From: Date: April 22, 2024 Subject: Dyson Digest - Ape
Congrats to the faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students who were honored on Friday at the 2023-24 Dyson Awards Ceremony. If your name is listed below in the "Spotlight" section. and you were unable to attend, stop by the Office of Student Services and Advising to pick up your certificate. Congrats again.
With pre-enrollment around the corner, make sure you are working on your potential schedules. We will be hosting drop in hours starting soon for rising seniors and juniors but there are appointments available as well. Rising sophomores can also visit with the Dyson Peer Advisors (information below).
I hope you all have a wonderful week ahead. Finish strong!!
Andrea Poag
Director, Dyson Students Services and Advising
FALL 2024 PRE-ENROLLMENT DATES
May 2nd – May 6th - Rising Seniors
May 6th – May 8th - Rising Juniors
May 7th – May 9th - Rising Sophomores
May 7th – Last day of classes
May 8th – 10th – Study Days
May 11th – May 18th – Exams
Log into your Student Center to verify your pre-enrollment date and double-check that you do not have any holds that will prevent you from enrolling at your assigned time. This is also a great opportunity to look closely at your current Spring 2024 courses and make sure you are not in any courses that you thought you had dropped at this point.
Peer Advisor Appointments (for Rising Sophomores ONLY) Sign Up Here
DYSON TRANSFER CREDIT POLICY – UPDATE Applicable for all Dyson Students Specific details of the Dyson Transfer Credit Policy:
· Students who matriculate to Cornell as first-year students may transfer up to 2-courses toward the Dyson core requirements, limited to the following: microeconomics, macroeconomics, calculus, statistics, or business law.
· Students who matriculate to Cornell as transfer students are not restricted to 2 courses toward the Dyson core requirements at the time of transfer. However, if the 2-course limit is reached or exceeded at the time of transfer, students will not be permitted to take additional courses for transfer toward the Dyson core requirements.
Dyson Core courses are listed within the yellow area of the Degree Checklists including Grand Challenges, Quantitative Methods, and Applied Economics.
Keep in mind that all off-campus courses must be pre-approved through the Off-Campus Course Approval form found on the Dyson Launchpad. Students only need to complete a petition form if they are requesting to take a Core course aside from microeconomics, macroeconomics, calculus, statistics, or business law.
This update to the Dyson Transfer Credit Policy was voted on by the faculty and will become effective May 19th, 2024.
Stop by the Warren Basement Lobby from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm on Earth Day, April 22, 2024 and engage with the Grand Challenges Program Team:
• Share your ideas toward business for a better world, and explore the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
• Learn about personally achievable sustainable activities you can commit to
• Take pictures at our selfie station
• Have a cookie and enter a prize drawing
Description: This course is designed to improve your problem-solving skills, business acumen, and ability to communicate with senior stakeholders. Classes are organized around case discussions and in-class exercises chosen to expose you to different phases of the organizational lifecycle, introduce several common value creating (or destroying) endeavors, and offer insights from a range of industries. Although the mindsets, behaviors, and skills taught in this course are useful in a range of contexts, this course will be particularly valuable to students pursuing careers in management consulting, corporate strategy, general management, and private equity. Restrictions: Juniors and Seniors only
