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    For the first time in alife spent excellingby other peoples

    standards, I felt like Iwas doing

    meaningful work.

    Newsletter December 2011 Issue 3

    As an undergraduate in 2002 & 2003, years before the Cornell PrisonEducation Program was formalized, I helped Pete Wetherbee and PaulSawyer teach and learn at Auburn Prison. Along with a few other

    undergraduates and graduate students, I helped develop a basic writing classto complement the literature-based courses. In April, I had the chance to visit

    Ithaca for the CPEP Alumni Day to learn how the program has grown and talk

    a bit about what Ive been doing since graduation.

    My story proved easy to tell to an audience of whom many have taught

    behind bars--it wasnt hard for them to believe the experience changed the

    course of my life and career. I had been on a path toward medicine for manyyears when I started teaching at Auburn, and it was questioning this path that

    led me to Auburn in the first place. The deeper I delved into my English major,the further it seemed to pull me from medicine. At the time, preparing formedical school meant competing with hundreds of peers to beat the curve on

    a final in chemistry or calculus, subjects seemingly a world away from the

    human endeavor I imagined of medicine. The grading was such that the coreconcepts of these subjects became unimportant; the focus of the fiercely

    competitive students was on minutiae at the periphery, as this is whatdistinguished average from exceptional. It felt like a silly game. It didnt feel

    real.

    continued on page 3

    Little Bit of History - Ross Macdonald

    Cornell Prison Education Program

    Inside this Issue

    2 World Literature and Learning

    3 Alumni Reflections

    5 Life Matters to Academic Matters

    6 The Widening Net of CPEP

    7 The Action of Words

    8 My Experience

    10 From the Office

    Also inside: A Holiday Message from CPEP

    We believe in equitable access to higher education athe transformative power of intellectual developme

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    Incarcerated students do not

    approach college as a matter of

    course; they recognize the

    privilege higher education

    represents.

    My first day of teaching World Literature at Auburn Prison, I knew what Id

    continually heard about CPEP students from past instructors was true: they

    are dedicated students; they value their education; they are avidparticipants; they are some of the best students I will ever teach. I alsobegan learning something about these students practices of reading: thesemen are very good readers of literature.

    What I mean by this is not simply that they love books though its true

    they do. It definitely doesnt mean they loved every text I assigned. They

    certainly did not. But whether they loved or hated what I assigned, theycarefully read and wrote about each one.

    Moreover, they exhibited a consciousness of their own reading practices

    that benefitted their writing and our classroom discussions. They werent

    simply looking for easy topics for discussion, or trying to determine what Iwanted them to get from these texts, but they really read them, and came

    to class willing to discuss their content as well as their own experiences ofreading them. My students were also able to identify with the characters of

    the texts they read, often across lines of nation, class, race, gender, and

    time.

    We began reading Shakespeares The Tempest, listening to a

    professional recording of the second scene and following along in our books.

    That one scene prompted an hour of classroom discussion for which Icannot claim credit, entirely. What surprised and impressed me most wasthe students reading of Miranda in this scene. My past teaching experience

    suggested that usually women turn readily to the topic of gender inclassroom discussion; I (navely) hadnt expected an all-male class to take

    up Miranda so quickly. But they did.

    Later in the semester, this level of sophistication and determinationprompted a student to voluntarily revisit his initial frustration with J.M.

    Coetzees Foe. After our class discussion, this student came to class having

    read the novel again, re-thought it, and written a new essay. I saw it waspossible for classroom discussion to prompt a voluntary re-reading of an

    admittedly tough text. And I shared with them a sentiment I sometimes finddifficult discussing, even with certain colleagues that loving a text is not aprerequisite for having something intelligent to say about it. Even the

    terrible the confusing, the offensive, and even, perhaps, the poorly-written might merit our academic attention.

    My students not only read these books, they read unassigned

    supplementary texts, trying to absorb all they could. They asked me to

    share my writing, and asked about my readings, wondering why I read whatI do, and why I chose to make this my career. They helped me to think more

    deeply about reading practices, readerly positions, and the possibilities fordiscussing reading as practice as a verb, rather than just a noun in theclassroom.

