Lynn Abbott This is Me

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1. 1. Events

   www.magnapubs.com/issues/magna - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/27/2005   Last Visited: 2/5/2007

   "In terms of number of people served, we're one of the largest, one of the most diverse," said Lynn Abbott, CAU associate director.
   
   It wasn't always that way, though. It began in 1968 with a two-week series of multidisciplinary courses and did not become self-sustaining until the mid-1980s. However, a patient administration took the long view, understanding that it would become, in time, a valuable asset, Abbott said.
   
   "Everybody should try it," she said, "but the administration should understand that it will take a while."
   
   Some reluctance on the part of alumni and faculty played a part in the slow development, said Abbott, who has been at Cornell for 20 years.
   
   "It's not an easy thing to get going: How many people are going to want to come back to school and live in a dorm?" she asked.
   
   Faculty members were also a bit hesitant about working with fully independent adults, rather than 18-year-old freshmen. In time, many of the teachers grew to love working with adult students, but "first you've got to make that sale," she said.
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   "It can become addictive," Abbott said.

2. 2. Cornell Daily Sun: Rawlings Comments on C.U. in Online Interview

   www.cornellsun.com/articles/71 - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/3/2002   Last Visited: 12/14/2002

   Cybertower was created a year and a half ago through Cornell's Adult University to "maintain intellectual connections between Cornell faculty and alumni," according to its assistant director, Lynn Abbott.