Regional Tailgate: Cornell @ Yale, October 1st 11:30 AM

Come out and support the Cornell Field Hockey Team in their Ivy League game at Yale! Join us in the stands at Johnson Field to watch the Cornell Big Red take on the Yale Bulldogs at 12:00 pm. Meet up with us after the game to spend time with the 2011 Cornell Field Hockey team, their families and former players at 1:30pm. 

Who: Cornell Field Hockey players, parents, coaches, and alums

What: Support Cornell Field Hockey against Yale. A tailgate with the players, parents, coaches, and alums will follow the game.

When: Saturday October 1^st, 2011. Meet at 11:30am outside stadium, game starts at 12:00pm.

Where: Johnson Field, New Haven, Connecticut. Location of the tailgate TBD. (see www.yalebulldogs.com for directions to Johnson Field)

Please RSVP by filling out this online form.

Questions? Please email cornellfieldhockeyassociation@gmail.com.

CFHA is running to support lung cancer, September 25, 2011.

Good Luck to the Cornell Field Hockey team as they support the ‘Jog for Jill’ 5K.

Presently the Cornell Field Hockey team is gearing up for the 'Jog for Jill' 5K run at the Cornell Plantations coming up on September 25. 'Jog for Jill' is a fundraising opportunity organized by the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, and this year the organization has decided to hold a 5K at Cornell in honor of Ingrid Nuñez, a sophomore sister of Kappa Alpha Theta, who was recently diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer.

If you are going to be in the Ithaca area on September 25th and are interested in joining the team, please meet at Cornell, at 10am at the Plantations!

For questions regarding this event, please reach out to Katherine DiPastina ‘13 at 603-724-4628.  You can follow the team’s progress or MAKE A DONATION on the website: Field Hockey for Ingrid.

Mentoring Program - Please Fill out our Questionnaire!

Cornell Field Hockey Association Mentoring Program Survey

Hello fellow Cornell field hockey alum! The Cornell Field Hockey Association (CFHA) is very excited to be developing a Mentoring Program. It would be extremely helpful and much appreciated if you could take 5 minutes of your time to respond to this survey, which will be used to provide information for the current players to use as a guide in the search for a career or some advice about life at Cornell. Thank you for your time! GO BIG RED!!!

Please fill out the Mentoring Program Questionnaire!

Regional Tailgate at UPenn Sept. 17th 11:30 AM

Come out and support Cornell Field Hockey in their first Ivy League game of the season at Penn! Join us in the stands at Franklin Field to watch the Cornell Big Red take on the Penn Quakers at 12:00 pm. Meet up with us after the game to meet the 2011 Cornell Field Hockey team, their families and former players at 1:30pm. More information will follow as we get closer to the date!

Who: Cornell Field Hockey players, parents, coaches, and alums

What: Watch the game and then tailgate with players, parents, coaches, and alums

When: Saturday September 17^th, 2011. Meet at 11:30am outside stadium, game starts at 12:00pm.

Where: Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(Directions can be found at: http://www.pennathletics.com)

Please let us know if you can make it by RSVP'ing today.

CFHA’s Molly West inducted into Cornell Hall of Fame

Congrats to our very own Molly Kauffman West who was recently inducted into Cornell’s Hall of Fame!

Molly Kauffman West '97, Field Hockey
In 1996, Kauffman West was selected as a first-team Mideast Regional All-America honoree as a goalkeeper and was chosen to play in the Senior North-South All-Star Game. She captured second-team All-Ivy honors. As a senior, Kauffman West compiled a .894 save percentage, which ranked second in the country, while allowing 1.55 goals per game. In her final regular season game against Yale, she made a school-record 43 saves, which remains unbroken. Currently she ranks second in saves in a season (235) and third in saves in a career (413). Kauffman West was selected team defensive MVP in 1995 and 1996. She was a three- year letter winner and served as co-captain in 1996. (Extracted from Cornellbigred.com)

Senior Captains take on Summer Internships in NYC

By: Olivia Boyd ‘12

Internship: Today Show, NBC in New York City

I am a senior attack, but maybe moving around in 2011, we'll see! I am American Studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences also concentrating in Communication. I am hoping to pursue a career in television production, either in news or entertainment.

