Get Involved with Cornell Cinema

Get Involved…

Cornell Cinema is a great place to see films, but it's also a great place to work, volunteer, suggest movie titles or cosponsor film series, or become involved in other ways!

Paid Employment

Cornell Cinema hires Box and Concessions Officers, House Managers, Projectionists, Office Assistants, Shippers and more! Paid positions can be held by Cornell University students, and most require Work-Study or some other wage subsidy scholarship (Cornell Tradition or OMEA, for instance). Paid employees receive a Comp Pass for two to all regular screenings. Anyone interested in working for the Cinema is encouraged to fill out an application (link to application) whether or not there are specific positions available. Applications are kept on file for the academic year.

Current Positions Available

Volunteer Ushering

Not a Cornell student, or you don't have Work-Study, or you just love to volunteer and want to be involved in the Cinema? Be a Volunteer Usher! Ushers work one night a week (for two films). They arrive early, help set up, rip tickets, watch the film, and help clean up at the end of the night – and, beside a free uniform (a snazzy Cinema Staff T-Shirt), the use of our industrial-strength flashlight and our unending gratitude, Ushers receive a Comp Pass for two to all regular screenings. Please fill out our Employment Application, noting evenings you are generally available, and drop it by the office.

Student Advisory Board

The Cornell Cinema Student Advisory Board is an organization of students, both undergraduate and graduate, whose purpose is to represent and promote Cornell Cinema, as well as to advise and assist Cornell Cinema in its overall mission to offer the Cornell and greater Ithaca community a wide variety of cinematic and media experiences, for both educational and entertainment purposes.

Student Advisory Board Officers

Suggest a title

Both the Willard Straight Theatre and Uris Auditorium have suggestion boxes where patrons can suggest titles for upcoming calendars or make other suggestions. We can't promise we'll take the suggestions, but we can promise we'll read them!

Cosponsorship Program

Campus and community groups can call attention to their organizations, and faculty can schedule films in conjunction with their courses, by proposing cosponsored screenings to the Cinema Advisory Board. Proposals are most likely to be approved when they meet the needs of the cosponsor's members and are also of interest to a broader audience, and when they are accompanied by the promise of assistance (publicity, presentations, or funding). Applications can be picked up in 104 Willard Straight Hall or downloaded here. The deadlines are October 15 for the spring semester, February 1 for the summer, and May 5 for the fall. Call 255-3522 for more information.