Featuring Keynote Speaker Cornell President Emeritus Hunter R. Rawlings III

Enjoy an excellent meal and conversation with fellow Cornellians at our Annual Dinner. We are honored to be joined by the evening’s keynote speaker, Hunter R. Rawlings III, president of the Association of American Universities and Cornell’s tenth president.

Hunter Rawlings served as Cornell’s president from 1995 to 2003. During his tenure, he promoted increasing the number of undergraduate applications for admission, lowered the university’s rate of offers of admission, and raised the yield rate on those offers. He also permanently established Cornell’s need-blind admission policy and also launched the Residential Initiative for Cornell’s undergraduates - which resulted in North Campus’s transformation into a living and learning community for freshmen and also revamped West Campus as a hub of residential colleges for upperclassmen.

During the last two years of his presidency, President Rawlings taught an undergraduate course in the Department of Classics to underscore his emphasis on undergraduate teaching. He also established the Cornell Presidential Research Scholars Program and created a new staff position, the vice provost for undergraduate education.

At the conclusion of his presidency in 2003, Rawlings was elected president emeritus and began serving as a full-time professor in Cornell’s Departments of Classics and History. He became president of the Association of American Universities on June 1, 2011.

Prior to being inaugurated as Cornell’s tenth president, Rawlings served as president of the University of Iowa from 1988 to 1995. Before his tenure in Iowa, he spent 18 years at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he served as faculty member, chairman of the Classics Department, associate vice chancellor for instruction, and then vice president for academic affairs for the University of Colorado system. A native Virginian, Rawlings received his doctorate in classics from Princeton University in 1970 and graduated from Haverford College with honors in classics in 1966.

During this special evening, CCW President A’ndrea Van Schoick will preside over the club’s annual business meeting, including the annual report, presentation of the Bondareff and Best Program awards, and election of board members.

The Gabbiano and Francesca rooms at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Friendship Heights, Washington, will serve as our venue. Dinner will include a three-course meal served family style:

Appetizers and salads- Spinach & Artichoke al Forno, Bruschetta, Caesar salad, and Chopped Apple and Walnut Salad

Entrees – Chicken Saltimbocca, Balsamic-Glazed Salmon, Gnocchi and Italian Sausage, and Rigatoni & Vegetables with Tomato Pesto Broth

Dessert – Chocolate Zuccotto Cake and New York Style Cheesecake.

If there are special dietary requirements, please contact Grace Jean.

Program:

6:30 pm to 7:30 pm - Cocktails and networking (cash bar)

7:30 pm to 10:00 pm - Dinner, dessert and program (coffee, tea and soft drinks included)

Dress: Business

Metro: Friendship Heights (Red line); exit onto Wisconsin Avenue and walk one block south. Maggiano’s will be on the left side of the street.

Parking: Garage parking (Chevy Chase Pavilion off Wisconsin Ave) and street parking available.

Maggiano's is providing valet parking via a third party vendor, Marc Parc, for $10

Cost/RSVP
Early Bird - to 5/4/14

CCW Members - $50
Non Members -  $60

Regular - after 5/4/14

CCW Members - $60
Non Members -  $70

Or if paying by check, please email Grace Jean for instructions.

Contact
Grace Jean
gvj1cm@gmail.com