William T. Keeton House

Check out this amazing 2019-2020 Rewind of William T. Keeton House created by SA Arielle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8SB-nPcfO4&feature=youtu.be

While we realize this semester has been far from what was expected, especially for our graduating seniors, we thank everyone for all the fun and exciting memories that were made. We hope that you all and your loved ones are staying healthy and sane during these trying times! Hope to see you all again soon 🐦💕

Cornell University William Keeton House 2020

Keeton House Dinner Menu for tonight!

DON’T MISS CU DOWNTOWN
The 4th annual downtown party to kick-off the school year!

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1-5pm
Don’t wait until Senior Week to discover Ithaca! Come watch many of Cornell’s vibrant performing arts groups on stage on the Ithaca Commons, Ithaca’s outdoor pedestrian mall. Enjoy the Big Red Marching and Pep Bands, breakdancing, Japanese drumming, a ca****la, Chinese and Indian dancing, jazz, a mesmerizing balloon artist, and more.

Free cider and cider donuts for the first 1000 students. Plus special student discounts, a scavenger hunt, and activities at retail stores and restaurants.

Congratulations to Jehron Petty '20, a Keeton resident, on being named a Forbes Under 30 scholar. He has received free admission to attend the Forbes Under 30 Summit, a three day event for up-and-coming “leaders, founders, investors and creators." 👏

From the article:

A longtime serial entrepreneur, Petty first began as an entrepreneur as a teenager fixing devices for friends. Since then, he has launched a clothing line, developed a video series to give financial advice to young people of color, and a platform that challenges participants to “live a life above average.”

Petty’s advice concerned itself the most important part of starting a business: simply founding it.

“It’s all about starting,” Petty said. “It sounds counter-intuitive, but people get bogged down by ‘perfection,’ they think they need to start with an end product.” He cited Facebook’s origins as a social network for Harvard as an example of the evolution of a business.

“I’m a big fan of starting as fast as possible, and failing as fast as possible,” Petty said."

Cornellians Named Part of the Forbes Under 30 Scholars Every year, the Forbes 30 Under 30 list identifies the most promising young visionaries, and Cornellians almost always make an appearance. This year, it was Chiamaka Ijebuonwu ’20 and Jehron Petty ’20 who were named Forbes Under 30 “Scholars,” recognizing them as up-and-coming “leaders, fo...

Welcome to Keeton House y’all! Starting off the new semester strong with our first House Dinner of the year 🐦🥘

PC: SA Nam’s drone 📸

Join us for our last day of Ready...Set...Go! sessions hosted on West Campus in collaboration with various Cornell resources.

West Campus Staff Training ✔

We are excited to welcome our new and returning residents as they move in this weekend 🏠 Be on the lookout for some Keeton staff introductions that we'll be sharing on our social media pages these next few weeks 👀

(From left to right): Assistant Dean Aaron, GRF Ama Bemma, GRF Jessica, SA Chelsea, GRF Jason, SA Nam, SA Arielle, GRF Theodora, GRF Germán, and House Professor Steve.

Among us friends we gather 🦄 and happiness 💕 Keeton House kicked off the 2019-2020 academic year with our annual staff retreat. We look forward to welcoming y’all back to campus next week!

Congratulations to our own Keeton House Fellow, Greg Morrisett, on his new role as the Dean & Vice Provost of Cornell Tech! We are so excited for you.

Cornell Tech - Greg Morrisett Named Dean of Cornell Tech Greg Morrisett, dean of Cornell’s Faculty of Computing and Information Science and an international expert in software security, has been named the Jack and Rilla Neafsey Dean and Vice Provost of Cornell Tech, Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced June 7. The five-year appointment, approved by the E...

Hello Keetonites! We are sponsoring a Blood Drive tomorrow from 1:00-6:00 PM. See the attached flyer for more information.

Make an appointment at: http://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=williamkeeton

Walk-ins are also welcome!

Check out this heartwarming story featuring our very own Keeton House Fellows, Professors Irene Eibenstein-Alvisi and Lorenzo Alvisi 😍❤️🇮🇹

From Italy to Ithaca, Married Cornell Professors Share Their Love Stories The Sun talked to married professors to discuss how they met, what teaching together is like, and on campus date ideas.

So proud of our APO Keetonites, including Kelly Stone, for organizing this finger knitting event every week for such a great cause!

Students Knit Clothes to Benefit Local Ithacans One Stitch at a Time The extreme weather and wind chill that swept Ithaca last week emphasized problems for homeless individuals in the Ithaca community — and so Cornell’s co-ed service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega has o…