You Said: Spring 2018
Integrating the soccer team
How exciting to read the article about women playing on the men’s soccer team in the fall Report. I was one of those women.
As well as playing in the Coe game, I remember making the traveling squad against Monmouth and having to find a place to change into my uniform. When I reminisce about my college experience, it is always about Cornell (though I transferred my junior year) and that time I stayed on the field when the ref asked the women to leave! I would love to hear others’ memories of that season. Please email me at asread56@aol.com
Annie Read Pusey ’79
Dexter, Oregon
Shoe Tree origin
There’s a little-known history of the Shoe Tree (“25 Things That Make Mount Vernon Cool”), but a Swiss exchange student and I began it perhaps 17 years ago. I had seen one in the desert near Fallon, Nevada, on U.S. 50, thought Mount Vernon needed one, so we threw the first shoes into it. The tree on Bryant Road (also known as Mud Road) was similar to that tree I saw in the Nevada desert, just standing alone in the wilderness. So it seemed a fitting opportunity to bring that energy to Iowa.
Bob Campagna
Loveland, Colorado
From Twitter
Melissa Wood ’82
@mwoodpen
Shout out to my beautiful alma mater. If you’re looking for a unique liberal arts college in America’s heartland, check out Cornell College. Small but mighty!
Adrienne Corn ’93
@AdrienneCorn
I’m super excited to begin serving as a Trustee at @cornellcollege, an academic institution nationally recognized as a college that changes lives!
From Facebook
Elie Saad ’81 (responding to the All-Call on Feb. 22)
It was wonderful to get a firsthand update on the future of Cornell from President Brand. As an alumnus of the Class of ’81, I was very impressed. My Cornell education prepared me well for graduate school and the real world we live in. Cornell greater be thy name.
Read a transcript or hear audio of alumni questions and President Brand’s answers.
Correction
Diane Crowder is professor emeritus of French and women’s studies. Her title was listed incorrectly in the fall Cornell Report.
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