This summer I am interning at NBC News for the Today Show and have had an amazing experience. I heard about the internship from a Cornell grad who told me how to apply and luckily I was accepted! The show takes place in studio 1A in Rockefeller Plaza, so I have spent an exciting summer in New York City (living with the other senior, Alex Botte). I have been exposed to all aspects of news production-- from pitching story ideas, logging video and researching stories to going out on shoots, helping with live segments and working the summer concerts. As part of the program NBC News also has a summer speaker series including talks from Matt Lauer, Ann Curry, Brian Williams, Rachel Maddow and NBC News executives. I have been so lucky to have such an all encompassing experience and have learned so much!

By: Alex Botte ‘12

Internship: Barclay’s in New York City

I play goalie and will be graduating next year (2012). My major is AEM, with a concentration in finance and accounting. 

This summer I entered a 10 week summer analyst program with Barclays Capital Global Markets division. During Cornell’s on-campus recruiting, I applied to nearly every investment bank on the street and was offered a position with Barclays. The position is held in one of their New York City offices and I have had exposure to different sales and trading roles including prime brokerage origination, equities trading, and Barclays' electronic trading platform sales. I hope to enter the investment banking industry post graduation.

Internships Help Players Tackle Careers

The CFHA is dedicated to helping former and current players find contacts and jobs in their fields of interest. Almost all of us have a story about how Cornell helped us find a position in the workplace. This month we pulled together some of those stories. 

By: Sara Sanders ‘11

Internship: Carat in New York City

I graduated just this last May 2011 as a Communication and Development Sociology major and played Defense during my 4 years at Cornell. After meeting various alumni at our tailgate after the St. Joes game my senior year and hearing their backgrounds, I realized how much experience they each had and how we as players and students could use that to our benefit in so many ways. They had already been through the job-searching process and were eager to offer advice in any way possible. I spoke with Sara Weiner '05, during the tailgate, who was in the same field that I wanted to pursue—Media and Marketing. She chatted with me about the industry and told me to reach out if I wanted to learn more. Using the contact list we were given after the game, I reached out to her a few days later and we set up a phone chat. What resulted was more than I could have expected. She gave me a brief overview of different Marketing agencies and how they all worked. After letting her know a few that I was interested in, she gave me the contact information for a fellow Cornell Alumni and friend, Kellie Raff, who worked at a marketing agency called Carat. After speaking with Kellie, I was set up with an internship at Carat over winter break in New York City, working as an intern on her Digital Media Planning team. While this was short, it gave me experience and I learned so much valuable information that I use to this day. Currently, I am working for Digitas, a digital marketing agency, as an Associate Media Planner. My internship experience has helped in so many ways, be it during the interview process, or during my day to day now, and I would never have been given the opportunity if it were not for reaching out to the alumni.

Spring Event Recap

by: Katie Bradshaw ‘08

May 6th-8th was a busy weekend on campus between the end of classes, slope day, NCAA men’s lacrosse games, and last but not least the Cornell Field Hockey Association (CFHA) Spring Event. The event brought back Cornell Field Hockey Alumnae from 80s, 90s, and 00s along with their family and friends.

The event kicked off with a casual breakfast at Collegetown Bagels followed by a ropes course activity. Working with Cornell Outdoor Education, alumnae, family and friends got to interact through group and individual activities all within the setting of Barton Hall. High ropes course elements were intertwined into the structure of the building allowing us to have the unique experience of climbing in the rafters of Barton. The pictures from the ropes course are amazing and most agreed that it was equally fun watching as participating in the activity. After the ropes course, alumnae headed over to Marsha Dodson field for a field hockey game. The graduating seniors, alumnae, family and friends all participated in the game as well. The game was full of laughs and great plays and gave everyone the opportunity to participate.

In the evening, alumnae met the current team and coaching staff in the Kaplan Family Room for a mentoring dinner. This dinner offered alumnae the opportunity to interact with the current team members and learn about their interests, both athletically and academically. The dinner included a presentation on a database of professional information on Cornell field hockey alumnae such as jobs, companies, locations, and majors at Cornell. To wrap up a busy day, alumnae headed to the Statler, Dunbars, and the Palms in unwind with drinks and conversation. 

The final event of the weekend was a Sunday morning wrap-up brunch with alumnae and current team members. Alumnae were able to pick up where the mentoring dinner left off, meeting and getting to know all of the current team members before heading back home. Everyone left campus with new memories and new relationships.