Campus Relations

Campus Relations works to increase internal and external communication efforts through the office of Campus Information and Visitor Relations, and the office of the Assemblies.

Campus Information and Visitor Relations

Campus Information and Visitor Relations serves as the primary source of information for Cornell University students, faculty, staff, and visitors. CIVR operations include:

Campus Tours: Our campus tour program introduces the university to visitors and new members of our community illustrating Cornell's role as one of the nation's premier undergraduate programs, an international research university, and the Land Grant University for New York State. The number of people who took campus tours in 2004-05 was 28,539.

The Information and Referral Center: The purpose of the Information and Referral Center (located in the Day Hall lobby) is to provide reliable, timely, and useful information about Cornell University to its campus community members and visitors. CIVR staff answered over 44,000 inquiries in 2004-05.

Visitor and Parking Information Booths: The purpose of the Visitor and Parking Booths is to provide accurate information about parking, campus events, and other aspects of the university, while welcoming visitors to the university in a positive manner. Located at each main entrance to the central campus, the four information booths are frequently the first contact visitors have with Cornell. Booths are under the purview of Transportation and Mail Services and CIVR partners with them to provide staff coverage approximately 60 percent of the time.

University Switchboard: The University Switchboard answered over 180,000 phone calls during 2004-20045from both campus and off campus callers. The call center is staffed from 8 AM-10 PM Monday through Friday, 8 AM-5PM Saturday.

Office of the Assemblies

The Office of the Assemblies provides administrative support to four Assemblies (Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly, University Assembly.) The office also provides administrative support and financial -transaction processing for the two Finance Commissions (Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly.)

Each assembly serves as a bridge between the larger population and the administration. The assemblies rely on their committees to investigate issues and to make recommendation to the governing body. The assemblies and their committees work with administrative units to arrive at ways of improving life on campus. Campus Governance units include:

The Employee Assembly makes recommendations to the appropriate university administrators concerning the University's personnel policies and other university policies affecting the employment environment at Cornell.

The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly represents the interest and concerns of this constituency, and establishes the graduate Student Activity Fee and guidelines for its distribution.

The Student Assembly deals with quality of life issues for students, making sure that student issues are heard and addressed. The assembly has legislative authority over the policies of the Office of the Dean of Students and the Department of Campus Life, and establishes the undergraduate Student Activity Fee and guidelines for its distribution.

The University Assembly deals with issues of common interest to all members of the Cornell community and is comprised of representatives from each of the assemblies. The University Assembly has responsibility for the Campus Code of Conduct and participates in the selection of the Judicial Administrator, Ombudsman, and Judicial Advisor. UA has legislative authority over the policies of University Health Services, Transportation and Mail Services, Cornell United Religious Work, and the Cornell Store.