Nominations due for Rhodes Professorships

The Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of 1956 Professorships, intended to strengthen the undergraduate experience by bringing to Cornell individuals from every walk of life who represent excellence of achievement, are now being administered by a committee of the West Campus Council, which presides over the new house system for sophomores, juniors and seniors on West Campus. The council is asking for nominations for 2004-05.

The professorships will be awarded for a period of one to five years to those at the pinnacle of their careers in scholarship, public life, government, international affairs, health, nutrition, agriculture, business and industry, the professions, the arts, communication or any comparable field.

Those chosen to be Class of 1956 professors will visit Ithaca for as much time as their personal schedules allow; the period is typically one or two weeks each year they serve. During their time on campus, they will be invited to reside in one of the West Campus houses, where they will spend much of their time with the resident undergraduates. They will give lectures or performances in already scheduled classes as well as for the Cornell community at large. They also will be involved in meetings and discussions with members of the house in which they reside.

Nominations to the Rhodes Class of 1956 Professorship can be made by all members of the Cornell community including faculty, staff, students, alumni and Cornell groups and organizations.

Nominations should be submitted to Isaac Kramnick and Edna Dugan, co-chairs of the West Campus Council Committee on the Rhodes Class of 1956 Professorship, at rhodes56professorship@cornell.edu, by Friday, Oct. 29. Nominations must be accompanied by a statement of several paragraphs describing how the nominee will contribute to the undergraduate experience.