The eCornell course Dialogue Across Difference offers a timely, powerful opportunity for Cornell volunteer leaders to foster community, explore identity, and build personal and professional skills. It creates space for meaningful dialogue among dedicated alumni from diverse backgrounds and enables purposeful collaboration across volunteer organizations—an opportunity that has been rare to date.

Space is limited. We are providing a discounted rate of $150 – currently the course retails for $1,380 to enroll. We hope that you will join us for this unique, exclusive opportunity.

Dialogue Across Difference Course Overview
Research shows that positive relationships and effective communication at work have a profound impact on individuals, teams, and organizations. Diminishing role ambiguity, providing employees with task-related help and information, strengthening employees’ identification with their work and their workgroups, enhancing progress and change, and fostering collaboration are just some of the key impacts.

Dialogue Across Difference is a course required to achieve the Leading Through Dialogue and Connection Cornell Certificate.

Learn more about the course details here.

Participation in three 90-minute synchronous dialogue sessions is a requirement for successful completion of this course.

Time and Commitment

Kickoff Session: Tuesday, October 21, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. ET

• Participants will meet the facilitators and be introduced to the course. Course facilitators have been specifically selected based on experience with the Center for Dialogue & Pluralism. We are pleased that Adi Grabiner-Keinan, Ph.D., Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Director & Senior Lecturer, Center for Dialogue & Pluralism will join the opening and closing course sessions.
• Pre-week course access begins October 22, 2025 (no facilitator present; self-review only).

Course Duration: October 29 – November 18 (three weeks)

• Required Live Sessions:
  • Monday, November 3, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. ET (synchronous component)
  • Monday, November 10, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. ET (synchronous component)
  • Monday, November 17, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. ET (synchronous component)
• Self-time management, aside from live sessions. Requirements must be completed by the end date to successfully complete the course.

Closing Session: Wednesday, November 19, 12:00 p.m. ET

Enrollment Fee

The cost to enroll is $150. Discounted savings of $1,030

available only to Cornell Mosaic, Cornell University Council, President’s Council of Cornell Women and alumni association leadership. Refunds will not be provided..

Course enrollment closes at 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, October 28.