This year, supported by royalties from the Cornell VISA card, fifty-six speaker events occurred, with a total of 2,673 attendees. While visiting one of the seventy-nine Cornell clubs and alumni associations in the country, the faculty speaker has his or her travel expenses paid by the Office of Alumni Affairs. The host organization takes care of accommodations, local transportation, and meals. Some speakers stay in hotels, others in houses of alumni, and events are held in hotels, theaters, clubs, or alumni homes. Speakers are selected from all schools and departments of the university.
Alumni are always enthusiastic and happy to see the speakers from campus.
Questions are legion, with alumni wanting to hear first-hand what is happening on campus, as well as being eager to discover what the faculty member may have to say on a particular subject. A Walking Tour. A Crash Course in Restaurant Evaluation. Challenges of a Modern Botanical Garden. A Trip Up the Nile.