In brief: Summer 2018
Cornell’s Facility Services staff of 16 provides maintenance and housekeeping for campus buildings, grounds, and vehicles. While most team members hold the title of maintenance worker, their expertise ranges from plumbing and electrical to groundskeeping, heating, cooling, and air conditioning.
25
Percent of facilities employees named Jeff
2,838
Work orders completed July 1, 2017—June 4, 2018
32.9
Percent of work orders for residence halls
4,671
Cubic feet of mulch used on campus each year
5
Number of tandem dump truck loads filled by fall leaves 3,000
Approximate number of light bulbs changed each year
12
Number of people required to change them
60
Number of turns to wind the 1882 King Chapel Seth Thomas clock each week
The Top 10 List: Things to do in springtime (as submitted by students)
- Lounge in the hammocks
- Watch the goslings at Ink Pond
- Study outside
- Play disc golf after class
- Go to Palisades-Kepler State Park
- Watch trains at the train bridge
- Eat outside with friends
- Watch Ram lacrosse, track & field, softball, and baseball games
- Walk around Mount Vernon
- Catch toads on the Ped Mall while it rains
Ryans and Cubs
Ryan Clausen ’11 and Ryan Nordtvedt ’13 have more in common than their first names. Both are former Ram baseball players, both earned degrees in kinesiology, and both work as strength and conditioning coaches in the Chicago Cubs minor league system. Clausen is with the Iowa Cubs and Nordtvedt works for the South Bend (Indiana) Cubs.
As strength and conditioning coaches, they are responsible for keeping the players on their rosters healthy, strong, and on the field over the 140-game minor league season. During the off season they continue to work with their players to prepare for the summer ahead.
