KEEPING THE PARTY SAFE SINCE 2012

By engaging students in comprehensive bystander intervention training programs across campus, Cayuga's Watchers aims to progress social norms at Cornell by emphasizing responsible drinking and a safe party culture.

Mission, Values, & Goals

Cayuga’s Watchers is a student-led 501(c)(3) independent organization, conceived to mitigate the harms associated with high-risk drinking and promote student safety at Cornell University.

We aim to become an established national model for combating high-risk drinking by equipping students with the knowledge and skills to promote peer social responsibility.

Services

Cayuga's Watchers provides straightforward and honest, research-backed bystander intervention education. Our training is created and facilitated for students, by students, completely free of charge.

Bystander Intervention Training

Cayuga's Watchers is about friends looking out for friends. It's about progressing our social norms to move past the culture of outright irresponsible and dangerous drinking habits. We help Cornell students build the skills to recognize when something is truly *off* and then confidently intervene to change the course of the night.

We believe that our student-to-student training is the very best bystander training program available. Our sessions are engaging, interactive, and honest. We are independent and student-operated, so our trainers keep it real!

We're Hiring!

If you're interested in promoting positive social norms and teaching others how to be effective, active bystanders, then we have a job for you!

Responsibilities include revising training materials/curriculum, delivering training to large groups of students (in-person and virtually), observing and evaluating fellow trainers, recruiting new trainers, promoting CW's activities across campus, and periodically meeting with CW's Board of Directors. An awesome candidate is a confident speaker who can adapt to each audience, give/accept constructive feedback, and represent CW's mission in spaces across campus.

If that sounds like you, click here to apply now.

Founders & Board of Directors

John Mueller John Mueller
CO-FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN
Adam Gitlin Adam Gitlin
CO-FOUNDER & DIRECTOR EMERITUS
Eric Silverberg Eric Silverberg
CO-FOUNDER & DIRECTOR EMERITUS
Matt Rubins Matt Rubins
TREASURER
Susan Collins Susan Collins
SECRETARY
Bill Sonnenstuhl Bill Sonnenstuhl
DIRECTOR
Ben Bacharach Ben Bacharach
DIRECTOR
Drew Lord Drew Lord
DIRECTOR

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