    World Literature and Learning - Brigitte Fielder, PhDCandidate, English

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    Ross Macdonald continued

    This past April I had the

    honor of listening toseveral young men

    share their life-changing

    experiences made

    possible through the

    CPEP. They spoke of

    the freedoms and

    empowerments

    discovered through

    academic training as

    incarcerated students,

    and of their

    commitments to

    pursuing higher

    education beyond their

    newly minted

    Associates

    Degrees. Their voices

    Michael D. Klinger Class of 2006

    Auburn provided me with something undeniably real. There was a purity to the learning that washappening behind bars that contrasted sharply with the huge lectures at Cornell. For the students in the

    class I TAed, learning was the escape, a way to temporarily transcend the grim reality of the place. And forme it was a place of human connection. Working one on one and teaching writing skills to small groups, Ifelt I was helping another , that between us we were creating something bigger. For the first time in a life

    spent excelling by other peoples standards, I felt like I was doing meaningful work.

    In time, Auburn brought me back to medicine. I began to see that there was a parallel between thepowerful interpersonal connections I was making at Auburn and the relationship of doctor and patient.

    Suddenly it made sense to me why I wanted to be a physician; it fit again. I gained a surety of purpose from

    testing my path toward medicine and coming full circle. My interest in prison medicine led me to a residencyprogram in social medicine. Social medicine has many definitions, but it can most simply be described as

    the study of the relationship between social forces and health. Social medicine doctors have long beeninterested in mass incarceration as an affront to the health of the nation. They have also seen improving

    health care for the incarcerated and recently incarcerated as a window to reach a vulnerable population.

    Next year I will work as a primary care physician at Rikers Island in New York City. I can trace whereIve ended up directly to my experience at Auburn. Over the years, the experience has grown and changed

    and it taught me different things at different points in my life. At the Cornell Prison Education Project alumni

    day in April, I had the opportunity to see that I was not alone.

    reflected a shared

    seriousness of purposein staying the course of

    right livelihood, and

    highlighted the stark

    challenges facing so

    many Americans

    navigating their re-entry

    from prison into

    society. The men

    revealed education to

    be the most powerful

    tool one can acquire to

    find work, acclimate

    socially, and establish

    oneself as a

    contributing member of

    a community.

    Witnessing the

    changed lives of these

    students through theirencounters with CPEP

    sparked reflection into my

    own transformative

    experiences with the

    program, which began

    when I enrolled in

    Professor Mary

    Katzensteins Prisons

    course in the fall of

    2003. The course

    exposed me to the racial

    and socio-economic

    dimensions driving

    Americas mass

    incarceration , which

    shifted my vocational

    trajectory towards

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    policy and law. It also

    inspired me to join up

    with Professor Pete

    Wetherbee as a

    volunteer teaching

    assistant for his English

    composition and

    creative writing courses

    at Auburn Correctional

    Facility. This

    experience of teaching

    and learning alongside

    incarcerated students

    for two and one-halfyears left a permanent

    imprint on my spirit, as

    did all the attending car-

    ride conversations with

    Professor Wetherbee

    and my peers. The

    relationships I formed

    through CPEP with my

    professors and fellow

    students both

    incarcerated and free

    helped me cultivate an

    abiding commitment to

    shape my lifes work

    around service to

    others, and to

    improving our flawed

    administration of

    ustice.

    This commitment

    eventually led me (post-Cornell) to the policy

    department of the

    Innocence Project, Inc.,

    where I joined a team

    working to advance the

    organizations goals of

    using DNA to both

    Class of 2006 continued

    My experiences with

    CPEP continue to

    shape my worldview

    and professional

    formation on a daily

    basis.

    exonerate the

    wrongfully convicted

    and to reform criminal

    ustice policy to prevent

    future injustices. The

    work brought me into

    close relationship with

    individuals whose lives

    were irrevocably

    traumatized through

    wrongful conviction and

    incarceration, several of

    whom spent time on

    death row. The job alsoallowed me the

    invaluable opportunity

    to work alongside of

    and learn from

    remarkably talented,

    driven, strategic

    individuals who are

    marshaling in a new era

    of science-based

    accuracy in American

    criminal justice.

    The desire to equip

    myself with particular

    skills to continue this

    work on a more robust

    scale has led me to my

    current studies at

    Harvard Law School.

    While my legal studies

    are primarily focused on

    advancing innocenceprotections, I also have

    the privilege of

    providing

    representation to

    incarcerated individuals

    during their parole

    hearings here in

    Massachusetts. It is

    important to note that

    nearly all of our clients

    lack the educational

    opportunities CPEP

    provides incarcerated

    students in New York.

