Colleague Network Groups

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by having these highway networking

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groups it really showed that cornell

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gets that this is a critical part of

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your identity in a good way and it's an

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asset and a benefit to the institution

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as a whole whether it be your race your

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gender your sexual orientation and your

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disability are always with you creating

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these opportunities for people to find

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one another who share that identity and

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you might not meet each other otherwise

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if it weren't for these groups really

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helps to form a much more solid cohesive

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sense of who our employees are and all

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the different aspects of them the lgbt

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cng

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really helps to welcome new staff and

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faculty to the area and to campus

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connecting them to colleagues they might

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not otherwise work with

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providing a support system and creating

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what i think are friendships that are

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really important beyond the normal work

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environment i think it's important to

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recognize that oftentimes people

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can't find other individuals like them

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and having an organization on campus

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that is supported both by the university

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and from its members is really integral

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to having a good work life balance

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cornell is a

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great institution that brings diverse

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ideas together the group itself allows

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these diverse ideas to come together and

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support the institution but by providing

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feedback it is a great opportunity not

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only to provide feedback it gives us a

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platform to support one another and also

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to network because you want a place

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where you feel like you're supported

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where you feel like you belong it gives

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us a place of just saying this is our

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voice tompkins connect is a young

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professionals organization in tompkins

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county that can help young people

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particularly young professionals and

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especially staff and faculty at cornell

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university break out of their their

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comfort zones meet new people make new

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friends expand their personal networks

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while still giving back to the community

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that they live in

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your personal network becomes one of the

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most important assets you can have and

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and opportunities to build that network

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out of college become kind of

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kind of scarce so this is an opportunity

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to keep expanding your horizons keep

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meeting new people adding people into

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your network you never know what could

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come from it the women of color kali

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network group helps cornell retain

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diverse talent while at the same time

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fosters a sense of community in an

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inclusive and supportive environment

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while we all may identify as women of

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color our lived experiences cultural

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backgrounds and belief systems may be

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different from one another the group

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gives me a sense of community and an

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opportunity to connect with women who

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may share similar interests issues and a

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common bond where we can offer support

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to one another it's such a great

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opportunity to learn about the rules and

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regulations that are out there by being

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able to have the opportunity to get

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together and share information it

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definitely is a win-win the disability

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call week networking group really does

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tell me as an employee that my employers

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employer cornell university recognizes

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and values disability as a part of

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diversity and therefore they recognize

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and value it as a part of my identity

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veteran colleague network group is

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unique because to my knowledge it's the

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only network group of its kind raise

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awareness for veterans on campus there's

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camaraderie there we share a lot of the

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common experiences yet we are a diverse

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group i mean the veterans themselves are

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a diverse group of people there's a lot

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of strength in that diversity and it's

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nice to have a place to identify with

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and a network group is a great place to

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do that you can learn a lot of different

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things it's a great resource for people

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you can get involved and raise awareness

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for veterans issues on campus and

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there's really no better way to feel

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good about your community or the

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environment which you work

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than to get involved it's a great place

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to get involved

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you