Big Red Pride Days
Big Red Pride Days: April Wellness Days events!
Join us during your wellness days for Big Red Pride Days as we lead up to celebrate Cornell's 156th Charter Day! Join us for both in-person and virtual events throughout the long weekend.
Click here to access the CampusGroups events calendar for wellness days, which includes all Campus Activities events in addition to student organization events.
Virtual Photobooth!
Show your Cornell pride with our virtual photobooth! Take one photo or a burst of many to create an animated gif! This can be at your room, one of our events, anywhere! And remember to tag @cornellactivities on Instagram to be entered into a Cornell Store gift card raffle!
Instagram contest
Follow @cornellactivities on Instagram and tag us in stories + posts or DM us photos while you are participating in Big Red Pride Days! You will be entered into a raffle for Cornell Store gift cards! A bonus raffle if you are showing Cornell pride in the photo ;)
Health & safety guidelines
All in-person events are designed to keep folks distanced in individual or small groupings up to 4 people. All attendees are required to wear makes, stay 6 feet apart when possible, and follow all University safety policies.
Friday 4/23
Spring Days on the Arts Quad 1-3pm
Join us for our Spring Days on the Arts Quad during your first two wellness days! From 1-3pm, there will be inflatables, caricaturists, snacks, and more!
From 12-4pm on Friday, join Cornell Outdoor Education for tree climbing/rappelling on the arts quad!
All events FREE! None of these events require registration ahead of time.
Sean Evans from Hot Ones Interviews VP Ryan Lombardi (Virtual Show) 7-8pm
CUPB and Class Councils are excited to bring Sean Evans to Cornell for a virtual Q&A featuring special guest Ryan Lombardi on Friday, April 23rd 7pm!Sean Evans has two superpowers: interviewing celebrities and eating extremely spicy foods. Against the odds, he's managed to combine the two into the massively popular show Hot Ones on First We Feast. Each week, Sean Evans shares a plate of progressively spicier chicken wings with his celebrity guests, eliciting some of the most hilarious and honest answers you've ever seen from stars like Kevin Hart, Gordon Ramsay, and Scarlett Johansson.Dr. Ryan Lombardi serves as the Vice President for Student and Campus Life at Cornell University. SCL supports many services helping students including Physical Education, Office of the Dean of Students, Campus and Community Engagement, Cornell Health, and Career Services.
Shrek 20th Anniversary for Movies on the Arts Quad 8:30pm
Movies on the Arts Quad (MOTAQ) have been a long-standing Cornell tradition hosted by Class Councils each semester. This year MOTAQ is hosted by Campus Activities Office in collaboration with Cornell University Class Councils, Film Club, and Cornell Cinema.
Each Thursday (starting 4/8) on the Arts Quad there will be an outdoor movie showing from 8-10pm! Start time may be pushed back to adjust to later sunset times.
More information on the event series: https://scl.cornell.edu/motaq
Saturday 4/24
Spring Days on the Arts Quad 1-3pm
Join us for our Spring Days on the Arts Quad during your first two wellness days! From 1-3pm, there will be inflatables, caricaturists, snacks, and more!
SLOPE DAY 2021 is virtual this year! Come by and join the Slope Day Programming Board for free Virtual Slope Day t-shirts and tie-dye! You can wear them with your pod while celebrating virtually.
All events FREE! None of these events require registration ahead of time.
Virtual Caricaturist 7-9pm
Can't make it to the arts quad on Friday or Saturday for the in-person caricature artist? We are offering a virtual caricature artist so you don't miss out! Join with your friends to get a drawing done. Remember to share with @cornellactivities IG via tag or DM to enter into our raffle for Cornell gift cards :)
RESCHEDULED: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (MOTAQ)
Movies on the arts quad (MOTAQ) have been a long-standing Cornell tradition hosted by Class Councils each semester. This year MOTAQ is being hosted by Campus Activities and sponsored by Cornell University Class Councils, Film Club, and Cornell Cinema.
On the Arts Quad there will be an outdoor movie showing from 8-10pm! Start time may be pushed back to adjust to later sunset times.
More information on the event series: https://scl.cornell.edu/motaq
Sunday 4/25
North Campus Takeover 1-3pm
Join us for our North Campus Takeover during the Sunday of your wellness days and Big Red Pride Days!
From 1-3pm, there will be inflatables, a succulent giveaway, Cornell Dairy ice cream, lawn games, and more! All students welcome.
From 12-4pm, join Cornell Outdoor Education for canoeing on Beebe Lake! RSVP required prior to the event for our 45 minute sessions.
At 2pm, meet up outside the Tatkon Center for a walk around Beebe Lake and the Botanic Gardens!
Class Councils will be offering free paints and canvases on the slope to hang out and paint the iconic view (or anything of your choosing!).
All events FREE!
Monday 4/26
Carnelian Red Day 1-3pm
Join us for Carnelian Red Day during your last wellness day as part of Big Red Pride Days!
From 1-3pm, there will be free t-shirts given away for each class year (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) that you can tie-dye!
Slope Day will be hosting a music tent and giving away Slope Day masks!
Alumni Affairs & Development will be hosting a carnival game tent with giveaways!
And more?!!!
All events FREE!