    My experiences with

    CPEP continue to

    shape my worldview

    and professional

    formation on a daily

    basis. What a gift to

    think of the students both incarcerated and

    free - who are currently

    undergoing similarly

    transformative changes

    through their studies

    this semester. My hope

    is to continue to return

    to Cornell year after

    year to meet more

    inspiring CPEP alumni

    as they venture out into

    the world. My gratitude

    to Cornell University

    and all those working

    so hard to make this

    program possible

    keep up the great work!

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    After teaching Psychology 101 at Auburn Correctional Facility in the summer of 2010, I moved on to what Ifound to be the most natural next adventure: teaching Psychology 101 in the summer of 2011. Psychology is

    inherently concerned with real life, whatever notion of real life one may entertain. At Auburn, however,

    psychology was not about real life in any general or abstract sense. It became intimately connected with theconcrete life of every single student in the room. And I have to say, I was not exempt from this phenomenon.At Auburn, the instructor is no less a student.

    In addition to attending lectures, reading the assigned texts, asking and answering questions and takingquizzes, the main assignment for class was the final paper. As long as the topics for the final paper stayed inthe realm of Psychology, an easy task given the vastness of the field, students were free to choose what to

    write about.

    As a devout student of human psychology, I dare say we are all guilty of stereotyping. When I recall the

    stereotypes I inadvertently harbored while anticipating the paper topics students chose, I find myselfamused. Well, amused, but also slightly uneasy. I had set aside only a couple of days for grading because Iexpected to receive papers on a narrow range of topics. I predicted the majority of students would elaborate

    on substance abuse, while the others would most certainly delve into court testimony and false memory. (As

    a most legitimate disclaimer, I was indeed open to a couple of surprises maybe a student or two would gointo discussing mental disorders, or social isolation.) Perhaps a couple of students, feeling particularly

    adventurous, would cover language and deception as relevant to interrogation.

    When students arrived at class to hand in their chosen topics and explanatory statements, I glanced atthe titles while collecting them. Motor development in infants: the first year of life. I beg your pardon, sir? I

    deemed this one an outlier and kept collecting. The topics did cover an overwhelmingly wide range, after all.

    The reward: brain circuitry as it is involved in the pleasure of eating (which turned out to be an excellentpaper). Evolutionary accounts for aggression. Theoretical and experimental debates concerning perceptual

    illusions. Psychological effects of the BP oil spill. The limbic system.And, yes, I did get my well-anticipateddrug and substance abuse paper. Tobacco: why is it not considered an illegal drug? Even the paper onmental disorders didnt do much to validate my clairvoyant abilities. Why do rich people shoplift: a different

    type of obsessive compulsive behavior?

    My Auburn experience had taken off. A few days later, I returned to Auburn for my next class with a stackof articles for my students and a different frame of mind for myself. Ready to acknowledge scholarship,

    passion for learning, and intelligence in an environment that does not advertise these qualities, I began my

    intellectual dialogue with my students. What followed was a learning process. For me, that is. Bits of mystudents lives, otherwise apparently trivial, received well-deserved scholarly treatment. A fathers affection,

    for instance, may translate into an academic paper on the empirical evidence behind the tiny motor gestures

    his infant delighted him with from birth to the age of one. The heartwarming examples of clumsy movements

    in a little body made the sophisticated developmental jargon clear and relevant. It was real life. And it wasacademic.

    Compared to other teaching experiences Ive had, Auburn wastechnicallyno different: information wastransmitted and processed, questions asked, answers given. All ideas were subject to discussion and

    criticism. New aspects of life were found and wondered about. But when I draw the line, it adds up

    differently. It was not how and what I taught that was different. It was how and what I learned that made adifference.

    I rediscovered how truly vast and interdisciplinary the field of psychology is.

    Life Matters to Academic Matters Catalina Iricinschi, PhD Candidate,Psychology

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    The Widening Net of CPEP Cindy Ervolina, NYS DOC Staff

    I will be 47 this year. Ihave begun school again.

    This time college is

    even scarier than 20

    years ago. Then I wasfearless!now I am

    old (ish). Ive grown. I

    have a clear vision Ilacked 20 year ago. I

    want to contribute. I

    want to learn. I want togrow intellectually. I am

    like most working

    parents who put their

    childrens educationfirst and could notafford to attend college

    myself.CPEP has now

    offered such anopportunity for

    employees at Cayugaand AuburnCorrectional Facility, at

    no cost to taxpayers. It

    was surprising for me to

    learn the grant includesemployees as well as

    offenders. I am so

    grateful for theopportunity to continue

    my education. So far

    Ive taken the AmericanLegal System,

    Introduction to

    Anthropology, and

    Entrepreneurship.My kids joke and

    call me a geek but I can

    tell they are proud ofme and feel Im being a

    good role model forthem. Im showing its

    possible to do anythinif you really put yourmind to it. And at

    Cornell, too.Wow!

