 President
Peggy R. Williams has been named to the board of directors of
the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the
United States of America, the organization that directs the Fulbright
program in Canada.
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 Scholar
and educator Geneva Gay will be visiting Ithaca February 22 and
23 for a series of meetings and workshops at the College. She
will also give a free public address, "Culturally Responsive Teaching,"
on Thursday, February 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the Southside Community
Center.
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Graduate student
and marimbist Naoko Takada, soprano Sonia Rodriguez Bermejo ’01,
and violinist Sara Hughes ’02 will be the featured soloists at
the annual Ithaca College concerto concert, which will be held
Saturday, March 3, at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall.
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 Michael
Daugherty, composer in residence with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
and professor of composition at the University of Michigan, will
be the Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition. In addition
to the public events, Daugherty will provide individual instruction
for composition students.
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The Volunteer
Income Tax Assistance program, a free tax service that includes
preparation and advice, is available to Ithaca College staff and
faculty, regardless of income, through March 31.
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 This
isn’t a daytime television drama but the story of Claudio Monteverdi’s
baroque-period opera L’incoronazione di Poppea. The masterpiece
is given a modern realization by this production through the use
of contemporary sets and costumes.
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Ensemble X,
Ithaca’s acclaimed new-music band, will close its 2000–2001 season
with a concert in the recital hall of the Whalen Center. The performance
will include works by Melinda Wagner, Roberto Sierra, Jonathan
Harvey, Luciano Berio, and Aaron Copland.
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A continuous
screening of Measures of Distance, a 15-minute video by
performance and installation artist Mona Hatoum, will be presented
in the Handwerker Gallery on Thursday, February 22, from 10 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m.
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Virtuoso and
scholar Eduardo Fernández will be the featured artist at
the fourth annual festival. In addition to solo and ensemble performances,
a lecture, and a guitar exposition, the festival will include
a concert on Saturday, February 24, featuring the Ithaca College
Chamber Orchestra and a solo performance by Fernández of
the complete Bach lute suites.
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High-Speed
Chairlift, Brundage Mountain, Idaho is one of the photographs
on display in the Handwerker Gallery’s current exhibition, A Priori.
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Members of
the College community attended a forum on February 12 dealing
with the connection between the private prison industry and Sodexho
Marriott Services, the College’s food service provider.
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A periodic
compilation of references to Ithaca College in the media.
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Principal
events on campus February 19- March 7.
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