eCornell supports Ithaca area community partners by providing access to on-demand learning lessons and offering scholarships for professional development programs to public sector employees and others in the Ithaca community. This social impact initiative is part of Cornell’s longstanding commitment to collaborate with local community partners for shared success.
Currently, we work with the City of Ithaca, local counties, and other regional entities.
Community Development
Engaging with local and regional organizations to address needs and support education, training and development.
Educational Access
Providing opportunities for professional growth and continuous learning for local community members.
Local Commitment
Strengthening Cornell University’s commitment to educational initiatives in the Ithaca, NY area.
How We Collaborate
- Learning Consulting to understand key community development needs and recommend learning paths and programs
- Annual Scholarships to Online Certificate Programs, distributed to select employees to develop specialized skills
- Access to eCornell’s On-Demand Lesson Library with blended learning guides and the ability to create custom learning paths to support broad employee development programs
Example Certificate Programs Offered
Professionals from various sectors have completed eCornell certificate programs, contributing to their career growth and organizational success.
- Organizing the Project and Its Components
- Planning and Managing Resources
- Assessing, Managing, and Mitigating Project Risk
- Using Earned Value Management for Project Managers
- Agile Project Management Approaches
- PMP Study Group
- Project Management Symposium
- Generative AI: Capabilities and Compromises
- Working With Generative AI to Become More Effective
- Using Generative AI to Transform Business Processes
- Generative AI Law and Ethics
- Derisking Generative AI Ventures
- AI Symposium
- Creating Business Value With AI
- Exploring Good Old-Fashioned AI
- Leveraging Data for AI Solutions
- Expanding AI Power and Value Through Neural Networks
- Innovating With Generative AI
- AI Symposium
- AI and Digital Technology: Opportunities and Pitfalls
- Demystifying AI and Digital Technologies
- AI and the Future of Work
- Identifying New Business Models Enabled by AI
- Creating a Digital Builder Culture
- Data-Driven Leadership
- AI Symposium
- Digital Transformation in Marketing
- Assessing Opportunities in Paid Digital Media
- Assessing Opportunities in Owned Digital Media
- Marketing Automation and AI
- Marketing Symposium
- AI Symposium
- Maximizing Your Value in the Attorney-Client Relationship
- Evaluating the Impact of Legal Documents
- Composing Documents That Help Lawyers
- Writing and Persuading Like a Lawyer
- Leadership Skills and Traits in Public Organizations
- Assessing Your Public Sector Organization
- Motivating Public Sector Employees
- Public Sector Leadership Strategies
- Goal Setting in Public Sector Organizations
- Leading Public Sector Teams to Success
- Leadership Symposium
- Quality and Service Excellence
- Leading Collaborative Teams
- Strategic Decision Making
- Leading With Credibility
- Motivating People for High Performance
- Coaching Skills for Leaders
- Elective Courses (2 Courses)
- Leadership Symposium
- Photography Fundamentals
- Camera Selection and Mechanics
- Digital Asset Management
- Lighting
- Style and Expression Through Photography
- Building a Photography Portfolio
- Professional Photography
- Getting Started with Spreadsheet Modeling and Business Analytics
- Harvesting Spreadsheet Data
- Visualizing and Communicating Insights In Excel
- Making Predictions and Forecasts with Data
- Using Prescriptive Analytics in Excel
- Creating and Sharing Interactive Data Models
- Leadership Symposium
- Improving Engagement
- Counteracting Unconscious Bias
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Work
- Fostering an Inclusive Climate
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Symposium
- Framing Complex Problems with Systems Thinking
- Using the Four Simple Rules of Systems Thinking
- Visualizing and Modeling Complex Systems
- Building Analytical and Emotional Intelligence with Systems Thinking
- Designing Organizations for Systems Thinking
- Becoming a Systems Leader
- Leadership Symposium
91
%
of participants reported significant improvement in their professional skills and knowledge.
88
%
of participants reported gaining applicable skills to current or future workplace responsibilities.
84
%
of enrolled participants successfully completed their courses.
Collaborators
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I think the eCornell certificate program is a wonderful way for all ages and for people in different stages of their career, to be able to keep learning and better themselves. The flexibility and the ability to rewatch something to get a better understanding is awesome..
‐ Donna Hansen, Ithaca Youth Bureau
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