North Campus First-Year Experience

Since 2001, Cornell’s first-year students have lived in new, state-of-the-art residence halls and renovated halls on North Campus. The North Campus community encourages freshmen to forge a class identity, and special programs ease the transition from high school to college. Informal interactions with faculty give first-year students opportunities to build relationships with professors. Gifts to name spaces on North Campus—which is fully paid for—help fund additional living and learning opportunities for sophomores, transfers, and upper-level students on West Campus.

Types of support

Cornell welcomes gifts of all sizes. Select naming opportunities are described below.

Faculty-in-residence apartments: $500,000

Integral to the community design of North Campus are faculty-in-residence apartments. Because each space houses a faculty member and his or her family, incoming students get to know faculty as more than a face in the classroom. This feature of community by design has won raves from students and faculty alike.

North Campus Appel Commons private dining room: $500,000

Appel Commons anchors the North Campus complex. Its private dining room is the setting for small receptions and the very popular faculty-student dinners—informal occasions combining cuisine and conversation on a select topic. Partitions can divide the space into three smaller rooms to create even more intimate gatherings.

See the Gift Guide for more North Campus giving options.

To discuss support for the Residential Initiative, contact Kristen Ford.