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Nicole Bottass

Program Support Specialist

Nicole Bottass is the assistant to the Coordinator of the Office of Undergraduate Research. She holds a B.A. in Sociology from Castleton University in Vermont. As an undergraduate she took advantage of research opportunities, which included working with troubled adolescent foster girls along with working as a shelter home coordinator, providing respite for local families in need. These opportunitites provided her with great perspective for her to move into working with the elderly as a social worker and then as the undergraduate coordinator of the Department of Music at Cornell University. Nicole, also, currently manages her own small business while enjoying time with her two young children.