FRESH Program Guidelines

1. Students are responsible for all expenses related to the externship, including airfare/other travel, taxis, hotel, meals, personal insurance, etc. Before applying, you should weigh the cost of travel, accommodation, etc. against the length of the externship (phone or lunch informational interview to 1-2 days) and the potential benefits you could gain during that time.
2. FRESH externships are for matriculated freshmen only, as determined by status with the Registrar's Office. To be eligible for Round 1 FRESH externships you must:
   
   • attend one of the General Information Meetings in Appel Commons on either January 22 (5:00—6:30 pm) or January 23, (6:00—7:30 pm), or contact the FRESH Extern Office at externprograms@cornell.edu for your options.
   • complete the 3 Step Application Process on-line by 7pm on February 4, 2008.
     
3. At the Information Meeting, you will draw a lottery number to assist us in the placement process. Lottery numbers are valued from lowest to highest. If you have a class or work conflict and cannot attend either of the meetings, contact the FRESH Extern office at externprograms@cornell.edu for your options. Beginning Monday, January 28, students will draw from a higher group of lottery numbers.
   
4. Length of externships range from a phone or lunch informational interview to 1 to 2 days only, unless otherwise specified by the sponsor in the listing. Make sure to check the length specified prior to applying for the externship. Students cannot request to lengthen or shorten the externship.
5. Discuss your spring break plans with your family IN ADVANCE. If you are placed in an externship, you are expected to accept the externship and to complete the stated length of the externship. You must be able to commit to the date(s) indicated, which are determined by the sponsor. If you withdraw after being placed, you forfeit eligibility for future externships.
6. You may apply for up to four externships and may be placed in only one during the matching process. In addition, applicants have the "fifth choice" option which gives us permission to place a student in an externship that meets his/her stated geographic and career field parameters. Students who apply and do not receive an externship may reapply in the open placement period and will be given preference for placement.
7. Students who are placed assume the responsibility to attend the mandatory orientation on February 20 and for contacting the sponsor by February 28, 2008, and for making arrangements for the externship in a timely manner once placements are assigned.
8. All matriculated freshmen may apply during the Open Round if they either attended on of the General Information Meetings or listened to the recording and completed the online application sections A-F and Essay Questions #1 and #2. The Open Round is a first-come first-serve registration period on February 15 from 3-7pm in 103 Barnes Hall, Conference Room.
9. Students are required to accept the online Participation/Hold Harmless Agreement which includes these important issues:
• Cancellation Policy: Students who cancel externships without legitimate, extrodinary circumstances and/or adequate notice to the sponsor, or without notifying the FRESH Office (203 Barnes Hall, 255-6399), will not be allowed to participate in the winter break Extern Program or other programs involving alumni in subsequent years. The FRESH office reserves the right to make judgements in such cases.
• Insurance Coverage: Cornell does not provide liability insurance for me as a participant in the Cornell FRESH Program. All externs will be required to agree to a release form.
• Hold Harmless Agreement: All externs will be required to agree to this release statement: In exchange for my participation in the externship program, I, the undersigned, agree on behalf of myself, my assigns, executors, and heirs, to release, indemnify, and hold harmless Cornell University, its trustees, officers, agents and employees for any and all liability, damage, claim of any nature whatsoever arising out of or in any way related to my participation in the externship program, including any act or omission of any third party (Rescue Squad, Hospital, etc.), other than those arising out of the sole negligence of Cornell University.
  
  

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