    I have previouscoursework that Ivescrimped and saved to

    complete at the

    community collegethroughout the years

    that I plan onmatriculating, andeventually I will have a

    college degree to show

    for myself. For now,though, Im justenjoying the

    experience.

    Thanks Cornell!!

    Auburn Lecture Series Spring 2012

    An important aspect of any college experience is the exchange of ideas outsideof theclassroom. With this in mind, CPEP has established a monthly lecture series at Auburn.

    Campus community members interested in attending Auburn lectures should contact the CPEPoffice for further information.

    Upcoming speakers include:

    Professor David Harris

    Senior Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences

    Department of Sociology

    Professor Richard PolenbergMarie Underhill Noll Professor of History and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow

    Department of History

    Professor Ross BrannMilton R. Konvitz Professor of Judeo-Islamic Studies and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow

    Department of Near Eastern Studies

    Curator Frederic Gleach

    leads NYS DOC staff

    through the

    Anthropology

    Collections on Cornells

    main campus.

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    The Action of Words Sara Garner, Class of 2006

    Teaching the students atAuburn is a learning

    experience I recommend to

    anyone who is interested, like

    myself, in becoming a great

    teacher.

    It was through Professor Mary Katzensteins GOVT 314 course Prisons, my

    senior year, that I discovered a population of this country I had never taken a

    moment to think about before. It was in this class that I read Worse Than Slave

    by David Oshinsky, which changed my life forever. It was in this class that Ilearned there are seven neighborhoods in New York City that feed the New YoState prison population. It was in this class that Elizabeth Gaynes, Executive

    Director of Osborne Association, came and spoke about the educational andfamily programs that Osborne offers along with re-entry services. It was this

    class that offered me the opportunity to TA a class on Power and Politics,

    discussing the concepts of Machiavelli and Marx to twenty academically mindemen inside the walls of a maximum security prison. It was in this class that Idecided I wanted to dedicate my time and energy to the incarcerated.

    After investigating my career options post-college, I learned of Fortune

    Societys work in New York City in the area of alternatives to incarceration (AT

    Their mission seemed very logical to me: keep people who committed crimesfrom going to prison by providing them with the tools needed to be law-abidingcitizens, most importantly an education.

    I was fortunate enough to obtain a position as a Court Advocate with Fortunin October 2006, where I remained for three years. My primary responsibilitiesincluded working with defendants and their lawyers, judges, and district

    attorneys. I presented arguments in the courtroom on behalf of the defendants

    who were facing felony convictions and significant jail time hoping to place themin an ATI program. Throughout lengthy interviews with defendants, I

    consistently heard similar stories about the bad neighborhoods: the crime, thehousing projects, the drug use, the familial dysfunction, the economic scarcity

    and the absence of education. Hearing this same combination of factors in thesautobiographies again and again and witnessing the events of their daily lives

    made me realize, more than ever, just how serious the lack of education in thescommunities was and its contribution to the problem of incarceration. I not onlybecame frustrated, but also saddened watching several of my clients get re-

    arrested and go to prison after successfully completing the program, strongly

    suggesting that ATI programs were simply providing a Band-Aid.

    When I came back for the CPEP panel this past April, I was rejuvenated afthearing the impact that Cornells prison education program had on those whowere incarcerated, what it meant to them to have the mentorship of Professor

    Katzenstein, and how, in hindsight, they wished they took advantage of their

    education when they were in high school. I came to realize that my dailythoughts of "giving up," when teaching my 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students ia tough Brooklyn school, are my own defense mechanism when feeling

    overwhelmed by the social and family problems frustrating my students' ability

    succeed. Yes, it is hard to sustain the energy to fight this battle. However mycontinuing relationships with Professor Katzenstein, Liz Gaynes and CPEP alu

    helps me to know that I am not alone, and that continuing to share our storiesassures me the inspiration and energy to continue advocating for one of themost problematic social issues our country faces today!and that is why I shar

    my story.

