiar, and their allies. This is done through facilitating referrals, advising, and collaborating widely with campus partners to host presentations and undocu-ally trainings.
