![]() ![]() ![]() There will be approximately 120 house fellows after Keeton House opens, Brann said, adding, "It's a sign of the commitment that the faculty have made to enhance undergraduate education through the West Campus house system.Hunter and his wife, Margaret, were indicted in 2008 on charges of misappropriating $250,000 in campaign donations to pay for lavish personal expenses. William Keeton House and a fifth, as yet unnamed, house are under construction and scheduled for completion in 2008, and will be fully programmed by 2009. The West Campus house system will encompass five residences when completed in 2009. "To call essential and principal in seeing this project through, and convincing all the various Cornell constituencies to get on board with it, would be an understatement," said Cook House Professor and Dean Ross Brann, who has invited Tanner to visit Cornell March 1-2 and meet with students at Cook House. During these years the residential initiative took shape on North Campus (creating a community for first-year students) and West Campus. Tanner was chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2002 and vice chair from 1992-97. Rawlings, a professor of classics and president of the university in, is a fellow at Cook House, the first of the five West Campus residences to be completed. ![]() "The living-learning opportunities on West Campus provide a breadth of activities that Cornell didn't previously have." " is a highly creative initiative that has changed the dynamic of residential housing at Cornell," Tanner said. Programming is intended to be diverse and to respond to student interests. House-based activities include seminars, guest speakers, performances, film screenings, discussion groups, advising and career-counseling services and themed programs and social events. Currently, there are 31 house fellows listed at Cook House, and 28 each at Bethe and Becker. Fellows also attend weekly house dinners with students. House fellows provide intellectual stimulation outside of the classroom by expanding students' exposure to research and educational and cultural opportunities, through formal programming, mentoring and casual discussions. President David Skorton and his wife, Professor Robin Davisson, are fellows at Becker House, and Provost Biddy Martin and Deputy Provost David Harris are affiliated with Bethe House. The West Campus Residential Initiative promotes a living-and-learning environment, with about 370 students in each house benefiting from a live-in house professor and dean, and interaction with 30 affiliated house fellows - most of them faculty, staff and administrators. "Hunter was the guiding force behind, and I wanted to make sure he was recognized." "I think that West Campus is an exceptionally important initiative for Cornell," Tanner said. Henceforth they will be known as Hunter R. Tanner's commitment supports the West Campus general program endowment, in particular the 87 house fellows, primarily faculty members, currently affiliated with Alice Cook, Carl Becker and Hans Bethe houses. Cornell Board of Trustees Chairman Emeritus Harold Tanner '52 has made a significant financial commitment to the West Campus residential undergraduate experience in honor of former Cornell President Hunter Rawlings. ![]()
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