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    My Experience Keir Weimer, Former CPEP Student

    The air was thick andmy life lonely. And it

    was about to get much,

    much lonelier. I felt afoot tall as I stoodbefore the judge,

    consumed by anoverwhelming weight

    of guilt, remorse and

    shame. And then itwas handed down: Asentence of two-to-six

    years in New York

    State prison. I hadpleaded guilty to my

    original charge, as Iwanted to take fullresponsibility for my

    behavior that caused

    the accident. I wasquickly ushered awayby the attending

    deputies. My new life

    was about to begin,with or without me.

    Over the course ofthe first few months of

    my sentence, I came tothe humbling reality

    that I would never be

    able to change whathappened that horrible

    evening. But there

    were certain things stillin my control. Early in

    my term in prison, Irealized I faced a

    simple decision. I couldeither seize this

    opportunity of timeremoved from my lifeand my former self, or Icould simply do the

    time like so manyunfortunately resign to.

    I chose the former.I made a

    commitment to the

    countless peopleaffected by my

    careless and

    reprehensiblebehavior: a pledgethat I would be a

    better person andlead a better life as a

    result of this

    accident. I now hadan obligation, to myfriend and to others

    headed down a

    similar path: I musteducate others and

    spread the messagecontained in thispainful but powerful

    narrative. This

    obligation wouldcome to define who Iwas as a person,

    moving forward in

    the wake of suchtragedy.

    I had to be healthy,in every sense of the

    word. Education waspretty high on my

    list, both the informal

    and formalcontinuance of my

    edification. With the

    help of my father Idevised a

    comprehensive two-year reading list and

    enrolled incorrespondence

    courses throughOhio University, toearn the credits Ineeded tofinish myBachelors degree atSyracuseUniversity,where I had beenasenior at the time of

    my arrest.

    As my releaseday neared, the

    Cornell University

    Prison Educationprogram offered meanother kind of

    opportunity forgrowth: college

    classes in prison. I

    enrolled inIntroduction to LegalPrinciples &

    Reasoning and

    Individual Rights &the Constitution. We

    escaped ourcorrectional identitiesthrough the college

    classroom. We were

    given the wondrousopportunity toindulge ourotherwise

    suppressed hungerfor knowledge.

    I had a wonderfulexperience in both of

    my Cornell courses.The curriculum was

    far-reaching and the

    workloadchallenging. Our

    class discussions

    were rich andopinions well

    founded. Theexperience

    reaffirmed myresolve to attend law

    school when I wasreleased from prison,in May of 2011.

    Two weeks after

    I took my finalexamin both Cornell law

    courses I was setfree. Exactly two

    weeks later, on June

    6th, I took the LSAT(law school

    admission test), and

    did very well. I wasjust readmitted toSyracuse University,

    I will graduate inDecember of this

    year with a

    Bachelors degreefrom the WhitmanSchool of

    Management, with a

    major in finance anda minor in

    economics. I intendon applying to lawschools this fall, for a

    fall 2012

    matriculation in afull-time dual law andbusiness degreeprogram

    (J.D./M.B.A.). Myfirst choice is Albany

    Law for severalreasons, but who

    knows, Cornell LawSchool might just get

    an application from a

    certain someoneformerly known

    simply as inmate#:

    07-A-6490.

    The experiencereaffirmed my

    resolve to attend

    law school when I was

    released from prison in

    May of 2011.

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    The latest edition of Writers Bloc, an

    independent publication produced bystudents in the Cornell Prison

    Education Program and CornellUniversity, is available through the

    CPEP office and online.

    Like A Bridge(excerpt)

    Today, as I walk Robert Frosts path ofleast resistance!I reminisce of a not so distant past.

    Im fueling my future anduninhibited mind

    with these un-cagedideas/words of greatscholarly wisdom-such asthose bridges built by RalphElisons visions.

    Im building bridges, Ill needtomorrow, instead

    of crossing those wretched,rickety ones I onceborrowed.

    Making education the mortar.Making it the ligament thatmatters.

    My mind is unshackled, Im finallyfree.

    Barb wires, high concretewalls, nor the tinticks ofyesteryears poor choice,can contain me.

    My mind-- is free, finally.Floating where the cloudsare hung.

    Education as my bridge, Im overthe troubled waters

    !

    And now, Im free!

