In my role as Chapter President, during the last six months, I have served as a confidant to those who’ve been subject to treatment by others that requires me to remind folks of our commitment to excellence, solidarity, and mindfulness. SUNY Cortland is one of the finest institutions in public higher education, and it pains […]
Monthly Archives: December 2019
A Plea for Honest Grades
Contributed by Denise D. Knight, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita, English Department, and Noralyn Masselink, Professor, English Department – As part of The Cortland Cause’s Spotlight on Course Teacher Evaluations Years ago, when our careers were in their infancy, a colleague in our department confided that he never assigned a paper grade lower than a B. […]
Clean Water Coalition Makes a Splash on Campus
Contributed by Sean Dunn, graduate assistant for Recreation, Park and Leisure Studies – A student coalition calling for a ban on the sale of single-use plastic water bottles on Cortland’s campus has gathered more than 650 signatures over the course of the fall semester. Under the leadership of Cortland graduate students Olivia Terry and Sean […]