    E. Paris Whitfield, CPEP Class of 2012Writers Bloc, Fall 2011, Issue 4

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    Fall 2011 Courses

    African American Literary TraditionsJennifer Lieberman

    AlgebraMichael Segal

    American Indian StudiesCatherine Koehler

    American Legal Systems & Legal

    ReasoningScott Burnett, Elliot Hales

    Civil & Criminal Law

    Kerry Harnett, Rachel Sparks Bradley

    Discovering Cellular BiologyTom Owens, Tiffany Campolongo

    English Prep

    Jan Zeserson

    EntrepreneurshipDeborah Streeter

    Freshman English 1

    Megan Coe, William Cordeiro

    History of the United States I

    Keith Taylor

    History of the United States IIHeather Furnas

    Introduction to GeneticsCornelia Scheits

    MeditationNancy Koschmann

    Memoir & Personal Essay Writing

    Edward Hower

    Rhetoric of Due Process

    Sarah Breslow, Kate Powers

    Statistics

    Karen Siefert

    Understanding the Physical World

    Michael Campolongo

    Spring 2012 Courses

    Advocacy in AmericaAndrew Orr, Michael Shaw

    Algebra IIDaniel Albert

    Contract LawElaina Emerick & Suzy Price

    Freshman English 101

    Christine Suwendy

    Freshman English 102William Cordeiro

    History of the United States IIHeather Furnas

    International Relations

    Guarv Kampani

    MeditationNancy Koschmann

    Philosophic TraditionsDavid DeVries

    PsychologyRachel Albert

    Reading Prison Literature

    Reeve Parker

    Social Psychology

    Emily Rosenzweig

    Statistics IIKaren Seifert

    Urban Social Movements

    Thane Maxwell

    World Literature IIStephanie DeGooyer

    Writing Workshop II

    Jan Zeserson

    YogaJason Garfola

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    From the Office

    CPEP students are demanding, in the best sense of the word. While taking

    advantage of everything the terminal degree program has offered in the last 3years, they continue to push our work in new directions. On my desk sit

    student-driven proposals for advanced writing seminars, entrepreneurshipprograms, and continued yoga workshops. It is our students expectations

    and ambitions that, along with the spirited work of Cornell community

    volunteers, drive this program.

    CPEPs students do not always recognize the numerous institutional

    challenges this work presents. And, perhaps thats exactly the way it shouldbe. If they were to spend too much time lamenting constraints on their

    educational pursuits, its likely that their enthusiasm would be quashed by

    uncertainty. Instead, they continue to pose suggestions like those above even when each seems like a small revolution given the institutional context.For example, one year ago, Ithaca College environmental historian Michael

    Smith lectured on sustainability in our monthly series at Auburn. During the Q& A, a student asked what they might do inside the facility to contribute to themovement. Mike answered, Do you have room for a garden?, a remark I

    might have overlooked were it not for the proposal a clutch of students slidinto my hands one week later. This past summer, 6-foot tall sunflowersgraced the 4 raised beds planted by Cornell alums in preparation for an

    ecology class summer field trips from Auburns educational wing 100

    meters away.

    The flow of suggestions is, of course, not unidirectional. Program ideaspercolate on campus as well. Students enrolled in Social Entrepreneurship

    (AEM 3380), instructed by Anke Wessels (Director, Center for Transformative

    Action), attached themselves to CPEP this term to devise innovativeprogramming. Briefed on our work, they suggested publication of a special

    edition of Writers Bloc, with submissions on the topic of education as abridge to be solicited from Cornellians on campus and CPEP students. Theyrightly observed that more opportunities for dialogue would enrich everybody

    involved and affirm that CPEP students are part of the Cornell community.

    Its likely that CPEP will host its first graduation in spring, 2012. No soone

    had we remarked on the possibility than Auburn students asked the nextlogical question: How do we get a bachelors degree? Their shared visionspropel us forward. There is no telling what form our support will take week to

    week. Sometimes its affirming the quality of a students work; other times,

    were scouring for instructors to teach a class, or locating gardening supplies.

    The question we, in turn, continually ask is: how can we best supportCPEPs students personal goals? With your help, well find the answers.

    Robert TurgeonFaculty Director

    Marge Wolff

    Program Coordinator

    James A. SchechterExecutive Director

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    Were on the Web!

    Visit us at:

    cpep.cornell.edu

    CORNELL PRISON EDUCATION PROGRAM101 McGraw HallCornell University

    Ithaca, NY 14853

    101 McGraw HallCornell UniversityIthaca, NY 14853

    PHONE:

    607-255-2852

    FAX:607-255-2956

    E-MAIL:[email protected]

    Editors: Cyd E. Hamilton,Catherine Koehler &James A. Schechter

    Untitled by Michael Johnson, CPEP Class of 2012

    The publication of this newsletter was madepossible by the generous gift of Robert Wertheimer,

    a wonderful friend of CPEP.


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